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Month: May 2017

Israel Will be Convicted of War Crimes According to Former ICC Prosecutor
The former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno Ocampo has said that the investigation being carried out by the ICC concerning the issue of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including East […]

Seven Years On: Remembering the Mavi Marmara
Seven years ago, Israeli commandos attacked a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid and activists to Gaza. The assault took place in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Nine civilians were killed by the Israeli […]

PA Official Denies Reports Trump Yelled At Abbas During Recent Visit
A senior Palestinian official on Monday denied a report about a feud between US President Donald Trump and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during Trump’s visit to Bethlehem last week, the Palestinian News Network (PNN) has […]

Trump’s Visit to Israel: How Palestine Disappeared from US Media Coverage
By Ramzy Baroud As if he has, overnight, been transformed into a master politician, Donald Trump’s 27-hour trip to Israel has left many analysts mystified. Quoting former Israeli political adviser, Mitchell Barack, the New York […]

Palestinian Teen Shot in Gaza Still in Critical Condition
A week after Israeli forces shot a Palestinian teenager in the stomach with a live bullet during a protest in the besieged Gaza Strip, rights group Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP) reported that […]

How Israeli Moves in Jerusalem are Scotching Trump’s ‘Ultimate Deal’
By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth A decision by Donald Trump this Thursday could prove fateful for the immediate future of Jerusalem, the wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the region. He must decide whether to renew a […]

Adalah: Israel Has No Legal Right To Offer Lands Tenders In The West Bank
Adalah, the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, sent a letter to senior Israeli officials on May 23, 2017 urging them to cancel open tenders offering Palestinian lands declared as state property in […]

PLO Slams Israeli Cabinet Meeting in Jerusalem As ‘Provocation’
Saeb Erekat, the Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) denounced on Sunday the Israeli security cabinet meeting held earlier in tunnels located underneath the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem as a “provocation” and […]

Do the ‘Jewish People’ Worldwide Have a Legal Right to Self-Determination in Palestine?
By Rima Najjar For some time now, the discourse on Israel has been shifting from a place where Israeli “hasbara” disinformation had the upper hand no matter where one turned, to a place where Israeli […]

Palestinian Company Wins International Award for Olive Oil
A Palestinian olive oil company has obtained a silver medal at the well-known international olive oil contest Domina, the Safa news agency reported yesterday. Mount of Green Olive represented Palestine in the contest. Italy won […]

New West Bank Settlement Approved by Israel
The Civil Administration’s High Planning Committee yesterday approved the construction of a new settlement in the occupied West Bank for the evacuees of the illegal outpost of Amona, Quds Press reported Israeli media saying. Amona […]

Hamas Warns Israel Of ‘Consequences’ If Electricity Supply Is Reduced
One day after an Israeli official announced in a BBC Arabic interview that Israel would be reducing its electricity supply to the Gaza Strip, the Hamas movement released a statement on Friday warning the Israeli […]

24 Palestinians Denied Travel To Jordan by Israel
The Israeli occupation authorities have prevented 24 Palestinians from traveling abroad through Allenby Bridge order crossing with Jordan last week. The Palestinian Authority police said on Saturday that the passengers were denied travel for unexplained […]

Easternization – Asia’s Rise and America’s Decline – Book Review
Reviewed by Jim Miles (Easternization – Asia’s Rise and America’s Decline – From Obama to Trump and Beyond. Gideon Rachman. Other Press, New York. 2016.) While this book is not authored by a U.S. educated […]

Two Sides of the Palestinian Coin: Hunger Strike/Gaza
By Richard Falk The Palestinian hunger strike protesting Israeli prison conditions was suspended on May 27th after 40 days, at a time when many of the 1000 or so strikers were experiencing serious deteriorations of […]

Britain’s Labour Party will ‘Immediately’ Recognize Palestine if Elected in June
Britain’s Labour Party announced in its 2017 elections manifesto that if elected in June, the party would immediately recognize the state of Palestine. The manifesto stated that the party was committed to a two-state solution […]

Palestinian Shepherd Attacked by Israelis from Illegal Yitzhar Settlement
A group of Israeli settlers assaulted a Palestinian shepherd in the village of Madama on Saturday, marking the latest in a string of violent attacks committed by residents of the notorious illegal Israeli settlement of […]

Canadian Prime Minister Misleads on Zionism
By Yves Engler Our Prime Minister would like us to believe that the ideology that shaped Israel is designed to fight anti-Jewish prejudice. But, even when anti-Semitism was a significant political force in Canada, Zionism […]

Prisoners Announce Suspension of Hunger Strike
The hunger striking Palestinian detainees in various Israeli prisons have suspended their hunger strike, on Saturday at dawn, after a 20-hour session of talks, led by imprisoned legislator Marwan Barghouthi, and other senior political prisoners, […]

Israeli Settlers Attack Hebron Businesses, Throw Garbage, Rocks
A group of Israeli settlers attacked a number of commercial shops owned by Palestinians on Friday in central Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank near Israel’s illegal Kiryat Arba settlement. A group of Israeli […]

Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa on ‘Jerusalem Day’
Hundreds of settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque to mark the so-called ‘Jerusalem Day’ on Wednesday. Video footage released by the Joint Headquarters of the Temple Movements shows the settlers as they “toured” the area along with […]

UN Alarmed by Condition of Hunger-Striking Palestinian Prisoners
The top United Nations human rights official yesterday urged Israel to improve conditions for Palestinians prisoners, especially the more than 1,500 whose hunger-strike had entered its 38th day. The strike followed a call by Marwan […]

Settlers, Soldiers Surround Palestinian School, Detain Student and Teachers
Israeli settlers escorted by military forces surrounded a Palestinian school in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem on Thursday morning, detaining a student and two teachers while leaving others trapped inside the school. […]

On 38th Day, Hunger Strikers Threaten Individual Action to Pressure Israel
As hundreds of Palestinian prisoners entered the 38th day of a mass hunger strike in Israeli custody on Wednesday, the hunger strikers have reportedly discussed escalating tactics to pressure Israeli authorities into acceding to their […]

Netanyahu Exploits Manchester Bombing (VIDEO)
As the world pays tribute to those killed in the horrific attack in Manchester, UK, Israel has been quick to exploit the terrorist attack and use it to advance its narrative. Speaking ahead of visiting […]

Fear as an Obstacle to Peace: Why Are Israelis Afraid?
By Ramzy Baroud Bat-Hen Epstein Elias’s long article on Iranian Jews is interesting. Parts of it, in fact, are heartwarming. Yet, despite the lack of any serious evidence, the story is entirely framed in the […]

Making Israel Greater Again: Justice for Palestinians in the Age of Trump
By Yoav Litvin “You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful women. I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star they let you do […]

On Gaza and the Siege: Why Is This Allowed to Happen?
By Haidar Eid – Gaza “We were just obeying orders!” “There is no defence in obeying illegal orders. Remember Nuremberg?!” — Fictional dialogue with an Israeli officer In mid-May, The International Committee of the Red […]

17 Year-Old Girl Shot by Israelis in West Bank
Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian teenage girl Tuesday at the entrance to the village of Silwad, east of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank. The circumstances behind the shooting remained unclear, but […]

Gazans Protest Trumps Visit to Palestine
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continued to express outrage over US President Donald Trump calling out the Hamas movement in a list of terrorist organizations during a speech in Riyadh on Saturday before 50 leaders […]