Palestine

The West Refuses To Recognize Palestinian Democratic Election Outcomes

Palestinian Authority (PA) President, Mahmoud Abbas, announced in January, that Palestinian legislative and presidential elections will take place later this year. Since this announcement, questions have been raised as to whether the election will end up doing more harm than good, with Western interference and rejection of the results likely to take place, as well Read More...

Syrie : SitRep 98 avec Ayssar Midani (11 février 2021)

Syrie : SitRep 98 avec Ayssar Midani (11 février 2021). Au programme : – Des députés tchèques dénoncent l'embargo américain sur la Syrie – Joe Biden annonce la fin du soutien américain à la guerre au Yémen – La CPI a accepté d'instruire la plainte palestinienne contre Israël – Le Hezbollah a abattu des drones israéliens présents au Liban – L'AIEA a annoncé que le programme nucléaire iranien n'était que civil Sources : Pétition en italien et en français pour la levée des sanctions contre la Syrie (...)

Syrie : SitRep 98 avec Ayssar Midani (11 février 2021)

Syrie : SitRep 98 avec Ayssar Midani (11 février 2021). Au programme : – Des députés tchèques dénoncent l'embargo américain sur la Syrie – Joe Biden annonce la fin du soutien américain à la guerre au Yémen – La CPI a accepté d'instruire la plainte palestinienne contre Israël – Le Hezbollah a abattu des drones israéliens présents au Liban – L'AIEA a annoncé que le programme nucléaire iranien n'était que civil Sources : Pétition en italien et en français pour la levée des sanctions contre la Syrie (...)

Syrie : SitRep 98 avec Ayssar Midani (11 février 2021)

Syrie : SitRep 98 avec Ayssar Midani (11 février 2021). Au programme : – Des députés tchèques dénoncent l’embargo américain sur la Syrie – Joe Biden annonce la fin du soutien américain à la guerre au Yémen – La CPI a accepté d’instruire la plainte palestinienne contre Israël – Le Hezbollah a abattu des drones israéliens présents au Liban – […]

Iraq’s Muqtada Al-Sadr warns of looming normalisation with Israel

MEMO | February 11, 2021 Leader of the Iraqi Sadrist Movement and prominent Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr said yesterday that his movement will not allow normalisation between Iraq and Israel, even if the price is “blood”. “Normalisation is at the door, and the parliament must prevent this. We will not allow normalisation at all, even […]

The Russian Alternative: How Moscow is capitalizing on US Retreat in Palestine, Israel   

Israeli anxiety was palpable when it was reported that Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was not contacted by the new American President, Joe Biden, for days after the latter’s inauguration. While much is being read into Biden’s decision, including Washington’s lack of enthusiasm to return to the ‘peace process’, Moscow is generating much attention as a […]

The Russian Alternative: How Moscow is capitalizing on US Retreat in Palestine, Israel 

Israeli anxiety was palpable when it was reported that Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was not contacted by the new American President, Joe Biden, for days after the latter’s inauguration. While much is being read into Biden’s decision, including Washington’s lack of enthusiasm to return to the ‘peace process’, Moscow is generating much attention as a possible alternative to the[Read More...]

A regime of Jewish supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid

By B’Tselem (a technical glitch has listed BSNews editor as author, apologies. We’re working on it) More than 14 million people, roughly half of them Jews and the other half Palestinians, live between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea under a single rule. The common perception in public, political, legal and media discourse is that two separate regimes operate […]

Leaders, members ‘angry’ at Hamas’ participation in elections

MEMO | February 9, 2021 Leaders and members of Hamas in the occupied West Bank, besieged Gaza Strip and the diaspora are angry at the movement’s decision to participate in the general elections called for by the Palestinian Authority, Arabi21 reported. The site quoted multiple sources within the movement as saying that the organisation’s leaders and members […]

Israel Calls ICC Antisemitic For Deciding It Has Jurisdiction Over War Crimes

On Friday the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s Pre-Trial Chamber ruled through a unanimous decision that it has jurisdiction in the Palestinian occupied territories (POT), meaning that the ICC’s prosecutor can pursue convicting Israel of warcrimes in the POT’s. The ICC’s Chief Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, as of Friday’s ICC decision, now has the ability to hold Read More...