PALESTINE

Felicity Arbuthnot reflects on an endless list of breaches of international law pertaining to "people with no army, air force or navy". She also underscores Israel's violations of the Geneva Convention and the UN Charter.
"Why were young children killed? They are so young and cannot even hold a stone. Like my brother Ahmad. My cousins who were infants were also killed. I have heard that the soldier who kills more – and younger children – moves up higher in ranks."
The concept of a “Greater Israel” according to the founding father of Zionism Theodore Herzl, is a Jewish State stretching “'From the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates. The Yinon plan is an Israeli strategic plan which seeks the balkanization of the surrounding Arab states into smaller and weaker states.
In 1948, 700,000 Palestinians began their flight trying to escape the massacres by Jewish militias. Commemorated ever since as the day of “Nakba” – disaster, catastrophe, cataclysm – following them to this day as land is stolen, families expelled and “settlements” encroach, and Palestinian history is bulldozed.
US Embassy Moving to Jerusalem on Israel’s Independence Day By Middle East Eye, February 25, 2018
Gaza: A Concentration Camp of 1.5 Million People By Jean Shaoul, February 22, 2018
Gaza: Who or What Has a “Right to Exist”? By Judith Deutsch, February 22, 2018
Gaza Does Not Have a Humanitarian Crisis. It Has a Colonial Problem By Gregory Shupak, February 21, 2018
The Palestinian People Are Not Fooled Anymore By Rima Najjar, February 21, 2018
Israel’s Lobby Groups Seek Closer Political Ties with EU, De Facto Acceptance of Illegal Settlements By Hans Stehling, February 20, 2018
Trump Creates, Then Exacerbates, Crisis for Palestinian Refugees By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, February 19, 2018
Timeline: Israel’s Anti-Palestinian Laws Since 1948 By Middle East Monitor, February 13, 2018
BDS Movement Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize By Bjørnar Moxnes, February 13, 2018
An Exodus of “Jewish Settlers” from Palestine Is Inevitable By Rima Najjar, February 12, 2018
The Balfour Declaration – Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine By Jim Miles, February 10, 2018
Total Collapse of Gaza Healthcare ‘Imminent,’ Warns Medical Charity By The New Arab, February 09, 2018
Palestine and the Issue of “Jewish Identity” By Rima Najjar, February 06, 2018
A 14-year-old Girl Forced Alone and at Night into the Gaza Cage. Another Routine Mishap for Israel’s Occupation By Jonathan Cook, February 05, 2018
BDS Movement in Support of Palestine Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize By Stephen Lendman, February 05, 2018
Over 200 Companies Have Israel Settlement Ties By Middle East Monitor, February 01, 2018
The Taboo Subject: How America and Britain Increase Global Anti-Semitism by Arming/Funding Israeli Occupation By Hans Stehling, February 01, 2018
Ireland to Discuss New Bill Criminalising Trade with Israeli Settlements By Middle East Monitor, January 31, 2018
The “Iron Fisted” Leader of Hamas in Palestine – Where is Mohammed Deif? By Brett Redmayne-Titley, January 30, 2018
French Intellectuals’ Statement on Palestinian Child Prisoners By Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, January 28, 2018
‘Without UNRWA We Have Nothing’: Palestinian Refugees Speak Out Against US Aid Cuts By Jaclynn Ashly, January 28, 2018
Made in Israel: Exploiting Palestinian Land for Treatment of Israeli Waste By B'Tselem, January 24, 2018
The Palestinian Struggle Is Not About Rights Within a Legitimized Israel; It’s About Liberation and Self-Determination By Rima Najjar, January 24, 2018
Why Is the Israeli Army Finally Worried About Gaza? By Jonathan Cook, January 23, 2018
Year-in-Review: Worst Abuses Against Palestinian Children in 2017 By Defense for Children Palestine, January 22, 2018
Since 1979, Iran Has Championed the Cause of Palestinian Self-determination By Prof. Tim Anderson, January 22, 2018
Palestine, Israel, the US, and How the South Pacific Countries Are Selling Their Votes By Andre Vltchek, January 20, 2018
“Ethical Decolonization”and the Restoration of all Palestinian Rights and Reparations By Rima Najjar, January 20, 2018
US Cuts Half Its Aid for Palestinian Refugees By Stephen Lendman, January 19, 2018
Slapping an Israeli Soldier More Newsworthy than Shooting a Palestinian Child in the Face By Gregory Shupak, January 18, 2018
Ahed Tamimi Should Stay in Prison Because She Might Slap Again — Israeli Ethicist By Jonathan Ofir, January 16, 2018
Horrific Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza By Stephen Lendman, January 13, 2018
The Role of The Pro-Israel Lobby in US Politics By Hans Stehling, January 12, 2018
Uproar over Israeli Settler’s Killing By Stephen Lendman, January 11, 2018
Israel Bans Members of 20 Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Groups from Entering Israel By 2018 Sail to Gaza, January 10, 2018
Sixteen Year Old Ahed Tamimi Offers Israelis a Lesson Worthy of Gandhi By Jonathan Cook, January 09, 2018
