Two Republican politicians have submitted a resolution to Congress condemning UNESCO, days after the US announced that it would be withdrawing from the organization over its “anti-Israel bias”, according to the Times of Israel. Senator […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is to propose a bill for a law to give immunity to Knesset members from any corruption investigations, Safa reported yesterday. The bill was proposed for the first time in […]
The Palestinian presidency condemned on Tuesday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approval of the construction of 300 housing units in the settlement of Beit El, north of Ramallah, as well as approving the construction of […]
Head of the Palestinian Authority (PA) borders and crossing committee Nathmi Muhanna arrived in the Gaza Strip on Monday in order “to carry out the first article of the reconciliation agreement signed in Cairo regarding […]
A Syrian anti-aircraft battery 50 kilometers east of the capital of Damascus was attacked by the Israeli air force. The anti-aircraft battery disabled in this attack had, according to Israeli intelligence, been the site of […]
After former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said the international community was wrong to do as Israel wanted to isolate Hamas, the movement has called for the condition that it recognize Israel before being included […]
Israeli authorities reportedly announced on Monday that they would be expanding the designated fishing zone off the coast of the Gaza Strip from 6 to 9 nautical miles starting Wednesday October 18th, 2017, according to […]
World leaders were wrong to boycott Hamas after it won Palestinian elections in 2006, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has said for the first time according to the Guardian newspaper. In an interview with […]
As the olive harvest season begins, Jewish settlers have continued to assault Palestinian farmers in the southern villages of the occupied Nablus, north Jerusalem. The anti-settlement activist, Bashar Al-Qaryouti, told Quds Press that a group […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth At first glance, the decision last week by the Trump administration, followed immediately by Israel, to quit the United Nation’s cultural agency seems strange. Why penalize a body that promotes […]
By Vacy Vlazna “People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.” — Proverb Western governments that have servilely abrogated to a foreign power, i.e. Israel, their responsibilities to uphold international law can no […]
Member of the Executive Committee of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Hanan Ashrawi, said on Sunday that “if the US continues to threaten to withdraw from multilateral organizations that recognize Palestine, it will find itself outside […]
An Israeli settler on Sunday morning physically assaulted two children while they were on their way to school in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to local sources. Noura Nasser, principal of Qurtuba […]
Israeli settlers from Ma’on settlement near Hebron attempted to torch the mosque of Twaneh village on Sunday night, as part of their systematic attacks on the village to intimidate and deport its residents. According to […]
Five Palestinian youths were injured during clashes with Israeli forces near the border in the central and northern Gaza Strip on Friday, according to Palestinian sources. Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qidra said […]
By Kathy Kelly Mordechai Vanunu was imprisoned in Israel for eighteen years because he blew the whistle on Israel’s secret nuclear weapons program. He felt he had “an obligation to tell the people of Israel […]
EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said on Friday that the EU is ready to help the Gaza Strip and the West Bank to reunite under “one single and legitimate Palestinian Authority.” Mogherini made her […]
Israeli officials presented mix reactions to the Palestinian reconciliation agreement on Thursday, with leaders both criticizing and welcoming the landmark agreement. Israeli media reported that following the announcement from the Hamas and Fatah movements that […]
A political science professor at Qatar University, Dr. Mohammed Al-Mesfer, has said that Doha considers the Palestinian reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah as an achievement that serves the Palestinian cause. In an interview with […]
A member of the Christian-Islamic Committee in support of Jerusalem and the Holy Places, Father Manuel Musallam, has called for the Palestinian resistance groups not to give up their weapons, and to retain them until […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the Foreign Ministry to prepare for Israel’s withdrawal from UNESCO, just a day after the US announced it would leave the international organization in December 2018, according to […]
Israeli occupation authorities have intensified the restrictions imposed on Palestinian residents of Hebron, according to an update by UN OCHA. A new fence installed by Israeli occupation forces around two Palestinian neighbourhoods in the so-called […]
PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi welcomed on Thursday the reconciliation agreement signed between Fatah and Hamas in Cairo saying it signals a qualitative development in contemporary Palestinian history. “On behalf of the PLO Executive […]
The Head of the Manpower Directorate of the Israel Defense Forces, Moti Almoz, has decided to pay a financial reward to Elor Azaria, the soldier who killed an already wounded Palestinian in Hebron, Alwatanvoice.com reported […]
The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) welcomed on Wednesday a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenging an anti-boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) law in the state of Kansas for its […]
The US State Department has confirmed this afternoon that it will be withdrawing from UNESCO as of December and will establish an observer mission at the Paris-based organization to replace its representation. “This decision was […]
Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked properties of Palestinians in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday as they made their way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under the protection of Israeli forces. Locals […]
Details have emerged of the agreement reached between Hamas and Fatah, facilitated by the Egyptian authorities and held at the headquarters of the Egyptian Public Intelligence. With respect to the issue of Gaza-based employees, there […]
By Iqbal Jassat Thousands more Jewish housing units in Occupied Palestine is the latest undertaking by Israel’s extreme right-wing regime led by war-criminal Benjamin Netanyahu. This daring move, despite being illegal and in direct contravention […]
By Ramzy Baroud Egypt’s enthusiasm to arbitrate between feuding Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, is not the outcome of a sudden awakening of conscience. Cairo has, in fact, played a destructive role in manipulating Palestinian […]
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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