Wasting the Milk in the Summer – Poetry Review
Reviewed by Samah Sabwai (Wasting the Milk in the Summer by Sara Saleh) Once in a while, you come across a poetry collection and your world comes to a stand still! You hold your breath […]
Year: 2017
UNESCO Group Denied Entry to Hebron’s Old City by Israelis
Israeli authorities have refused to grant entry visas for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) investigative team scheduled to conduct a field visit to the Old City in the southern occupied West […]
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza, Hamas Accuses Israel of Fabricating Rocket Claim
The Israeli air force launched at least two airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip early Tuesday, with the Israeli army saying the attacks targeted two Hamas military infrastructures and were in response to a rocket […]
Israel’s Efforts to Hide Palestinians from View No Longer Fools Young American Jews
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Few books on Palestinian history become bestsellers. But one, titled A History of the Palestinian People: From Ancient Times to the Modern Era, managed to rocket to the top of […]
Paris Air Show: BDS Group Disrupts Israel’s Elbit Systems Exhibition
BDS activists along with members of the collective: “Les Désobeissants” (the disobedient) staged a non-violent protest action against the Israeli company Elbit Systems on Saturday, June 24, during the Paris Air Show, Middle East Monitor […]
Adameer: Israel Practices ‘Systematic Torture’ on Palestinian Prisoners
Palestinian prisoners’ rights group Addameer released a statement on Monday, International Day to Support Victims of Torture, highlighting Israel’s use of “torture and ill-treatment” on Palestinian detainees, which has led to the death of 73 […]
Leaked Document: Muhammed Dahlan to Become Leader in Gaza Strip
Amid an escalating conflict between Hamas and the Fatah-ruled Palestinian Authority (PA), a leaked and unconfirmed document obtained by Ma’an News Agency in Gaza has noted that discharged Fatah leader and President Mahmoud Abbas’ political […]
‘The Art of Sharing Life’: Documenting Life in Palestinian Camps in Lebanon (Part IV)
Following three days of training in Shatila camp in Beirut, and a day of fieldwork, participants in the ‘The Art of Sharing Life Stories with the Masses’, produced twelve projects, each of which conveyed a […]
Israeli Opposition Leader Says Israeli Politics Fascist, US Peace Deal Will Fail
Issac Herzog, Israel’s opposition party leader, accused on Saturday the government of shifting towards a “fascist” trend. According to The Jerusalem Post, speaking at a cultural event, Zionist Union Party Chairman Issac Herzog said, the […]
Rights Groups Denounce Investigation of Breaking the Silence Spokesman
Amid an ongoing investigation of a spokesman for ‘Breaking the Silence’ over a testimony in which he claimed to have seriously assaulted a Palestinian during his service with the Israeli army, a number of Israeli […]
Wolves in the Gaza Chicken House
By James M. Wall Have you seen the Hollywood film that flashes back to February, 2006, when Palestinians elected a Hamas party parliamentary majority. I didn’t think so, because there is no such film available. An […]
On ISIL, Arab TV and Post-Ideological Politics
By Jamil Khader Saudi-owned TV channel MBC finally caved in to the barrage of scathing criticism of its Ramadan series, Black Crows, pulling it off air after only 20 episodes. MBC has marketed the Black […]
US Administration Considers Walking Away from Peace Talks
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was reportedly left “furious” by a recent meeting with US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, according to a report Saturday from London-based Arabic daily al-Hayat […]
‘The Art of Sharing Life’: Documenting Life in Palestinian Camps in Lebanon (Part III)
Following three days of training in Shatila camp in Beirut, and a day of fieldwork, participants in the ‘The Art of Sharing Life Stories with the Masses’, produced twelve projects, each of which conveyed a […]
‘The Art of Sharing Life’: Documenting Life in Palestinian Camps in Lebanon (Part II)
Following three days of training in Shatila camp in Beirut, and a day of fieldwork, participants in the ‘The Art of Sharing Life Stories with the Masses’, produced twelve projects, each of which conveyed a […]
