By Max Blumenthal | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – “A fourth operation in the Gaza Strip is inevitable, just as a third Lebanon war is inevitable,” declared Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in February. His ominous comments came just days after an anti-tank missile fired by the Lebanon-based guerrilla group Hezbollah killed two soldiers in an […]
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Video: Israeli Officer shoots protesting Palestinian Teen, Leaves him to Bleed Out
AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “17-year-old Mohammed al-Kusbah was killed by an Israeli officer after throwing a rock at a military SUV. The officer claimed his life was in danger, but a video has now been released that appears to dispute that.” AJ+ | “Video Shows Palestinian Teen Killed By Israeli Officer”
Israel to Destroy Homes of 40 Bedouin Families
By IMEMC | – – Israeli administration has delivered notices for the demolition of dozens of makeshift Bedouin homes of Abu Nawar village, east of Jerusalem. Accordig to the PNN, the notices of demolition delivered by Israeli administrative staff were of two parts. The first part was an order for house owners to halt the […]
Amira Hass: “Let me be blunt: Gaza is a Huge Concentration Camp”
By Amira Hass / Julie Poucher Harbin | ( ISLAMICommentary) | – – by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary Amira Hass, Haaretz correspondent for the Occupied Territories This past Spring Amira Hass, correspondent for Haaretz, spoke at the Forum for Scholars and Publics at Duke University. Hass, an Israeli who has won numerous awards for […]
No Fish for You! Israeli Navy arrests 6 Gazans for Fishing While Palestinian
By Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR | Gaza Report | – – Israeli Naval Forces Continue Chasing Fishermen In The Gaza Strip Sea On Tuesday morning, 7 July 2015, Israeli gunboats chased and opened fire at a Palestinian fishing boats. They also arrested 6 fishermen, and confiscated 3 fishing boats. The Palestinian Center […]
Security Zones Being Used to Further Expand West Bank Settlements
By IMEMC | – – “Land confiscated from Palestinians for the purpose of security buffer zones around illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank is actually being utilized as “land reserves or for agriculture,” according to an investigation by Israeli newspaper Haaretz.” The buffer zones were originally created during the Second Intifada [Palestinian Uprising] reportedly […]
Syrian Refugees Face Hunger Amidst Humanitarian Funding Crisis
By Zhai Yun Tan | (Inter Press Service) | – – WASHINGTON (IPS) – The United Nations’ food aid organisation, the World Food Programme (WFP), said on Jul. 1 that up to 440,000 refugees from war-torn Syria might have to go hungry if no additional funds are received by August. WFP, the world’s largest humanitarian […]
Funding For Desperate Palestinian Refugees Under Threat
By Mel Frykberg | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness, who says that unless someone steps in to alleviate the financial crisis facing the U.N. agency, “ it is innocent refugees who will again suffer”. Credit: Mel Frykberg/IPS JERUSALEM, Jul 3 2015 (IPS) – The U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) […]
Israelis Detain, expel Former Pres. of Tunisia from Gaza Aid Flotilla; he vows to return
By IMEMC | – – Israeli occupation authorities deported to France, late on Monday, former Tunisian president Moncef al-Marzouqi, who took part in Freedom Flotilla III. After intercepting and towing the Gaza bound ship, the Israeli occupation detained, investigated, released and deported participants, including Israeli Arab MK Basel Ghattas and former Tunisian President Moncef al-Marzouqi. […]