Tag Archives: Jerusalem

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem on 1 July 2021 (AFP)   Germany’s contribution to the colonisation of Palestine over the years has been ideological, financial, physical and military German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Israel two weeks ago and met Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, whose American parents came from San Francisco to colonise Palestine in July 1967. Bennett has boasted: …

A Palestinian woman outside the house of Montaser Shalabi after it was demolished by Israeli forces in the village of Turmus’ayya near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, 8 July 2021 (AFP)   Israel works actively, day and night, to quash all forms of resistance and bury the dream of a Palestinian state Two months after Palestinians rose to defend al-Aqsa …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …