The Trump Administration’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan is rife with international law violations, including international human rights law, international humanitarian law, to international criminal law, customary international law and nearly every United Nations resolution passed regarding the Palestine question. It mirrors Israel’s constant disregard for and violation of international law. …
Read More »EXPOSED: THE “CON OF THE CENTURY” WILL NOT BRING PEACE
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S “APARTHEID” DEAL IS AN ISRAELI PLAN THAT ENTRENCHES ISRAEL’S PROLONGED COLONIAL OCCUPATION OF THE LAND AND PEOPLE OF PALESTINE. President Trump’s “apartheid” deal is an Israeli plan that entrenches Israel’s prolonged colonial occupation of the land and people of Palestine. On 28 January 2020, the U.S. released its …
Read More »From Temporary Occupation to Permanent Annexation: Israel’s Acquisition of Palestinian Territory by Force
Factsheets Following President Trump’s recognition of Israel’s annexation of both Jerusalem and the occupied Syrian Golan, talk of annexation of occupied Palestinian territory has increased. In reality, annexation of occupied territory has been on Israel’s agenda since the beginning of the occupation in 1967, most clearly reflected in Israel’s formal …
Read More »HOW ISRAEL CONTROLS PALESTINIAN BODIES, BOTH LIVING AND DEAD
By Mariam Barghouti My uncle recently passed, and after his wife and children washed his body, gave him a final embrace, and put him in his final resting spot, they shared their grief with friends, family and acquaintances. Only then were they able to begin mourning his loss. This sacred …
Read More »Israel Demolishes Homes, Displaces Palestinian Citizens in Sur-Baher , Builds New Settlement in OPT
By: Madeeha Araj, The National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements said in his latest weekly report , that the Israeli Occupation Authorities continue the ethnic cleansing policy, especially in Jerusalem and its surroundings, ignoring the UNs and Human Rights Organizations’ warnings, and insists the demolishing of about 100 …
Read More »Daily violations report march 20, 2018
WEST BANK JERUSALEM Flying Checkpoints 1. At 18:00, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance of Biddu town tunnel then searched residents and vehicles until 19:00. 2. On the evening of March 19th 2018, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance of Al-Eizariya town then searched …
Read More »Center for American and Arab Studies: THE WEEKLY REPORT March 9th, 2018
Executive Summary The big news this week in Washington wasn’t the Netanyahu visit, but the announcement that the US will be imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum. This week’s Monitor analysis looks at Putin’s recent speech claiming that Russia has new strategic nuclear weapons that the US can’t counter. We …
Read More »Al-Monitor: Gazan family discovers Roman site in backyard
Tareq Subhi Hajjaj On the cold, rainy night of Jan. 25, the Kafarina family unearthed an archaeological site that sparked a major controversy between the family and the authorities that remains unresolved. The family of 20, including 14 children, live in the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza …
Read More »Overview of Anti-Democratic Legislation Advanced by the 20th Knesset
In recent years we have witnessed a disturbing trend toward the erosion of democratic values in Israel and the promotion of anti-democratic initiatives. It is particularly alarming that democratic values are being undermined and the rules of the democratic process are being broken in the Knesset – Israel’s parliament and …
Read More »Israeli Military Strangles Its Own Weapons Manufacturer to Privatize It
Elbit Systems bought IMI at a bargain price because managers made sure the company was poorly run to provide an excuse for privatization, explains TRNN’s Shir Hever. Shir Hever is an economist working at The Real News Network. His economic research focuses on Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory; international …
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