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Month: January 2016
PA Welcomes France’s Israel-Palestine Peace Plan
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday welcomed a French initiative aimed at resuming peace talks between Palestinians and Israel. “We welcome the new initiative announced by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to hold an […]
Palestinian Shot Dead, 3 Israeli Soldiers Injured in Shooting Attack
A Palestinian was shot dead after shooting and injuring three Israeli soldiers at an Israeli military checkpoint around the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit El in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah, witnesses […]
Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Israeli Citizens: 68 Years of Discrimination
By Jamal Kanj Palestinian civic organizations inside Israel have declared January 30 the Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Israeli citizens. Israel was established in 1948 on the ruins of more than 500 native towns and […]
Israel Jails Teenager for Refusing to Serve in Occupation Army (VIDEO)
A 19-year-old Israeli woman who refused to do compulsory military service as a protest against the occupation of the Palestinian territories has been released from jail – but could return within days. Tair Kaminer’s case […]
Israeli Hospital Report Confirms Hunger-striker’s Critical Condition
A report by an Israeli hospital confirmed on Saturday the gravely deteriorating health condition of hunger-striking prisoner Muhammad al-Qiq. Al-Qiq has been in the Israeli HaEmek hospital in Afula since his health started worsening. The […]
The Times Endorses Hillary: Heinous Non-Surprise
By Steve Breyman What is it about some radicals’ (including this one’s) problem with the inevitable, the predictable? Given our accurate worldview—the world is run for the rich and powerful, by the rich and powerful—we […]
‘Hares Boys’ Sentenced to 15 Years after Families Pay Fines
After a nearly three-year long battle in Israeli military courts, five Palestinian teens from the occupied West Bank village of Hares accused of manslaughter after reportedly throwing stones were on Thursday issued sentences of 15 […]
Palestinians Protest against UNRWA Cuts in Beirut
Hundreds of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon held a sit-in in front of the UN headquarters in Beirut today to protest the cuts in health services provided by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for […]
Israel Issues Demolition Orders Displacing an Estimated 80 Individuals
The Israeli authorities notified Palestinian Bedouin families on Thursday of the planned demolition of their houses, giving them a deadline of 1 February to evacuate the structures. The structures facing demolition are situated between the […]
Nonviolent Resistance in the South Hebron Hills
By Cassandra Dixon The worst worries of a child’s school day should be homework. Maybe a lost book, or an argument with a friend. No child’s walk to school should routinely involve armed soldiers and […]
Israeli Knesset Strikes Down Bill for Equality for All Citizens
The Knesset yesterday voted against a draft bill proposed by MK Jamal Zahalka of the Joint Arab List, which stipulates the inclusion of an equality clause in Israel’s Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty. The […]
Freedom or Death: Jailed Journalist Says will Continue Hunger Strike
Hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Muhammad al-Qiq said on Thursday that he was not surprised the Israeli Supreme Court had delayed its decision on whether or not to release him, his lawyer said. Lawyer Jawad Boulos said […]
UN’s Ban Rejects Netanyahu’s Criticism: ‘Count on Me to Speak Up’
The United Nations says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stands by every word of his criticism of Israeli settlement-building this week and rejects Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comment that the remarks justify terrorism. The UN chief on […]
Israel Planning Fresh Settlements in West Bank’s E1
Israeli authorities want to expel some 10,000 Bedouin residents of the E1 Zone in the occupied West Bank in advance of building a bloc of Jewish-only residential units linking Jerusalem to the Ma’ale Adumim settlement, […]
7 Hamas Fighters Killed in Tunnel Collapse in Gaza
Hamas’ military wing announced on social media on Thursday that seven of its fighters were killed when a tunnel collapsed in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. “Al-Qassam Brigades mourn the death of seven Qassam […]
Israeli Court Delays Decision on Fate of Hunger-striking Prisoner
The Israeli Supreme Court delayed on Wednesday its decision on whether or not to release a Palestinian journalist held under Israeli custody whose 64-day hunger strike has brought him close to death. The head of […]
Attacking Churches in Palestine: An Israeli Policy since 1948
By Dr. Saleh Al-Naami Israeli documents have revealed that the Israeli army deliberately adopted a policy based on the destruction, vandalism and harm of the sanctity of churches in Palestine, during and after the 1948 […]
Israel Advances Settlement Plans Despite Outcry
In defiance of mounting international criticism, Israel has started to formally approve a burst of new settler housing construction across the occupied Palestinian territory. Israeli media reported Tuesday that Israel’s Civil Administration had approved a […]
Netanyahu Says UN Chief Ban Ki-moon ‘Encouraging Terror’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of “encouraging terror”. Referring to the Palestinians, Ban said it was human nature for oppressed peoples to react to occupation. Speaking at the […]
Why is Trauma Missing from Syria Refugee Debate?
By Ramzy Baroud The 12 million Syrian refugees may differ regarding the reasons why they had to flee their homes and country in the last five years. Yet, they are united in their plight and […]
PLO Demands Release of Hunger Striker Ahead of Court Hearing
The PLO has called for the unconditional release of a Palestinian journalist in Israeli custody whose 62-day hunger strike has brought him close to death ahead of an appeal by the prisoner’s lawyers before Israel’s […]
When Israel Tries to Export Its Crisis from the West Bank to Gaza
By Dr. Adnan Abu Amer At the same time, the intensity of the resistance operations and attacks in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem have increased in the 100+ days since the latest uprising began […]
Gaza Speaks: This is What the Decade-long Siege Has Done to Us
By Ramzy Baroud (With reporting from Yousef Aljamal in Gaza) Whenever Mariam Aljamal’s children hear the sound of thunder at night, they wet their beds. Their reaction is almost instinctive, and is shared by a […]
Hunger-striking Journalist Muhammad al-Qiq ‘on Brink of Death’
Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq, who has been on hunger strike in Israeli jail for 61 days, is on brink of death, the journalist’s lawyer told Ma’an on Monday. After visiting al-Qiq earlier in the day, […]
Rights Group Urges ICC to Investigate Egypt for Abuses in Gaza
Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK today called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the flooding of the border between Gaza and Egypt and the closure of the Rafah crossing. AOHR […]
2 Palestinians Shot Dead after Israelis Allegedly Stabbed near Ramallah
Two Palestinians were shot dead after allegedly stabbing and injuring two Israeli women in the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit Horon west of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank on Monday, Israeli police said. […]
George Jonas Who Once Wrote about Zionist Madness Dies
By Ira Glunts George Jonas died on January 10th in Toronto. The Hungarian born Canadian writer, who was a brilliant and successful journalist, broadcaster, essayist, librettist and poet, died at age 80. No cause of […]
Scores Attend Funeral of Slain Palestinian Girl
Dozens of Palestinians from Yatta attended the funeral of 13-year-old Ruqqaya Abu Eid in the cemetery of the village of al-Karmel east of Yatta. Ruqayya Eid Abu Eid, originally from the city of Yatta south […]
Israel to Allow Settler Takeover of Palestinian Homes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday gave his support to a group of Jewish settlers who were filmed forcefully taking over Palestinian homes in the city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. […]
Israeli Troops Kill 13-year-old Palestinian Girl in East Jerusalem
A 13-year-old Palestinian girl was shot to death by Israeli troops in occupied East Jerusalem on Saturday after allegedly trying to attack an Israeli security guard with a knife. According to Israeli police, Rokaya Abu […]
