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Month: May 2019

Anwar Hadid Releases Music Video Filmed in Palestine (VIDEO)
The younger brother of supermodel Gigi Hadid has released a music video which he filmed during his recent visit to the occupied Palestinian territories. Nineteen-year-old Anwar Hadid uploaded “Progression 101” to Instagram as part of […]

Access to Clean Water is a Human Right, so Why is Palestine an Exception?
Free access to clean water is a basic human right. This is not just a common-sense assertion, but also a binding legal commitment enshrined in international law. In November 2002, the UN Committee on Economic, […]

The EU Should Be Calling out Israeli Colonialism for its Violence and Incitement
By Ramona Wadi Palestinian school textbooks are once again under public scrutiny, this time after a report published by Israel’s Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) claimed that material was […]

Stripped of their Rights: Understanding the Gaza Strip
By Rima Najjar Many wonder why Israel continues to persecute the Palestinians in Gaza with such brutal repression. The answer is simple; Palestinians in Gaza pose a demographic and, indeed, an existential threat to the […]

Palestinian Killed by Israeli Forces in Jerusalem
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian young man in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday morning. The 19-year old Palestinian, who has yet to be identified, was shot in Jerusalem in the early hours of […]

Israel to Sell Prefab Palestinian Classrooms Donated by EU
Israel is to auction two prefabricated classrooms which were donated to Palestinian schoolchildren by the EU, the Guardian reported today. Occupation forces tore down and confiscated the classrooms in October last year. Some 49 students were expected to use […]

Israel to Build New Settlement Units in East Jerusalem
The Israeli government has announced plans to build 805 new settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem, an Israeli website has reported, according to Anadolu Agency. Israel’s Housing Ministry on Thursday announced tenders for the construction of […]

Israeli Forces Kill 16-Year-Old Palestinian in Bethlehem
A Palestinian teen was killed and another injured by Israeli military gunfire as they attempted to cross Wadi Abu al-Hummus, east of Bethlehem, to Jerusalem. Today morning#Israeli soldiers shot dead a 16-year-old #Palestinian boyWhile trying […]

Endless Procedural Abuses Show Julian Assange Case Was never about Law
By Jonathan Cook It is astonishing how often one still hears well-informed, otherwise reasonable people say about Julian Assange: “But he ran away from Swedish rape charges by hiding in Ecuador’s embassy in London.” That […]

Israel Demolishes Al-Araqeeb for 145th Times (VIDEO)
Israeli occupation forces this morning demolished the Arab village of Al-Araqeeb in the Negev, south of Israel, for the 145th time, Arab48 reported. Local witnesses said that Israeli forces raided the village in the morning, protecting bulldozers […]

Israel Issues 30 Administrative Detention Orders against Palestinians Prisoners (VIDEO)
Israeli authorities recently issued administrative detention orders against 30 Palestinian detainees, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said on Thursday. Without Charge or Trial: Administrative Detention Explained https://t.co/BJaUwC9uck via @YouTube — 73Rocket (@73rocket) May 29, 2019 […]

US Delegation in Israel to Discuss Deal of the Century (VIDEO)
Senior US presidential advisor Jared Kushner arrived in Israel last night to discuss the upcoming economic conference in Bahrain and the so-called “deal of the century”. The American delegation which accompanied Kushner included Middle East […]

Jordan Refuses to Announce Its Position on Bahrain Conference
The Jordanian government’s position is still unclear regarding in the so-called “Economic Conference” hosted by the Bahraini capital Manama at the invitation of the United States of America. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates […]

Israel to Hold Fresh Elections after Netanyahu Fails to Form Government
In an unprecedented move, Israel’s Knesset has voted to dissolve itself, sending the country to the polls for the second time in a year. Exactly 50 days after Israel held a general election on April 9, and […]

Resurrecting the PLO is Palestine’s Best Response to the ‘Deal of the Century’
By Ramzy Baroud Palestinian groups, Fatah, Hamas and others should not confine themselves to merely rejecting the Trump Administration’s so-called ‘Deal of the Century’. Instead, they should use their resistance to the new American-Israeli […]

