(MEMO) — Israeli lawyer Gaby Lasky who is defending Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi has accused investigators of sexual harassment, Arab48.com reported yesterday. Lasky has filed several complaints against interrogators for verbal and physical sexual harassment but said that no investigations were opened into any of her complaints. She has described this as a “gross violation of the law.” In […]
(MEE) — Israeli forces killed at least 16 Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday, according to authorities, as tens of thousands demonstrated across the occupied territories and Israel on “Land Day”. Land Day stems from 30 March 1976, when Israeli forces killed six Palestinian citizens of Israel during a protest against land confiscations. Palestinians have marked […]
(ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) — Despite an embarrassing defeat at the U.N. last year, the Trump administration is, indeed, moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, signaling that the U.S. will recognize the city as Israel’s capital from now on. The official date for the planned embassy move is reportedly May 14, 2018, set to coincide with Israel’s date of independence, May 14, 1948. According […]
(MEMO) — Israeli authorities and armed forces carried out extrajudicial executions, tortured Palestinian prisoners and targeted human rights defenders, Amnesty International’s new annual report says. 2017 “marked the 50th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the [occupied] Palestinian Territories” (OPT), Amnesty noted, “and the 10th anniversary of its illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip.” “Israeli authorities intensified the expansion […]
(MEMO) — Israel’s Ofer military court today extended the detention of the Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi and her mother until March 11th. The judge passed down the ruling in a closed session, in which only a few members of the family were allowed to attend. On 19 December 2017 Israeli forces arrested the then 16-year-old during a night raid on […]
The court case against 17-year old Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian girl that slapped an Israeli soldier in the face on December 15, 2017, is expected to start on Tuesday, February 13.
Maybe. The judge of the military tribunal has postponed the case so many times ‘for further inquiry’ that another delay is very likely.
One might wonder what further inquiry is needed when everything the girl did was videotaped and has since gone viral, sparking worldwide outrage.
December 15 was not the first time Ahed Tamimi confronted the Israeli occupation forces.
(MEE) — US President Donald Trump said in an interview published on Sunday that he was “not necessarily sure” Israel was seeking to reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians. Trump has previously denounced the Palestinians for what he sees as their unwillingness to negotiate, but he has largely refrained from criticizing Israel. Speaking to freesheet daily […]
Laith Abu Naim was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers in the village of Al-Mugheer.
(MEE) — Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health ministry said.
Laith Abu Naim, 16, was shot in the head as soldiers stormed the village of Al-Mugheer, north of Ramallah, according to a ministry statement.
Video shows two Iranian men lying motionless on ground, covered with blood and voice-over saying they were shot dead by police.
(MEE) — Demonstrators attacked a town hall in the Iranian capital on Saturday as deadly protests spilled into a third night in spite of government warnings against any further “illegal gatherings” and moves to cut off the internet on mobiles.
On Christmas Eve, Palestinians, many dressed as Santa Claus, staged a rally in the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank protesting against to the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Israeli forces used tear gas and stun grenades against the protesters in Bethlehem - the ancient city widely acknowledged as the traditional birthplace of Christ. [...]
