Airbnb Presence Confirmed in Illegal West Bank Settlements
*Airbnb is enabling anyone to rent rooms and vacation homes in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.According to an article published by +972 Magazine, last week, the list…
Brazilian Senior Diplomats Issue Joint Statement against Diplomatic Israeli Appointment
The Israeli government’s nomination of Dani Dayan as its next ambassador to Brazil, and Brazil’s delay in approving the appointment, is heightening diplomatic tensions between the two governments.One of the…
New York: Jewish Student Threatened for Pro-PalestinianTweets
Bethany Koval, a Fair Lawn High School student, has found herself in the center of a national discussion involving free speech rights and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after school administrators questioned…
BDS Ireland: CRH Pulls Out of Israeli Assets, Ends Complicity with Occupation
A report released today by Ireland’s largest multinational corporation, CRH, confirmed that the global cement giant has divested from its 25% stake in the Israeli cement market. The company has…
US Criticizes Decision to Add Seized Church Grounds to Settlement Bloc
The United States came down, Friday, on a decision by Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon to incorporate a southern West Bank church compound into the illegal Gush Etzion settlement bloc.Spokesman…
Aegean Airlines Apologizes to PLO
In response to a statement made by PLO Secretary General Dr. Saeb Erekat, Mr. Dimitris Gerogiannis, CEO of AEGEAN Airlines, sent a letter to Dr. Erekat expressing his company’s “greatest…
Vatican: Historic Accord with Palestine Takes Effect
The Vatican’s first accord with the Palestinians — an agreement that Israel has attacked as counter-productive to the Middle East peace process — has come into force, the Holy See…
US Treasury Sued over Donations for Settlements
A lawsuit has been filed in a US court seeking to stop non-profit groups from sending billions of dollars worth of tax-exempt donations to support illegal Israeli settlements and the…
Brazil Refuses Israeli Settler as Diplomatic Envoy
Brazil’s reluctance to accept an Israeli ambassador who is a West Bank colonist has set off a diplomatic crisis and led to concerns in the Israeli government that the clash…
Israeli Windsurferes Denied Visas for Malaysia Contest
Two Israeli windsurfers and their coach have been refused visas to compete at the Youth Sailing World Championships in Langkawi, Malaysia. In response, the World Sailing said, Sunday, that it…
Jordanian Prisoner Held in Israel Ends Hunger Strike
A Jordanian prisoner in Israeli custody ended a 47-day hunger strike on Sunday, reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Service.Prisoner Abdullah Abu Jaber went on hunger strike on Nov.…
Egypt’s Seawater Pumping Project Endangers Gazans’ Lives
During recent months the subsidence of the land along the Egyptian border have become a great danger for the population of Rafah.12-24-15 | International Solidarity Movement | Gaza Team This…
Spanish Regions Support BDS
At least 25 local municipalities and regional governments in the Spanish State, including Catalunya and the Basque Country, have endorsed resolutions supporting the Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against…
Joe Catron on Palestinian Hunger Strikers
25 Palestinian political prisoners held by the Israeli occupation in Etzion jail – a detention center attached to the Gush Etzion illegal settlement on Palestinian land – have launched a…
Experts: Israel Eyeing ‘One-And-A-Half-State’ Solution
Many political observers saw U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry‘s recent visit to the Middle East — where he met both Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…
Greek Parliament Passes Unanimous Vote Recognizing Palestine
The Greek Parliament unanimously voted, Tuesday, officially recognizing the state of Palestine. President Mahmoud Abbas, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and various officials, attended the vote.The Palestinian Authority thanked Greece…
Two Palestinian-Americans killed in December – no U.S. government response
The U.S. government has yet to respond to the killing of two of its citizens by the Israeli military over the past three weeks – the latest being Mohammad Abdul-Rahman…
Greece To Officially Recognize Palestinian State
The government of Greece has announced that it will officially recognize the Palestinian state in a parliament session on Tuesday that will include the participation of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.…
UN : “Stop unacceptable harassment of human rights defenders in occupied Palestinian Territory”
United Nations independent experts have expressed grave concerns at continued reports that human rights defenders are being subjected to physical attacks, harassment, arrest and detention, and death threats, particularly in…
Ashrawi on Former ICC Chief Prosecutor’s Settlement Comments
It was recently reported in the Jerusalem Post that former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Louis Moreno-Ocampo, allegedly claimed that the Israeli High Court’s rulings could safeguard…
Spanish University Boycotts Israel
The deanship at the Central University of Barcelona (UAB) announced the official boycott of Israel, with the cut of all kinds of communication and relations with the Israeli universities and…
Gaza Siege: No Deal with Ankara
