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Month: October 2017
Hamas, Islamic Jihad Vow Reprisals for Israeli Bombing
At least seven Palestinians were killed, and 12 others were wounded after Israeli forces blew up an underground tunnel between the southern Gaza Strip and Israel on Monday, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources. The […]
The Anzac-Palestine Connection
By Sonja Karkar “ANZACS BACK AGAIN” was the front-page headline of Jerusalem’s Palestine Post on 13 February 1940. The ANZAC reputation for courage and daring was legendary after their victory at Beersheba in 1917. That was the Palestine Campaign that saw the […]
Israel Military Uses Facebook Post to Threaten Gaza Family
The Israeli military used a Facebook post to threaten the home and lives of a Palestinian family in the Gaza Strip, in a move slammed by legal rights center Adalah and human rights NGO Al-Mezan. […]
Israel MKs Condemn Palestinian School Visit to ‘Arch Terrorist’ Arafat’s Grave
Israeli activists and MKs have called for imposing the Israel curriculum on Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem who hold Israeli IDs, Israel Hayoum reported yesterday. The newspaper referred to a group of five Palestinian […]
Nick Cave Urged to Cancel Tel Aviv Shows by Roger Waters, Angela Davis, Thurston Moore
By Artists for Palestine, UK Musicians Roger Waters, Thurston Moore and Tunde Adebimpe, poet Michael Rosen, philosopher Judith Butler and political activist Angela Davis are among many high profile figures who have called on Nick […]
Israel MK: Palestinians’ ‘Liability’ Is That ‘They Weren’t Born Jews’
An Israeli parliamentarian has expressed his support for formal apartheid, backing the annexation of the entire West Bank but without its Palestinian inhabitants being granted the right to vote. MK Miki Zohar, who is chair […]
UN Expert Consider Sanctions on Israel over Occupation of Palestine
A UN human rights expert has accused Israel of violating a number of international laws and resolutions while suggesting legal action, including travel bans, against the Middle Eastern state. Tel Aviv countered by saying the […]
Israel Strikes Gaza Tunnel: Six Palestinians Killed, Nine Injured, More Missing
An Israeli strike on a tunnel in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip on Monday led to the deaths of at least six Palestinians and the injuring of nine. Three of them in critical […]
Palestinian Prisoner Given 30 Minutes to See His Teenage Son Battling Cancer
A Palestinian prisoner was allowed to see his teenage son, who is battling cancer in an Israeli hospital, for only 30 minutes on Monday morning, according to official Palestinian Authority (PA)-owned Wafa news agency. According […]
Kissing Trump, Netanyahu Mural Appears on Apartheid Wall
A mural of US President Donald Trump sharing a kiss with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has popped up on Israel’s Apartheid wall around the city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Tourists were […]
Israel Reports Plans to Demolish 5 Buildings, 138 Apartments in Palestinian Town
Israel’s Jerusalem Municipality is reportedly planning to demolish five buildings in the Palestinian Jerusalem-area town of Kafr Aqab, according to a Saturday report from Israeli news daily Haaretz. Haaretz reported that the five buildings hold […]
Israeli Settlers Continue Widespread Theft of Palestinian Olive Harvest
Over the past few days, Israeli settlers have reportedly stolen the harvest of hundreds of Palestinian olive trees in the northern occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian sources. Official Palestinian Authority (PA) – owned Wafa […]
Palestinian PM Demands British Apology for Balfour
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah demanded on Sunday that Britain apologize for the declaration promising a Jewish state in historical Palestine, ahead of its 100-year anniversary in the coming week. Hamdallah said the Balfour declaration, […]
Lord Balfour’s Letter Was 1917’s ‘Fake News’
By James M. Wall Thursday, November 2, will be the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. To commemorate that event, the current British Prime Minister Teresa May, will attend a London dinner party at the […]
India: 16 Million Communist Farmers Join Israel Boycott Movement to Support Palestine
The 16-million-strong peasants and farmer’s wing of the Communist Party of India, has joined the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel’s occupation of Palestine. In a statement from earlier this month, the All India […]
