(CN) — Israeli soldiers in international waters boarded the Al Awda ship headed to Gaza to deliver relief supplies on Sunday, detaining everyone on board after beating and tasering some passengers, according to an eyewitness account. Only two of the 22 passengers on the ship have been released, with the rest being held in Givon prison in Israel, the […]
(MEMO) — Palestinian teen activist Ahed Tamimi – who was released on Sunday from an Israeli prison after serving an eight-month sentence for slapping an Israeli soldier – will be invited to South Africa to receive a special award for her bravery, resistance and being a symbol of hope for millions reports the Afro-Palestine Newswire Service. This is […]
(MEMO) — Israeli occupation forces closed the entrance gate of the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh, in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah, yesterday evening, preventing the entry and exit of residents. According to local sources, a large number of Israeli occupation forces was deployed in the village and completely closed its entrance forcefully preventing […]
For Immediate Release Thursday, July 26, 2018 Organization Profile: Amnesty International – USA Contact: Mariya Parodi, media@aiusa.org WASHINGTON – The release of a Palestinian child activist jailed by Israel’s military for shoving, slapping and kicking two heavily armed soldiers wearing protective gear is welcome news but serves as a reminder of Israel’s continued human rights violations against […]
(MEMO Op-ed) — Remember the date, 19 July 2018 is when Israel’s pretense of democracy, the Knesset passed the Nation State Bill, which could more aptly be called, the “Jewish State Apartheid Law” where Jews dominate the Israeli Palestinian Arabs who are lesser than them, even if they are citizens. I deliberately did not say Israeli Jews because […]
(MEMO) — A white nationalist known to harbour Nazi sympathies has given ringing endorsement to Israel’s nation state bill. In his effusive support, which critics have denounced as institutionalisation of apartheid in Israel, white supremacist Robert Spencer expressed his admiration of the controversial law in a series of tweets. READ: Israel Passes ‘Nation State’ Law Enshrining Jewish Supremacy […]
(GPA) — A ceasefire between the resistance group and the occupying entity was brokered Saturday following this weekend’s heavy shelling by Israel during the 16th week of the ongoing Great Return March protests. The occupying state also said it would open its blockade zone and expand the original fishing zone if the ceasefire was respected. Four Palestinians […]
(MEE) — Sarah Fadem was standing on the beach in Haifa going through the introduction of the Birthright tour they were about to depart on. At 22, the young American Jew had chosen the Mindfulness and Meditation trip from the dozens of different “adventures” and “excursions” Birthright offers. In this introduction on the first day of the […]
(MEE) — Israel passed a law on Thursday giving Jews supremacy over all non-Jewish Israeli citizens, which critics and members of the state’s Palestinian minority called racist, likening the legislation to apartheid. The “Nation State” law passed by a vote of 62-55 and two abstentions in the 120-member parliament after months of political argument. Following the vote Palestinian […]
(ZHE) — On Tuesday an Israeli television channel aired leaked video footage it obtained exclusively showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasting that he had personally convinced President Trump to abandon the Iran nuclear deal. The statements were made at a small dinner event where he addressed senior members of his Likud party. The video, aired by Israel’s Kan News shows Netanyahu enthusiastically […]
