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Month: July 2019

Following Protests, Lebanon Exempts Palestinians from New Labor Law
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri announced yesterday that Palestinians are not being included in restrictions placed on foreign workers in the country. Calling on Minister of Labour Kamil Abu Sleiman to make a formal announcement […]

Cartoonist Slams Guardian’s Refusal to Publish Cartoon Depicting Netanyahu (VIDEO)
The Guardian has come under fire over its coverage of anti-Semitism after the paper refused to publish a cartoon depicting Jeremy Corbyn’s critics and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a negative light and also for […]

Greenblatt: ‘Israel Is Victim in Conflict with Palestinians’
The US Special Representative for International Negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, has said that Israel is the “victim” in its conflict with the Palestinians and that he “cannot think of single instances” when Israel made a mistake. […]

Who Killed Oscar and Valeria: The Inconvenient History of the Refugee Crisis
By Ramzy Baroud History never truly retires. Every event of the past, however inconsequential, reverberates throughout and, to an extent, shapes our present, and our future as well The haunting image of the bodies of Salvadoran […]

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon Protest Foreign Labor Crackdown (VIDEO)
Palestinian refugees have launched a third day of consecutive protests in camps across Lebanon against a government crackdown on non-Lebanese workers. Last month Lebanon’s ministry of labor began clamping down on businesses employing foreign workers without a […]

Israel Refuses Work Permits for 5,000 Gazans
Israeli intelligence agency Shin Bet rejected a plan which would have allowed 5,000 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to work in Israel, Ynet News reported yesterday. News reports revealed that there had been secret talks between Israel […]

Hamas Delegation Meets Russia Officials in Moscow
A Hamas delegation headed by Dr. Musa Abu Marzouq yesterday met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Bogdanov in Moscow. Abu Marzouq briefed the Russian official on the political developments of the Palestinian issue including […]

Family Learns News of Their Son’s Death in Israeli Prison from Social Media
By Wafa Aludaini Palestinian prisoner, Nassar Majer Taqatqa, from Bethlehem, was announced dead in mysterious circumstances on Tuesday, July 16 in the Nitzan prison. According to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Movement, Taqatqa’s death was discovered during […]

How the Goliath of the Jerusalem Settler Movement Persuaded the World It’s Really David
By Jonathan Cook Israeli police forced out the Siyam family from their home in the heart of occupied East Jerusalem last week, the final chapter in their 25-year legal battle against a powerful settler organization. […]

Cuba Should Not Normalize with Israeli Settler Colonialism
By Hanna Kawas & Marion Kawas Palestinian solidarity activists in North America are accustomed to being abandoned by many of their “progressive allies”, be it church officials or municipal councils or politicians. This is the […]

Palestinian Child Killed by Jewish Settler in Hit-and-Run
A Jewish settler ran over a Palestinian child on Monday night in the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), causing him severe injuries; later one announced dead in an Israeli hospital. Tariq Zebania, 7 years […]

Palestinian FM Calls for International Inquiry into Death of Palestinian Prisoner
Palestinian Foreign Ministry today called for an international inquiry into the death of a Palestinian detainee held in an Israeli jail. He said in a statement that the Israeli government and its security apparatus, including […]

Palestinian Prisoner Dies in Solitary Confinement in Israeli Jail
A Palestinian has died while in solitary confinement in an Israeli prison, the head of the Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs revealed this morning. Thirty-one-year-old Nassar Majed Taqatqa, who was being held in Nitzan prison, was […]

Trump: Muslim Congresswomen Made ‘Israel Feel Abandoned by the US’
US President Donald Trump yesterday reiterated his “racist” attacks against Democratic Muslim Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, justifying his attack by claiming the women “made Israel feel abandoned by the US”, Arab48 reported. On his Twitter, […]

Cutting Ties with Israel Might Be Impossible Due to International Complicity
By Ramona Wadi UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk has suggested that the international community should consider cutting ties with Israel if it goes ahead with further colonial settlement expansion and annexation, according to a report […]

