Trump: A Test of American Democracy
By Jamal Kanj America’s election is in full swing. For those who are unfamiliar with what appears to be a perplexing democratic exercise, it is important to remember that this is an internal party election […]
Month: February 2016
Hamas Finds Israeli Devices Used to Trace Tunnels
The leader of Hamas in Gaza, former Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, announced on Friday that the movement’s military wing, Al-Qassam Brigades, has found electronic devices used by the Israelis to trace tunnels on the border, […]
An Open Letter to Ban Ki-moon
By Richard Falk Dear Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, Having read of the vicious attacks on you for venturing some moderate, incontestable criticisms of Israel’s behavior, I understand well the discomfort […]
Harvard Loses $250,000 after Palestine Event
A discussion sponsored by Harvard Law School’s Justice for Palestine student group has caused Milibank, Tweed, Hadely & McCloy Law firm to reportedly pull $250,000 of funding from the university. The panel discussion, “The Palestine […]
UN: Violence ‘Shows No Sign of Relenting’
A senior UN official reiterated his condemnation of key Israeli policies in the occupied Palestinian territory Thursday, warning that a surge in violence in recent months showed “no sign of relenting.” The UN Special Coordinator […]
Europe is Following Obama – Washing Its Hands of Palestine and Why
By Alan Hart My headline is a response to recent comments made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a joint press conference in Berlin with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the decision of the […]
Israel Denying Hunger-striker Family Visits
Israeli intelligence services have refused to allow the family of Palestinian prisoner Muhammad al-Qiq to visit him over the course of his 87 days on hunger strike, the Palestinian Authority Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said […]
Public Outrage as UK Plans to Label BDS ‘Anti-Semitic’
Public backlash against the latest proposal by Britain’s Tory government to label the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement as “poisonous” and “fueling anti-Semitism” has been highlighted in letters sent to key news agencies. The […]
Major Israeli Bank Considers Boycotting Palestinian Banks
Hapoalim Bank, one of Israel’s largest banks, is considering severing ties with Palestinian banks, Maariv newspaper revealed today. The newspaper said that the bank’s position stems from its fear of potential civil and criminal lawsuits […]
Israeli Report: More than 400,000 settlers in West Bank
The number of settlers living in 128 illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, excluding Jerusalem, has reached 406,302, an Israeli report revealed. The report, issued by former Member of the Knesset Yaakov Katz, suggested […]
Palestinian Shot Dead after Alleged Car Attack near Ramallah
A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces on Friday after he allegedly attempted to ram them with his car in the occupied West Bank village of Silwad northeast of Ramallah. An Israeli army spokesperson […]
2 Palestinians Shot after Stab Attack Leaves 1 Israeli Killed, 1 Injured
Two 14-year-old Palestinians were shot and critically injured after carrying out a stab attack that left one Israeli killed and one injured in the Rami Levi supermarket located in the Shaare Benyamin industrial complex northwest […]
Israeli Right-wing ‘Moles’ Targeted Palestinian Laborers on Public Buses
As part of a plan to effect separate Jewish and Palestinian West Bank bus lines, “moles” were planted on mixed buses to extract sexual comments from Palestinian laborers, according to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper. Haaretz has […]
Israeli Interrogators Threatened to Rape al-Qiq and His Family– So He Launched Hunger Strike (VIDEO)
Israeli investigators threatened to rape Palestinian hunger striker Mohammed al-Qiq, his wife and children, according to his lawyer, Ashraf Abu Sneineh. “In the beginning of the investigation of Mohammed they told him that they will […]
Frustration and Anger as Syria Prevails
By Jeremy Salt As the Syrian army advances on Raqqa and seals off supply routes to the armed gangs inside Aleppo, no surprise that there is another spike in the propaganda war, this time directed […]
A Swollen River of Refugees
