Israel/ Palestine

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation Sunday evening unanimously approved a law that would retroactively legalize outposts in the occupied West Bank, a decision Israeli human rights group Yesh Din said “exposes (the Israeli) government’s intention to annex the West Bank to Israel without affording its residents […]

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The government of Spain released a statement on Friday joining the United States in condemning Israel’s recent approval of the construction of 181 new housing units in the illegal Gilo settlement in the occupied West Bank. The approval was the latest in a long line of […]

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli and Palestinian authorities reacted on Sunday to the victory of Donald Trump in the American presidential elections, with one Israeli minister expressing his hopes that Trump’s nomination would spell the end of efforts to establish a two-state solution. As of Wednesday evening, Republican candidate Trump won 289 of 538 electoral votes, […]

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A bill preventing supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement from entering Israel was authorized on Monday for its first reading in the Israeli parliament, according to Israeli media. According to the Jerusalem Post, the interior committee of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, approved the bill, which was initiated by Knesset […]

NABLUS (Ma’an) — Palestinian farmers in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus reported on Monday that Israeli settlers stole the harvest of 400 olive trees planted on their private lands. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank told Ma’an that more than 30 Palestinian families from […]

By Aimee Shalan | al-Shabakah | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – Current British Complicity It is not only corporate entities such as G4S in the case of Dareen Tatour that are infringing on free speech on Israel’s behalf. At a time when international pressure on Israel is increasing, the UK government and a number […]

By Aimee Shalan | Al-Shabaka | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – If Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour passes over the perimeter of her home’s driveway in her village of Reineh in the Galilee, an alarm will sound at the British multinational security firm G4S and the Israeli authorities will be alerted. Israeli police arrested Tatour […]

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “These Palestinians can only access their land for a couple of days per year. This is how they harvest olives under occupation. Filmed by video journalist Elia Ghorbiah in Palestine.” AJ+: “The Struggle Of Palestinian Farmers Under Occupation”

By Mairead Maguire | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME, Nov 1 2016 (IPS) – A few weeks ago, the US government agreed to give Israel $38 billion dollars, the largest military funding package the U.S. has given any nation. This $38 billion in military and other type of Aid will be used to […]