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Month: August 2019

No One Arrested: Palestinian Woman ‘Tortured to Death’ by Her Brother, Family (VIDEO)
Activists across the world are calling for justice for a Palestinian woman after she was reportedly killed in a family honor killing on Thursday. Israa Ghrayeb, a 21-year-old Palestinian from Bethlehem, died after allegedly being […]

Palestinian Narratives Must Be Protected from PA Exploitation
By Ramona Wadi Official Palestinian media are playing a major role in disseminating Palestinian narratives, according to Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, that is. Departing from the fact that the Palestinian Authority and its media still […]

Israeli Forces Arrest Palestinian Girl as She returns from Treatment in UAE
The Israeli occupation forces last night arrested a Palestinian girl as she returned to her home in the occupied West Bank from the UAE. Local sources told the Palestinian Information Centre’s reporter that the Israeli forces stopped […]

Palestinian Youth Dies from Israeli Gunfire Wounds in Gaza (VIDEO)
A Palestinian youth died today from wounds sustained by Israeli gunfire during the protests at Gaza border yesterday, medical sources said. Badr Eddin Musa, 25, was shot and critically injured by Israeli soldiers east of […]

Israel’s Scramble for Africa: Selling Water, Weapons and Lies
By Ramzy Baroud For years, Kenya has served as Israel’s gateway to Africa. Israel has been using the strong political, economic and security relations between the two states as a way to expand its influence on the continent […]

When Palestinian Sports Become an Israeli Nightmare
By Issam Khalidi Just recently Israeli police stormed the YMCA in Jerusalem in order to cancel a memorial service for the late sports activist Ahmed Adela. The ceremony also included the honoring of his colleagues […]

Israeli Forces Arrest Four Palestinians in Hebron District (VIDEOS)
Israeli forces today overnight detained four Palestinians from the southern West Bank district of Hebron (Al-Khalil). Local sources confirmed that Israeli military vehicles raided Yatta city, south of Hebron city, where soldiers ransacked several houses […]

China to Donate $15m to Implement Projects in Palestine
Guo Wei, ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the State of Palestine, and Amjad Ghanem, Secretary-General of Palestinian Council of Ministers, signed yesterday an agreement under which China will be donating $15 million […]

Official: Israel’s Foreign Ministry Is Bankrupt
Israel Foreign Ministry is bankrupt, according to one official, quoted in a report by Yedioth Ahronoth. The report stipulated that the Foreign Ministry’s officials were informed earlier that there was no budget to host delegations or […]

Israeli Forces Close Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslim Worshippers (VIDEO)
Israeli forces today closed the Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslim worshippers for 24 hours, in preparation for a Jewish settlers raid to mark a Jewish holiday, said a Waqf official. Director of the Hebron Waqf Directorate’s […]

Greenblatt: US Won’t Release ‘Deal of the Century before Israeli Election
The United States will not release the long-delayed political portion of its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan before Israel’s elections next month, White House Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt said on Wednesday. The move, announced in a tweet by […]

Lebanese Army Fires at Israeli Drones near Border (VIDEO)
The Lebanese army opened fire at two of three Israeli drones that breached Lebanese airspace on Wednesday evening in the south of the country near the Israeli border, and all three returned to Israeli airspace, […]

Abbas Begins Official Visit to Germany (VIDEO)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today began an official visit to Germany, where he will meet his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Palestinian Ambassador to Germany, Khouloud Daibes, told the official Voice of […]

Humanity Denied: What Is Missing from the Omar, Tlaib Story
By Ramzy Baroud Israel’s decision to bar two United States Democratic Representatives, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, from entering Israel and visiting Palestine has further exposed the belligerent, racist nature of the Israeli government. But our understanding of […]

Palestinian Harvard Student Deported for Friends’ Facebook Posts (VIDEO)
A Palestinian student’s plans to start his freshman year at Harvard was thwarted by Boston immigration officials after they allegedly read posts on his friends’ Facebook that “opposed” the US. Ismail B. Ajjawi, 17, from […]