Why the US Moving Its Israel Embassy to Jerusalem Would Be Illegal
By Jeremy R. Hammond The mainstream media serve Israel’s occupation regime by failing to inform that for the US to relocate its Israel embassy to Jerusalem would be illegal. On June 1, the White House announced […]
Israel Closes Banks Accounts as Means of Displacing Palestinians in Jerusalem
Israel is closing the bank accounts of Arab institutions in Jerusalem in an effort to displace Jerusalemites and force them out of the city, the Palestinian Department of Jerusalem Affairs has said. In a press […]
Eid Holidays Difficult Time for Palestinian Mothers in Israeli Jails
54 Palestinian women are currently held as prisoners in Israeli jails, according to a statement from a lawyer from the Palestinian Committee of Prisoner’s Affairs. Lawyer Hanan Al-Khatib said that the 56 prisoners – 13 […]
Support for Israel Among US Jewish Students Plummets
Support Israel in America by Jewish students has dropped by 30 percent, a new survey has revealed. Commissioned by the pro-Israel marketing group, Brand Israel Group (BIG), the report showed that support dropped from 84 […]
Lieberman: Not a Single Palestinian Refugee will Return to their Lands
During a speech at Israel’s Herzliya conference, aimed at discussing the country’s national policies, ultra-right Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman rejected the possibility of Palestinian refugees from historic Palestine, which Israel was built on, being […]
Israeli Construction Plan for Palestinians in Area C ‘Will Take Two Decades’
Amid an Israeli media firestorm and outrage from ultra right-wing Israeli politicians in recent days over plans to allow the construction of thousands of housing units for Palestinians in Area C, new reports have emerged, […]
Palestinian Family Refuses Israeli Narrative of Son’s Death
Hours after a 23-year-old Palestinian man was shot dead near Israel’s Qalandiya military crossing in the central occupied West Bank early Tuesday evening, Israeli forces raided his hometown and detained his father, with the family […]
Rights Group: Gaza Facing Worst Medical Crisis in Years
An Israeli human rights organisation has warned against the consequences of what it described as “the worst medication crisis facing the besieged coastal enclave in years,” with the main victims of the crisis being cystic […]
Building Israeli Settlement ‘Aims to Thwart Trump’s Efforts’
Nabil Abu Rudeineh, Palestinian presidential spokesman, said on Tuesday the announcement by the Israeli government to build a new settlement in the occupied West Bank “thwarts peace efforts of US President Donald Trump.” “This announcement […]
Israel vs. the United Nations: The Nikki Haley Doctrine
By Ramzy Baroud The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, seems to be championing a single cause: Israel. When Haley speaks about Israel, her language is not merely emotive nor tailored to […]
Palestine’s Youngest Female Mayor Elected
Yusra Mohammed Badwan recently became Palestine’s youngest female mayor, in the town of Azzun in the northern West Bank. Badwan, 25, was elected after her independent list, the Prisoners’ Bloc, won in the local elections. […]
World Council of Churches Pressed to Support BDS
The National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine (NCCOP) recently urged the World Council of Churches (WCC) to “recognize Israel as an apartheid state,” reported the Palestine News Network. In the open letter, the Palestinian […]
On World Refugee Day, Estimates Show 66% of Palestinians Became Refugees in 1948
On the anniversary of World Refugee Day, and one month after the 69th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, or “catastrophe,” it is estimated that 66 percent of Palestinians who were living in British-Mandate Palestine in […]
Report: Israeli Army Accelerating Surveillance Network Across Occupied West Bank
Israeli news daily Haaretz published a report Sunday night, detailing the extensive network of surveillance cameras and “other monitoring devices” that the Israeli army has set up across the occupied Palestinian territory, boasting of the […]
Proposed Bill to Strip Palestinians in Israel of Their Citizenship
A proposed Israeli bill seeks to strip perpetrators of anti-occupation resistance attacks of their Israeli citizenship and their families of legal residency permits, Israeli media reported. According to Israel Hayom, the bill was introduced by […]
