Israeli bulldozers demolished the unrecognised Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb in the Negev desert in southern Israel for the 139th time yesterday morning. Villagers of Al-Araqeeb reported that Israeli forces and the “Yoav” unit from the Israeli Negev Development Authority stormed the village, escorting bulldozers and vehicles that carried out the demolition. Women, children, and the […]
UN: Saudi-Led War on Yemen has Killed 6,700 Children, Left 358,000 Severely Malnourished
More than 6700 children have been killed since the outbreak of the Yemen war in 2015, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) announced yesterday. “Around 358,000 Yemeni children suffer from severe acute malnutrition,” UNICEF said on Twitter, stressing that the victims required “immediate treatment.” The UN organisation called for “halting attacks” against children […]
One Dead as Israeli Squatter Mob Shoots Palestinians in Occupied West Bank
Hamdi Taleb Na’asan, a 38 year old farmer, was killed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of al-Mughayer. Israeli settlers shot and killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Palestinian officials and the Israeli military said. The incident followed a confrontation between settlers and Palestinians near the city of […]
Qatar Convinces Israel, Hamas to let it Aid 94,000 Poor Gaza Families
The Palestinian government in Gaza announced yesterday that it would pay $100 to 94,000 poor families in the Gaza Strip, noting that this is part of the Qatari funds given to the besieged enclave. It is still unclear how and when this issue was agreed, but the government in Gaza called for the poor families […]
Party of Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr tables Bill to expel US Troops from Iraq
Muqtada al-Sadr’s Sairoon Bloc, which dominated Iraqi legislative polls last year, has submitted a bill to parliament that would, if passed, require all foreign military personnel to leave the country within one year, Anadolu Agency reports. At a Friday press conference in Baghdad, Sairoon Chairman Sabah Assadi said the proposed “Law against Foreign Military Deployments […]
Climate Stress drove Wave of Arab Spring Refugees
Severe droughts made more likely by global warming worsened conflict in Arab Spring countries early this decade, forcing people to flee, researchers said on Wednesday, publishing evidence they said proved the connection for the first time, reports Reuters. The study used data from asylum applications in 157 countries from 2006-2015, together with an index that […]
Roseanne Barr calls Natalie Portman ‘Repulsive’ over Israeli Prize Refusal
Comedian Roseanne Barr has called Natalie Portman “repulsive” after the Jacky star declined to accept an Israeli film award last year. The former Roseanne star made the comments ahead of her own visit to Israel, during which she will address the Israeli parliament. Barr, 66, who was promoting her upcoming trip to Israel in an […]
War on BDS: How AIPAC-Israel Agenda became USG Priority
By Ramzy Baroud | – The Israeli-US war declared on the Palestinian boycott movement is coming to a head, culminating in a well-orchestrated effort aimed at suffocating any form of tangible protest of the ongoing Israeli colonization of Palestine. But an Israeli ‘victory’, even with blind US government support, is still too elusive if at […]
Syria Kurds Reject proposed “safe zone” under Turkey Control
The Kurds in Syria yesterday rejected a US proposal to establish a 20 mile safe zone on the Syrian-Turkish border under Turkey’s control. Kurdish leader Aldar Khalil instead proposed that the UN deploy peacekeeping troops along the separation line between Turkish and Kurdish fighters, saying: “Other options cannot be accepted because they infringe on the […]
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