Israel/ Palestine

By Majeda El-Batsh Tel Aviv (AFP) – Tens of thousands of Arab Israelis and their supporters chanted against “apartheid” and for “equality” on Saturday in central Tel Aviv at a rally protesting a law that declares Israel the nation state of the Jewish people. Israeli Jews also joined the demonstration, the second since last Saturday, […]

By Anne Irfan | – – Leaked emails from Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and appointed steward of the Israel-Palestine conflict, are shedding light on his planned “deal of the century” for peace in the Middle East. In extracts published by Foreign Policy magazine, Kushner proposes “disrupting” the work of the UN Relief and Works […]

Israeli Justice Minister known for anti-Palestinian hate speech warns of ‘earthquake’ if court finds Palestinian-Israelis equal citizens

Abbas’ office reiterated that Trump’s peace plan is aimed at stripping the Palestinian people of their legitimate rights. Palestinian National Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas’ office on Saturday responded to a report by Foreign Policy, a U.S. journal, which had claimed that U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, senior adviser Jared Kushner was involved in devising a […]

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Swedish solidarity activist Divina Levrini, one of many international activists who were attacked and detained by Israeli forces aboard the Freedom Flotilla ships last week, talked to Ma’an on the Israeli treatment of international activists inside the Israeli Givon (al-Ramla) prisons. The international activists were deported to their home countries after two […]

Launched by professors at Princeton University and signed by experts on both sides of the Atlantic, this declaration calls for a break with the policy of unconditional support for the Likud government in Israel by US president Donald Trump, and an engagement with the region toward its denuclearization, including the signing by Israel of the […]