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Month: July 2017

Half of Homes Destroyed During the 2014 Gaza Offensive Still Not Rebuilt
Some 4,000 housing units have yet to be rebuilt in the besieged Gaza Strip three years after the 2014 Gaza offensive, the head of Palestinian Organization, The Popular Committee Against the Siege (PCS) said on […]

If Al-Aqsa is to Be Protected Long-term, Israel’s Occupation Must End
By Dr. Daud Abdullah Palestinian resistance against Israel’s brutal occupation is littered with many setbacks. The latest confrontation over Al Aqsa Mosque was, however, a rare example of success. Israel’s fifty-year efforts to change the […]

Israeli Settlers Steal Palestinian Land, Set up New Outpost
Israeli settlers reportedly set up 10 mobile homes on private Palestinian land in the northern occupied West Bank on Monday morning. Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, said […]

Days After Palestinian Family is Expelled from Their Home, Settler Family Moves In
Almost one week after dozens of extremist Israeli settlers raided and occupied a Palestinian home in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, an Israeli settler declared on Monday that he and his family […]

Israeli Courts Hand New Administrative Detention Orders to 13 Palestinians
Ashraf Abu Sneieneh, lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) Sunday said that Israel issued new administrative detention orders against 13 detainees. The sentences ranged between four and six months with the prisoners being from […]

Reporting from Ramallah: An Israeli Journalist in an Occupied Land – Book Review
Reviewed by Irfan Raja Rachel Leah Jones collected and translated some 500 articles excluding the daily news reports written by of a prominent Israeli journalist Amira Hass in between (1997-2002) that were published in Israel’s […]

Steps on the Palestinian/Israeli Path to Peace
By Vacy Vlazna The tolling of the bell for the death of the two state solution has long faded and it is time to end futile mourning and death denial and look to new ideas, new […]

Israeli Forces Raid PalMedia Headquarters in Ramallah, Steal Equipment
Israeli forces raided the headquarters of PalMedia, a media production company, and searched several offices belonging to Arab and international news outlets in Ramallah city in the central occupied West Bank during dawn hours on […]

Israeli Supporters of Amnesty International May be Barred from Claiming Tax Benefits
Israel’s Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon has reportedly taken steps to strip Amnesty International of its tax benefits in Israel, barring Israeli donors from receiving tax deductions from their donations to the international human rights organization […]

Iconic Girl from Gaza Beach Massacre Graduates University (VIDEO)
Eleven years after the 2006 Gaza beach massacre that killed seven members of her family, Huda Ghalia has graduated after completing her undergraduate studies in Sharia and Law at the Islamic University of Gaza. On […]

Israeli Occupation Forces Prevent Hanin Zoabi from Entering Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli occupation forces prevented on Friday morning the Arab MK, Hanin Zoabi, from entering the sanctuary of Al-Aqsa Mosque for “security” reasons, Al-Resalah newspaper reported. The MK said that “Palestinian worshipers must be allowed to enter Al-Aqsa […]

Restrictions Continue: Israel Bans 21 Palestinians from Al-Aqsa
Israeli authorities Friday issued orders to ban 21 Palestinians from East Jerusalem from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). PPS added a total of 21 Palestinians were banned entry into the […]

Thousands Protest In Front of Israeli Embassy in Amman
Hundreds of Jordanians participated in a march in front of the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital of Amman on Friday in order to demand its closure and cancel an Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty in protest […]

It’s Time to Talk about Israeli Slander, Not My ‘Diseased Brain’
By Yves Engler As a researcher and writer largely focused on Canadian foreign policy I was surprised to be profiled by a right wing US magazine and downright amazed when the story was tweeted out […]

Thousands of Palestinians Perform Friday Prayers on Jerusalem Streets
Thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayers across the streets of occupied East Jerusalem after being prevented by Israeli forces from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Israeli forces were heavily deployed across the city and around […]

Israeli Forces Kill 16-Year-Old Palestinian in Gaza
Israeli forces shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian in central Gaza on Friday during clashes that erupted along the border with Israel, while at least seven other Palestinian protesters were injured with live ammunition, as […]

Arab Foreign Ministers Urge UN to Implement Resolutions on Jerusalem
Arab foreign ministers on Thursday urged the United Nations Security Council to assume its responsibilities to maintain international peace and security and to implement its relevant resolutions on East Jerusalem. After their urgent meeting at […]

The Israel Anti-Boycott Act: Threat to Free Speech
By Ron Forthofer There is a Senate bill, along with a companion bill in the House, working its way through Congress with strong bipartisan support, that poses a significant danger to free speech. One would […]

Jordanian Officials: Israeli Embassy Staff Will Not Return until Shooter is Prosecuted
The Jordanian government has made a decision not to allow the Israeli ambassador to Jordan and the embassy staff to return to Amman until “gaining complete assurances” guaranteeing that the Israeli embassy guard who shot […]

Transcription – A Poem
By Ramona Wadi the potent permanence of frenzied excavation in remnants of spaces between sand and stone I pause at intonations framed against books unrivalled eloquence festering behind screens glass stained in blue an essence […]

Israel Raids Al-Aqsa again, Injures Dozens of Worshipers
Just one hour after thousands of Palestinian worshipers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem for the first time in nearly two weeks, clashes erupted inside the holy site, as Israeli forces fired […]

Israelis Erect Iron Gate at Entrance of West Bank Town
Israeli forces installed an iron gate at an entrance of the village of Janata on Thursday, southeast of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank. Israeli authorities have given no explanation for the action. Local […]

Report: Israel Killed 11 Palestinian Children Since 2017
Some 11 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli occupying forces since January 2017, Defence for Children International – Palestine (DCIP) revealed on Tuesday. Ten of the children were killed with live ammunition and many […]

Hamas to Remain on EU ‘Terror List’, Court Rules
The European Union’s Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Hamas, should remain in the bloc’s “terror” list, referring the case back to lower court. ECJ judges on Wednesday overruled the General Court’s view of […]

Palestinian Home Seized and Turned into Israeli Military Post
Israeli forces on Tuesday night raided a Palestinian home in Khursa village, south of Hebron city in the southern occupied West Bank, and turned the house into a military post. Israeli soldiers broke into the […]

Amnesty International: Israeli Army Actions ‘Utterly Deplorable’
Human rights organization Amnesty International has condemned Israeli forces for multiple violent raids into an occupied East Jerusalem hospital, which has been struggling to treat hundreds of Palestinians who have been injured by Israeli forces […]

Fear and Trepidation in Tel Aviv: Is Israel Losing the Syria War?
By Ramzy Baroud Israel, which has played a precarious role in the Syrian war since 2011, is furious to learn that the future of the conflict is not to its liking. The six-year-old Syria war […]

B’Tselem Accuses Israel of Showing ‘Sweeping Disregard’ for Palestinian Life in Jerusalem
As Israeli forces continued to impose a violent crackdown on Palestinians praying outside of Al-Aqsa Mosque as an act civil disobedience against new security measures at the holy site, Israeli NGO B’Tselem accused Israel of […]

Erdogan Urges Muslims to Visit and Protect Al-Aqsa
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday urged all Muslims to visit and protect al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem in light of Israel’s new measures. Agence France-Presse (AFP) quoted the Turkish president as saying, “from here I […]

‘Al-Aqsa Crisis at Tipping Point,’ Says Palestine UN Envoy
The Palestinian envoy to the UN has told the Security Council that al-Aqsa Mosque compound crisis in East Jerusalem is at a tipping point, urging the council members to help protect Palestinians and their holy […]