RT | May 18, 2018 Turkey’s attempts to evacuate Palestinians wounded in Gaza for medical treatment have been blocked by Israel, the government in Ankara said. Israel is blocking Turkey from “standing beside our oppressed brothers,” Turkey’s deputy prime minister, Recep Akdag, said, as cited by Anadolu Agency. Turkey asked to send a plane to […]
Palestine Information Center | May 17, 2018 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – Over 1,000 children have been injured by Israeli forces in the besieged Gaza Strip during demonstrations since March 30, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The UN body pointed out that some injuries had been severe and potentially life-altering, including amputations. “Recent violence has […]
Internationally-acclaimed and award-winning photographer, Tanya Habjouqa [Happeningarts/Twitter] MEMO | May 17, 2018 An internationally-acclaimed, award-winning photographer was shot by an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, reports the Art Newspaper. Tanya Habjouqa, who won the 2014 World Press photo award, was struck in the leg by a rubber-coated metal bullet fired by […]
Press TV – May 17, 2018 The Israeli minister of military affairs has lashed out at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for its condemnation of the recent Gaza carnage, saying Tel Aviv and the US should immediately withdraw from the Geneva-based body. In a post on his Twitter account, Avigdor Lieberman claimed that […]
Middle East Eye | May 15, 2018 Eight-month-old Laila is youngest Palestinian killed in Gaza on Monday, the deadliest day since 2014 war. From left: Ahmed Alrantisi, Laila Anwar Al-Ghandoor, Ahmed Altetr, Alaa Alkhatib Ezz el-din Alsamaak, Motassem Abu Louley (screengrab) Sixty-two people were either killed or died of wounds inflicted by Israeli forces in […]
Ernesto Geisel, President of Brazil, hosts a State Dinner for Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter. March 29, 1978 | Photo: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration teleSUR | May 13, 2018 A declassified memo from the U.S. Department of State revealed that Brazilian dictator Ernesto Geisel (1974-1979) approved summary executions of “dangerous subversive” people personally, […]
Palestine Information Center | May 13, 2018 RAMALLAH – The Israeli occupation authorities on Sunday decided to prevent a Palestinian medical delegation from entering the Gaza Strip. Ministry of Health said in a statement that the Israeli authorities refused to issue the necessary entry permits for the members of the medical delegation formed by the […]
IMEMC News – May 14, 2018 The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed, Monday, 41 Palestinians, including children and four officers of the Ministry of Interior and National Security, in the Gaza Strip, and injured more than 1700. The Ministry of Interior and National Security said among the slain Palestinians are four […]
A Palestinian girl stands in her living room after it was set alight by Jewish settlers in the West Bank on 11 May 2018 [Nedal Eshtayah/Anadolu Agency] MEMO | May 11, 2018 Jewish settlers set fire to a house belonging to the Dawabsheh family in the village of Duma near the occupied West Bank city […]
By Eve Mykytyn | May 10, 2018 The Great March of Return is a nonviolent protest that Palestinians in Gaza started on March 30 in order to serve notice to Israel that the Palestinians have never given up on their right, as refugees, to return to the homes and villages taken from them in the […]
