The unending war Those who want to occupy a land and want to cleanse its people, their war doesn’t end. They only take pauses for making a bigger battle for full occupation and full cleansing. The Israeli occupation of Palestine is the perfect example of that. The imperialists’ war started against the Muslims in the Arab World in 1917; it …
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UN special rapporteur says Israeli settlements ‘amount to war crime,’ drawing ire from Tel Aviv
FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank,on June 30, 2020. © Reuters / Ammar Awad The world should finally hold Israel accountable for its continuous settlement policy in the occupied Palestinian territories, a UN human rights rapporteur has said, provoking criticism from Jewish officials and activists. Israel can no longer be allowed to …
Read More »Israel settlements amount to war crime, UN rights expert says
A general view of Ma’ale Adumim, an illegal Israeli settlement in Jerusalem on 16 March 2021 [Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency] Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank amount to a war crime, a UN human rights investigator said today, calling on countries to make clear to Israel that its “illegal occupation” cannot be cost-free, Reuters reported. Michael Lynk, UN special rapporteur on human …
Read More »Anti-Palestinian Authority protesters march in Ramallah over Nizar Banat death
Palestinian demonstrators at an anti-Palestinian Authority protest in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on 3 July 2021. The banner reads: “Leave Abbas” (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman) The death of the outspoken activist on 24 June has sparked a movement calling for President Mahmoud Abbas to step down Palestinians once again took to the streets in the occupied West Bank city of …
Read More »Report: 91% of Gaza Children Traumatized after Israel’s Last Offensive
Palestinian girl in Gaza joins funeral of her brother, Mahmoud Talaba, 15 who was killed in Israeli strike at the Zaytoun neighborhood. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, the Palestine Chronicle) Nine out of ten children in the Gaza Strip currently suffer some form of conflict-related trauma after the Israeli military attack ended over a month ago, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights …
Read More »As Palestinians Demand Answers, the PA has Nothing Left but Tyranny by Ramona Wadi
The Palestinian Authority might not have envisaged that the killing of Nizar Banat by its security services would have unleashed such a response from the Palestinian people. Ongoing demonstrations and calls for PA leader Mahmoud Abbas to step down have been met with further violence by the security forces, and the Palestinian leadership is showing no sign of quitting. The …
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