Israel/ Palestine

by Aaron Magid | (Ma’an News Agency) Criticism against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority is mounting after his United Nations Security Council Resolution and bid to join the International Criminal Court. Aside from Netanyahu and the usual hawkish Israeli right, even officials generally sympathetic to the Palestinian plight are attacking Abbas. Former […]

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When will it Explode? Jerusalem’s Silwan district is a Global Powder Keg

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Vice News | — “Throughout the past several months, Jerusalem has been a scene of clashes and violent attacks. Silwan, a Palestinian neighborhood just steps away from Jerusalem’s Old City, has been at the heart of the unrest, and is becoming one of the most contentious neighborhoods in the most contested city in the world. […]

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What would Happen if the Int’l Criminal Court Indicted Israel’s Netanyahu?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — If the International Criminal Court takes up Israeli government actions in the occupied Palestinian territories, it could well find specific officials guilty of breaches of the Rome Statute of 2002. Article 7 forbids “Crimes against Humanity,” which are systematically repeated war crimes. Among these offenses is murder, forcible […]

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New Economic Pogrom: Israeli squatters uproot 5000 olive tree saplings In Palestinian West Bank

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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Jewish settlers have uprooted more than 5,000 olive tree saplings in agricultural lands east of the town of Turmusayya in the central West Bank north of Ramallah, locals said Thursday. One of the owners of the lands targeted, Awad Abu Samra, told Ma’an that in the last week settlers have repeatedly raided […]

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U.S. Twists Arms to Help Defeat Resolution on Palestine

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By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The United States re-asserted its political and economic clout – and its ability to twist arms and perhaps metaphorically break kneecaps – when it successfully lobbied to help defeat a crucial Security Council resolution on the future of Palestine this week. Nadia Hijab, executive director of Al-Shabaka: The […]

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Israel War Crimes Trial in 2015? Palestinians sign up to join International Criminal Court

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RT | — “Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has signed up to join International Criminal Court, paving the way for the investigation on Israel’s possible war crimes in the West Bank. It’s in the wake of the latest Palestinian statehood resolution being rejected by the UN Security Council – where it fell short by a single […]

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Palestinians ready next Move as UNSC rejects end of Occupation

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — The UN Security Council yesterday voted down an Arab League resolution on Palestine that would have called for an end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories within 3 years and a return to 1967 borders. Similar resolutions were passed by the UN Security Council in past, but this […]

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Gaza’s 6-yros Struggle with Nightmares of the 3 Israeli Wars they’ve Already Experienced

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Agence France Presse | — “Muntasser survived an Israeli strike on Gaza this summer which killed his young brother and three cousins. Five months later the Palestinian boy remains haunted by the memory.” AFP: “Gaza’s children struggle to overcome nightmares of war”

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Arab East Jerusalem a la Detroit: Being Starved of Water

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RT | — “This is the renowned Teddy Fountain in central Jerusalem. Spectacular water shows go off every ten minutes – a sight enjoyed every evening by locals and tourists, but in another part of the city, water is not nearly as abundant. Paula Slier reports from the Shufat refugee camp in East Jerusalem.” RT: […]