Tag Archives: Palestinians

Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip in May killed 248 Palestinians, including 66 children (Reuters/File photo)   Navi Pillay will investigate possible violations committed by both Israel and Hamas in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and Israel   The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has chosen former rights chief Navi Pillay to head an international inquiry into alleged war crimes committed during Israel’s May …

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 …