By David Smith-Ferri Last month, as US border patrol agents began rounding up Central American women and children denied asylum, a small group of international peace activists from Voices for Creative Nonviolence boarded a plane […]
Palestinian Teacher Among World’s Top 10
A Palestinian teacher from the occupied West Bank has been chosen as a top ten finalist in an international teaching competition, it was announced today. Hanan Al-Hroub, from Dheisheh refugee camp south of Bethlehem, was […]
PLO: UK Plans to Ban Boycott ‘Empower’ Israeli Occupation
PLO officials on Wednesday slammed British proposals to forbid a boycott of Israeli settlement goods by publicly-funded British institutions, saying they “would empower the Israeli occupation by sending a message of impunity.” PLO Executive Committee […]
Israeli Court Stops Al-Qeq from Being Treated in West Bank (VIDEO)
Israel’s Supreme Court yesterday rejected hunger-striking prisoner Muhammad Al-Qeq’s demand to be moved to a hospital in the occupied West Bank, the head of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said. Issa Qaraqe […]
PA Security Forces Detain 22 Teachers on Strike
Palestinian Authority security forces on Wednesday detained 22 Palestinian teachers who took part in a strike demanding the guarantee of teachers’ rights, sources in the Palestinian Teachers’ Union said. The sources said that the teachers, […]
Palestinian Hunger-striker Refuses ‘Compromise’ Offered by Israeli Court
Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq, on his 83rd day of hunger strike Monday, refused an Israeli court decision for his transfer to an East Jerusalem hospital, maintaining he would not end his strike until released and […]
‘Good Labor – Bad Likud’: Dispelling the Myth of ‘Democracy’ within Israel’s Political Establishment
By Ramzy Baroud The Israeli ‘Right’, as demonstrated by a scary coalition of rightwing nationalists, ultranationalists and religious zealots, deserves all the bad press it has garnered since its formation last May. But none of […]
Israeli Police Briefly Detain Washington Post Bureau Chief
Israeli police briefly detained the Washington Post’s Jerusalem bureau chief and West Bank correspondent for alleged “incitement” on Tuesday, prompting the Foreign Press Association to decry Israel’s “heavy-handed tactics.” The FPA said bureau chief William […]
They’ve Arrested Me
By Dr. Abdul-Sattar Qassim I am a writer. I also happen to be a writer who has been exposed to repressive actions by Arab and Israeli authorities more than most in the modern era. I have […]
Legitimizing Palestine in World Literature – Book Review
By Hatim Kanaaneh, MD, MPH. Susan Abulhawa’s The Blue Between Sky and Water (Bloomsbury, 2015) is her second published novel. It is a tribute to the author and to all the other Palestinian raconteurs and […]
Anger Mounts over Video Showing Abuse of Disabled Palestinian (VIDEO)
An online video of a disabled Palestinian man being tipped out of his wheelchair by an Israeli police officer in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) has provoked outrage on social media. The […]
Palestinian Shot Dead in Jerusalem Identified as PA Security Officer
One of the two Palestinians shot dead after attempting to carry out an armed attack in Jerusalem on Sunday night has been identified as Palestinian Authority security officer, local Palestinian sources told Ma’an. Mansour Yasser […]
Israel Sees Sectarian Partition of Syria Inevitable and Preferable
Israel expressed doubts on Sunday that the agreement reached in Munich to halt hostilities in Syria would succeed, suggesting a sectarian partition of the country was inevitable and perhaps preferable, AlMesryoon.com reported. While formally neutral […]
Israel Seeks to Increase US Aid by $2bn a Year
Israel is looking to increase the US aid it receives from $3 billion to $5 billion each year, Haaretz newspaper reported yesterday. The US agreement on security assistance with Israel, whereby America pays $30 billion in […]
Israeli Soldiers Shoot, Critically Injure 14-year-old Girl (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
Israeli forces on Sunday shot and injured a 14-year-old Palestinian girl near Hebron city’s Ibrahimi Mosque after an alleged attempted stabbing attack in the southern occupied West Bank, an Israeli police spokesperson said. Local Palestinian […]
