Israel’s Supreme Court has postponed the deportation of regional Human Rights Watch (HRW) Director Omar Shakir, allowing him to remain in the country while he contests the expulsion order against him. In the latest chapter […]
Palestinian officials have said that the US and EU are stressing that Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” will not be revealed before 2020 due to the ongoing political instability in Israel, Maariv reported on Sunday. The […]
Three Palestinian prisoners are continuing their protests against their administrative detention in Israeli jails. Thirty-five-year-old Hassan Mohammed Al-Aweiwi from occupied Hebron (Al-Khalil) has been on hunger strike for 64 days. Over this two month period, he […]
White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner has said that the Palestinians deserve “self-determination,” but stopped short of backing Palestinian statehood, expressing uncertainty over their ability to govern themselves. Kushner, who is President Donald Trump‘s son-in-law, made […]
A senior Israeli source has revealed that Abu Dis would be the capital of any future Palestinian state under the “deal of the century”. According to a report by Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon yesterday, preparations are being […]
Israel has attacked Syrian military positions in the country’s south, killing three soldiers and wounding seven others, Syria’s state-run media reported. The Israeli military confirmed the attack that took place early on Sunday in a series of tweets, […]
Protests erupted on Sunday after Israeli forces entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound along with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Jews whom they allowed to access the compound on Jerusalem Day – when Israelis celebrate the anniversary of their occupation […]
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner has given a new map of Israel, which included the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ‘The new official US map of […]
People in 30 countries around the world have organized demonstrations to mark Al-Quds Day, the last Friday of each Ramadan. #Kenya marches for #Palestine#QudsDay#FreePalestine Posted by Romana Rubeo on Friday, May 31, 2019 Several Palestinian and […]
Canada’s updated trade agreement with Israel violates international law, the UN Special Rapporteur for the [occupied] Palestinian territories, Professor S. Michael Lynk, has said in an article published by the Australian news site, The Conversation. Commenting on […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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