Morocco’s Jawad El Yamiq raises the Palestinian flag after the World Cup soccer match between Canada and Morocco at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha on 1 December, 2022 (AP) By refusing interviews with Israeli journalists, Arab fans are refusing to bestow legitimacy on the state’s apartheid system Israeli journalists have flocked to Doha this month to cover the World …
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UN approves resolution to commemorate 75th Nakba anniversary
Protesters hold up Palestinian national flags during a demonstration near the city of Sakhnin in northern Israel, on 5 May 2022, ahead of the Palestinian marking of the 74th anniversary of the Nakba (AFP) Israeli ambassador condemns the UN move, while Palestinian representative tells UN the world is facing ‘end of the road’ for two-state solution The UN General …
Read More »Palestine warns upcoming Israeli gov’t against altering Jerusalem status quo
Israeli right wing Knesset member Itamar ben Gvir (L) and Bezalel Smotrich (R). [ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images] Palestine on Sunday warned the upcoming Israeli government against changing the status quo in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu reports. Extremist politician Itamar Ben-Gvir will be Israel’s national security minister in the upcoming government under a coalition agreement struck with Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu. “The Netanyahu-Ben-Gvir deal …
Read More »UN Resolution 181 must be repealed: The creation of Israel and the partition of Palestine was a terrible mistake
Houses part of an Israeli settlement are seen in front of an Arab town on January 16, 2017 in Amona, West Bank [Chris McGrath/Getty Images] It was understandable why, on 29 November, 1947, the United Nations (UN) passed Resolution 181, partitioning Palestine and creating a Jewish state. In the wake of the Holocaust, there was a widespread sentiment that there …
Read More »Occupation uses warplanes as a deterrent due to loss of control in West Bank by Mohammad Abu Shamha
TOPSHOT – Fires are seen following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city on July 16, 2022. – Israeli warplanes struck a weapons manufacturing facility in the Gaza Strip early on July 16, the military said, after rocket fire against Israeli territory. The exchange of fire came hours after US President Joe Biden visited Israel and the occupied West Bank. (Photo …
Read More »Private militia and remote policing: Israel is ramping up repression of the Palestinians
Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian protester in Hebron on 29 September 2022 (AFP) Recent steps by Israeli authorities on both sides of the Green Line point to a coordinated divide-and-conquer strategy The Green Line exists outside of the Israeli political mindset. National security policies do not end at this border, which Israel erases each day through its practices. Several recent steps by Israeli …
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