Israel to Vote on ‘Greater Jerusalem Bill’, Annexing Illegal West Bank Settlements
Israeli ministers are expected vote next week on the so-called “Greater Jerusalem bill” which would annex 19 illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank to Israel’s municipal boundaries for Jerusalem, according to Israeli newspaper […]
Head of Gaza Security Forces Injured in Explosion Targeting His Vehicle
Head of the Gaza Strip’s security forces Major Tawfiq Abu Naim was injured on Friday after an explosion reportedly targeted his vehicle in the central Gaza Strip. Official sources in Gaza told Ma’an that the […]
More Than 300 Rabbis Urge Israel to End Arms Sales to Myanmar
More than 300 rabbis in the United States have urged Israel to end arms sales to Myanmar, whose government is committing serious human rights violations against its Rohingya Muslims. The petition, addressed to the Israeli […]
The Canada-Israel Nexus – Book Review
Reviewed by Jim Miles (The Canada-Israel Nexus. Eric Walberg. Clarity Press, Atlanta, Georgia. 2017.) For a complex and critical examination of the relationship between Canada, Israel, Judaism, and Zionism, Eric Walberg’s new work The Canada-Israel […]
Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Abusing Detained Palestinian Minors
A new report accuses Israel of “systematic abuse” of young Palestinians arrested after attending protests in occupied East Jerusalem. The report by Israeli rights groups B’Tselem and HaMoked, it says Israel is ignoring special laws […]
UN to Blacklist 190 Companies Doing Business in Occupied Palestine
Some of the biggest companies in the world, including Hewlett Packard, Motorola and Caterpillar are facing the prospect of being included on a UN blacklist of companies that violate international law for doing business in […]
Jeremy Corbyn Snubs Balfour Celebration
Palestinians in the UK have welcomed Jeremy Corbyn’s decision not to attend events organized by a pro-Israel group celebrating the Balfour Declaration centenary. A long-term critic of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land, the leader of […]
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians During Olive Harvest in Nablus
Israeli settlers reportedly attacked Palestinians who were harvesting olives in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus on Thursday, injuring three Palestinians, including one woman. Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in […]
Who Wrote the Balfour Declaration and Why: The World War I Connection
By Alison Weir Most analysts consider WWI a pointless conflict that resulted from diplomatic entanglements rather than some travesty of justice or aggression. Yet, it was catastrophic to a generation of Europeans, killing 14 million […]
Israel Installs Iron Gate In Private Palestinian Graveyard
Israeli forces on Wednesday set up an iron gate at the entrance of private Palestinian graveyard in the southern occupied West Bank Bethlehem-area village of al-Walaja. Locals told Ma’an that the plot of land where […]
Palestinian Engineers Create Phone App Detecting Breast Cancer
Palestinian doctors and engineers claim to have developed an app that would allow women to detect early signs of breast cancer by simply snapping a picture on their phones. Al-Quds University released a statement saying […]
VIDEO: ‘Time to Reclaim Our Historical Narrative’ – Ramzy Baroud
‘Time to reclaim our historical narrative.’ THE LAST EARTH: A PALESTINIAN STORY Noam Chomsky: ‘In the finest tradition of people’s history, these sensitive, painful and evocative pieces provide a human face to the painful saga […]
Iran Sentences ‘Mossad Spy’ to Death over Assassinations of Nuclear Scientists
An accused spy for Israel’s Mossad intelligence service has been sentenced to death in Iran after he was found guilty of being involved in a string of assassinations of Iran’s nuclear scientists, according to prosecutors […]
Hamas and Fatah Must Transform to Speak on behalf of Palestinians
By Ramzy Baroud The reconciliation agreement signed between rival Palestinian parties, Hamas and Fatah, in Cairo on October 12 was not a national unity accord – at least, not yet. For the latter to be […]
Israel Demolishes Palestinian Bedouin Village for 120th Time (VIDEO)
Israeli authorities on Wednesday demolished the Bedouin village of al-Araqib in the Negev desert in southern Israel for 120th time, according to official Palestinian Authority (PA)-owned Wafa news agency. Wafa reported that staff from the […]