On Thursday, it was reported that Israel and Turkey, in secret talks in Switzerland, had reached ‘understandings’ to normalize ties that were downgraded, in the aftermath of the 2010 Mavi…
Quartet Reiterates Call for Significant Steps ‘On the Ground’
From December 16 to 17, envoys of the Middle East Quartet met in Jerusalem and Ramallah, with Israeli and Palestinian counterparts.According to a press release the Palestine News Network received,…
VIDEO: Activists Disrupt Jerusalem Quartet
The Jerusalem Quartet, an Israeli string quartet that has toured around the world and received numerous awards, recently performed in Lisbon, Portugal.During the performance, BDS activists disrupted the concert by…
UN Secretary-General Accuses Israel of ‘Breeding’ Palestinian Attacks
This past Tuesday, in Jakarta, Indonesia, the International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem was organized by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,…
Danish Pension Divests From West Bank Settlements
Denmark’s largest private pension fund, FPA Pension, with assets close to $50 billion, is withdrawing its investments from the German construction materials corporation Heidelberg Cement, due to its indirect involvement…
ICC Delegation to Visit oPt in February
A delegation from the International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected to visit the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) in February, a Palestinian Authority official said.A member of a national committee in…
Former Israeli Officer Interrogated at London Airport
Israeli media revealed, on Saturday, that a former Israeli military officer had been briefly detained and questioned by British police at a London airport, due to his participation in the…
Sweden Contributes $22M to Palestinian Infrastructure
Sweden contributed SEK 190 million, ($22 million) to the Palestinian Partnership for Infrastructure Development Multi-Donor Trust Fund (PID MDTF), administered by the World Bank. The Palestinian Authority will support the…
UN Adopts Resolutions in Favor of Palestine, UNRWA
The UN General Assembly has adopted, by a vast majority, eight resolutions in favor of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),…
Israeli Media: US Donors Transferred One Billion Shekels for Settlements
Israeli daily Haartez published a report, on Tuesday, which revealed that a number of US charity organizations transferred about billion New Israeli Shekels (NIS) for the promotion of illegal settlements…
Sweden: Palestinian Resistance not Terrorism
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said, on Monday, that Palestinian resistance in occupied West Bank and Jerusalem are not to be classified as “terror attacks.”Israeli occupation forces have been facing…
Israeli Organ Trafficker Apprehended in Turkey
A wanted Jewish Israeli organ trafficker has been arrested at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport in Turkey, a Turkish news agency reported, according to Days of Palestine.Dogan news agency said that Israeli…
Netanyahu to Kerry: Israel Will Not Be A ‘Bi-national’ State
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Sunday, rejected statements made by US Secretary of State, John Kerry, that Israel is shifting towards being a “bi-national state”.According to Jpost Israeli news…
Wallström Slams Israel’s Extrajudicial Executions
Swedish Foreign Minister, Margot Wallström, is once again racking up criticism for her accusations against the Israeli government, this time in regard to the execution of Palestinian assailants without trial.On…
EU Statement on Area C Demolitions
The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah made a statement, this Friday, regarding the recent demolitions and confiscations of Palestinians houses and structures in Area C.It reads as follows, according…
ADWAR: December a Month to End Violence against Women
On the occasion of the international month for violence elimination against women, ADWAR Association’s general director presented an awareness session in cooperation with Soreef Elementary School for girls (UNRWA).They discussed…
US National Women’s Studies Association to Join BDS Movement
Another group of US scholars voted to joined the BDS movement: the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA), PNN reports.According to the Jerusalem Post, the NWSA vote on the BDS referendum…
November 29th: International Day of Solidarity with Palestine
Today is the annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.Thirty years after the UN partition plan of Palestine, the General Assembly passed a new resolution proclaiming an annual…
Africa: Palestinian Flag Raised at UN Headquarters
On Friday, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) — the UN’s biggest entity in Africa — hoisted the flag of the state of Palestine at its headquarters, in…
EU Official Martina Anderson Calls for International Protection of Palestinians
On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, a European Union official, Friday, called for placing Palestine and the Palestinian people under international protection.“Ahead of…
Kerry, Israel, Palestine and Terrorism
United States Secretary John Kerry has, once again, visited the Middle East, to exert his particular brand of useless influence on Palestinian President and Israeli puppet Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli…
Abbas Meets with Greek Prime Minister
In a joint address, delivered Thursday with the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, PA President Mahmoud Abbas warned Israel not to turn the ongoing Palestine-Israel conflict into a “religious” dispute.Abbas…
