Israeli police arrested two right-wing Jewish Israelis today after they attempted to sneak into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound disguised as Muslims, Ma’an news agency reported locals and Israeli police saying. Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Al-Samri […]
Palestine Square in the heart of Gaza City has been the focus of excavation works by the Ministry of Endowments to unearth ruins dating back to the Byzantine era. The 1,500 year old remains include […]
An Israeli solider who shot and killed a wounded Palestinian is seen as a hero by vast majority of Israelis, many of whom are rallying in his support. Abed al-Fattah al-Sharif was shot alongside Ramzi […]
Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) cut off power to the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday afternoon, reportedly as a warning over the Palestinian Authority’s mounting debt. Hisham al-Omari, the head of the Jerusalem […]
Head of the Islamic Movement in Israel Usama Al-Okaibi yesterday accused Israeli police of cracking down on his movement to hinder aid being delivered to Palestinians in the Negev, Anadolu Agency reported. “The Israeli police […]
The autopsy conducted on the body Abd al-Fatah al-Sharif on Sunday confirmed that the 21-year-old Palestinian was still alive before a bullet fired at his head at point-blank range by an Israeli soldier killed him, […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth It might have been a moment that jolted Israelis to their senses. Instead the video of an Israeli soldier shooting dead a young Palestinian man as he lay wounded and […]
By Ambassador Chas W. Freeman The End of the American Empire Remarks to East Bay Citizens for Peace, the Barrington Congregational Church, and the American Friends Service Committee Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) […]
Jordan has begun preparations to install 55 cameras at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, after months of contentious arguments over their installation appeared to be resolved. Jordanian Minister of Endowment Hayil Daoud told the Jordanian al-Ghad […]
Spokesman of Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, Abu-Obaida said on Friday that his militants would not provide information about the Israeli soldiers missing in Gaza “without a price,” Quds Press reported. In a press release […]
By Ralph Nader Donald J. Trump is done. He will not be the Republican Party’s nominee for President. He will not receive the requisite number of 1237 delegate votes to secure a majority going into […]
More than 100 Gaza athletes were unable to participate in the fourth annual Palestine Marathon in Bethlehem, after Israel refused to give them permits to exit the blockaded Gaza Strip. The organizer condemned the action […]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Palestinian Authority’s security agencies are entering schools and searching students’ bags for knives, adding, “I’d be crazy if I told my son that stabbing someone was a good […]
An Israeli soldier to be tried on charges of manslaughter for shooting dead a wounded Palestinian in Hebron last week will be released to ‘open detention’ on a military base, an Israeli army spokesperson said. […]
By Bilal Daher Forty years after the Land Day strike announced by Palestinians in the territories occupied in 1948, the issue of land is still very strongly present today, in 2016, and there is still […]
The Israeli army ruled Thursday that an Israeli soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian in Hebron last week would be tried on charges of manslaughter, and not, as had been widely expected, those of […]
By Or Amit I. Don’t call it an execution When I hear the word “execution”, I think of Adolf Eichmann, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy and other men who had committed capitals offenses and were […]
Thousands of Palestinians across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory marched Wednesday to commemorate the 40th Land Day, protesting decades of Israeli land grabs. “Palestinians are entitled to their land and they will give up […]
The UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) been sharply criticized for the behavior of British diplomats in Geneva last week, who tried to pressure the Palestinians to water down a resolution on Israel’s illegal settlements. […]
Four Palestinians arrested this week for Facebook posts have spoken of physical assaults they endured during their detention and interrogation, Ma’an news agency reported. The testimonies were collected by the Palestinian Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs […]
US Senator Patrick Leahy along with 10 other Democratic congressmen have called on the US to investigate the possibility of “gross violations of human rights” by Israel’s and Egypt’s security forces, including “extrajudicial killings.” Leahy, […]
By Ramzy Baroud The nature of the current uprising in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is a testament to that claim. Previous uprisings were massive in their mobilization, clear in their message and decisive […]
By Fidel Castro The kings of Spain brought us the conquistadores and masters, whose footprints remained in the circular land grants assigned to those searching for gold in the sands of rivers, an abusive and […]
By Dr. Hani Al-Masri In a deliberate or accidental coincidence, the Qatari and Egyptian capitals have recently held the second round of deliberations between the Fatah and Hamas delegations. This is a continuation of the […]
A prosecutor for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says there was no military need for an Israeli soldier to shoot and kill a wounded Palestinian last week. The soldier is being held in custody as […]
The Israeli authorities on Tuesday leveled a privately-owned playground and uprooted several trees in the latest demolition to take place in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, locals said. Silwan resident Khalid al-Zeir told […]
By Venetia Rainey – Beirut Of all the countries Palestinians settled in when they fled or were forced from what is now Israel nearly 70 years ago, Lebanon remains the most hostile to providing basic […]
By Ramzy Baroud Abed al-Fattah Yusri al-Sharif was killed. In the style typical of Israeli aggression against unarmed Palestinians, he was first wounded after allegedly attempting to stab an Israel occupation soldier in the occupied […]
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has voted on Thursday to establish a database of Israeli companies working in settlements in order to blacklist them. According to news reports, this measure was one of four […]
A seven-month standoff between Tel Aviv and Brasilia has ended, with Israel recalling the appointment of a West Bank settler leader as ambassador, after the Brazilian government refused to give in to Israeli diplomatic pressure […]
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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