Israel/ Palestine

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Two Palestinian families in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina were forced to demolish their own homes for being built without licenses on Wednesday, in order to avoid the expensive demolition fines imposed by the Jerusalem municipality when its employees carry out the demolition […]

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RIP Shimon Peres: Last Great Israeli leader to believe in 2 State solution

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I met an emperor once, but have only met a couple of presidents. Shimon Peres (1923-2016) was one. I met him briefly in the Green Room when doing an interview with Charlie Rose. The Polish-born Peres made his best impression on me with his support for […]

Israel/ Palestine

Israel Apartheid Wall Is the Muse to Trump’s Mexico Border Wall

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By TeleSur | – – Trump’s signature campaign propsosal is modeled, he says, on Israel’s “successful separation barrier.” Ahead of Monday’s presidential debate between U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the two nominees cozied up to their favorite ally in the Middle East, holding meetings with Israeli Prime […]

Israel/ Palestine

Netanyahu: I hope Obama won’t seek to establish a Palestinian state

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Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he “hoped” US President Barack Obama would not seek to establish a Palestinian state at the United Nations on Saturday. In an interview aired on Israel’s Channel 2 on Saturday, Netanyahu was asked if Obama had promised him that […]

Israel/ Palestine

Israel releases Jerusalem journalist after she served 6-months for Facebook post

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By Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities released Palestinian journalist Samah Dweik on Monday, after she served nearly six months in prison over charges of “incitement.” Family members and friends gathered awaited Dweik, 25, outside the gates of HaSharon prison where she was held, before taking her to her home […]

Colonialism

Colonial Slow Genocide: Palestinian Leader Abbas asks Britain for “Balfour” Apology

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Mahmoud Abbas, president of Palestine, is asking Britain for an apology for its having in 1917 issued the infamous “Balfour Declaration.” He won’t get one. The difference between the North Atlantic countries and the rest of the world is that the former are still committed to […]

Israel/ Palestine

US College Course on Palestine Reinstated after Cancellation under pressure from Israel Lobbies

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By IMEMC | – – University of California, Berkeley, has reinstated a course on Palestine that was cancelled under pressure from pro-Israel groups, according to a press release. Palestine Legal said, according to WAFA, that the university reinstated the student-led course titled “Palestine: A Settler-Colonial Analysis”, following an outcry from students and faculty describing the […]

Israel/ Palestine

Can Palestinians fight their Displacement with Oral History?

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By Thayer Hastings | (Al-Shabaka) | Ma’an News Agency | – – Oral history has a long precedent in Arab and Palestinian culture that stems from a broader oral tradition. In the years immediately following the Nakba of 1948, the Arab tradition of the hakawati (storyteller) was used, according to Nur Masalha, to shore up […]

Israel/ Palestine

Israeli forces evict Palestinian family in East Jerusalem to make room for Israeli Squatters

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Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces Thursday evicted a Palestinian family from their home in the neighborhood of Saadiya in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem in order to make room for Jewish-only housing managed by right-wing settler group Ateret Cohanim. The family of Mazen Qirrish was evacuated from […]