Palestine

Five Palestinian minors say they were severely beaten, tortured by Israeli soldiers during detention

Israeli occupation forcing detaining Palestinian minors in the occupied territories WAFA – February 2, 2021 Five Palestinian minors said they were severely beaten and tortured by Israeli soldiers and interrogators during detention, today said the Palestinian Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs. It said it got affidavits from the five minors, who gave details of […]

The Palestinian boycott of Israel is not racist, it is anti-racist

By Ramzy Baroud | MEMO | February 2, 2021 The claims made by Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang in a recent op-ed in the Jewish weekly The Forward, point to the prevailing ignorance that continues to dominate the US discourse on Palestine and Israel. Yang is a former Democratic Presidential candidate and is vying for the Jewish […]

Why the Far-Right Campaign to Cancel my Medium Blog will Fail

I have been trying to normalize anti-Zionist, anti-Israel speech through my writing and social-media activism for many years now. It hasn’t been easy (see my account of suing Quora for muzzling anti-Zionist speech here). In today’s climate of right-wing vigilantism, it has just gotten worse. I am now the target of a campaign to cancel my Medium blog, where I[Read More...]

Rights Group Calls on Israel to Immediately Release Palestinian UN Worker

UN employee and human rights activist, Shireen Al-Araj. Palestine Chronicle | February 1, 2021 The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor today expressed its grave concern over the Israeli authorities’ arrest of a UN Palestinian employee in Jerusalem, calling for her immediate and unconditional release. The Israeli authorities arrested UN employee and human rights activist, Shireen Al-Araj, […]

Hezbollah fighters intercept, shoot down Israeli reconnaissance drone in southern Lebanon

Press TV – February 1, 2021 The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says it has intercepted and shot down an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle as it crossed into Lebanon’s airspace near the border village of Blida in the south of the Arab country. Hezbollah said in a brief statement that the drone was struck on Monday […]

A New U.S. Foreign Policy

President Biden has inherited a terribly flawed US foreign policy. For the past few decades, the pro-corporate US foreign policy has been a catastrophic failure, especially in the Middle East. Our criminal military interventions there have resulted in the devastation of much of that area, impoverished millions, created millions of refugees, and injured or killed […]
The post A New U.S. Foreign Policy first appeared on Dissident Voice.

Sharjah: Emir’s wife criticises UAE-Israel education cooperation

MEMO | January 29, 2021 The wife of the Emir of Sharjah has criticised the UAE’s cooperation with Israel in the education field. Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al-Qasimi made her comment about an online meeting between the ministries of education in the UAE and Israel to discuss cooperation, student exchanges, and joint academic studies. “Their […]

Syrie : SitRep 97 avec Ayssar Midani (28 janvier 2021)

Syrie : SitRep 97 avec Ayssar Midani (28 janvier 2021). Au programme : – Les premiers effets de l'élection de Biden dans la région – DAECH réactivés en Syrie et en Irak – Les FDS continuent leur blocus de la ville de Hassaké – Les médias syriens retirés d'Eutelsat – La commission de travail sur la constitution syrienne Pour soutenir le Cercle des Volontaires : https://fr.tipeee.com/cercle-des-volontaires

-
International