Archives: Israel/ Palestine

Did Trump see the Real Jerusalem or only the Museum Version?

Shalom L. Goldman | (Informed Comment) | - - On Donald Trump’s two- day visit to Jerusalem in late May, a visit which disrupted commercial and cultural life in both the Jewish…

Palestinian Children’s Lives Are Shaped By 50 Years of Military Occupation

By Jennifer Bing | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Five decades of occupation have turned military violence into the norm for Palestinian children. There are two places to visit…

Israel: 50 Years of Occupation Abuses

Human Rights Watch | - - Ramp Up Pressure for Accountability on all Sides (Jerusalem) – Fifty years after Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip, it controls these areas through…

‘There Is No Holiness in an Occupied City’: Jewish Activists Protest Israel’s ‘Jerusalem Day’

Written by Maya Schkolne | Written by Joey Ayoub | (Globalvoices.org) | - - For many Palestinians, the Israeli national holiday of Jerusalem Day, or Yom Yerushalayim (יום ירושלים) in Hebrew, is…

Palestinians: ‘Day of Rage’ against Trump in occupied West Bank

Ma'an News Agency | - - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Palestinian factions in the central occupied West Bank city of Ramallah have called upon the Palestinian people to partake in a "Day of…

Trump and Israel/ Palestine: Art of the Deal or End of 2-States?

By Ali R. Abootalebi | (Informed Comment) | - - President Trump recently told the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), Mahmoud Abbas, that “I’ve always heard that perhaps the toughest deal to make…

Is Trump Palestine’s New Hope?

Daoud Kuttab. | (Project Syndicate) | - - RAMALLAH – On his recent visit to Washington, DC, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas surprised many by heaping praise on US President Donald Trump. Speaking…

Israel to vote on Bill making it a “Jewish State,” demoting Arabic

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- An Israeli cabinet committee approved a contested bill on Sunday seeking to enshrine Israel’s status as a Jewish state into the country’s central…

Hamas in new charter accepts 1967 borders for Palestinian state

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The Hamas movement announced its new charter Monday evening, presenting an acceptance of a Palestinian state along the 1967 "Green Line" border, while…

In Photos: Palestinians launch general strike in support of imprisoned hunger strikers

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A general strike was held across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on Thursday, as thousands of Palestinians shut down their shops…

Palestinians decry Israeli Double Standard over NYT Op-ed

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Activists and commentators have denounced the dishonesty of Israeli criticism of The New York Times for publishing an op-ed in defense of a…

Over 1,000 Palestinian Prisoners Launch Mass Hunger Strike

TeleSur | - - “Salutes of Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. Glory to the martyrs. Freedom for the prisoners of freedom,” stated the PFLP in support of the strikers. On Palestinian Prisoner’s Day Monday, hundreds…

1 million Palestinians detained by Israel since 1948: Joint statement

Ma'an News Agency | - - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities have detained approximately one million Palestinians since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 and the subsequent occupation of…

Can you do anything for Israeli-Palestinian Peace?

By Mike Merryman-Lotze | (Otherwords.org) | - - The White House is creating new problems in Israel-Palestine, but ordinary people can start setting things right. While news swirled around health care and…

Russia would accept West Jerusalem as Israeli Capital if Peace Agreement Reached

IMEMC | - - On Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that, if a peace agreement between Israeli and Palestinian people could be reached, Russia could acknowledge West Jerusalem as the capital…

PM May: Take back the Balfour Declaration – Israel reneged on the Bargain

By Ian Berman | (Informed Comment) | - - Dear Prime Minister May: The centennial of the Balfour Declaration is upon us. Accordingly, we think it is time the British Government revisited…