Palestine Information Center – December 28, 2017 NABLUS – A Palestinian school student suffered a rubber bullet injury on Thursday morning after Israeli soldiers stormed Burin town in Nablus to provide protection for extremist Jewish settlers, who infiltrated into the town and clashed with local residents. Eyewitnesses explained the Palestinian Information Center that at first, […]
RT | December 27, 2017 The State Department has reportedly rejected a request by the US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, to stop referring to Israel’s control of the West Bank as an “occupation.” The final say is with Donald Trump, though. The issue is being discussed, and President Trump will ultimately take the final […]
Defence for Children Palestine | December 5, 2017 From the moment of arrest, Palestinian children encounter ill-treatment and torture at the hands of Israeli forces. Three out of four experience physical violence during arrest or interrogation. Israel has the dubious distinction of being the only country in the world that systematically prosecutes between 500 and […]
Ma’an – December 19, 2017 RAMALLAH – Israeli forces detained a 17-year-old Palestinian girl from the Nabi Saleh village in northwestern Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank on Tuesday morning before dawn. Israeli forces raided the home of the al-Tamimi family, well-known internationally for their activism against the Israeli occupation, and detained Ahed al-Tamimi, […]
By Celine Hagbard | IMEMC | December 18, 2017 Fourteen of the fifteen nations in the United Nations Security Council voted Monday reaffirming the status of the city of Jerusalem as unresolved, and challenging the U.S. administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The U.S., which has veto power in the Council, […]
If Americans Knew | December 8, 2017 Palestinian deaths are largely ignored by US media. We want people to learn about these human beings. Mahmoud Za’al Odeh was killed November 30th, 2017; attached is a 90-second video about him: (All Palestinians and Israelis who have died due to actions committed by the other side are […]
Photo by Kristoffer Trolle | CC BY 2.0 By Liaquat Ali Khan | CounterPunch | December 14, 2017 In recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a state formed by native Jews and Jewish settlers from Europe and America, President Trump and the U.S. Congress have validated the Jewish appropriation of a disputed city. This […]
Press TV – December 6, 2017 Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Muslim world will stand against a US plot to declare Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s “capital,” stressing that Palestine will eventually be freed from occupation. Speaking on Wednesday on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (Peace […]
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff/Flickr] MEMO | December 5, 2017 US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner failed to disclose on government records his position as co-director of a foundation that funds illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, […]
Measures aim to annex settlements to city and turn Palestinian areas into no-man’s land, warn rights groups By Jonathon Cook | Middle East Eye | November 23, 2017 Israel is putting in place the final pieces of a Greater Jewish Jerusalem that will require “ethnically cleansing” tens of thousands of Palestinians from a city their […]
