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Month: June 2017

Ramadan in Gaza (PHOTOS)
Despite a 11-year-long tight economic siege, and several wars that have killed thousands, Palestinians in Gaza take every opportunity to celebrate life. The following photos, taken by Abdallah Alajaml – a Palestinian journalist based in Gaza […]

Jericho School Ordered to be Demolished by Israelis
Israeli forces have issued a new demolition notice to Mahmood Al-Jarmi, the head teacher of a Bedouin school near the city of Jericho, north of the West Bank, which is attended by children from various […]

8-Year Old Boy Survives Burns and Torture by Israeli Settlers
A Palestinian child from Beit Furik town in Nablus survived certain death on Wednesday after Jewish settlers kidnapped and tortured him inside their settlement. Local sources told reporters that eight-year-old Bashar Ghazal was found in […]

Report: Egypt Offers Gaza More Electricity In Exchange For Security Collaboration
Following an Israeli decision to cut down its electricity supply to the besieged coastal enclave by some 40 percent, Egypt has offered to provide more electricity to Gaza, if Hamas cooperates with Egypt in its […]

UN Last Hurdle before Israel Can Rid Itself of the Palestinians
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Israeli and US officials are in the process of jointly pre-empting Donald Trump’s supposed “ultimate deal” to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They hope to demote the Palestinian issue to a […]

UK, Japan Condemn further Settlement Expansion
The British and Japanese governments lamented Israel’s recent approval of further construction in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank as “not conducive to peace.” The denunciations came more than a week after Israel’s Civil […]

UN: 150,00 Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank may Lose Food Assistance in July
A spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a statement at a press briefing at the UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, warning that the World Food Program (WFP) would be forced to […]

Report: Sisi Met Netanyahu Secretly in Cairo
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi held secret talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Isaac Herzog last year to promote a plan that would have recognized Israel as a Jewish state, according […]

Palestine Speaks: Al Jazeera English online Launches ‘Palestine in Motion’
Al Jazeera English online has launched ‘Palestine in Motion‘, a storytelling technique, centered on the story of Palestinian people. ‘Palestine in Motion’ allows the user to explore the personal narratives of Palestinians, which are linked […]

Journalism, History and War: Sit, Type and Bleed
By Ramzy Baroud The typical newsroom set-up, where journalists chase headlines dictated by some centralized news gathering agency – often based in some western capital – does not suffice any more. In the case of […]

Until Day Of Reckoning Arrives, We Must Cultivate Hope
By Rima Najjar Today, Palestinians are at a crossroads. With increasingly strong voices demanding justice, they have marked the 69-year anniversary of the Nakba (the 1948 founding of Israel), the 50-year anniversary of the Naksa […]

Israeli Soldiers Force 19-Year Old Detainee to Say ‘Muhammad is a Pig’
Israeli forces abused and humiliated a 19-year-old Palestinian for hours when he was detained last month during a march in the village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank district of Ramallah, while the […]

Israel May Shutter Al-Jazeera Office in Occupied Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering closing down Al Jazeera’s offices in occupied Jerusalem. The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth (Ynetnews) revealed today that Netanyahu, a team coordinating with the state press office of the […]

Adalah: Israel Prevents 100 Children in the Negev From Reaching School
Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Rights in Israel, sent an urgent letter to Israeli authorities on June 1, 2017, protesting against the sealing off of an Arab Bedouin village in the country’s southern desert […]

Israel Approves Reduction of 40% of Gaza’s Electricity
The Israeli security cabinet has approved a 40 per cent reduction in Israel’s electricity supply to the besieged Gaza Strip, “in response to a request by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas,” Middle East Monitor has […]

‘Invaders’ Fear of Memory’: Darwish Poem at Israeli Award Dubbed ‘Provocation’
Israeli Minister of Culture Miri Regev expressed opposition to the recitation of a poem by renowned Palestinian author Mahmoud Darwish at an Israeli cultural event, calling it a “provocation” and requesting that the performance be […]

Netanyahu Incites UN to Dismantle UNRWA
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that he had told US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley that, “the UN should consider shutting down operations of its Relief and Works Agency for […]

I Dream of Gaza
By William James Martin The narrow strip of land on the east shore of the Mediterranean Sea, inhabited by Palestinians, which is the Gaza Strip, has been under siege for a decade. The Gaza Strip […]

For the First Time, Israel to Test Arrow-3 Missile System in US’s Alaska
For the first time, Israel, jointly with the US Missile Defence Agency (MDA), will test the Arrow-3 anti-ballistic missile system in the US state of Alaska. According to a statement yesterday by Israel’s Channel 2, […]

Number of Israeli Settlement Building Licences at Highest since 1992
The number of Israeli settlement building licences issued in the first half of 2017 is the highest since 1992, Quds Press has reported. The details were revealed by Israel’s far-right Defence Minister, Avigdor Lieberman during […]

Red Cross: 19 Palestinians still Missing after 2014 Israeli Offensive on Gaza
The Gaza office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced on Friday that 19 Palestinians are still missing following the 2014 Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. According to spokeswoman Suhair Zaqqout, […]

Ashrawi: Israel Mocks International Community with Settlement Expansion
Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, PLO Executive Committee Member, said on Thursday that Israel is making a mockery of the international community and the global justice system with its recent announcement to construct 3,000 illegal settlements in […]

Abbas to Give Up Freezing Settlement Construction as Precondition for Talks
Israeli media reports claim that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, will make concessions to smooth talks with the Israeli occupation. According to Israeli newspaper Yedioth Aharonot, senior economic adviser to Abbas, Mohamed Mustafa revealed on […]

Turkey to Send Aid Shipment to Gaza during Ramadan
A meeting in Ankara on Friday between the Palestinian Ambassador to Turkey Faed Mustafa and Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak revealed that a cargo ship carrying humanitarian aid would arrive in the besieged Gaza […]

Jewish Israelis Disguised as Muslims Attempt to Pray at Al-Aqsa
A group of right-wing Israeli women dressed up in religious Muslim clothing reportedly in an attempt to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday evening, in contravention of agreements regimenting the holy […]

34 Years After Being Released, Israel Resentences 74-Year Old Palestinian to Life
Israeli authorities have resentenced a Palestinian man to life in prison, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported on Monday, more than 30 years after he was released in a prisoner swap deal. Yousif Hassan Ahmad […]

Mushtaha: Gaza’s Hospitals Lack 30% of Laboratory Materials
Director of the Department of Laboratories and Blood Banks in the General Administration of Gaza hospitals, Amid Mushtaha, said the Gaza hospitals suffer from a shortage of laboratory testing materials up to 30%, a percentage […]

US Ambassador to UN: End ‘Bullying’ of Israel
Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the United Nations, said that the UN could no longer “bully” Israel over its violations of international law, during a three-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank in […]

Israeli Minister Proposes Construction of 67,000 New Settlement Units In West Bank
An Israeli minister presented a plan to Israel’s parliament on Tuesday, advocating for 67,000 additional illegal settlement housing units to be built in the occupied West Bank. The plan was proposed by Israeli Minister of […]

Amnesty International Launches Pro-BDS Campaign Against Illegal Settlements
Amnesty International announced on Wednesday that it was launching a campaign to implement a full boycott of illegal Israeli settlements across the occupied Palestinian territory. “One of the tragedies of 50 years of ceaseless occupation-related […]