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New data published by the Israeli military revealed a decline in enthusiasm to serve amongst young people conscripted into service. The data also revealed a drop in motivation to serve within combat units. This data coincides […]
Palestinian officials condemned on Thursday the controversial “formalization” bill that would see the retroactive legalization of illegal Israeli outposts in the occupied West Bank, which passed its first reading in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, on […]
By Ralph Nader Optimists are hoping for a Trump makeover. They cling to his brief victory remarks suggesting that he wants to be the “president of all the people.” In his 60 Minutes interview following […]
Nabeel Marouf, the Head of the General Palestinian Commission in Ottawa said Canada has decided to resume its donation to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA). Marouf added that Canada […]
The Israeli Supreme Court has rejected an appeal submitted by the residents of the Palestinian village of Nabi Ilyas to the east of Qalqilia in northern West Bank to stop the annexation of 100 acres […]
Adel Abdilrazeq, the vice president of the Tourist Department at the Egyptian Tourist Chambers said on Tuesday that there is an initial Egyptian approval to exchange tours between Egypt and Gaza. According to media sources, […]
The Israeli parliament, Knesset approved on Wednesday a preliminary reading of a controversial “formalization bill” which would retroactively legalize an Israeli outpost slated for evacuation. This followed a recent controversy regarding a decision to demolish […]
Jordan’s Ministry of Religious Endowments has slammed Israel’s proposed ban on the call to prayer in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem. The ministry described the law as “false,” Petra news agency reported. “Any decision […]
Israel officially invited bids for new gas and oil explorations licenses on the Mediterranean, Israeli Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources Yuval Steinitz announced yesterday. “We are offering for exploration half of our […]
An Israeli court in the Nazareth district has decided to keep Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour under house arrest, easing some of the restrictions imposed on her since last year, including allowing her to work from […]
By Sam Husseini Many media are reporting that Rudolph Giuliani is slated to be nominated as Secretary of State [New York Times: “Secretary of State Giuliani? He’s the Leading Choice, Trump Aides Say“]. This would likely […]
Israeli settlers residing in the soon-to-be demolished illegal Amona outpost in the occupied West Bank held an emergency meeting yesterday evening following an Israeli Supreme Court decision to continue with evacuation plans in the community, […]
Top Palestinian official, Dr. Saeb Erekat said that Donald Trump’s victory in US presidential elections has empowered the most racist elements in Israeli government and society. Erekat, a former leading Palestinian negotiator and the current Secretary […]
Israel appointed a new ambassador to Turkey today, the first time the post has been filled since 2010. The Israeli Foreign Ministry today appointed Eitan Na’eh as Israel’s new ambassador to Turkey. The appointment is […]
By Ramzy Baroud As I was growing up, I was always reassured by the sound of the ‘Muadhin’ making the call for prayer in our refugee camp’s main mosque in Gaza. Whenever I heard the […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth While the United States presidential election bitterly divided the American public, most Israelis were sanguine about the race. Both candidates – Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton – were keen to end […]
Donald Trump’s election as the next US president presents Israel with a unique opportunity to recast its Middle East policies, far-right Israeli MK Naftali Bennett said today. Leader of the religious-nationalist Jewish Home party and […]
Leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel Sheikh Raed Salah launched an open hunger strike yesterday against his solitary confinement and mistreatment by Israeli prison authorities, according to his lawyer Mohammad […]
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump the candidate promised to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel — a move that would upend decades of US policy. Now that he’s the President-elect, Israel’s right wing […]
Israel’s National Infrastructure Minister Yuval Steinitz has been forced to block a plan that would see the country’s national water company build more infrastructure to provide water for controversial Jewish settlements, than for Palestinians, who […]
The Israeli Supreme Court dismissed a petition by the Israeli government to postpone evacuating the illegal Amona outpost, built on privately-owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, ruling that the evacuation be carried out […]
The Israeli Ministerial Committee on Legislation discussed on Sunday draft legislation which could limit the Muslim call to prayer in Israel, as Palestinian citizens of Israel expressed their fears that such legislation would represent a […]
In response to a pledge by US President-elect Donald Trump to move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour threatened to “[unleash] all of the weapons that […]
The government of Spain released a statement on Friday joining the United States in condemning Israel’s recent approval of the construction of 181 new housing units in the illegal Gilo settlement in the occupied West […]
By Kathy Kelly In July 1941, Albert Einstein, ten months a US citizen, wrote Eleanor Roosevelt asking her, as First Lady, to raise with the president the matter of lifting bureaucratic hurdles so that Jewish […]
By Hanna Kawas We remember our indigenous brothers and sisters, the victims of genocide by the European settler-colonialists in Canada and all over the world. Justice and peace-loving peoples of the world will also remember […]
In Memory of Kaukab al-Dayah 2005-2009 By Denis A. Conroy Kaukab Al Dayah was fascinated by the old woman sitting in a tent at a festival celebrating the olive harvest. Kaukab could see that she was clad […]
Michael F. Brown reported in the Electronic Intifada on November 9 that the “The US State Department this week joined the European Union, Sweden, Ireland and the Netherlands in recognizing the right to boycott Israel.” Brown added, “but whether this position will survive under […]
By Tamar Fleishman Radiation treatment of cancer patients was introduced in the mid-20th century and is second in importance only to surgery. In numerous cases of malignant tumors such treatment is considered as effective and […]
Three Palestinian brothers, identified as Abed al-Salam, Nidal and Noor al-Din Omar, all of whom are being held in Israeli prison, entered the 10th day of an open hunger strike in protest of the continued […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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