Israeli Face-Recognition Start-up ‘Secretly Tracking Palestinians’
A start-up known as “Israel’s most high-profile biometric recognition firm” is playing a key role in monitoring Palestinians at checkpoints in the occupied West Bank, reported Haaretz. According to the article, Anyvision Interactive Technologies “is taking […]

Israeli Opposition Leader ‘Wants Palestinian State’ for Security of Israel
Israel’s Labor leader said he is willing to “fight” for a Palestinian state, not for Palestinians, but for the security of Israel. Amir Peretz said on Saturday: “Peace can also serve the poor, because peace […]

Israel’s Top Court Approves Punitive Ban on Family Visits for Hamas Prisoners
Israel’s top court has given its approval to a punitive ban on family visits for Hamas prisoners from the Gaza Strip, a decision slammed by human rights activists as “court-sanctioned vengeance”. In July 2017, Israel banned family […]

Israeli Court Halts ‘Racist’ Park Entry Ban in Afula (VIDEO)
A court on Sunday ordered a predominantly Jewish town in northern Israel to lift a ban on non-resident visitors to its parks, a prohibition that a rights group said was aimed at keeping Arabs out. The […]

United Church Suppresses Palestinian Youth Cultural Event
By Yves Engler The Jewish Defence League and B’nai Brith are boasting that they convinced the Trinity-St. Paul Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts to cancel a room booking “to celebrate the artistic and cultural contributions of Palestinians in the diaspora.” […]

Afghanistan, Remnants of War
By Kathy Kelly Intense fighting and hideous attacks battered Afghans throughout their country last week as negotiators in Qatar weighed the benefits and costs of a peace agreement that might stop the bloodshed. In Kabul […]

Orthodox Church to Protest Sale of Its Property to Jewish Settlers
The Greek Orthodox Church will next week petition against a final ruling of Israel’s Supreme Court which approved the sale of church property in East Jerusalem’s Old City to pro-settlement group Ateret Cohanim. Israeli newspaper Yedioth […]

US Lawmaker Rashida Tlaib Denounces ‘Racist’ Israel’s Anti-Palestinian Policies
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has denounced Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, describing that country’s policies as an affront to human rights and comparable to racial segregation in the American South. Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American to serve in […]

Israeli Military Reporter: Gaza War ‘Not Far Away’
A new war between Israel and Palestinian factions in the besieged Gaza Strip “is not far away”, and will be “will be deadlier and more destructive than any previous” offensive, according to a report by the […]

PA: US Relations Resume When D.C. Commits to Peace
The Palestinian Authority says diplomatic relations with the United States can be resumed on the condition that Washington is committed to the peace process in the region. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the spokesperson for the government, said […]

UN Special Rapporteur: Israel ‘Moving Rapidly’ towards West Bank Annexation
The UN special rapporteur for the situation in Palestine on Friday raised a concern about the lack of human rights accountability in Palestine and said Israel eyed further territorial annexation, reports Anadolu Agency. Michael Lynk’s remarks […]

Over 70 Palestinians Wounded by Israeli Forces in Gaza
At least 74 Palestinians were wounded in Israel’s crackdown on the 66th Friday of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has […]

Palestinian Child Seriously Injured by Israeli Fire in West Bank
A Palestinian child was seriously injured in his head today when he was shot by Israeli soldiers during the weekly anti-settlement protest in the village of Kafr Qaddum, near Qalqilia city in the West Bank. […]

Palestinian Man Killed by Israeli Fire in Gaza
A Palestinian man who was shot by Israeli forces on Thursday has died from his wounds, Palestinian media has reported. According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 28-year-old Mahmoud al-Adham was shot by the Israeli army […]

Egypt Rejects Hamas’ Request for Haniyeh to Travel
Egypt has rejected a request by Hamas to allow the head of its political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, to travel to a number of countries including Iran, Turkey, Qatar, and Russia. Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported Egyptian sources as […]