By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Last week Israeli military officials for the first time echoed what human rights groups and the United Nations have been saying for some time: that Gaza’s economy and infrastructure stand […]
Women from the Black Lives Matter Movement made a powerful statement supporting Palestinian women at the Women’s march in Los Angeles. The New York Times reported that nearly 600,000 women marched in the southern California […]
US Vice President Mike Pence delivered a speech before the Israeli Knesset that sparked outrage and resulted in many Arab MP’s being forced out of the session by security. Palestinian MPs were removed by security […]
Israel may be shutting its Dublin embassy, reported the Irish Times. 'No decision made' amid reports Israel may close Dublin embassy in cost-cutting move (via @thejournal_ie) https://t.co/oYDxu8xMEu — PaddyOConnor (@PadddyOConnor) January 23, 2018 The Irish […]
By Rima Najjar I wish Caryl Churchill would write a follow up to her play Seven Jewish Children and call it Seven Palestinian Children. Churchill’s play, first produced in February of 2009, was “for Gaza”, […]
NBC reported that three Palestinian human rights groups pulled out of the Los Angeles Women’s March Saturday after it was announced that one of the featured speakers was actress Scarlett Johannson, who promoted SodaStream, a […]
Patrice Leclerc, mayor of Gennevilliers, a northern suburb of Paris, on Friday announced his decision to recognize the state of Palestine saying that the decision will be officially signed next Monday. Leclerc said in a […]
By Ramona Wadi Last year, Israel and the US invested unprecedented efforts in discrediting the legitimate rights of Palestinians and seeking to limit, to the point of dysfunction, the role of institutions working directly with […]
Thousands from around the world have signed a petition on Change.org, calling for the unconditional release of highly regarded human rights defender, Muther Amira. The Palestinian Social Worker and Human Rights activist. previously served as […]
Due to medical negligence, Palestinian prisoner from West Bank passed away on Saturday morning inside an Israeli prison. Palestinian prisoner dies inside Israeli jails https://t.co/xjN6XKEQsZ pic.twitter.com/yxt1VoRaTA — Days of Palestine (@DaysofPalestine) January 20, 2018 Palestinian […]
Time Magazine reported that the US State Department is further slashing its aid package to UNRWA by another $45 million. The U.S. is holding back a further $45 million in aid for Palestine https://t.co/kr2AD1ZkGL — […]
Long-time supporter of Palestine, and president of the Sinn Féin party in Ireland, Gerry Adams called the International Community once again to recognize a Palestinian State. He called on his own government to upgrade the […]
The International Human Rights Organization, Human Rights Watch strongly denounced the US decision to cut a significant percentage of their contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). 2017 another bad year for […]
The significant reduction in funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is worrying against the backdrop of an overall decline in humanitarian funding in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) […]
Israeli military police have uncovered a recruitment drive for soldiers to join a unit devoted to acts of revenge against Palestinians, following the death of a settler last week, the Jerusalem Post reported yesterday. Police […]
Palestinian-American blogger Amani Khatahtbeh made headlines this week after she refused to accept an award from the cosmetic brand Revlon over having its branding ambassador be actress Gal Gadot, a former Israeli soldier who had […]
The United States has announced it will withhold about half the initial aid it planned to give a United Nations agency that serves the Palestinians, just two weeks after President Donald Trump questioned the value […]
By Fayhaa Shalash 32-year old Israa Jaabis has been languishing in an Israeli prison for nearly 2 and a half years, carrying out an 11 year sentence for, according to the Israeli Military Court, attempting […]
13-year old Razan Abu Sal was arrested and sentenced Tuesday to four months in prison. She was tried in an Israeli military court, being tried and sentenced under martial law. She was also fined 2500 […]
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The Palestinian Ministry of Education and the Palestinian Investment Fund (PIF) signed an agreement on Tuesday promising solar power to 500 schools in the occupied West Bank, according to official Palestinian Authority (PA)-owned Wafa news […]
Israeli forces shot and killed a 24-year-old Palestinian student and former prisoner during clashes on Monday in the northern occupied West Bank district of Qalqiliya, reported Ma’an News Agency. Ahmad Abd al-Jaber Muhammad Salim was […]
Israeli daily Haaretz, reported on Monday that Israeli military officials have acknowledged that the Palestinian situation is deteriorating, and that the economy and infrastructure in Gaza was “from zero to below zero.” “From zero to […]
In an effort to resolve the ‘African Refugee Problem’ in Israel, Israeli civilians will receive cash rewards and generous bonuses if they sign up to serve their country as ‘immigration inspectors’, a position that includes […]
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman submitted a proposal to the government yesterday calling for the settler outpost of Havat Gilad to be legalized in the aftermath of a Palestinian resistance attack which left one person […]
By Kathy Kelly January 11, 2018 marked the 16th year that Guantanamo prison has exclusively imprisoned Muslim men, subjecting many of them to torture and arbitrary detention. About thirty people gathered in Washington D.C., convened […]
Vic Mensa, a Grammy nominated rap musician from Chicago recently wrote an op-ed for US based Magazine, Time, highlighting the similarities between the Palestinian fight for freedom and the struggle he has faced in the […]
The Israeli army declared the central occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh – home to imprisoned teenage activist Ahed al-Tamimi – a closed military zone on Saturday, closing off all entrances and exits. #WATCH: […]
The New Orleans City Council has unanimously passed a resolution proposed by the New Orleans Palestinian Solidarity Committee, an organization within the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement or BDS, requiring a review of companies’ human […]
By Ramona Wadi Israeli Agricultural Minister Uri Ariel wants more injured and dead Palestinians in Gaza. “What is this special weapon we have that we fire and see pillars of smoke and fire, but nobody […]
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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