Palestine
Hamas: Abbas’ UN speech stab in Palestinians’ back
Palestine Information Center – September 28, 2018 GAZA – Hamas dubbed Mahmoud Abbas’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly delivered on Thursday evening a redundant reverberation of his unproductive policies regarding the Palestinian cause and anti-occupation struggle. In his speech, Abbas just repeated his demands to the international community, complained about the negligence of […]
Palestinian groups to UN: Abbas has lost his legitimacy
MEMO | September 28, 2018 More than 60 Palestinian civil society organisations yesterday sent a letter to the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stating that the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s President Mahmoud Abbas “had lost his legitimacy”. According to Safa news agency, the Palestinian organisations attributed their claims to article 36 of the Palestinian Basic Law […]
NDP will be judged by the friends they keep in Israel
By Yves Engler · September 28, 2018 Who exactly is the NDP making friends with in Israel? In refusing to heed a call from 200 well-known musicians, academics, trade unionists and NDP members to withdraw from the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group (CIIG) the party leadership cites the need for “dialogue”. But, when Jagmeet Singh, Hélène Laverdière, Murray […]
Israeli Snipers Kill Six, Injure 400 Palestinians at Gaza Protests
Robert Inlakesh reporting for Al Masdar News…
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (9:40 P.M)- Israeli Regime Snipers have executed six and injured 400 Palestinians, in the Gaza Strip today, after demonstrators gathered at points of contact along the separation fence, between Israel and Gaza.
Report: Israel Denies Entry to 2,000 Palestinians Based on Their Last Names
Over the past two years, more than 2,000 people have been impacted by a decision to revoke entry permits to Israel from Palestinians who share a name with someone who has carried out a resistance attack, a report by Hebrew channel Social TV has revealed.
Since 2016, thousands of Palestinian workers from the West Bank, many of whom have worked in Israel for over 20 years, have had their entry denied overnight, rendering them jobless.
Abbas Just Slammed Israeli Colonial Expansion in His UN General Assembly Speech
Speaking at the 73rd United Nations General Assembly Thursday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke of Israel’s occupation of Palestine, referring to its illegal settlement building on Palestinian lands, its racist policies against non-Jewish citizens, as well as its continuing occupation of Palestine for more than 50 years.
The Real Reasons behind Washington’s War on UNRWA
The US government’s decision to slash funds provided to the United Nations agency that cares for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, is part of a new American-Israeli strategy aimed at redefining the rules of the game altogether. As a result, UNRWA is experiencing its worst financial crisis. The gap in its budget is estimated at around $217 million, and is rapidly increasing. Aside from future catastrophic[Read More...]
The Real Reasons behind Washington’s War on UNRWA
By Ramzy Baroud | Dissident Voice | September 27, 2018 The US government’s decision to slash funds provided to the United Nations agency that cares for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, is part of a new American-Israeli strategy aimed at redefining the rules of the game altogether. As a result, UNRWA is experiencing its worst financial crisis. […]
Europe and Others Help Fund the UN Palestinian Agency, Filling US Void
Pierre Krahenbuhl, who runs the UN agency for Palestine refugees, left, and President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine. The agency, called Unrwa, said it raised $118 million in a fund-raising lunch at the UN on Sept. 27, 2018, leaving a $68 million gap for the year, after the Trump administration ended its $300 million annual contribution.