Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The funeral of American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday was one of the largest gatherings of Palestinians in recent memory in Occupied East Jerusalem. Her brother, Anton Abu Akleh, had arrived from the US to oversee her funeral. He was called into Israeli Occupation police headquarters where they […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator An American journalist, born in Jerusalem, was killed in Jenin in the Occupied West Bank of Palestine by Israeli Defense Forces on Wednesday. Shireen Abu Akleh had worked as a reporter for the Arabic-language channel of Al Jazeera for 25 years, and was covering an Israeli raid into Jenin […]
Starting on April 15, the Israeli occupation army and police raided Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied East Jerusalem on a daily basis. Under the pretence of providing protection to provocative ‘visits’ by thousands of illegal Israeli Jewish settlers and right-wing fanatics, the Israeli army has wounded hundreds of Palestinians, including journalists, and arrested hundreds more. Palestinians […]
Israeli occupation forces killed three more Palestinians on Wednesday, paving the way to further violence in the West Bank, followed by the killing of three more Palestinians in Jenin on Thursday. The violent policy now being practiced against Palestinians stems from a ruling late last year, that allows Israeli forces to kill those who pose Read More...
In the wake of the latest attack in Tel Aviv, leaving three dead and the entire city on lockdown, Israel’s occupation forces have set their sites on the West Bank city of Jenin. The escalation is however, not just limited to one area and is paving the way for a larger Palestinian armed revolt. Last Read More...
This Tuesday night, a young Palestinian man from the West Bank carried out a shooting attack in Tel Aviv, leaving 5 dead. The attack was the third in just 7 days and has lead to a massive Israeli crackdown on Palestinians. Twenty six year old Diaa Hamarsheh, from the town of Ya’bad in Jenin (West Read More...
Sanad Mohammad Khalil Abu Atiya (Photo courtesy of the Abu Atiya family) Defense for Children Palestine | March 31, 2022 Ramallah – Israeli forces shot and killed a 16-year-old boy with live ammunition in the northern occupied West Bank this morning. Sanad Mohammad Khalil Abu Atiya, 16, was shot and killed with live ammunition by […]
MEMO | March 21, 2022 Over 11,000 Americans signed a petition demanding General Mills shut down its Pillsbury factory in the illegal Atarot settlement, which is built on occupied Palestinian land. The petition said, “The U.N. has named General Mills as one of the 112 businesses violating international humanitarian and human rights law by operating […]
When Nelson Mandela was freed from his Robben Island prison on February 11, 1991, my family, friends and neighbors followed the event with keen interest as they gathered in the living room of my old home in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip. This emotional event took place years before Mandela uttered his famous quote […]
Israeli occupation forces carried out an assassination attack, killing three young Palestinians in Nablus, West Bank, spraying a civilian car full of bullets in broad daylight. Some are saying this will provoke war, but what was really behind the extrajudicial killings this Tuesday? Palestinians gathered in their hundreds around the car in which Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi, Read More...
