Israel Closes Jerusalem-area Palestinian Elementary School for ‘Incitement’
Israeli authorities on Thursday closed a Palestinian elementary school for boys in the town of Sur Bahir in the central occupied West Bank Jerusalem district…
Feb 23 2017 / Read More » /Countering The Palestinian Nakba: One State For All – Book Review
Reviewed by Rifka Al-Amya (Eid, Haidar (Ed.). Countering The Palestinian Nakba: One State For All. Noor Publishing: Bahnhofstrabe, Germany. 2017.) World attention has been captured…
Feb 23 2017 / Read More » /B’tselem: Hour Away from Tel Aviv, Gaza Lives without Electricity
By Palestine Chronicle Staff B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories published a grim report regarding Gaza’s protracted electricity problem.…
Feb 23 2017 / Read More » /Palestinians See More of the Same: Interview with Ramzy Baroud
President Trump has offered mixed signals about precisely what his attitude toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be, but Palestinians see little prospects for meaningful improvement,…
Feb 22 2017 / Read More » /The Trump-Netanyahu Circus: Now, No One Can Save Israel from Itself
By Ramzy Baroud The President of the United States can hardly be taken seriously, saying much but doing little. His words, often offensive, carry no…
Feb 22 2017 / Read More » /Trump Has Reminded Palestinians That It was Always about One State
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth For more than 15 years, the Middle East “peace process” initiated by the Oslo accords has been on life support.…
Feb 22 2017 / Read More » /Barghouthi, Longest-serving Palestinian Prisoner Resentenced to Life in Prison Plus 18 years
Nael Barghouthi, the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner, was sentenced on Wednesday by an Israeli military court to life in prison with an additional 18-year sentence, according…
Feb 22 2017 / Read More » /26 Oscar Stars Turn Down Free 5-star Trip to Israel
Hollywood stars including Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon were amongst Oscar celebrities who were offered luxury trips to Israel; however none have taken advantage of…
Feb 22 2017 / Read More » /Elor Azarya Sentenced to 1.5 Years in Prison for Killing Wounded Palestinian
After being found guilty of manslaughter for the filmed, execution-style shooting of 21-year-old Abd al-Fattah al-Sharif, 20-year-old Israeli soldier Elor Azarya was sentenced to 18…
Feb 21 2017 / Read More » /Israeli Court Sentences Palestinian Boy with Leukemia to 3 Months in Prison
The Israeli military court at Ofer prison sentenced 15-year-old Ahmad al-Khadour to 91 days in prison and a 3,000-shekel fine (approximately $810), after the boy…
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