Palestine

Conspiracy of Silence: Israeli Government Still Covering Up Historic Atrocities

Sputnik – July 12, 2018 In 1948, just prior to the foundation of Israel, six Polish Christians were executed without trial in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem by the fledgling country’s Jewish army, the Haganah. An investigative analysis on the killings – dubbed the Riftin Report – was compiled for future Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, but […]

Israel is legitimising ‘piracy’ by seizing Freedom Flotilla

MEMO | July 12, 2018 An Israeli court decision to approve the blocking of humanitarian ships which aim to break the illegal siege of Gaza is a “pre-emptive attempt to legitimize Israeli piracy in international waters”, activists have said. Israeli media reported that the Jerusalem District Court issued a temporary confiscation order yesterday for two […]

Israeli Navy Stops Boat From Evacuating Wounded Civilians for Medical Treatment

(ANTIWAR.COM) — The Israeli Navy was dispatched Tuesday to stop a boat which departed the Gaza Strip, and which was carrying injured Palestinian civilians. The boat intended to take the injured civilians from border protests to Cyprus for medical treatment. The Navy stopped the boat, surrounding it and towing it to an Israeli naval base at Ashdod. The […]

China Pledges $105 Million to Palestine, Yemen, Syria and Jordan

(MEE) — Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Tuesday $105m in aid to Palestine, Yemen, Syria and Jordan in a speech at the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF) in Beijing. The Chinese government will hand $90m to Yemen, Syria and Jordan, Xi said, with another $15m earmarked for Palestine. The financial assistance for Palestine will target economic development […]

Hassan Nasrallah: Resistance victorious in Gaza, Syria & Iraq, Hezbollah Ready to fight Saudi-US Coalition in Yemen

Speech by Hezbollah Secretary General, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, on June 29, 2018 […] Regarding the situation in the Middle East, I also have some issues to address, in a quick and synthetical way as well. The first point is the Palestinian issue. It is clear that the developments, as we say in the Lebanese political language, […]

Israel Closes Gaza’s Commercial Border Crossing, Tightening the Siege

Israel will close the Kerem Shalom border crossing with Gaza in protest of Palestinian kite-launchers, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in the Knesset yesterday.
The move will see the blockade tightened, blocking commercial supplies that regularly pass through the crossing to the besieged Strip, although some humanitarian aid will reportedly be allowed through.

USS Liberty Survivor is Named US Delegate on Gaza Freedom Flotilla

Joe Meadors, a survivor of the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty,  has joined the 2018 Gaza Freedom Flotilla as the delegate from the United States. He will board the Al Awda (The Return), which left Corisca Sunday night for  the final 1,000 miles to Gaza.  Al Awda is one of four boats on the 75-day voyage from Scandinavia.