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Month: October 2019
RaptorsDontGo Campaign Announces Victory! (VIDEO)
By Marion Kawas The Canadian BDS Coalition issued a statement on October 22, 2019, declaring victory in the campaign to stop the NBA 2019 champions, the Toronto Raptors, from going as a team on a […]
B’Tselem: Record Number of House Demolitions in Jerusalem since Trump Took Office
A rights group says Israeli authorities have demolished at least 140 Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem this year, the highest annual number since it began keeping records in 2004. The demolition of homes built without permits comes amid […]
Seven Palestinians Arrested in West Bank Raids by Israeli Forces (VIDEO)
Israeli forces arrested early today at least seven Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). Three Palestinians were detained during clashes that erupted during the early dawn hours as […]
Israel Agrees to Release Palestinian Prisoner on Hunger Strike
Palestinian prisoner Ahmed Ghannam yesterday suspended his hunger strike after 102 days after an Israeli court set a timeframe which would bring an end to his administrative detention. Ghannam, who suffers from Leukaemia, has become […]
Netanyahu’s Rival Gantz Accepts Mandate to Form Israeli Government (VIDEO)
Former military chief Benny Gantz received an official mandate on Wednesday to try to form Israel’s next government, but with no easy path to ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long hold on power, Reuters reports. After inconclusive […]
She Deserves our Support: Betty McCollum Wants US to Stop Subsidizing Torture of Palestinian Children
By Ramzy Baroud In December 2018, 17-year-old Palestinian teen, Ayham Sabah, was sentenced by an Israeli military court to 35 years in prison for his alleged role in a stabbing attack targeting an Israeli soldier in […]
British Forensic Researchers Confirm Palestinian Child Was Hit by Israeli Live Fire
A team of British forensic researchers confirmed this week that 9-year-old Abdul Rahman Shteiwi was shot in the head on July 12 in the northern West Bank by a live bullet fired by Israeli soldiers […]
Jewish Settlers Attack Farmers Harvesting Olives in West Bank (VIDEO)
Jewish settlers continue to attack Palestinian farmers harvesting their olive crops throughout the occupied West Bank. Today, they also stole the tools the farmers use in picking olives. A group of Israeli occupation settlers from […]
Palestinian Man Shot, Injured by Israeli Forces near Jenin
A Palestinian man was injured on Wednesday morning by Israeli gunfire near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS). PRCS said that Israeli forces opened fire on […]
The War on Truth: How Israel’s Social Media Trolls Conquered Facebook
By Ramzy Baroud On October 9, the social media platform, Facebook, deleted the page of the popular Palestinian news website, the Palestinian Information Center (PIC). This act, which was carried out without even contacting the […]
Tulsi Gabbard is Right, and Nancy Pelosi Wrong. It was US Democrats who Helped Cultivate the Barbarism of ISIS
By Jonathan Cook There is something profoundly deceitful in the way the Democratic Party and the corporate media are framing Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops out of Syria. One does not need to defend […]
The EU’s Conditional Aid and Suppression of Palestinian Rights
By Ramona Wadi The European Union’s incoming Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell has already signaled a continuation of the bloc’s prevailing politics when it comes to Palestine – preserve the two-state compromise by ensuring funding […]
‘This is Not a Border’: How Israel Has Turned the U.S.-Mexico Border into Gaza
By Benay Blend In the title quote, the words refer to a collection of readings from several years of the Palestine Festival of Literature, an annual literary event that allows performers to interact with Palestinians […]
Palestinian Prisoner Ghannam Completes 100 Days of Hunger Strike
Palestinian prisoner Ahmed Ghannam completed his 100th day without food Monday, along with five other prisoners, in a protest against the Israeli occupation authorities. The Prisoner Club, a non-governmental organization focused on prisoners’ issues, said that Ghannam, […]
Palestinian Forced to Demolish His own Home in Jerusalem
A Palestinian resident of Jabal al Mukabbir neighborhood in East Jerusalem, tore down his home after he received a demolition order from the Israeli authorities, said a local official. SELF-DEMOLITIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM: On the […]
Palestinian Court Blocks 59 Websites Critical of PA
