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Month: January 2021

WATCH: Palestinian Man Paralyzed after Being Shot in the Neck by Israeli Soldiers
A Palestinian man is suffering from paralysis after being shot in the neck by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. Haron Abu Aram, 24, was shot on Friday […]

Assange Wins. The Cost: The Crushing of Press Freedom, and the Labeling of Dissent as Mental Illness
By Jonathan Cook The unexpected decision by Judge Vanessa Baraitser to deny a US demand to extradite Julian Assange, foiling efforts to send him to a US super-max jail for the rest of his life, […]

Gaza: Hope and Fog (PHOTOS)
Imagine Gaza, in fact, the whole of Palestine, without war, without siege, without military occupation and without apartheid walls. Despite over 70 years of relentless colonialism, Palestine remains full of hope. The Palestinian people ache […]

Israel Prevents Thousands of Palestinians from Praying at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli occupation police on Friday barred thousands of Palestinians from performing Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Anadolu Agency reported. Due to Israeli Occupation lockdown regulations, Palestinians who are barred from entering the Old City of […]

Israeli Soldiers Raid West Bank Village, Brutally Assault Residents
Israeli soldiers raided today the village of Deir Nitham, north of Ramallah, and assaulted its residents after an allegation that a Jewish settler was injured by a rock in the vicinity of the village. A […]

UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees are the Next Targets of Normalization Deals with Israel
By Ramona Wadi When US President Donald Trump leaves office in three weeks’ time, he will have laid the foundations for a further downgrading of the Palestinian struggle for freedom. It is, perhaps, little wonder […]

Report: Abbas Impatient to Resume Unconditional Talks with Israel
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas hopes to resume unconditional talks with Israel as soon as possible, a senior PA official informed Israel Hayom. On Friday, the Israeli outlet reported a senior PA official stating […]

PPS: Number of Palestinian Prisoners Infected with COVID-19 is on the Rise
At least 16 Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli Naqab prison were diagnosed with the coronavirus disease and the number is expected to rise, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said today. The first coronavirus case in […]

Jewish Settlers Assault Palestinian Farmers, Cause Injuries in Southern West Bank
Jewish settlers from different illegal outposts in the south of the occupied West Bank today assaulted Palestinian farmers working on their lands in Umm Lakhous hamlet in Masafer Yatta, injuring some and preventing them to […]

Israel Admits its Guilt (and Other Arguments)
By Jim Miles The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance has actively supported and succeeded with implementing its definition of antisemitism in various countries, regions, and cities around the world. The definition itself is open enough that […]

Israel Grants Settlers Millions to Monitor Palestinian Construction in West Bank
Israel has granted illegal settlements more than $6 million to fund drones and patrol units to monitor “unauthorized” Palestinian building in the occupied West Bank. The Settlement Affairs Ministry published on Thursday the criteria for […]

Report: Israeli Army Carried out 300 Attacks on Gaza in 2020
The Israeli army announced on Thursday that it had attacked 300 targets in the Gaza Strip during 2020. The Israeli military revealed in a statement documenting its activities in 2020, that nearly 300 targets were […]

Israeli Forces Injure 18 Palestinians in Kafr Qaddum
18 Palestinians were injured today as Israeli forces attacked dozens of activists during the weekly protest in the village of Kafr Qaddum, near the city of Qalqilia in the occupied West Bank, against the Israeli […]