Time to tear down the fences
I spent a part of my youth in a kibbutz very close to southern Lebanese village Maroun al-Ras, where the historic march of return of Palestinian refugees took place earlier…
Gaza Journalism Forum Slams Israeli Police For Attacking Journalists in Jerusalem
The Palestinian Journalists Forum in Gaza issued a statement denouncing the Israeli police for attacking Palestinian journalists reporting on clashes that took place in Ras Al Amoud neighborhood, in occupied…
Palestinian Forced To Demolish His Own Home In Jerusalem
Israeli authorities forced Mahmoud Aramin to demolish his house in East Jerusalem Sunday, or risk having it destroyed by an Israeli bulldozer, which would have resulted in an exorbitant fine.Aramin…
Soldiers Detain Palestinians, Abduct International Peace activist Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers detained on Saturday evening five several Palestinians, including women and children, and kidnapped an international peace activist near Safa village, north of the southern West Bank city of…
Israeli Pressure Leads To Zionist Support Statement By G8 Ministers
After a call from Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Canadian Premier Stephen Harper agreed to draft a statement for all G8 ministers to sign that expressed support for Zionist aspirations…
Palestinian Wounded By Army Fire In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian man, on Sunday at dawn, east of Al Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City.Adham Abu…
Arab Follow-Up Committee Supports Palestinian State, To Ask UN For Recognition
At the end of its Saturday meeting in Doha – Qatar, the Arab Follow-up Committee, decided on Saturday to head to the United Nations to ask for recognizing a Palestinian…
Israel Prevents University Lecturer From Traveling To Jordan
On Friday, Israeli soldiers prevented university lecturer, Dr. Farid Abu Dheir, from traveling to Jordan as he was trying to cross the Allenby bridge to be with his son who…
European Campaign Slams Ki-moon Statements
The European Campaign to end the Siege on Gaza denounced recent statements made by UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, in which he called for preventing the Freedom Flotilla 2 from heading…
Settlers Uproot 20 Olive Trees Near Hebron
A group of extremist Israeli settlers, living at the Beit Ayin illegal settlement built on Palestinian lands the belong to Beit Ummar village, north of the southern West Bank city…
Three International Activists, One Palestinian, Detained During Nonviolent Protest Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers detained on Saturday evening three international peace activists, and one Palestinian citizen, as the army attacked the weekly nonviolent protest in Iraq-Burin village, south of the northern West…
Group of 12 Israeli settlers severely beat elderly Palestinian shepherd
An elderly Palestinian shepherd, Hamad al-Kett, 67, was admitted to the hospital on Friday with a fractured skull, internal bleeding, and bruising throughout his body, after he was attacked and…
Egypt’s ‘state security’ still blocks Rafah exit from Gaza
“My father, may he rest in peace, was an Egyptian, my daughters are Egyptians, my grandchildren are Egyptians, my brothers are Egyptians, I am an Egyptian,” an exasperated Salah Zorob…