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Month: January 2019

Friedman: Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ to Be Delayed by Several Months
The much-awaited proposal by the Trump administration on ending the decades-long stalemate between Israel and Palestine is still in the works and won’t be released for other several months, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman […]

Israel Carries out Airstrikes on Gaza
The Israeli military carried out air raids on the Gaza Strip overnight on Monday, causing damage to property, Palestinian media reported. According to Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, Israeli warplanes fired two missiles at […]

Five Jewish Seminary Students Arrested over Palestinian Woman’s Killing (VIDEO)
Israel has arrested five Jewish seminary students in the occupied West Bank in connection with a rock attack on a Palestinian car that killed a woman, the Israeli domestic intelligence service said on Sunday. Aisha […]

Israel Suspends Qatar Fund Transfer to Gaza
Israel suspended a funds transfer from Qatar to Palestinian employees in the besieged Gaza Strip, Israeli TV Channel 20 reported today. According to the Israeli TV, the government claims that freezing the payment came in response to […]

Abbas: No Elections Without Jerusalem
The Palestinian president said in a conference in Cairo that there will be no elections taking place in Palestine if they are barred from taking place in occupied East Jerusalem. Mahmoud Abbas told reporters in […]

Palestine Decries Israeli Call to Destroy Jerusalem Walls (VIDEO)
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Sunday decried Israeli calls for demolishing sections of walls of Jerusalem’s Old City. In a statement, the ministry described the calls as “an escalation in the war of Judaization against […]

Palestinian Injured in Israeli Raid in West Bank
A Palestinian youth was seriously injured in an Israeli raid in the West Bank city of Al-Bireh on Sunday, according to the Health Ministry. Israeli forces raided the city and searched a number of houses […]

Al-Sisi: Egyptian Army Collaborates with Israel in Sinai
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said that Israel has collaborated with Egypt in its Sinai operations, stressing that relations between the two countries have strengthened during his term in office. During a televised interview – of which […]

Who is Being Held to Account for Palestinians’ Food Insecurity?
By Ramona Wadi Palestinians’ food insecurity made brief headlines with the announcement that the World Food Programme (WFP) will be cutting food aid due to insufficient funds. An estimated 190,000 Palestinians from Gaza and the […]

Israeli Court Sentences Palestinian Teen to 11 Years of Prison
The Israeli military court of Ofer issued a rule against a Palestinian 19-year-old, on Friday, sentencing him to 11 years of prison. Palestinian Prisoners and Former Prisoners’ Affairs Committee said that the military court of […]

Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian Protesters in West Bank
At least eight Palestinian protesters were injured by Israeli army gunfire on Friday in different parts of the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC), Anadolu Agency reports. Three protesters were injured by metal ammunition while […]

Gaza: 15 Palestinians, Including Paramedics, Injured by Israeli Forces (VIDEO)
At least 15 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli forces at the fence separating besieged Gaza Strip from Israel, on Friday evening. Israeli occupation forces use teargas against the Palestinian protesters in the 41st week […]

Netanyahu’s ‘Wish List’ to End in Despair, Defeat and Humiliation
By Iqbal Jassat Israel’s war criminals who head the settler regime’s apartheid government, are in all likelihood deeply disappointed at the way 2018 has ended. Since Donald Trump’s election as America’s president, Israel felt pretty […]

Sumoud Lives on in the Palestinian Camps in Lebanon
By Marion Kawas The Palestinian camps in the south of Lebanon have a special place in the history of resistance to Israeli aggression and expansionism. They, along with their Lebanese compatriots, were often on the […]

Masked Assailants Raid Palestine TV Headquarters in Gaza
Unknown, masked assailants raided the headquarters of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) in Gaza City in the besieged Gaza Strip, on Friday noon, and destroyed equipment. The Palestinian Authority (PA)-owned Wafa News and Information Agency […]

Gaza’s Latest Threat: Antibiotic Resistant Superbug
Doctors in Palestine are worried about an antibiotic-resistant superbugs epidemic in Gaza and the West Bank, which is packing up the already deficient medical services in the strangled territories. The situation in Gaza, subject to […]

Palestinian-American Rashida Tlaib is Sworn in at Congress (PHOTOS)
Arabs across the world donned traditional dress on Thursday, as Democrat Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was sworn in, making her the first Palestinian-American woman to serve in Congress. Congrats @RashidaTlaib! From the Milbes family, with love. […]

Journalist, Paramedic Injured as Jewish Settlers Raid Joseph’s Tomb
A Palestinian journalist and a paramedic were injured by Israeli forces’ fire as they escorted Jewish settlers raiding Joseph’s Tomb in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus, on predawn Thursday. Spokesperson of the […]

Palestinian Leadership Calls on Security Council to Protect Journalists
The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Information has called on the UN Security Council to implement Resolution 2222 and protect Palestinian journalists from Israeli attacks. The PA ministry told the current President of the Council, the […]

Falastin – A Poem
By Stephen Brackens Brinkley Falastin seven decades come and gone millions looking for a home. Innocent to cause their fate death of thousands stats to date ally, foe, it comes and goes for their actions […]

New Year Reflections from Gaza
By Haidar Eid The great Italian, Marxist thinker Antonio Gramsci wrote about the reasons why he does not celebrate the coming of the new year from a critical perspective. He also wrote very eloquently […]

Israeli Forces Open Fire at School Students in Nablus
Israeli soldiers opened live fire and tear-gas bombs targeting Palestinian students who were leaving their school in the northern occupied West Bank village of Tell in Nablus, on Thursday. Meanwhile, Palestinian security sources said Israeli […]

Health Services in Gaza at Stake Due to Severe Lack of Fuel
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has warned that its health services are at stake due to the severe lack of fuel in the besieged coastal enclave, Felesteen.ps reported yesterday. The ministry’s spokesman Ashraf Al-Qidra said: […]

Israel to Deliberately Worsen Prison Conditions for Palestinians
Israel is set to deliberately worsen the holding conditions for Palestinian prisoners with a cooking ban and restrictions on visits and water usage. Israel’s Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan unveiled restrictions to be imposed on […]

Jewish Settlers Stone Palestinian PM’s Convoy
A group of Jewish settlers hurled stones at the convoy of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah after he left Midnight Mass on Christmas Day, Arab48 reported the Palestinian Authority saying yesterday. Two of Hamdallah’s bodyguards were injured […]

Early Elections: Who Will Dethrone ‘the King of Israel’?
By Ramzy Baroud “A historic mistake” is how Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu responded to calls for early elections last November. A few weeks later, he spoke, in exaggerated confidence of the “unanimous” agreement of his […]

Brazil Should Move Its Embassy in Return for Getting Drones from Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed his government sell drones to Brazil in return for moving the country’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Arab48 reported yesterday. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Arab48.com said, “Israel […]

Israeli Settlement Expansion Surges in Trump Era
With little resistance from a friendly White House, Israel has launched a new settlement push in the West Bank since President Donald Trump took office, laying the groundwork for what could be the largest construction […]

Palestinian Information Ministry Reveals Number of Journalists Imprisoned in Israel
The Palestinian Information Ministry has reported that there are nineteen Palestinian journalists who are still imprisoned by Israel, in direct violation of various treaties and International Law. In a press statement Monday, the Ministry said […]

Israel Completes Construction of Marine Barrier Near Gaza
The Israeli army has completed the construction of a marine fence located along the besieged Gaza Strip, Israel’s Channel 10 reported yesterday. The 200-meter long wall is six meters tall and took seven months to build, the […]