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Month: April 2019

Israel to Demolish 500 Homes, Structures in Silwan (VIDEOS)
Large numbers of heavily armed Israeli forces raided the Silwan neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and surrounded several Palestinian-owned structures in preparation for demolition, on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses told Ma’an that heavily armed Israeli forces, a […]

World Bank Calls on Israel to Ease up on Palestinian Economy
The World Bank said, on Wednesday, that Palestinian economy is now facing a “severe fiscal shock” due to the tax revenues issue with Israel, calling for a speedy resolution. The published report, prepared by the […]

Annexation of West Bank May Provide Key to Unlocking Netanyahu’s Legal Troubles
By Jonathan Cook After winning the Israeli election with a slim majority, in a campaign that grew more sordid and vilifying by the day, Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to begin his fifth term as Israeli […]

#StoptheJNF: No Tax Breaks for Apartheid! (VIDEO)
By Marion Kawas For over 20 years, Vancouver activists have been picketing the fund-raising galas of the Jewish National Fund JNF and exposing its racist and discriminatory policies. The JNF in Canada, as in many […]

On Palestinian Prisoner Day: A Whole Captive Population Longing For Freedom
By Yousef Aljamal Palestinians and their supporters around the globe mark April 17 every year as a day of solidarity with the Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails. The PLO’s Palestinian National Council (PNC) chose […]

Why Venezuela Has Not Been Defeated
By James Petras Introduction Over the past half-decade, a small army of US analysts, politicians, academics and media pundits have been predicting the imminent fall, overthrow, defeat and replacement of the Venezuelan government. They have […]

Fire Breaks out at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem (VIDEO)
A fire broke out at Al-Marwani Prayer Room in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound yesterday, at the same time as the world watched Paris’ iconic Notre Dame Cathedral engulfed in flames. Smoke could be seen rising […]

Israeli Army Destroyed Evidence of Palestinian’s Killing
The Israeli army covered up the killing of a Palestinian father by illegal Jewish settlers, Israeli NGO B’Tselem has claimed. Twenty-three-year-old Muhammad Abd Al-Fatah was killed near Huwara, a village located off route 60 south […]

Israel Seizes 51,000 Dunams from Jordan Valley
The Israeli authorities confiscated 51,000 dunams and isolated five villages in the Jordan Valley area in the northern occupied West Bank, an official in charge of Jordan Valley’s Israeli settlements file at the Palestinian Authority […]

Palestinian Prisoners End Hunger Strike after Israel Accepts Their Demands
A mass hunger strike staged by Palestinian prisoners over deteriorating conditions in Israeli jails was suspended earlier today after their demands were met by the Israeli Prison Service. Some 400 Palestinian prisoners launched a mass open hunger strike […]

Palestinian-American Wins UFC 236 Preliminaries
Palestinian-American fighter Belal Muhammad soundly beat opponent Curtis Millender in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 236 preliminaries by unanimous decision in Atlanta last night. This will be the sixth fight he has won out of […]

‘Deal of the Century’ Does Not Include Palestinian State, Report Reveals
The long-awaited “deal of the century” does not include plans for a Palestinian state, a new report by the Washington Post has revealed. The Washington Post spoke to people “familiar with the main elements” of the so-called “deal of […]

Abbas: Talks with US Administration Useless
Palestinian Authority (PA), Fatah and PLO President Mahmoud Abbas said talks with the US are “useless”, Arabs48 reported yesterday. During the first meeting with the new PA government, which sworn in on Saturday, he said: “The coming […]

Palestinian Succumbs to Injuries Sustained in Gaza Protests
A Palestinian youth succumbed to wounds, on Sunday, that he had sustained two weeks ago during protests along the eastern fence, separating besieged Gaza Strip from Israel. Palestinian security sources confirmed that Israeli authorities informed […]

Azzun Village Sealed off by Israel for 19th Day
The main entrance of the Azzun village, in the northern occupied West Bank district of Qalqiliya, has remained sealed off by Israeli forces for 19 consecutive days, according to local sources on Sunday. Israeli forces […]