Explosions Target Gaza Police Checkpoints, Killing Three Officers
Explosions hit two police checkpoints in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing three officers and wounding several other Palestinians, the Hamas-run interior ministry said, declaring a state of emergency after the blasts, Reuters reports. Interior ministry spokesman, […]

Israeli Journalist Apologizes for Calling Arabs ‘Savages’ (VIDEO)
Israeli television presenter Yaron London yesterday apologized for calling Arabs “savages”. London said in a press release yesterday: “Many people, particularly our Arab viewers, were hurt by what I said. During the night, I heard […]

UNRWA Seeks Donations as Funding Slips (VIDEO)
The head of a U.N. agency supporting Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday it still needed $150 million in donations to keep it operating until the end of this year. Pierre Krahenbuhl, commissioner-general of the United […]

Flipping the Script with Ahmed Mansour: ‘Palestinians Are Resilient, Not Traumatized’ (VIDEOS)
By Kevin Gilligan (An Interview with Gazan Filmmaker Ahmed Mansour) Earlier this week I sat down with Gazan filmmaker Ahmed Mansour before he headed out to the Seattle Premiere of his latest feature-length documentary Brooklyn […]

When Will MLK’s “Arc of the Moral Universe” Bend in the Direction of Palestine?
By Benay Blend Martin Luther King Jr. famously said that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” On August 11, a coalition of liberal Jewish groups, across the country […]

Trump Might Reveal Parts of ‘Deal of the Century’ before Israeli Elections
US President Donald Trump said yesterday he could reveal parts of his peace plan, known as “deal of the century”, before the Israeli elections slated to take place on September 17, Haaretz reported. On the […]

Israel Punishes Gaza with Fuel Cuts
The Israeli government took retaliatory aim at Gaza’s electricity supply Monday ordering fuel shipments into the coastal region to be cut-in-half “until further notice”, over alleged Palestinian rockets attacks against southern Israel on Sunday night. […]

PA Slams US State Department for Removing It from Country List
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has slammed the US State Department for removing it from its online list of countries, saying the move constitutes yet more evidence of the US’ alignment with the Israeli right-wing. Previously […]

Israeli Forces Arrest Community Leader in Issawiya (VIDEO)
Israeli forces on Sunday arrested a prominent community organizer in Issawiya, occupied East Jerusalem, reported NGO Ir Amim. Muhammad Abu Hummus remained in detention at the time of writing, ahead of a hearing today. According […]

Israel Stops Construction of New School in Bedouin Village under Rightwing Pressure
The Israeli government has moved to stop construction of a school in an unrecognized Bedouin Palestinian village, after pressure from a notorious right-wing group, reported Haaretz. According to the report, a Finance Ministry department that […]

We Must Boycott Israeli Sports as We Did with Apartheid South Africa
By Ramzy Baroud The Palestinian Football Association is struggling to survive. Combined US-Israeli pressure on Palestinian organizations that provide aid and support to the Palestinian people is now felt in the field of sports as well. […]

Following West Bank Explosion, Netanyahu Approves 300 House Units in Dolev Settlement
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the construction of 300 new housing units in the West Bank settlement of Dolev, built illegally on al-Janiya village land to the west of Ramallah. The move comes following […]

Israeli Court Bars Two Members of Racist Party from Polls, but Refuses to Ban Party
Israel’s Supreme Court has barred two members of a racist extreme-right party from running in the country’s upcoming September 17 general election. The court ruled that Benzi Gosptein and Baruch Marzel, candidates for the Jewish Power party, […]

Lebanon: Israeli Airstrikes Hit Palestinian Military Position (VIDEOS)
Israeli airstrikes hit a military position belonging to a Palestinian group in Lebanon, near the Syrian border, early on Monday, a security source and Lebanon’s An-Nahar and Reuters report. The position belonged to the Popular Front for the Liberation […]

Israeli Jets Hit Hamas-Held Area in Gaza
Israeli jets late Sunday bombed an area in the northern part of Gaza belonging to Izzeddin al-Kassam, Hamas’s armed wing, according to sources on the ground, Anadolu reports. Medical sources reported that there were no casualties. […]