(CD) — Thousands took to the streets of London on Saturday to show solidarity with the Palestinian people and demand an end to Israel’s brutal occupation. Ahed Tamimi—the 18-year-old Palestinian activist who became a global protest icon after she was imprisoned for slapping Israeli soldiers outside of her home in the occupied West Bank—joined Saturday’s march and delivered a […]
(MEMO) — The main points of US President Donald Trump’s much-derided plan for the Middle East, the so-called “deal of the century,” were leaked by a Hebrew-language news outlet in Israel yesterday. Israel Hayom published the main points of the deal from a leaked document circulated by the Israeli Foreign Ministry. The US has said it will reveal its […]
(MEMO) – Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar called for “real justice [to] bring about security and lasting peace” to Gaza after Israel rocked the Strip with air strikes over the weekend. Writing on Twitter, Omar said: “How many more protesters must be shot, rockets must be fired, and little kids must be killed until the endless cycle of […]
(MEMO) — US President Donald Trump on Sunday threw his support behind Israel amid ongoing airstrikes in the blockaded Gaza Strip. “Once again, Israel faces a barrage of deadly rocket attacks by terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad. We support Israel 100% in its defense of its citizens,” Trump tweeted. Since Saturday, 25 Palestinians, including two pregnant […]
(MEMO) – Pressing ahead with Israeli aggression, Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he had ordered his army to continue striking Palestine’s blockaded Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported, Anadolu reports. At a Security Cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said he had ordered the Israeli army “to continue their strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip,” adding that the Israeli army “is beefing […]
(MEE) — Several Jewish-American activists were beaten and forcefully detained by the Israeli army alongside Palestinian and Israeli activists on Friday morning while working to repair a road linking Palestinian villages in the South Hebron Hills. Those forced to the ground and dragged into military vehicles included several who appeared to be rabbis, and several elderly members […]
(MEMO) — In recent weeks and months, Israel’s elite undercover Special Forces units, known as the Musta’ribeen (Mista’arvim), have increased their activities against the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The units are responsible for the arrest and assassination of Palestinian resistance members wanted by the Israeli occupation authorities. For example, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) revealed […]
(MEMO) — US Congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has proposed the US cut military and economic aid to Israel worth $3 billion a year in response to the re-election of Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. “I think these are part of conversations we are having in our caucus, but I think what we are really seeing is an […]
(CD) — Continuing his call to musicians to boycott an upcoming international song competition, rock legend Roger Waters on Wednesday urged Madonna not to perform at a Tel Aviv contest. The venue at issue is the Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place mid-May. Madonna’s press team confirmed this month that she’d be performing. But in so doing, according to […]
(CD) – An Israeli court on Tuesday ordered the deportation of Human Rights Watch’s Omar Shakir over his advocacy work against illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The court’s decision marks the first time Israel’s draconian “anti-boycott law” has been applied to someone already legally present in the country. Shakir, HRW’s Israel and Palestine director, has called on […]
