Israel-Palestine war

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 …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

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 …