By Ken Stone | Global Research | May 30, 2018 The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), allied Palestinian militias, and the government of Syria deserve high praise for the recent liberation of Yarmouk refugee camp from ISIS. Anti-war activists took a lot of flak from some people in North America and Europe, describing themselves as Palestine […]
By Ramzy Baroud | MEMO | May 29, 2018 On 20 February, I embarked on a global book tour that has, thus far, taken me to eight nations. The main theme of all my talks in various cultural, academic and media platforms was the pressing need to refocus the discussion on Palestine on the struggle, […]
Palestine Information Center – May 26, 2018 North Korea has condemned Israel’s use of violence against unarmed Palestinian protesters in Gaza, describing what happened with them as “brutal massacres.” Kim Yong-nam, head of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea, sent a message of sympathy to Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, with […]
Press TV – May 26, 2018 Hundreds have demonstrated in Syria’s northeastern city of Qamishli, in response to a call by Kurdish authorities for global protests against Turkey’s military presence in the flashpoint Afrin region. Turkish forces and allied Syrian militants seized the northwest region of Afrin from Kurdish forces in March, after a two-month […]
A letter from the Middle East Studies Association to Israeli Security Minister Gilad Erdan charges Israeli government harassment of American students. By Judith Tucker | May 25, 2018 Dear Minister Erdan: We write on behalf of the Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) to express our dismay […]
Freedom Flotilla Coalition – May 23, 2018 Just before noon local time, the Freedom Flotilla vessel Al Awda (The Return) was boarded by the German Coast Guard, at the orders of the German Ministry of Interior. They collected all the passports on board, wrote down everyone’s personal data, searched the vessel thoroughly, asked for detailed […]
By Ramzy Baroud | Palestine Chronicle | May 23, 2018 60 Palestinians were killed in Gaza on May 15, simply for protesting and demanding their Right of Return as guaranteed by international law. 50 more were killed since March 30, the start of the ‘Great March of Return’, which marks Land Day. Nearly 10,000 have […]
By Elizabeth Murray | Consortium News | May 22, 2018 Al Awda (The Return): Sailing to Gaza “Islands Bruegge,” an idyllic harbor park that stretches along the east bank of Copenhagen, was alive with a celebratory crowd on Monday as three ships were about to steam towards Gaza. The 2018 Freedom Flotilla—two ships from Sweden […]
Portuguese director and playwright Tiago Rodrigues [PACBI/Twitter] MEMO | May 21, 2018 A Portuguese director and playwright who was scheduled to take part in next month’s Israel Festival, has announced that he is officially joining the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement (BDS). According to the Israeli Haaretz, Tiago Rodrigues was supposed to perform in Israel […]
MEMO | May 21, 2018 A request by the Irish Republican Party, Sinn Fein, to open a book of condolence in Belfast city council for Palestinians killed in Gaza last week was blocked by Unionists allied with the Northern Ireland Friends of Israel group. Denouncing the book of condolence as “deeply shameful”, the Israeli lobby […]
