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Abu Obaida Izz Ad-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, during a news conference in Gaza City on September 30, 2009 [MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images]   by Dr Mohammad Makram Balawi What is happening in the Mediterranean has brought back bad memories in Arab minds. America, with the help of Britain, France and Germany, the historical enemies of Arabs, …

Muhammad Nezzal, a 16-year-old teen from Jenin exposed the maltreatment he was subjected to at Negev prison. Nezzal was beaten brutally several times and was released with a broken hand and a broken finger. He was a subject of medical neglect as they didn’t cast his broken hand until he was released to the Red Cross. He reports a cellmate …

American and European leaders must disentangle themselves from Israel’s outsized influence – or risk an even bigger catastrophe in the days ahead   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pictured in New York on 20 September 2023 (AFP) Israeli occupation is not limited to Palestine. The response from western elites to Israel’s ongoing massacre in Gaza shows how Tel Aviv is also occupying the …

At least five Palestinian prisoners reported dead from abuse in Israeli jails, according to testimony of freed teens   Osama Marmash, 16, speaking to Al Jazeera after he was released from Megiddo prison on Sunday 26 November 2023 (Screengrab) By Mosab Shawer in Hebron, occupied Palestine Published date: 27 November 2023 13:49 GMT | Last update: 1 day 15 hours ago Palestinian children freed from Israeli jails …

The bombing of the library has been decried as a deliberate attempt to destroy thousands of books and historical documents   Gaza’s public library has been destroyed in the Israeli bombing campaign(Screenshot/X) By Nadda Osman Palestinians inspecting the destruction wreaked by the Israeli military have been dismayed to find Gaza’s main public library in ruins following at least seven weeks of bombing. …