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Month: February 2018

Netanyahu’s Corruption: How Israeli Journalists Project Israel’s Crimes on to Palestinians
By Ramzy Baroud In an article published in Al-Monitor without a single verifiable citation, Israeli journalist, Shlomi Eldar, went to unprecedented lengths to divert attention from the corruption in his country. He spoke of Palestinian […]

Canada’s Social Democratic Party Suppress ‘Palestine Resolution’
By Yves Engler They came, mostly young people, to fight for justice. They came to support the rule of international law, to help solve a longstanding injustice through non-violent means; they came to tell an […]

Saudi Arabia Reportedly Leading Secret US-Palestinian Talks
Palestinian and US officials are reportedly holding secret talks brokered by Saudi Arabia to improve relations between the two sides, after US President Donald Trump declared Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, saying he will move US […]

A Palestinian Student is Racing against the Best with a Car Made from Recycled Bits
By Stuart Littlewood Young Palestinian journalist Joumana Imad, writing in Al-Monitor, reports that engineering students from An-Najah National University in Nablus (the West Bank) will be competing against 100 other teams from around the world […]

Israel Suspends Plan to Levy Taxes on Jerusalem Churches
The Israeli prime minister’s office on Tuesday announced that Israel’s Jerusalem municipality had suspended plans to levy taxes on property owned by churches in Jerusalem. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat have […]

‘This is a Victory’: Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem Reopens (VIDEO)
The Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem was officially reopened early morning on Wednesday after being shut for three days in protest of Israeli policies. The last and only other time the church doors were shut was […]

Most Palestinians Do Not Trust the PLO Threat about the Recognition of Israel
The Palestine Liberation Organization declared that it will withdraw its recognition of Israel following the US acceptance of Jerusalem as the capital of the Zionist state. However, a poll by the Jerusalem Centre for Media […]

Israeli Warplanes Breach Lebanese Airspace
Two Israeli fighter jets and another reconnaissance aircraft have violated the Lebanese airspace, Lebanese army reported yesterday. According to the army’s statement, the two warplanes violated the Lebanese airspace over Aalama Ech Chaab, adding that […]

Lebanese President: Israeli Tax Plan ‘Targets Christians’
Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday described Israel’s plan to impose property taxes on Jerusalem’s churches as “the systematic targeting of the Christian presence in the occupied Palestinian territories”. In a statement carried by Lebanon’s […]

A New Israeli Bill Criminalizes Criticism of the Military (VIDEO)
The Israeli Knesset has approved the first reading of a bill proposed by Education Minister Naftali Bennett, that would ban organizations critical of the country’s military. Bennet’s primary target is the group known as Breaking […]

More Than 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza Died From Israeli Blockade (VIDEO)
The Gaza Strip’s collective of charitable organisations said more than 1,000 Palestinians have died as a result of the ongoing Israeli blockade on the coastal enclave. The coordinator of the organisations, Ahmad al-Kurd, also said […]

Gazans Wounds Bear Witness to Their Living Conditions (VIDEOS)
By Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Since 2000, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has adapted its care to the changing needs of the people in Gaza, Palestine. Teams now offer post-operative care (dressings, physiotherapy and re-education) to almost […]


Disabled Palestinian in Solitary Begins Hunger Strike (VIDEO)
Disabled Palestinian prisoners Amer Asaad is on the 12th day of an open hunger strike in protest against the inhuman treatment he has received while incarcerated. The 35-year-old, who is from Kafr Kanna in Israel, […]

Israel Announces 4-Day Closure of West Bank, Gaza for Jewish Holiday (VIDEO)
Israeli authorities announced on Sunday that a security closure would be imposed on the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza strip for a period of four days for the Jewish holiday of Purim. The four-day […]

Israel Detains 10 Ahed Tamimi Relatives, Teen Who Was Shot in the Face (VIDEO)
Nearly 10 Palestinians, including five minors, were abducted and detained by the Israeli forces, during a raid in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh village, in the early hours of Monday, Haaretz has reported. […]

When Palestinians are Jailed, Families Suffer
By Shaimaa Abo Lebdah The suffering of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails is not new; imprisonment in retaliation for any kind of resistance to the occupation― from slapping a soldier (like Ahed Tamimi), to throwing […]

Israeli Navy Kills Teenage Palestinian Fisherman, Injures Two
Israeli navy opened fire at Palestinian fishermen in Gaza, killing one and injuring two another. Palestinian medical sources identified the slain fisherman as Ismael Saleh Abu Ryala, 18, from Shati’ refugee camp, west of Gaza […]

Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre Closed Protesting Israeli Taxes (VIDEO)
Church leaders in Jerusalem shut the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday in protest at a new Israeli tax policy and a proposed land expropriation law which they called a “systematic and unprecedented attack […]

Gaza Municipalities: Services Reduced by Fifty Percent (VIDEO)
Palestinian municipalities in the Gaza Strip, yesterday, announced the halving of their services as a result of the energy and funding crisis in the besieged coastal enclave. In a statement, the head of the Municipality […]

24 Years Since Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre in Hebron (VIDEO)
The occupied Palestinian city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) marked 24 years since the Ibrahimi mosque massacre took place, when an Israeli settler opened fire at Muslims observing the dawn prayers on a Ramadan morning, killing 29 […]

Israelis March against Netanyahu, Urge Him to Resign (VIDEO)
Some 1,500 people have rallied in central Tel Aviv demanding the resignation of Benjamin Netanyahu over corruption allegations and a recent Israeli police recommendation that charges be brought against the Prime Minister. The “Bibi Netanyahu […]

Haley and Abbas Expose the Fallacy of PA Representation at the UN
By Ramona Wadi The outcome of the UN Security Council meeting does not bode well for the people of Palestine. Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas gave a lengthy speech during which opportunities for hammering out […]

Zionism is Not Judaism: Zionists Should Not Be Welcome on Campus
By Rima Najjar Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is a movement that came into prominence, as Ali Abunimah documents in The Battle for Justice in Palestine: The Case for a Single Democratic State in Palestine (2014), after […]

33 Rights Groups to UN: Publish Names of Illegal Settlement-linked Businesses
More than 30 international and Palestinian human rights groups and organisations have urged the UN Human Rights Office to make public a list of companies linked to Israel’s illegal settlements. In a joint letter addressed […]

US ‘Will Move Israeli Embassy to Jerusalem in May’: US State Department (VIDEO)
The Trump administration will move its US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May, the US State Department announced Friday, coinciding with Israel’s 70th anniversary. While symbolically important, the move is likely […]

Anti-Black Racism Reveals Israel’s White Supremacy (VIDEO)
While the Israeli state espouses multiculturalism and diversity, it oppresses not just the Palestinian population, but also any Black person within its borders. (teleSUR)

Using Aid to Trap Palestinians, while Their Rights are Being Depleted
By Ramona Wadi More rhetoric and the absence of any constructive action have created a spectrum of expectations for Gaza. The past few days have seen an escalation of alarm juxtaposed against fake optimism. The […]

Two Palestinian Novels Shortlisted for International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2018
Amir Tag Elsir, Aziz Mohammed, Ibrahim Nasrallah, Shahad Al Rawi, Walid Shurafa and Dima Wannous have been announced on Wednesday February 21, 2018, as the six authors shortlisted for the 11th International Prize for Arabic […]

Carter: Trump’s Peace Plan Could be ‘Catastrophic’ (VIDEO)
Former US president Jimmy Carter has warned about the “catastrophic” consequences of abandoning the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The two-state solution “is being overtaken by a one-state reality which will have dire consequences […]