Israel/ Palestine

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Nature and Parks Authority forces demolished several graves inside a Palestinian cemetery in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday morning, according to local sources. Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani, the director of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, told Ma’an that forces from the Nature and Parks Authority raided the […]

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers on Saturday morning cut down 18 olive trees belonging to a Palestinian family in the village of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank. Journalist Hani Fanun, whose family owns the trees, said his family went to harvest olives on their […]

By: Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – Did Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi actually read the UNESCO Resolution full text of the UNESCO resolution [pdf] on Palestine and Israel, before he raved with anger? “I think this is a mistaken, inconceivable resolution,” he said. “It is not possible to continue with these […]

By Mike Merryman-Lotze | (Otherwords) | – – Every day Palestinians live in fear of another U.S.-funded attack by the Israeli government. This fall, the U.S. agreed to provide $38 billion in military aid to Israel over the next ten years, ensuring America’s continued role in funding the occupation of Palestine. Meanwhile, my friends and […]

TeleSur | – – Coalition whip MK David Bitan also wants to strip citizenship from B’Tselem director Hagai El-Ad, after he made calls to sanction Israel. “The only democracy in the Middle East” has a prominent politician calling for legislation to bar Israelis from advocating for sanctions against the state at global colloquiums. Coalition whip […]

IMEMC News | – – Late last week, Israeli settlers reportedly took over a Palestinian-owned area of land in al-Humma region of the northern Jordan Valley, and laid down an infrastructure, according to a local official. Jordan Valley Panorama, h/t Wikipedia M’otaz Bsharat, in charge of the settlement file in the Jordan Valley, said that […]

Tommaso Segantini interviews Norman Finkelstein | (TeleSur) | – – Renowned scholar and political activist Norman Finkelstein speaks with teleSUR English about a range of issues around Israel’s occupation of Palestine. The year 2017 will mark the 50th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories during the 1967 war. In this exchange with freelance journalist […]