Obama Administration Rejects New Settlement Recognition
In a press conference this week, the Obama administration rejected Israel’s government request to recognize the construction of new [illegal] settlements in the occupied West Bank.The issue over new Israeli…
Israel To Coordinate With Google, YouTube, To Censor Palestinian Videos Of Conflict
The Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, Member of Knesset Tzipi Hotovely, held meetings this week with representatives of YouTube and Google, to find ways of cooperating to censor Palestinian videos from…
Five Resolutions in Favor of Palestine Approved by UN
The overwhelming majority of General Assembly of the United Nations, Wednesday, voted on five draft resolutions in favor of Palestine. The decision comes after the Assembly discussed the two articles,…
British Labour Drops G4S over Israeli Prisons
The British Labour Party will no longer be doing business with G4S.The National Executive Committee of the party voted 12-4 to boycott G4S over its involvement with Israeli repression against…
Kerry Unwavering in Support of Tel Aviv
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday expressed support for Israel’s right to ‘defend’ itself from ‘terrorism’ and ‘senseless violence,’ in comments which will most likely be viewed in…
€10 Million Made Available to UNRWA by European Commision
Yesterday, the European Commission announced an additional €10 million in support to UNRWA, in order to keep schools open, and to maintain core services for Palestinian refugees..According to the official…
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (Statement by Riyad Mansour)
In a meeting commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, to be observed 29 November, the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, Riyad H. Mansour, called…
Palestinian Rights Organisations Deliver Submission to ICC
Palestinian Human Rights organisations have delivered a submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on alleged Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity during the 2014 Gaza offensive.23 November 2015…
AAA Conference Passes BDS Resolution
With over 10,000 members, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) has become the largest scholarly institution in the United States to endorse the academic boycott of Israel when its general conference…
Pollard Released After 30 Years in Prison
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Friday, addressed American spy, Jonathan Pollard, who was released on parole after serving 30 years in prison, after handing over top-secret classified information to…
DCI: 16 Children Killed in 3 Weeks
Defense for Children International – Palestine has confirmed that Israeli forces have killed 16 Palestinian children in separate incidents across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza…
South Arica Follows Suit with Spain, Issues Arrest Warrant for Israeli Officials
South Africa issued, on Tuesday, an arrest warrant against four Israeli officials over their role in deadly attacks on pro-Palestinian international activists.Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against the Israeli occupation in…
US Ambassador to Israel: ‘Settlement Product Labels Not Boycott’
American Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro has said that the labeling of Israeli settlement products is not a boycott.Ambassador Shapiro was speaking Monday at the Israel Journalists Association conference in…
Swedish FM Likens Israel to ISIS, Accused of Being “Hostile”
Following the Paris attacks on Friday, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom made a connection between Islamic State extremism and the Israeli occupation, causing a feud between the two governments, that…
United Nations: End Punitive Home Demolition Policy
The United Nations’ Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Development Activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, Robert Riper, contended that Israel’s punitive home demolition policy taken against Palestinians suspected of carrying…
Spain: City Council Announces Support for BDS, Warrant Issued for Netanyahu’s Arrest
The Santiago de Compostela City Council (capital of Spain’s Galicia region) passed a motion declaring itself a space free of discrimination against the Palestinian people and in support of the…
US State Department v Edward Said
Richard Falk is an American professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University. In 2008, the UN Human Rights Council appointed Falk to a six-year term as a United Nations…
BDS Norway Stages Intifada against NAMMO, Demands Government Stop Arms Trade with Israel
On Friday morning, activists from BDS Norway staged an intifada against leading arms producer Nammo Raufoss AS, in eastern Norway. In a symbolic demonstration, the activists protested against the Norwegian…
Celebrities Raise $31 Million for Israeli Military in Just One Night
A sold-out Western Region Gala event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel was attended by American and Israeli guests, this last Friday night. Among the present guests were: actors Jason Alexander,…
Israel Requesting Over 5 Billion in US Military Aid
The Israeli government has made an initial request for its annual U.S. defense package to increase by as much as $5 billion when its current aid package, worth an average…
Why did Netanyahu dig up the mufti?
