Palestine

By Heike Schotten | (Ma’an News Agency) | – Well before the advent of the US “War on Terror,” Edward Said wrote: “As a word and concept, ‘terrorism’ has acquired an extraordinary status in American public discourse.” Among other things, Said observed the ways in which “terrorism” functioned to deflect attention away from America’s misdeeds […]

Apartheid

Amira Hass: “Let me be blunt: Gaza is a Huge Concentration Camp”

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By Amira Hass / Julie Poucher Harbin | ( ISLAMICommentary) | – – by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary Amira Hass, Haaretz correspondent for the Occupied Territories This past Spring Amira Hass, correspondent for Haaretz, spoke at the Forum for Scholars and Publics at Duke University. Hass, an Israeli who has won numerous awards for […]

Apartheid

No Fish for You! Israeli Navy arrests 6 Gazans for Fishing While Palestinian

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By Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR | Gaza Report | – – Israeli Naval Forces Continue Chasing Fishermen In The Gaza Strip Sea On Tuesday morning, 7 July 2015, Israeli gunboats chased and opened fire at a Palestinian fishing boats. They also arrested 6 fishermen, and confiscated 3 fishing boats. The Palestinian Center […]

Apartheid

Security Zones Being Used to Further Expand West Bank Settlements

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By IMEMC | – – “Land confiscated from Palestinians for the purpose of security buffer zones around illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank is actually being utilized as “land reserves or for agriculture,” according to an investigation by Israeli newspaper Haaretz.” The buffer zones were originally created during the Second Intifada [Palestinian Uprising] reportedly […]

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Funding For Desperate Palestinian Refugees Under Threat

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By Mel Frykberg | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness, who says that unless someone steps in to alleviate the financial crisis facing the U.N. agency, “ it is innocent refugees who will again suffer”. Credit: Mel Frykberg/IPS JERUSALEM, Jul 3 2015 (IPS) – The U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) […]

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Israelis Detain, expel Former Pres. of Tunisia from Gaza Aid Flotilla; he vows to return

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By IMEMC | – – Israeli occupation authorities deported to France, late on Monday, former Tunisian president Moncef al-Marzouqi, who took part in Freedom Flotilla III. After intercepting and towing the Gaza bound ship, the Israeli occupation detained, investigated, released and deported participants, including Israeli Arab MK Basel Ghattas and former Tunisian President Moncef al-Marzouqi. […]

Israel

2 Israeli Squatters /week injured by Palestinians & 39 Palestinians /week by Israeli Forces

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Ma’an News Agency | – – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Three Israeli settlers [later reports say four] were injured in a shooting late Monday near the illegal settlement of Shvut Rachel south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, the Israeli army said. The army said on their Twitter feed: “Three civilians were injured & […]

Apartheid

Israeli naval forces intercept Gaza Aid flotilla

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Update: Israeli forces had already hijacked the lead vessel in the four-ship convoy by early morning on Monday ET. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli naval forces are preparing to intercept the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla III which is expected to arrive in Gaza on Monday, Israeli media reported Sunday. The Hebrew-language news source nrg.co.il reported that Israel’s […]

Climate Change

Think California’s Drought Is Bad? Try Palestine’s.

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By Laith Shakir | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – While Israelis water their lawns and swim in Olympic-sized pools, Palestinians a few kilometers away are literally dying of thirst. California is in the midst of one of the worst droughts in the state’s history, prompting Governor Jerry Brown to declare a water “state […]