(MEE) — A senior Israeli politician has said Ahed Tamimi “should have gotten a bullet” for slapping an Israeli soldier. “In my opinion, she should have gotten a bullet, at least in the kneecap,” said Bezalel Smotrich, a member of the ultra-nationalist Jewish Home party, on Twitter. “That would have put her under house arrest for the […]
(MEE) — A revered Palestinian academic and engineer from Gaza was shot dead in Malaysia on Saturday morning outside a mosque, according to local police. Dr Fadi Mohammed al-Batash, 35, who was married and had three children, was shot by two people on a motorcycle near Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, local police said in a statement. Malaysian […]
(MEE) — Israel’s culture minister said actor Natalie Portman had fallen “into the hands of the BDS supporters” after the Jerusalem-born actress cancelled her trip to Israel, where she was meant to receive the “Jewish Nobel” prize. Citing extreme distress at “recent events in Israel”, the Oscar-award winning actress was due to be the recipient of the […]
(ZHE) — The Syrian military announced at approximately 1:10 A.M. local time that the Israeli Air Force fired several missiles towards the Shayrat Airbase and its surrounding area in the Homs Governorate. According to the statement, the Syrian Air Defense managed to intercept several of the missiles, but there was no mention as to whether or not the […]
(CD) — Just days after a journalist and at least eight other Palestinians were gunned down by Israeli forces during anti-occupation demonstrations in Gaza, a recent video of an Israeli sniper shooting an unarmed Palestinian man emerged for the first time on social media Monday, providing further evidence that the deliberate killing of civilians “is routine for Israel.” “This video may […]
(MEMO) — Israeli occupation forces used “strange” and “unknown” gases against unarmed, peaceful protesters in Gaza, Quds Press reported the central commission for documentation and pursuit of Israeli war criminals –Tawtheeq saying. Head of the commission Imad Al-Baz told Quds Press that Israel used strange gases against the protesters for the first time last Friday as Palestinians continued their peaceful activities […]
(MEMO) — A photo of young Israelis sitting atop a watchtower at the Gaza border and cheering as Israeli forces fired at Palestinian protesters has generated outrage on social media this weekend. Israeli Channel 2 journalist Nir Dvori posted the photo on Twitter on Friday showing seven Israelis waving as they sat on an observation tower in Nahal Oz, […]
(CD) — Yaser Murtaja, a cameraman for Palestinian Ain Media, was wearing a “PRESS” flak jacket as he was shot by an Israeli sniper Friday. He died of his injuries in a hospital on Saturday. The 30-year-old journalist was one of nine people killed and more than 1,000 injured by Israeli troops Friday on the Gaza border. Thousands […]
(MEE) — Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Sunday there were “no innocent people” in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip after Israeli soldiers shot and killed 30 Palestinians during 10 days of protests. “There are no innocent people in the Gaza Strip,” Lieberman told Israel’s public radio. “Everyone’s connected to Hamas, everyone gets a salary from Hamas, […]
(MEMO) — Israeli fire killed a Palestinian at the Gaza border on Thursday and another died of wounds suffered several days ago, health officials said, bringing to 19 the number of Palestinian dead from a week of frontier protests, Reuters reports. The Israeli military said one of its aircraft targeted an armed militant near the security fence along the […]
