Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, a Palestinian patient at the Erez border terminal, in northern Gaza, although he obtained a permit from the Israeli side to cross the terminal, on his way receive medical treatment in Jordan. The Palestinian, has been identified as Abdul-Rahman Sami Abu Lihya, 27, from …
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Israeli settlers, Wednesday, attacked Palestinian farmers with stones while they were harvesting olives in Deir Nezam village, near the West Bank district of Ramallah, said a local activist. Mohammad Tamimi, from the anti-settlements committee, said Israeli soldiers stood by while settlers from the nearby Halamish settlement, built illegally on land …
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Israeli authorities approved, on Wednesday, the construction of 176 new settlement units in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Jabal Al-Mukabber, occupied East Jerusalem. The planning committee from the Jerusalem Israeli municipality gave permits for the construction, which will triple the number of settler homes in the Nof Zion settlement, which currently …
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Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, three Palestinians from the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin, while a group of colonists hurled stones at homes, and soldiers invaded and searched stores, in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers abducted two …
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By: Rebecca Spong As the centenary of the Balfour Declaration approaches, few people in the UK are aware of the implications of the 1917 document for Palestinians today, according to former BBC documentary maker Martin Buckley. “There is a kind of unawareness in Britain,” said Buckley, at a London screening …
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Israeli settlers assaulted on Friday a Palestinian farmer from the town of al-Khader, to the south of the city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, while harvesting his olive crop causing him head and chest injuries, according to local official. Ahmad Salah, from the committee resisting the apartheid wall …
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By: Yoav Litvin Last week the Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas reached a reconciliation agreement after 11 years of bitter rivalry and violence. In contrast to failed attempts of the past, the agreement was possible due to an alignment of political interests, which included Egyptian, Israeli and American efforts aimed …
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Applicants for Hurricane Harvey relief grants for the storm-battered city of Dickinson are asked as part of the terms of the agreement to not boycott Israel, a move the ACLU has called unconstitutional. The city began accepting applications Oct. 11 for grants to rebuild homes or businesses damaged in the …
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A jobs website for Jews only is fined for violating Israel’s anti-discrimination laws. The founding generation of Israeli leaders very much espoused the idea of ‘Hebrew Labor’ and not hiring Arabs. By Edo Konrad In a judgement that would have upended one of the earliest tenets of Zionism and surely …
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Body accused of censorship after adverts banned from tube stations and buses in run-up to centenary of first world war pledge The contested centenary of Britain’s ‘calamitous promise’ By: Ian Black Adverts highlighting Palestinian objections to the Balfour declaration of 1917, when Britain promised to establish a Jewish national home …
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