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Month: February 2021

Jewish National Fund Plans to Expand West Bank Settlements
The Jewish National Fund (JNF) has officially approved plans to expand illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, local media reported on Monday. According to Haaretz, though, the JNF is still to approve the […]

American Empire: A Global History – Book Review
By Jim Miles (American Empire: A Global History. A. G. Hopkins. Princeton University Press. Princeton & Oxford, 2018.) Most recent works on the United States accept that it is an empire, perhaps not in the […]

Report: Israel’s West Bank Demolitions Threatens Water Access for Palestinians amid COVID-19 Pandemic
A sharp rise in demolitions in the West Bank has endangered Palestinians’ access to water, UNICEF and water sanitation charity WASH revealed in a new report on Monday, adding that it highlighted the dire human […]

Israeli Court Upholds Eviction of Four Palestinian Families in Jerusalem
The Israeli District Court in Jerusalem last night rejected an appeal by four Palestinian families living in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in occupied East Jerusalem, and upheld the eviction order, in favor of Jewish […]

Israeli Forces Arrest 15 Palestinians, Including Lawmaker, in West Bank
Israeli forces detained 15 Palestinians on Tuesday, mostly in overnight raids across the West Bank, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Security sources and eyewitnesses told WAFA that Israeli forces rounded up a Palestinian […]

Bringing Hope to Energy-Starved Gaza: Researchers Develop High-Tech Solar Solutions
University of Birmingham experts are developing a novel solar energy pilot plant that will help to provide clean and affordable electricity to people living in the Gaza Strip. Working with counterparts at the Islamic University […]

Palestinian Child Injured Due to Explosion of Israeli Army Remnant
A ten-year-old child was injured after an explosive device left behind by the Israeli army exploded in the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, near the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, according to the Palestinian news […]

British Consul General in Jerusalem Condemns Jewish Settlements
British Consul General in Occupied Jerusalem Philip Hall has condemned Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories as “illegal and an obstacle to restarting peace talks.” In remarks to Palestinian Satellite Channel this morning, Hall […]

UAE Swears in Country’s First Ambassador to Israel
Dubai’s ruler and United Arab Emirates’ Vice President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has sworn in the country’s first ambassador to Israel, Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Khaja. The ceremony, held at Qasr Al Watan, came after […]

Jewish Settlers Attack Palestinian Bus near Nablus
A number of Jewish settlers attacked a Palestinian bus on Sunday evening, smashing its windows. The bus got lost while driving in the village of ‘Asira al-Qibliya, south of Nablus, according to local sources. Head […]

American Newspaper Wins Case Challenging Anti-BDS Law in Arkansas
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The US weekly newspaper Arkansas Times announced on Friday, February 12, that it has won a lawsuit in which it challenged a state law that makes it compulsory – for […]

Zionists’ Efforts to Coopt the BLM Movement: Can Racists Be Anti-Racist?
By Benay Blend On February 6, 2021, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza announced that she was pulling out of a World Values Network online gala with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a prominent American Zionist. “They […]

Palestine Calls on ICC to Speed Up Investigation into Israeli War Crimes
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Sunday called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to speed up the opening of an investigation into Israeli crimes against the Palestinians, Anadolu Agency reported. A ministry statement said Israeli […]

The IHRA Antisemitism Definition and Racism
By Jim Miles On Thursday, February 11, the Foundation for Middle East Peace held a webinar concerning the IHRA definition and ‘examples’ of antisemitism. The participants were all progressive Jews from the United States and […]

Israeli Forces Open Fire at Gaza Farmers, Force Them Back
Israeli forces stationed on the border with the Gaza Strip opened fire at Palestinian farmers working in their lands near the border today, forcing them to leave the area, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported Israeli […]

US State Department: Jerusalem is Subject to Final Status Negotiations
The US State Department announced on Thursday that Jerusalem is subject to final status negotiations. This came in a press briefing by State Department spokesperson Ned Price, in which he conveyed: “The ultimate status of […]

Europe Will Redefine Itself Despite the Political Shift in the US
By Ramzy Baroud Despite the long-awaited political change in Washington as Democratic President, Joe Biden, has officially become the 46th President of the United States, Europe is unlikely to resume its previously unhindered reliance […]

Jewish Settlers Desecrate Muslim Cemetery below Old City Wall in Jerusalem
A group of Jewish settlers today trespassed and desecrated a Muslim cemetery located just below Jerusalem’s old city wall, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Munther Siam, A member of the committee in charge […]

British Human Rights Lawyer Elected Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday elected in a session held at the United Nations headquarters in New York British human rights lawyer Karim Khan […]

One of Hamas’ Founders, Al-Yazouri, 80, Dies from COVID-19 in Gaza (PHOTOS)
One of the original founders of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, Ibrahim Al-Yazouri, passed away on Thursday, February 11, at the age of 80, after a long illness. Some media sources in Palestine reported […]

The Guardian Revealed Its True Face in Sacking a Columnist for Criticizing US Military Aid to Israel
By Jonathan Cook The revelation that a leftwing journalist, Nathan J Robinson, has been sacked as a Guardian US columnist for criticizing Israel on Twitter – and that he was pressured to keep quiet about […]

London Academic Board Urges University Council to Drop IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism
University College London’s Academic Board has today voted in favor of urging the university council to retract its adoption of the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism as it “is not for purpose within a university setting […]

Israeli Forces Suppress Rally near Nablus, Injure Two Protesters
Two Palestinians were injured from military gunfire as Israeli forces today afternoon suppressed an anti-settlement rally in Beit Dajan village, east of Nablus city. Member of the Popular Committee for Land Defense, Salim Abu Jaish, […]

White House: No ‘Specific Date’ Yet for Biden-Netanyahu Call
President Joe Biden will talk “soon” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but has no specific plan to do so yet, the White House said Thursday, underlining an apparent distancing in the key relationship. Three […]

Jewish Settler Attacks Palestinian Hikers, Kills One
A Jewish settler Friday morning rammed his vehicle into a group of Palestinian hikers near the village of Ein al-Beida, east of Tubas city, killing one and injuring two others, according to the Palestinian news […]

Report: Fatah Official to Meet Marwan Barghouti, Urge Him Not to Run for President
Member of Palestinian Fatah Central Committee Hussein Al-Sheikh is due to meet Marwan Barghouti, who is serving a life-term in Israeli jails, to urge him not to run in the upcoming presidential elections slated for […]

UNRWA Distributes China-Donated COVID-19 Supplies to Palestinian Refugees
The timely provision of COVID-19 supplies by the Government of the People’s Republic of China are being distributed across 141 UNRWA-run health centers in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, the […]

Jewish Settlers Assault Shepherds, Pelt Them with Rocks in Masafer Yatta Area
Jewish settlers today assaulted Palestinian shepherds who were herding their livestock in the area of Susia in Masafer Yatta in the south of the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. For […]

Islamic Jihad Will Not Take Part in Palestinian Election
Palestinian movement Islamic Jihad announced yesterday that it will not take part in the presidential and legislative elections due to be held later this year, a statement released by the group said. In the statement, […]

Israeli Forces Blow up House of Palestinian Prisoner (VIDEO)
Israeli forces blew up on Wednesday the family house of Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Murweh Kabaha, who was accused by the Israeli occupation of allegedly killing a Jewish settler in late December 2020. Israeli forces raided […]