The storm unleashed by Netanyahu when he addressed the Zionist Congress garnered responses from beyond the borders of the state of Jews, responses ranging from the tagging of Bibi as…
98th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration
On the second of November, Ninety-eight years ago, the destiny of our nation changed due to the action of a foreign colonial power. The Balfour Declaration should serve as a…
J.K. Rowling Owes Palestinians an Apology, Not an Explanation
Ramzy Baroud is an internationally-syndicated columnist, author and the founder of PalestineChronicle.com. His latest book is My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story.There is a possibility that you…
Walmart Customers Offended by Children’s Israeli Soldier Costume
As the winter holiday season approaches in the United States, international megalith superstore chain ‘Walmart’ has reportedly struck a raw nerve with shoppers by offering a discounted costume resembling an…
Academic Boycott Launched against Israel by UK Teachers
A group of 343 professor and lecturers bought a full page advertisement in the UK’s Guardian newspaper, Tuesday, to publicize the launch of the group’s academic boycott of Israeli institutions,…
NGO Sues Facebook over Pro-Palestinian Posts
According to the Israeli media, 20.000 Israelis joined the Israeli NGO Shurat HaDin – The Israeli Law Center on a civil lawsuit against Facebook on accusations of ignoring widespread Palestinian…
Official: US Cutting Aid to PA
The United States is cutting economic aid for the Palestinian Authority, partly because of “unhelpful actions” by Palestinians, a US diplomat said Saturday.A specialized news site, al-Monitor, said earlier that…
Kerry in Jordan to Discuss Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Jordan, renewing his push to ease violence and tension between Israelis and Palestinians.Kerry meets Saturday, in Amman, with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…
Q&A on Palestinian Popular Resistance
Q1. How would you describe the current situation on the ground? A1. A new generation of Palestinians is marching on the footsteps of previous generations, rising up against Israel’s brutal,…
Fact-checking Israel’s Statement to the UNSC
On 16 October 2015, Israeli Ambassador Roet addressed the UN Security Council in an emergency session on the escalating situation in Israel and Palestine. Below are his statements followed by…
VIDEO: Black-Palestinian Solidarity
Black-Palestinian solidarity: a choice of life and resistance.Black-Palestinian solidarity is neither a guarantee nor a requirement – it is a choice. We choose to build with one another in a…
Calls for BDS by ANC and Scottish Green Party
The African National Congress (ANC), South Africa’s ruling party, has reiterated its support for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) measures against Israel at the conclusion of its National General Council…
Israeli Lobby Exploits Interfaith Dialogue
For years Israel and its lobby around the world have been trying to normalise their relations with Arabs and Muslims without solving the Palestine question. One of the methods they…
Quartet Delegation to Visit Palestinian Territories
A delegation of the Middle East Quartet is to visit Palestinian territories, including the occupied West Bank, this week, in an attempt to calm the escalated wave of violence, Israeli…
ME Quartet Seeking to Resume Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
In the wake of rising tension and riots over the al-Aqsa mosque, as well as Abbas’s speech for the UN that he held on Wednesday, the Middle East Quartet has…
Ashrawi: “Netanyahu’s Speech, A Smokescreen, Cloud Concealing Lies And Manipulation”
Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, stated Friday that the UN speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is deceptive, manipulative, and…
Abbas: “We Cannot Remain Committed To Peace Accords While Israel Continues To Violate Them”
In his Wednesday speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinian Authority cannot remain committed to peace accords signed with Israel…
New Reports: Pro-Palestine Groups at U.S. Colleges Face Intimidation, False Charges
Two new reports were released today documenting a widespread campaign on college campuses across the U-S to stifle free speech on the issue of Israel and Palestine.The first report, co-authored…
Palestine Cries ‘We exist’ as UN Raises its Flag, says Erekat
By Dr. Saeb Erekat, Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. For decades the flag of Palestine has represented the struggle of a whole nation for its human and national…
