What happens when a people are confined to a bubble where the “truth” has one book to read, to follow and obey, then suddenly the bubble bursts and the sun shines on a whole new truth, verifiable, clear, and sound? This what happens to the kibbutzim in Nirim, Nir Oz, […]
The Ecological War on Gaza
FOR CENTURIES, the plains that comprise modern-day Gaza were lush with citrus orchards. Though early Zionists claimed to have pioneered the orange industry, Palestinian farmers had maintained orange groves—specifically of the sweet “Jaffa” orange that would later be co-opted as a symbol of Israeli ingenuity—for export since the 1800s. In […]
Israel Is Still Planning To Displace Even More Palestinians
Since the 1948 Nakba when Israel was created in the historic land of Palestine, which resulted in the ethnic cleansing of more than 700,000 Palestinians from their homeland, successive Israeli governments have continued to propose political and demographic plans for the displacement of more Palestinians from the West Bank, the […]
Occupation good for Palestinians, says Israeli opposition chief
Benny Gantz, chief of the Israeli army during Israel’s 2014 massacre in Gaza, is borrowing apartheid South Africa’s talking points to boost his election campaign. Gantz heads the allegedly center-left opposition coalition hoping to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel’s elections later this month. In a campaign attack on Israel’s prime minister, Monday, Gantz declared that, unlike Netanyahu, […]
Israel is still planning to displace even more Palestinians
Since the 1948 Nakba when Israel was created in the historic land of Palestine, which resulted in the ethnic cleansing of more than 700,000 Palestinians from their homeland, successive Israeli governments have continued to propose political and demographic plans for the displacement of more Palestinians from the West Bank, the […]
ARRESTS INJURIES AND HOUSE DEMOLITIONS DURING ISRAELI NIGHT RAIDS
Occupied Palestine (QNN)- Israeli forces carried out arrest campaign throughout occupied West Bank and Jerusalem last night, demolishing two houses, arresting 7 Palestinians, and injuring others. In Nablus, Israeli forces broke into the house of Ahmad and Mahmoud Abu Zaitoun and arrested them after opening fire at surrounding houses and […]
Israel demolishes two Palestinian buildings east of Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, Wednesday, September 11, 2019 (WAFA) – Israel demolished today two Palestinian buildings that were still in the construction phase in the town of Eizariya, east of occupied Jerusalem but on land considered within the Jerusalem municipal lines, under the pretext they were built without a permit and too close […]
Israeli warplanes bomb sites in Gaza
The Israeli occupation army at dawn Wednesday launched several aerial attacks on the Gaza Strip, with no reported casualties. According to local sources, warplanes launched four airstrikes on an abandoned civilian house in the southwest of Deir al-Balah City in central Gaza. Over seven air-to-surface missiles also targeted a resistance […]
From Harvard Students to Diplomats—the US Is Turning Away Ever More Palestinians
Ten days after being interrogated for hours by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials and denied entry into the United States, Ismail Ajjawi was admitted into the country Monday. The 17-year-old Palestinian, who lives in a refugee camp in Lebanon, arrived just in time to begin his undergraduate degree at […]
NETANYAHU’S CAMPAIGN PLEDGE TO ANNEX WEST BANK CONFIRMS ISRAEL IS GREATEST THREAT TO REGION
In response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s recent pledge to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, Rabbi Alissa Wise, acting Co-Executive Director of Jewish Voice for Peace, said: “Netanyahu’s desperate attempt at re-election, by pledging to take over the West Bank and annex the illegal settlements, comes at the […]
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