Arab World

By IMEMC | – – Thousands of Palestinians participated, on Saturday evening, in the funeral procession and ceremony of Sa’ad Dawabsha who died Saturday of serious burns and injuries resulting from the Israeli terrorist attack on his family home, leading to the death of his baby, Ali, ten days ago. Dawabsha’s body was moved from […]

Culture

The Real Palestine: Bethlehem festival celebrates diversity of culture and faith

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By: Anna Kokko | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — At the end of Star Street in the Old City of Bethlehem, turquoise metal doors that are usually locked have been set wide open. In a cave-like interior, a group of women sits in the dim light on brightly colored pillows and […]

Christianity

Daesh/ ISIL takes 250 Captive, including 60 Christians in Syria

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In more bad news for the Baath regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) fighters have taken the town of Al Qariyatain southeast of Homs and are advancing west on the nearby towns of Mheen and Sadad. These central small towns are Sunni-majority, but […]

Immigration

Losing Hope, Iraqi Youth become Illegal Immigrants to ‘Save Themselves’

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Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Previously it was the unemployed or those threatened who tried to leave Iraq for good. But a new wave of would-be immigrants is different – they are young, educated and employed. But they’ve lost all hope at home. A displaced family from Hawija in Kirkuk recieve […]

Christianity

Leader of extremist Israeli organization calls for torching churches

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Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) –The leader of a Jewish extremist group in Israel allegedly called for arson attacks on churches in front of Israeli students, Israeli media reported on Thursday. Benzi Gopstein, leader of anti-Arab group Lehava, allegedly called for the burning of churches at a panel held this week for […]

Israel

Despairing of 2-State Solution, E. Jerusalem Palestinians apply for Israeli Citizenship

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VOA | (Vidoeo Report) | – – “Most Palestinians living in East Jerusalem have long rejected the option of full Israeli citizenship, seeing it as a betrayal to their political cause – the formation of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. But as that dream remains elusive, more and more Palestinians are […]

Environment

Why Israelis have cut down 800,000 Palestinian Olive Trees

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Text by Elle Kurancid, photos by Bryony Dunne | (Jadaliyya) | – – Olive tree felling is a longtime strategy of Israel’s occupation regime in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Since 1967, an estimated 800,000 Palestinian olive trees have been destroyed by Israeli authorities and settlers. In February 2015, Irish-born filmmaker and photographer Bryony […]

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

Russia Condemns US Mission Creep, New Bombing Plans for Syria

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Russia Today | (Video Report) | – – Editorial note: Russia Today is an organ of the Russian government, so this report is not independent, critical analysis. On the other hand, Russia is a player in Syria and what it thinks is important, and US media tend not to report outside-the-Beltway points of view. Just […]

Israel

Pic of the Day: Palestinians shield Israeli policewoman from stone-throwers

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Striking photo of Palestinians shielding Israeli policewoman from stones thrown by settlers. https://t.co/gburzyw8jP pic.twitter.com/8N6hDqgaFl — Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) August 2, 2015 N.B. A reader wrote in to say that they were protecting her from Palestinian stone-throwers, not settlers.