Priests Call on Abbas to Address Cremisan Issue at UN
Delivered by Fr. Ibrahim Shomali:Thank you, Mr. President, The CCIA of the World Council of Churches would like to express its deep concern on the building of the Israeli annexation…
UK: Israel Attacked Gaza 696 Times Since Most Recent Ceasefire
The Gaza Strip was attacked at least 696 times on different occasions since the August 2014 ceasefire, said Tobias Ellwood, the UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign…
Brazil Denies Contract with Israeli Company for Olympics
More than 30 Brazilian social movements and progressive organisations had called on the Brazilian government to exclude International Security and Defense Systems from Olympics contracts, after the Israeli company announced…
Reykjavik City Council to Change Resolution on Ban of Israeli Goods
The Mayor of Iceland’s capital Reykjavik, Dagur B. Eggertsson, announced that Reykjavik’s ban of Israeli goods does not affect all Israeli goods but goods produced in illegally occupied Palestinian territories.The…
Iceland’s Capital bans all Israeli-made products over Occupation of Palestinian Territories
Iceland’s capital Reykjavik has passed a resolution that banns all Israeli-made products. The resolution was adopted over Israel’s protracted and illegal occupation of Palestinian territories.Reykjavik’s ban comes as the international…
Ellen Siegel: Why have the killers of Sabra and Shatila escaped justice?
One of Israel’s most infamous crimes occurred 33 years ago this week. In September 1982, the Israeli army surrounded the Sabra neighborhood and adjacent Shatila refugee camp in southern Beirut.Israel…
UN Security Council Discusses Statement on Jerusalem Violations
The Security Council of the United Nations have discussed an Arab draft statement on the recent developments at Al Aqsa Mosque and its surroundings, at a time when the European…
UN General Assembly Votes For Raising Palestinian Flag
The United Nations General Assembly voted, Thursday, in an overwhelming majority for raising the Palestinian flag at the United Nations, despite aggressive opposition led by the United States and Israel.The…
Thousands protest Netanyahu’s visit to London
Around 2,000 protesters filled the streets of London as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in London today to meet the British Prime Minister, David Cameron.In addition to the protest,…
Netanyahu to Visit Britain
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to visit Britain, this week, for talks with his counterpart David Cameron, as the right-wing Israeli leader faces diplomatic pressure over illegal settlements in…
US Blacklists 3 Hamas Leaders
The US State Department announced, on Tuesday, that three Hamas leaders, along with a Hezbollah spokesperson, have been added to the specially designated global terrorist list, subjecting them to US…
BDS National Committee: ‘EU Move to Label Settlement Products is Insufficient’
The following is a statement issued on September 7, 2015 by the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), the broadest coalition in Palestinian society that leads the global…
Palestine and Israel: The Double-Standard
In the world of marketing, it is a given that what ‘delights’ the customer today, will simply be an expectation tomorrow. For example, when cameras were first introduced on cell…
Construction of 3bn Shekel Fence between Jordan and Israel to be Launched Today
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Minister of Defense, Moshe Ya’alon, are to officially announce the beginning of the 30 KM fence project sometime today.The 30 kilometer fence will…
Netanyahu: Israel Not To Be ‘Submerged’ by Syrian Refugees
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, on Sunday, he would not allow Israel to be ‘submerged’ by refugees after calls for Israel to take in those fleeing Syria’s war.Speaking at…
Abbas Urges UN Ambassador to Absorb Palestinian Refugees
PA President and Fateh leader Mahmoud Abbas, on Saturday, instructed Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, to take immediate actions to absorb Palestinian refugees in the occupied Palestinian…
Netanyahu Arrest Petition Hits 100,000
A petition to the UK government and parliament requesting that the government arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘for war crimes when he arrives in London,’ reached its target Saturday…
UN to Back Raising of Palestinian Flag
A draft resolution on raising the Palestinian flag at the United Nations will likely be adopted next week in time for president Mahmoud Abbas’ visit to New York, the Palestinian…