Palestine

Reports Reveal Kushner Plan to Dismantle UNRWA

Palestine Chronicle | August 5, 2018 The Palestinian leadership have slammed a reported plan by the US President’s special adviser Jared Kushner to dismantle the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, saying it’s a plot to take a key issue off any future negotiations. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has described the newly-surfaced plan, allegedly […]

Dr Swee Ang describes hateful act of piracy by Israel against Norwegian boat on medical mercy mission

Dr Swee Ang (Picture courtesy if Islamic Human Rights Commission) By Stuart Littlewood | Veterans Today | August 4, 2018 Malaysian-born Swee Ang is the first female Orthopaedic Consultant appointed to St Bartholomew (‘Barts’) and the Royal London Hospitals. In the 1980s and 1990s she worked as trauma and orthopaedics consultant in the refugee camps […]

Barred Entry of Foreign Academics Hindering Palestinian Education

IMEMC News & Agencies | August 3, 2018 The Campaign for the Right to Enter the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Thursday, expressed deep concern at the rise in Israeli denial, of work or stay visa applications, for foreign nationals seeking to enter the occupied territories, saying this measure is hurting Palestinian education. The group said, in […]

Senate passes $38 billion to Israel – next step House of Representatives

By Alison Weir | If Americans Knew | August 2, 2018 The Senate yesterday passed a bill to give Israel $38 billion over the next 10 years. The legislation, heavily promoted by AIPAC, was adopted in a voice vote. The bill is “S.2497 – United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018. This amounts to approximately $23,000 […]