The Palestinian Authority has blocked 59 Palestinian and Arabic websites, including Quds News Network sites, following a decision by a local Magistrate’s Court. Palestinians are angered at the decision which was revealed yesterday, as not a single site on […]
Israel to Wipe out Palestinian Curriculum in Jerusalem
Up to 100,000 Palestinian students are facing the threat of using distorted schoolbooks in occupied Jerusalem, Deputy Palestinian Education Minister Basri Saleh said on Sunday. According to Arab48, during a meeting held in Cairo, Basri said […]
Netanyahu Concedes He Can’t Form Government, Rivlin to Tap Gantz
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has informed the country’s president that he is unable to form a government, following nearly a month of political wrangling to save his position as premier. President Reuven Rivlin is now […]
Israel Attends Bahrain Anti-Iran Maritime Conference amid Increasing Normalization
Iran and Hamas have condemned Israel’s participation in a US-led maritime security meeting which was held on Sunday in Bahrain, amid increasing normalization between the Jewish state and Gulf countries. The head of the Israeli Foreign […]
Jewish Settlers Attack Palestinian Properties near Nablus
Jewish settlers today caused damage to a Palestinian-owned house located between the villages of Jalud and Qusra, to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to sources. 
Settlers attack people’s […]
Palestinian-American NASA Scientist Wears Palestinian Embroidery in Official Photo
Palestinian-American NASA Exploration Mission Planning Office Chief Nujoud Merancy appeared in her official departmental photograph wearing a custom-tailored blazer featuring tatreez, traditional Palestinian embroidery. Palestinian NASA spacecraft engineer Nujoud Merancy poses in a suit with tatreez […]
Hundreds of Jewish settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque amid Tension (VIDEOS)
Hundreds of Jewish settlers forced their way into Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound again on Sunday to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, according to a Palestinian source. “Around 653 settlers backed by Israeli police […]
Netanyahu: Relying on Arab Joint List Endangers Israeli Security
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that establishing an Israeli government relying on Arab joint list endangers Israel’s security. Netanyahu wrote on his Facebook page that the leader of Kahol Lavan (Blue and White) […]
Mother and Son among Palestinians Arrested in West Bank, Jerusalem (VIDEOS)
Israeli forces detained overnight Saturday and early Sunday five Palestinians from the West Bank districts of Nablus and tubas, in addition to five others, including a mother and her son, in the East Jerusalem-Bustan area […]
Thousands of Jewish Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque (VIDEO)
For the third consecutive day, around 2,473 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque and performed Talmudic rituals during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, Arab48.com reported on Friday. On Thursday, 816 settlers bombarded the holy site through Al-Magharbeh Gate. They besieged the mosque under heavy […]
Israeli Forces Injure Palestinian Farmer in Gaza
Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian farmer today while working on his land east of Jabalya in the north of the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. Mas’oud (20) a farm-labourer, was working on […]
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Man at West Bank Checkpoint
A Palestinian man was shot and killed on Friday evening at an Israeli army checkpoint south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm, confirmed the Ministry of Health. The victim was later identified as […]
Israel Prepares to Turn Bedouin Citizens into Refugees in their own Country
By Jonathan Cook The decades-long struggle by tens of thousands of Israelis against being uprooted from their homes – some for the second or third time – should be proof enough that Israel is not […]
Death, Misery and Bloodshed in Yemen
By Kathy Kelly Writing about his visit to the world’s largest weapons bazaar, held in London during October, Arron Merat describes reading this slogan emblazoned above Raytheon’s stall: “Strike with Creativity.” Raytheon manufactures Paveway laser-guided bombs, fragments […]
Pompeo Meets Netanyahu in Israel after Trip to Turkey (VIDEO)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Friday, hours after Turkey agreed with the United States to pause its offensive on Kurdish forces in Syria, Reuters reports. פגישה […]
