Israel yesterday ordered two New Zealand activists to pay 45,000 shekels ($12,000) in damages for persuading pop-star Lorde to cancel her concert in Tel Aviv. The decision was handed by the Jerusalem Magistrates Court and based on Israel’s 2011 anti-BDS law, under which anyone who calls for a boycott of Israel or an Israeli institution […]
Israeli Ed. Minister Bennett: Shoot to Kill in Gaza, Including the Children he calls “Terrorists”
Israel’s Education Minister Naftali Bennett said yesterday that he would impose a “shoot to kill” policy in Gaza, including against Palestinian children. Bennett made the comment on Israel’s Army Radio after he was asked what he would do differently if he were the defence minister. Bennett replied: Everything. I would not allow terrorists to cross […]
Israel Imprisoning Canary-Blackballed American Student at Airport despite Valid Visa
An American student has become the latest victim of Israel’s law targeting supporters of the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Lara Alqasem, 22, has been held since last Tuesday at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport. Alqasem is a graduate of the University of Florida and a US citizen whose grandparents are Palestinian She tried […]
Iran Calls on Saudi Arabia for Regional Security Cooperation in face of Trump Insults
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday called for cooperation with Saudi Arabia to face the “repeated insults” made by US President Donald Trump, Arabi 21 reported. Zarif wrote on Twitter: “The US President [Donald] Trump has repeatedly insulted the Saudis through saying they are unable to sustain [themselves] for two weeks without his […]
Israeli Squatters Busted Stealing Olives from Palestinian Farm
Palestinian farmers are only given four days to tend to hundreds of trees and harvest their crops, while settlers are free to access the land at their will A group of settlers have been filmed stealing olives from Palestinian farms near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. In the video, the pair can be […]
Israeli Police question PM Netanyahu over Corruption, Blackmai for 12th Time
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is today being questioned for the 12th time over two cases of corruption. Today’s questioning is related to two cases dubbed Case 1000 and Case 2000 respectively. In Case 1000, Netanyahu stands accused of accepting lavish gifts from two influential businessmen in return for favourable legislation and personal favours. In […]
Miss Iraq: Death Threats target Women Media Activists after Miss Baghad was Assassinated
Iraqi fashion model and media activist, Shaimaa Qasem, holder of the title of Miss Iraq in 2015, yesterday said that she had received “death threats.” Qasem, who held the title of Miss Iraq in 2015, posted a short live video on Facebook’s Instagram, revealing that she had received a message read “your turn is coming.” […]
Israel Doubles its Construction of Illegal Squatter Settlements in Palestine in 2018
Construction rates for Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank more than doubled in the second quarter of 2018. According to data published by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Israel began constructing 794 new dwellings in the occupied West Bank in the second quarter of 2018. This figure is more than double that […]
Palestinian Schools & Clinics at Risk if Trump Cuts not Made Up: UNRWA
A UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees said schools and health centres are at risk if it is unable to plug a $185 million funding gap needed to keep operating until the end of the year, the agency’s head said on Monday, Reuters reports. “Currently we have money in the bank … will last I […]
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