Israeli Forces Detain 10 Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli forces rounded up ten Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, on Monday, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the army said that the individuals had been detained for “suspected involvement in popular […]

Israeli Forces Attack School, Injure Palestinian Children in Hebron (VIDEO)
Israeli forces attacked young Palestinian students in the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), on Sunday, by firing tear-gas bombs and sound grenades towards them. According to local sources, Israeli forces physically attacked several students […]

Israeli Forces Physically Assault Palestinian Teen in Hebron
A Palestinian minor was hospitalized after Israeli forces physically assaulted him in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood, in Hebron City (Al-Khalil), in the southern occupied West Bank. Local sources confirmed that Yousef Abu Aysha, 15, was […]

Abbas Loyalists Dominate New Palestinian Government
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday swore in a new government headed by a loyalist from his dominant Fatah party, a move rejected by Hamas as a blow to unity efforts, Reuters reports. Mohammed Shtayyeh, an economist […]

Israeli Forces Attack Urif School, Dozens of Students Suffocate (VIDEO)
Dozens of Palestinian students suffered from severe tear-gas inhalation, on Sunday, after Israeli forces raided a high school in the village of Urif, in the occupied West Bank district of Nablus. According to local sources, […]

Palestine Becomes Full Member of Vienna Convention for Protection of Ozone Layer
Palestine was granted full membership in the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, under the Vienna Convention. The Palestinian Environment Quality […]

Abbas’ Commitment to the Status Quo and International Legitimacy Has Failed Palestinians
By Ramona Wadi Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’ speech at the Arab League Summit in Tunisia last month only accentuated the usual groveling to external actors, while speaking of “decisive steps and decisions.” Yet, instead […]

Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian in West Bank
A Palestinian was shot and injured with Israeli live fire, on Saturday afternoon, in the West Bank district of Hebron (Al-Khalil). According to local sources, Israeli police forces fired live ammunition towards Hussein Abed Abu […]

Israeli Forces Arrest Two Palestinians in Hebron
Israeli forces detained two Palestinians, on Saturday, as they passed through an Israeli military checkpoint in Tel Rumeida, in Hebron (Al-Khalil), in the southern occupied West Bank. Local sources said that Israeli forces detained two […]

Palestinian Teen Killed, 66 Injured in Gaza Protests
A Palestinian minor was killed today and at least 66 people were shot and injured with live ammunition as Israeli forces attacked peaceful rallies held at the fence separating besieged Gaza Strip from Israeli, according […]

After 7 Years of Deceptions about Assange, the US Readies for Its First Media Rendition
By Jonathan Cook For seven years, from the moment Julian Assange first sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, they have been telling us we were wrong, that we were paranoid conspiracy theorists. We […]

Teen Suspect in Duma Terror Attack Offered Plea Deal
Right-wing activists are pressuring a teen suspected of involvement the Dawabsheh family’s 2015 murder not to sign a plea deal offered by Israel’s State Prosecutor’s Office. Last week it emerged that Israel’s State Prosecutor’s Office was in […]

Israel’s Attempt to Reach the Moon Fails
Israel’s hopes to be the fourth nation to reach the moon were dashed when spacecraft ‘Beresheet’ failed to land last night. The privately-funded Israeli organization SpaceIL announced on Twitter that the landing had failed at […]

Palestinian Prisoners Enter 5th Day of Hunger Strike
Over 100 Palestinian prisoners enter their fifth day of open hunger strike, on Friday, following the failure of talks with the Israel Prison Services (IPS) over the deteriorating situation in Israeli prisons earlier this week. […]

US Denies Entry to Palestinian Co-founder of BDS Movement
The US has denied entry to the co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Washington-based advocacy group the Arab American Institute (AAI) said Thursday, Anadolu reports. AAI said Omar Barghouti, a Palestinian activist, was barred […]