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Month: April 2016

PFLP Supporters Torch Photos of Abbas at Gaza Rally
Supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on Tuesday torched photos of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a rally in Gaza City in the latest protest against his decision to cancel […]

Palestinian Karate Coach for Blind Team Detained Returning from Championships (VIDEO)
The Israeli authorities on Monday detained the coach of a Palestinian blind karate team as he and the team were returning to the Gaza Strip from an international tournament in Dubai through the Erez crossing. […]

HRW Laments Israel ‘Beating’ and ‘Threatening’ Palestinian Kids in Detention
Tactics used by the Israeli security forces to detain Palestinian children are coming under fire, with Human Rights Watch saying the youngsters are subject to “beatings” and “treated in ways that would terrify and traumatize […]

Calls for Investigation into $8bn Stolen by Israel from Palestinian Workers
The Palestinian Minister of Labour Mamoun Abu Shahla has called on the International Labour Organisation to send a fact-finding delegation, including accountants and lawyers, to investigate the records of the Israeli Ministry of Finance to […]

Ode to Lifta – A Poem
By Aida Qasim Even Neruda’s birds that once roamed from sea to sea have flown to other continents The stones I once rested against during the olive harvest seem to sit by indifferently as another kingdom […]

Majd Owaida: From Gaza’s Open-air-prison to Israeli Prisons
By Maram Humaid – Gaza Despairingly, Maha Owaida, the mother of Majd Owaida, 23, took part in the sit-in in solidarity with her son, who was arrested two months ago while en route to the […]

HRW: Israeli Police Abuse Palestinian Children (VIDEO)
Israeli police have threatened and intimidated Palestinian children held in custody, a leading human rights group said Monday. Human Rights Watch said in a statement that Israeli treatment of Palestinian minors, including being interrogated without […]

PFLP: Canceled Funding A Punishment for Opposition to Abbas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued an order to cancel funds allocated to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) for two months, a PFLP leader told Ma’an on Monday. Kayed al-Ghoul said Abbas […]

Arrest of Al-Aqsa Imam ‘Violation of International Law,’ Insists Jordan
Jordan has condemned Israel’s arrest of an imam at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday as a “violation of international law”, Anadolu has reported. Mohamed Salim was arrested when he left the mosque after delivering the Friday […]

Luxury of Relaxation in Gaza: Small Coffins are the Heaviest
By Nesma K. Seyam – Gaza Every night, I open my small window, inhale a deep breath and release all the hidden tensions in my chest. With my eye half open, I gaze at the dark […]

US Election: ‘Death by Being Shot or Poisoning’
By Jamal Kanj Donald Trump could change American electoral history for the better. Before explaining how, let’s first explore the politics and predicament of the 2016 Republican primary election. About six weeks ago, I projected […]

Ramzy Baroud: Palestinians Are Last Defenders against Zionism (VIDEO)
In this speech recorded for conferences in New Zealand and Australia (March and April 2016), Dr. Ramzy Baroud explains the nature of the fight ahead and why Palestinians need to reach a critical mass in […]

Israeli Demolitions Displace 124 Palestinians in Just One Day
Israel’s demolition of homes in the occupied Palestinian territories has displaced hundreds of Palestinians, including 124 in just one day. The details have been revealed in a statement by the UN Office for the Coordination […]

War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification – Book Review
Reviewed by Richard Falk (Jeff Halper, War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification, Pluto Press, 2015, 296 pp., ISBN 9780745334301.) Jeff Halper is an unusual hybrid presence on both the scholarly and […]

Reflections on Palestine – A Poem
By Stephen Brackens-Brinkley & Dorothy Dot Milnes-Simm Beautiful the olive trees that grew in Palestine, and beautiful the buildings rising up through branches fine. Wonderful the people that were thrown into a cell Israel’s the […]

Tunisia Supports Nomination of Barghouti for Nobel Peace Prize (VIDEO)
Fadwa Barghouthi, the wife of Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti, said that the Tunisian Parliament yesterday expressed its support for her husband’s nomination for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. In a statement following a meeting with […]

Over 66% of Jewish Israelis Agree with Rabbi’s Controversial Statement
The majority (66.5 per cent) of Israel’s Jewish public agree that “it is a commandment to kill a terrorist who comes at you with a knife”, according to the latest Peace Index published by the […]

Israeli Forces Injured 1,300 Palestinians in First Three Months of 2016
Israeli forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) injured some 1,300 Palestinians in the first three months of 2016, new data from a United Nations body has revealed. According to the Office for the Coordination […]

Activists Seek Release of Palestinian Circus Performer Jailed without Trial (VIDEO)
Human rights groups have in recent weeks put a spotlight on the case of a 23-year-old Palestinian circus performer and trainer who has been held in an Israeli prison since last December without trial or […]

Ex-Abu Ghraib Interrogator: Israelis Trained US to Use ‘Palestinian Chair’ Torture Device (VIDEO)
As a former interrogator in Iraq working as a military contractor for the private security firm CACI, Eric Fair was stationed at the Abu Ghraib prison and in Fallujah in 2004. While in Fallujah, he […]

Palestinian Hunger-Striker’s Health Worsens as Israel Moves Another to Solitary
The health of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Sami al-Janazreh has begun to seriously deteriorate after 36 days without food, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said on Thursday. Meanwhile, The Palestine Prisoners’ Center for Studies reported on […]

Roadmap to Apartheid – Film Review (VIDEO)
Reviewed Jim Miles (Roadmap to Apartheid. Ind. documentary, Ana Noguiera and Eron Davidson. 2012.) It is curious that the more Israel denies apartheid, and the more other states, such as Canada, “condemn” the BDS movement, […]

Fatah Opposes the Palestinian Leadership
By Nicola Nasser The Palestinian leadership is in a very tough position. Those losing trust in it are no longer limited to the traditional opposition which normally came from within the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) […]

Writers Challenge Israeli Embassy’s Presence at Literary Festival
By Mike Kuhlenbeck More than a hundred writers have signed a letter calling on the PEN American Center “to reject support from the Embassy of Israel” for the 12th annual World Voices Festival in New York […]

Israel Refuses to Release World’s Youngest Prisoner
An Israeli court yesterday refused to release the world’s youngest prisoner, an 11-year-old Palestinian, describing him as a “terrorist”, Quds Press reported. The magistrates’ court ruled that Ali Alqam should be sent to a Ministry […]

Hamas Slams Abbas Statements on Security Coordination with Israel
The Hamas movement reacted on Tuesday to a recent interview by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, slamming his condemnation of the recent wave small-scale attacks by Palestinians. In an interview broadcast on Thursday by the Israeli […]

Non-violent BDS Should Be Welcomed, Not Condemned
By Ramzy Baroud A thousand Israelis and their supporters gathered in Jerusalem’s International Convention Center on March 28 at a conference aimed at combating the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS). The conference was a […]

Israel Cannot Win the Fight with BDS
By Ramzy Baroud Serious efforts are being galvanized in Israel and outside to slow down the fast-moving momentum of the Palestine Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS). The latest of these efforts was a large, […]

Israel Halts Cement Imports into Gaza Strip
he Israeli authorities on Monday suspended the delivery of cement to the blockaded Gaza Strip, claiming that construction materials were being diverted by the Hamas movement. In a statement, Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in […]

Palestinian Committee due in The Hague to Speed up Investigation into Israeli Crimes
The Palestinian committee responsible for following up the submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding allegations of Israeli war crimes has convened in the occupied West Bank and Gaza to discuss the latest developments, […]