Israel/ Palestine

77% of the residents of the Israeli-Occupied Old City in Jerusalem are Muslims, But for How Long as Israelis demolish Silwan Homes?

( Middle East Monitor) – An Israeli writer has said that “the statistical reality in the city of Jerusalem shows that 77% of the Old City’s residents are Muslim while only 10% are Jewish.” The writer observed that 24 per cent of the Old City’s territories in Jerusalem are owned by the Islamic Waqf (Endowment), […]

Israel/ Palestine

Palestinian Students in Gaza Are Back after Israel tried to destroy their future

Middle East Monitor

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor) – As Palestinian high school students celebrate their success in the Tawjihi exams and plan for the future, those in Gaza are still trying to rebuild their lives after Israel’s brutal bombing campaign in May. The Tawjihi exams were held just one month after the ceasefire […]

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Living in the Dark: Palestinians in Gaza, besieged by Israel and deprived of Electricity, Can’t even Refrigerate their Food

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Committee of the Red Cross has released a detailed study of life for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip that is just as depressing as you would imagine. The electricity situation there has been touch and go for years, in large part because of the illegal Israeli civilian blockade […]

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Palestinian Christians welcome U.S. United Church of Christ affirmation of right to Boycott Israel for Occupation of Palestinian Territories

Juan Cole

Palestinians UCC BDS Occupation Israel

Israel/ Palestine

Israel’s Violations of Palestinian Workers’ Rights: COVID-19 and Systemic Abuse

Al-Shabaka

By Ihab Maharmeh | – ( Al-Shabakah) – The Israeli regime has been systematically violating the rights of Palestinian workers in Israel and its illegal settlements since 1967. How have these violations been exacerbated since the COVID-19 pandemic? Al-Shabaka’s guest contributor, Ihab Maharmeh, examines Israel’s ongoing abuses of Palestinian workers’ labor and human rights. He […]

Israel/ Palestine

Palestinian Activist: The Problem is not Ignorance of Israeli Occupation’s Brutality, it is Inaction

Asa Winstanley

“I am tired of reporting the same brutality every day, of thinking of new ways to describe the obvious.” Those are the words of Mohammed El-Kurd, the renowned Palestinian activist from East Jerusalem. He and his family are threatened with expulsion from their homes. They have committed no crime, but are being kicked out solely […]

BDS Occupied Territories

Israel is determined to Criminalize Boycott Movement, but Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream struck a blow for First Amendment

Ramzy Baroud

( Middle East Monitor) – Ben & Jerry’s decision to suspend its operations in the occupied Palestinian West Bank is an event that is proving critical to Palestinian efforts, which ultimately aim at holding Israel accountable for its military occupation, apartheid and war crimes. By responding to the Palestinian call for boycotting apartheid Israel, the […]

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Half of Palestinians Killed by Israeli Air Strikes on Gaza in May were Civilians and other War Crimes: HRW

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Human Rights Watch conducted a detailed study of military actions by Israel and the Hamas party-militia in Gaza and concluded that both committed war crimes during the Israeli assault on the Palestinian enclave this spring, but that deaths of Palestinians at Israeli hands were 21 times higher than Israeli deaths.Three […]

Israel/ Palestine

Israel continues to target Al-Aqsa Mosque under new government

Middle East Monitor

By Adnan Abu Amer | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Recent statements by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett about the freedom of Jews to pray inside Al-Aqsa Mosque have once again highlighted the debate about Jerusalemites and Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, and their ongoing battle against the occupation state since Ramadan. Bennett’s statements also throw […]