By IMEMC News | – – PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi met with [British Consul General to Jerusalem] Dr. Alastair McPhail at the PLO Headquarters in Ramallah, September 14, 2015. Both parties discussed the latest political developments, including Israel’s persistent assaults and escalating incursions and violence on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound (Al-Haram Al-Sharif) […]
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Israel
Clashes rock Al-Aqsa Compound, 3rd Holiest Muslim Shrine, for 2nd day
Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces and Palestinians clashed for the second consecutive day at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday, with several journalists injured as Israeli forces fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters in the holy site. Ayman Abu Rumouz, a cameraman for Lebanon-based satellite channel al-Mayadeen, was […]
Israel’s Deep Role in Syrian Refugee Crisis: Saga of Yarmouk
By: Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – When Zionist Haganah militias carried out Operation Yiftach, on May 19 1948, the aim was to drive Palestinians in the northern Safad District which had declared its independence a mere five days earlier, outside the border of Israel. The ethnic cleansing of Safad and its […]
‘Bibi in Bible Land’: The Likud Party Miscalculates and loses on Iran Deal
By Shalom L. Goldman | (Informed Comment) | – – Now that the Democratic senators have blocked a challenge to the Iran deal, pundits are looking at what the most persuasive arguments in the presentations to Democratic members of Congress were. What persuaded most Democrats to back the Iran deal, despite the well-funded campaigns against […]
Nearly all of Gaza’s Water ‘Undrinkable’
By Celine Hagbard – (IMEMC) | – – Reporters from RT (Russia Today) traveled to Gaza to look into last year’s report that 90% of Gaza’s water is undrinkable. As they sampled water from different parts of the coastal Strip, they found that the report is accurate – the water throughout Gaza is dirty, salty […]
Israel plans to tear down 13,000 Palestinian Buildings in Palestine
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has produced a report [pdf] in which it finds that “Official data released by the Israeli authorities indicate that over 11,000 demolition orders – affecting an estimated 13,000 Palestinian- owned structures, including homes -are currently ‘outstanding’ […]
1000s of Palestinians mourn as victim of Israeli Terrorist dies after losing her Toddler
Ma’an News Agency | – – Palestinian women cry during the funeral of Riham Dawabsha, on Sept. 7, 2015, at a cemetery in the West Bank village of Duma. (AFP/Thomas Coex) NABLUS (Ma’an) — Thousands of Palestinians took part in the funeral of Riham Dawabsha, 27, who died overnight Sunday after succumbing to wounds she […]
Netanyahu: Israel Not To Be ‘Submerged’ by Syrian Refugees
By IMEMC News | – – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, on Sunday, he would not allow Israel to be “submerged” by refugees after calls for Israel to take in those fleeing Syria’s war. Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu also announced the start of construction of a fence along Israel’s border with […]
Netanyahu Arrest Petition Hits 100,000
By IMEMC News | – – A petition to the UK government and parliament requesting that the government arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “for war crimes when he arrives in London,” reached its target Saturday afternoon, with 100,341 signatures. The petition calls for the arrest of Netanyahu on the grounds of alleged war-crimescommittedby Israel […]