“ElectronicIntifada“  The Palestinian Authority has removed its mask. The death of prominent Palestinian activist Nizar Banat in PA custody last week and the PA’s subsequent attacks on demonstrators protesting his killing have exposed more than ever the purpose of the PA’s existence. Palestinian Authority forces are Israel’s foot soldiers. They suppress Palestinian opposition and resistance to help Israel maintain its occupation …

Muslim Aid Sri Lanka has donated a consignment of medical equipment worth Rs. 30 million for the treatment of patients affected by the Covid epidemic. The consignment was symbolically handed over to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Friday (02). Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Minister of Justice Ali Sabry PC; State Minster of Prison Reforms Lohan …

Police made sweeping arrests of Israel’s large minority of Palestinian citizens after protests rocked the country in May during Israel’s 11-day attack on Gaza. Officers were documented beating demonstrators, and in some cases torturing them while in detention. Police also failed to protect the Palestinian minority from planned, vigilante-style attacks by far-right Jewish extremists. This was the damning verdict of an Amnesty …

The 11-day war between Gaza and Israel   The shock waves of the recent 11-day war between Gaza and Israel, between 10 May and 21 May 2021, have still been reverberating throughout the world. Demonstrators around the world thronged the streets in support of Palestine; there were about 200,000 protesters in a London demonstration on 22 May 2021, which was the largest in British history …

The student council in one of America’s most prestigious universities has approved a statement denouncing Israel for “genocide”, “ethnic cleansing” and “apartheid” in occupied Palestine. The Yale College Council, the undergraduate student government, approved the statement earlier this week. The vote was 8-3 in favor, with four abstentions.   “As students at one of the most privileged academic institutions in …

Many Palestinians believe that the May 10-21 military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Resistance, along with the simultaneous popular revolt across Palestine, was a game-changer. Israel is doing everything in its power to prove them wrong. Palestinians are justified to hold this viewpoint; after all, their minuscule military capabilities in a besieged and impoverished tiny stretch of land, the …