Trump Would Do the Palestinians a Favour by Cutting Off Aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) By Abdel Bari Atwan, January 08, 2018
Yes, Palestinians Teach Their Children to Hate the Jewish State By Rima Najjar, January 07, 2018
What Would Happen if Trump Were to Cut Funding to the U.N. Palestinian Refugee Programme? By Yara Hawari, January 05, 2018
Jewish Identity Politics and the Struggle to Liberate Palestine By Rima Najjar, January 03, 2018
Trump Threatens to Cut US Funding for Palestinian Refugees By Stephen Lendman, January 03, 2018
Trump to Move US Embassy in 2018 By IMEMC, January 03, 2018
Israel Seized 2,500 Acres of Palestinian Land in 2017 By Days of Palestine, January 03, 2018
Israeli Raids and Violence: Crowded West Bank Refugee Camp Is the Most Tear-gassed Place in the World By Sheren Khalel, January 03, 2018
Israel Ruling Party Votes for Push to Annex Parts of West Bank By Middle East Eye, January 01, 2018
Israeli Ruling Party Votes to Annex West Bank and Seize Last Palestinian Lands By Telesur, January 01, 2018
Bassem Tamimi Honors His Courageous Young Daughter Ahed, Imprisoned by Israel’s Rubber Stamp Military Court By Stephen Lendman, December 30, 2017
UN General Assembly Jerusalem Resolution: Vote Exposes 65 Sanctions-Deserving Pro-Apartheid States By Gideon Polya, December 29, 2017
Trump Sham “Peace Plan”: Abu Dis Village (Bordering Jerusalem), A Future Palestinian Capital? By Stephen Lendman, December 29, 2017
Palestinian Christians and Muslims living in the Holy Land. A Christmas Message to Vice-President Mike Pence By James J. Zogby, December 29, 2017
Israel Should be Suspended from the UN Until It Complies with UNSCR 2334 By Hans Stehling, December 28, 2017
Letter on Jerusalem by HE Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad By Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, December 28, 2017
Trump Retaliates: Punitive Measures against Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority By Middle East Monitor, December 27, 2017
Shades of Suez and “Greater Israel” as Theresa May and Netanyahu Ignore UNSCR 2334 Pertaining to the Territorial Rights of Palestinians By Hans Stehling, December 27, 2017
Could the Trump Presidency Prove to be a Godsend for the Palestinian People? By William Hanna, December 27, 2017
How Trump Ruined Christmas for Palestinian Christians By Alex Shams, December 27, 2017
UN Vote: Middle East Christians Blast US Decision on Jerusalem By Joyce Chediac, December 26, 2017
The Jerusalem UN Vote and the US-Israel Link By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, December 26, 2017
US Intimidating UN Member States, “Al Capone Style” By Vladimir Odintsov, December 23, 2017
Nations of the World at UN Humiliate Trump with Massive Vote for Palestinians By Prof. Juan Cole, December 22, 2017
A History of UN General Assembly Resolutions on Israel-Palestine By Alex McDonald, December 22, 2017
Canada’s UN General Assembly Vote on Jerusalem. Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, December 22, 2017
UN Jerusalem Vote Postmortems. US Bullying and Threats By Stephen Lendman, December 22, 2017
UN General Assembly Rejects Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration By Stephen Lendman, December 22, 2017
US and Israel versus the World on Jerusalem By Stephen Lendman, December 21, 2017
Netanyahu’s Failed Project to Build “A Greater Israel” By Hans Stehling, December 21, 2017
On Hanukkah 2017, Light a Candle for Palestine! By Rima Najjar, December 20, 2017
UN General Assembly to Vote on Rescinding Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration By Stephen Lendman, December 20, 2017
Team Trump Add Insult to Injury for the Palestinians By Jonathan Cook, December 19, 2017
UN Security Council Passes Resolution Challenging Jerusalem Declaration; US Vetoes By Celine Hagbard, December 19, 2017
Why Netanyahu Is Upset About UN Security Council Resolution 2334: The Total Illegality of Israel’s Settlements By Karin Brothers, December 19, 2017
Why the Istanbul Declaration Must Succeed: “The Whole World to Recognize East Jerusalem as the Occupied Capital of Palestine” By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, December 18, 2017
Wheelchair-bound Man with No Legs Killed by Israel’s IDF in Gaza During Jerusalem Protest By RT News, December 18, 2017
Turkey Opens Embassy in East Jerusalem: Erdogan’s Grandstanding East Jerusalem Vow By Stephen Lendman, December 18, 2017
Jerusalem – The Straw that Breaks the Empire’s Back? By Peter Koenig, December 17, 2017
The Draft UN Security Council Resolution on Jerusalem By Stephen Lendman, December 17, 2017
US-Palestinian Relations: The Strange Issue of the PLO’s Washington Office By Prof. As’ad Abdul Rahman, December 16, 2017
Istanbul Summit: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Declares East Jerusalem Capital of Palestine, Urges US to Withdraw From Peace Process By Daily Sabah, December 15, 2017
It’s Personal: How Trump Betrayed Both Palestine’s Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah of Jordan By David Hearst, December 15, 2017
Zambia Must Clarify Whether it Will Host an Israel-Africa Summit By Abayomi Azikiwe, December 14, 2017