Quds Day 2019: Resistance Will Triumph
By Iqbal Jassat The annual Quds Day commemoration for 2019, which is held on the last Friday of Ramadan in many parts of the world, will be distinguished from previous years as new challenges confronting […]

Netanyahu Races against Time to Form New Government before Midnight Deadline
Israel‘s political elite is racing against time to form a new government through high-stakes backchannel negotiations before a midnight deadline. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s right-wing coalition has to secure the support of Avigdor Lieberman’s nationalist Yisrael […]

Gaza Mother to Join Baby Daughter after Israel Denied Travel Permit
A Palestinian mother who traveled to Gaza to bury two of her triplets has been reunited with her one surviving daughter after Israel deprived her of a travel permit to return to the hospital to […]

Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan Rejects Kushner’s Expected Visit
The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan yesterday rejected an expected visit by US presidential advisor, Jared Kushner, to the kingdom. The group said in a statement that the visit scheduled for today aims to impose the […]

Kushner, Greenblatt to Visit Middle East Seeking Support for ‘Peace Plan’ (VIDEO)
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner is leading a US delegation on stops in the Middle East this week seeking support for a late June workshop supposedly aimed at helping the Palestinians, a White House […]

Ohad Naharin, Charity Is Not Solidarity!
By Marion Kawas Recent articles in the Israeli media have highlighted a controversy surrounding renowned Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin, former artistic director of Batsheva and recently also connected with Ballet BC in Canada. He made […]

Israel and Syria Exchange Fire amid Soaring Tensions in the Region (VIDEO)
Israel has carried out a rocket attack in Syria’s Golan Heights region, according to Syrian state news and the Israeli military. “An Israeli missile targeted Tel al-Shaar in Quneitra,” the Syrian news agency SANA said, adding that a […]

Israeli Forces Detain 21 Palestinians, Including Injured Minor
Israeli forces detained 21 Palestinians, including an injured minor, in multiple overnight raids across the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS). PPS confirmed that Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians after storming their houses […]

Hamas Welcomes Nasrallah’s Call to Confront Deal of the Century
Hamas spokesperson, Raafat Maraa, welcomed Lebanese Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah’s call for a Lebanese-Palestinian dialogue to face the Deal of the Century, reject the resettlement of Palestinians and maintain the right of return. In a […]

Israel Heads to New Election as Netanyahu Struggles to Form Government
Israel moved towards a new election on Monday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to form a government following a national ballot just last month remained deadlocked, reports Reuters. In a preliminary vote, parliament decided to dissolve […]

The Western Media Is Key to Syria Deceptions
By Jonathan Cook By any reckoning, the claim made this week by al-Qaeda-linked fighters that they were targeted with chemical weapons by the Syrian government in Idlib province — their final holdout in Syria — should have been treated by the […]

The PA’s Appropriation of ‘National Rights’
By Ramona Wadi Ever since the US ostracised the Palestinian Authority, there has been a change in rhetoric that attempts to equate the struggles it is facing with those of the Palestinian people. Israel’s deduction […]

Benny Morris Has His History Wrong
By Nicholas V. Barney Last week, US Representative Rashida Tlaib was accused by Israeli historian Benny Morris of “deploying deliberately imprecise language” and relying on “origin myths” in her depiction of the Arab-Israeli conflict’s history. […]

China Will Not Participate in US-Led Bahrain Conference
Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the State of Palestine, Guo Wei, said that his country will not take part in the US-led ‘Peace to Prosperity’ conference, scheduled on June 25-26 in Bahrain’s […]

Settler Seen Starting Fire in West Bank Is Israeli Soldier (VIDEO)
One of the two Jewish settlers recently caught on video starting a fire in the occupied West Bank is an Israeli soldier, it has been revealed. According to reports in the Israeli media, “the army knows […]