By: Mohamed Mohamed Source: The Jerusalem Fund As documented by The Jerusalem Fund’s Settler Violence Project using data from the Palestinian Monitoring Group, extremist Israeli settlers have descended on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on an almost daily basis for many years now. In these “tours,” Israeli settlers and extremists engage in provocative actions against Palestinian … Continued
By: Sandra Tamari Source: HuffPost I’m sharing this post by my friend, Rani Allan. I was also denied entry from entering Palestine in 2012. Going to Palestine has been one of my biggest dreams. To connect with my ancestral homeland by walking the streets of Jerusalem, visiting the villages of my grandparents, strolling on the … Continued
Palestinians celebrate as a truck removes the last of the new security barriers Israel installed at the entrances to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on July 27, 2017 (AFP Photo/AHMAD GHARABLI) By: Joe Dyke Source: Yahoo via AFP Though it was well past midnight, as news filtered through that Israeli police were removing the remaining … Continued
By: Ruth Kedar Source: Independent UK It took decades for the immorality of occupation to sink in. In 1967, my husband was a military man. We were posted abroad when the war was won and the fabric of the still-infant Israel changed, perhaps irreversibly. When we came home in 1968, the mood was victorious and … Continued
A Palestinian woman plants an olive tree during a demonstration marking Land Day and against Jewish settlements in Wadi Foukeen near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. | Photo: Reuters By: John Pilger Source: teleSUR Israelis will never have peace until they recognize that Palestinians have the same right to the same peace and independence … Continued
By: Rayana Khalaf Source: Stepfeed Despite the endless list of crimes Israelis have committed against the Palestinian people, the latter’s humanity remains intact. In a video released by Ramallah News, several Palestinian men are seen risking their lives to save Israeli families from a deadly car accident. “Young Palestinian men saved the children of [Israeli] settlers yesterday in … Continued
A general view of Gaza City after last conflict between Israel and Hamas. By: Alice Rothchild Source: The Globe Post While the world is appropriately focused on the massive humanitarian crises in places like Syria and Mosul and South Sudan, two million Gazans face a growing manmade disaster that is largely invisible. After 50 … Continued
PHOTO: From top left: Emily Henoschowitz, Tariq Abukhdair, Brian Avery, Tristan Anderson, Rachel Corrie, Orwah Hammad. By: Kathryn Shihadah Source: If Americans Knew Blog Sometimes it takes a tragedy to bring about change. The story of Taylor Force is one such tragedy. A young American in the prime of his life was stabbed to death … Continued
By: Ma’an News Agency Staff Source: Ma’an News Agency The Netherlands has reacted with outrage after Israeli authorities seized dozens of solar panels in a remote occupied West Bank village that were donated by the Dutch government. Israeli forces confiscated the solar panels in the isolated village of Jubbet al-Dhib east of Bethlehem on Wednesday that were … Continued
Photo: Issa Amro By: Jewish Telegraphic Agency Staff Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency Thirty-two Democratic members of Congress have urged the secretary of state to help a Palestinian human rights activist who is going on trial in Israel. In a letter sent Wednesday, the lawmakers asked Rex Tillerson to utilize his influence in the case of … Continued
By: Stanley A Weiss Source: The Huff Post It started with a little-known Norwegian diplomat, a small group of academics, and a crowded hotel room. The diplomat, Terje Rød-Larsen, had assembled the group to devise an unlikely plan to take on the task of Middle East peace. For a brief, shining moment, it looked like … Continued
By: Ben White Source: Middle East Eye At an April conference in Washington DC held by the Middle East Policy Council, University of Pennsylvania-based political scientist Professor Ian Lustick had some strong criticism for what he described as “the continuous merry-go-round of American-orchestrated negotiations”. After analysing the interests and roles played by, respectively, the Israeli … Continued
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