BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The approval rate in October for injured Palestinians during protests near the Gaza border fence with Israel to exit Gaza through Erez (Beit Hanoun) crossing to access medical care in Jerusalem, the West Bank or Israeli hospitals was significantly lower. The World Health Organization (WHO) said in its monthly report on Health […]
Archives for December 2018
Erdogan takes Saudi Prince to Woodshed, Demands Extraditions
(Buenos Aires, Argentina) | AFP | – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded Saturday that Saudi Arabia extradite suspects in the killing in Istanbul of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, taking to task the kingdom’s crown prince who was basking in his quick return to the world stage at the G20. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s presence […]
Students from 30 British Universities Protest Investment in Israeli Occupation
Hundreds of students from over 30 UK universities protested against their institutions’ complicity in Israel’s violations of human rights yesterday. The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC) called for the action to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People as part of its “Apartheid Off Campus” campaign, which seeks to highlight how universities’ investment […]
Big Oil Infiltrates, Undermines UN Climate Talks
By Patrick GALEY | – Paris (AFP) – Oil and coal giants are exploiting a lack of conflict-of-interest protection at UN climate talks to push for continued fossil fuel use despite its contribution to harmful climate change, several sources have told AFP. As policymakers from around the world prepare to gather in Poland for the […]
Israeli Court Grants Palestinian Lands near Bethlehem to Israeli Squatters
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli Supreme Court ruled, on Wednesday, to grant ownership of Palestinian land, located near the illegal Israeli settlement of Gush Etzion, south of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank, to the Jewish National Fund (JNF). Hebrew-language news outlets reported that the Israeli Supreme Court’s ruling grants Israeli settlers from JNF […]
The Bottomless Dishonesty of CNN on Palestine and Marc Lamont Hill Firing
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – CNN has fired contributor Marc Lamont Hill for a speech he gave on Palestinian rights at the UN. The speech can be found here. You can protest this outrageous firing at this petition site. And here is a link to his book, Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, […]
MESA Slams new Version of Israel Anti-Boycott Act (S. 720) for Criminalizing Criticism of Israel
Committee on Academic Freedom Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) 3542 N Geronimo Ave Tucson AZ 85705 (USA) 520-333-2577 520-207-3166 fax [ Letter at original site] November 29, 2018 The Honorable Benjamin Cardin United States Senate fax: (202) 224-1651 The Honorable Rob Portman United States Senate fax: (202) 224-9075 Dear Senators Cardin and […]
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