Middle East

Ottawa (AFP) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday called for an “independent investigation” after the death of 60 Palestinians killed by the Israeli army during protests on Monday. “Reported use of excessive force and live ammunition is inexcusable,” he said. “It is imperative we establish the facts of what is happening in Gaza.” […]

Israel/ Palestine

Turkey recalls Ambassador from “Apartheid State” Israel, Israelis expel Turkish Consul

Stuart Williams

With Raziye Akkoc in Ankara | – – Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey and Israel on Tuesday ordered envoys to leave in tit-for-tat moves and exchanged bitter accusations as a row over the Israeli army’s killing of dozens of Palestinians threatened a 2016 reconciliation deal. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hit back at Prime Minister Benjamin […]

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Top Three Ways Nikki Haley is like a Palestinian

Juan Cole

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nimrata “Nikki” Singh Randhawa Haley on Tuesday walked out of the chamber when the Palestinian ambassador began to speak. Palestine, like the Vatican, has non-member observer state status at the UN. You’re not a very good diplomat if you won’t even listen to what one of the parties to […]

Israel/ Palestine

Everything you Always wanted to Know about Palestine and were afraid to Ask (Noura Erekat CBS Video Interview)

Noura Erekat

New York (CBS News) Noura Erakat, a human rights attorney and assistant professor at George Mason University, discusses the Palestinian reaction to the U.S. embassy opening in Jerusalem and examines the influence of Hamas on Palestinians in Gaza. CBS News: “How are Palestinians reacting to the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem and violence in Gaza?”

Israel/ Palestine

Stop telling Palestinians to be ‘resilient’ – the rest of the world has failed them

Brendan Ciaran Browne

(The Conversation) Viewed from Palestine, it’s hard to disagree that we’ve perhaps seen one of the most inflammatory weeks in recent memory. In just a few days, several extremely sensitive events have coincided to devastating effect: the culmination of weekly protests in the Gaza Strip, the relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to […]

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Can Palestinians be Killed? Can Israelis Kill them? Or do they only “Die”?

Juan Cole

Social media is being scathing about the diction chosen by the New York Times, CNN and even the Guardian to speak of the some 55 peacefully protesting Palestinians whom Israeli snipers cold-bloodedly shot dead on Monday and the some 2700 whom they wounded, half of those with live fire. The headlines or lead paragraphs spoke […]

Iraq

Still not Bush’s Iraq: Anti-American Cleric, Pro-Iran Militia and Communists ahead in Election

Sarah Benhaida

Baghdad (AFP) – An alliance spearheaded by nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr, whose fighters once battled the United States, led Monday in surprise preliminary results from Iraq’s first poll since the defeat of the Islamic State group. In a further political upset, a rival bloc of pro-Iranian former fighters appeared to be coming in second, squeezing […]

Gaza

Israeli Snipers massacre Palestinians at Gaza Border Rally, killing 55 & injuring over 2,700

Maan News Agency

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — At least 55 Palestinians have been killed and more than 2,700 others injured alongside the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip on Monday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza. The latest death toll was reported by the ministry at 9:30 p.m. The ministry added that 2,771 people were […]

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The Half-Millennium When Rome excluded Jews from Jerusalem and how Iran and Muslims Saved Them

Juan Cole

The move of the Trump administration of the US embassy to Jerusalem is intended, according to the president, to signal a recognition of the reality that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. This move is controversial because Israel’s sovereignty over Jerusalem is not recognized in international law. The 1947 partition plan suggested in the UN […]