By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Progressive Jewish groups are rising to criticize the Israeli occupation and fight fundamentalism in both Israel and the West. In the TV show Transparent, the Pfeffermans are an infuriating family. Mort, the patriarch, is transitioning to Maura, and much of the focus of […]
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Israel/ Palestine
Protest: Religious leaders call on Jerusalem Palestinians to pray at Al-Aqsa on Friday
Ma`an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Members of the Waqf, or Islamic trust, in charge with running Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, called on Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem to close all mosques in the neighborhoods on Friday and for prayers to take place in front of the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in […]
What impact will Saudi-Qatar Struggle have on Palestinians?
By Israa Khater | ( OpenDemocracy.org ) | – – No conflict in the Middle East spares the Palestinians, and the recent crisis in the GCC is no exception. Following the escalation of the GCC crisis and the deteriorating relationship between Qatar and the Gulf Triad (Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain), along with Egypt, […]
New UN Report Documents Legacy of 10-year Siege in Gaza
By IMEMC News | – – Most of the projections for 2020, on the situation in the Gaza Strip, have deteriorated further and faster than anticipated in 2012, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Real GDP per capita in Gaza has decreased, the provision of health services has continued to decline, and the demand for […]
S. Africa ruling party will downgrade ties with Israel over Illegal Occupation
Ma’an News Agency | – – PRETORIA (Ma’an) — The African National Congress (ANC), the ruling party of South Africa, voted on Tuesday in favor of downgrading South Africa’s diplomatic representation in Israel in protest of the occupation. The decision, made during ANC’s National Policy Conference, was hailed as a “major victory for human rights […]
Dutch Furious as Israel seizes Solar Panels donated to Palestinians
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — 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 […]
Will New Crown Prince in Riyadh Usher in Open Saudi-Israeli Alliance?
TeleSur | – – The young Saudi king-in-waiting has been hailed as a “modernizer” for his open support of normalizing ties with the Israeli occupation, first and foremost. The Gulf Arab “game of thrones” took a dramatic turn Tuesday in Riyadh with the sudden ousting of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef and the issuance […]
Did Trump see the Real Jerusalem or only the Museum Version?
Shalom L. Goldman | (Informed Comment) | – – On Donald Trump’s two- day visit to Jerusalem in late May, a visit which disrupted commercial and cultural life in both the Jewish and Arab sectors of the city, the American president, his extended family, and others in his very large (or should I say Huge) […]
Palestinian Children’s Lives Are Shaped By 50 Years of Military Occupation
By Jennifer Bing | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Five decades of occupation have turned military violence into the norm for Palestinian children. There are two places to visit if you want to know the human impact of Israel’s 50-year military occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory: an Israeli military court and […]
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