Sweden`s housing minister has resigned after footage of him comparing the treatment of Palestinians by Israel to that of the Jews by the Nazis surfaced in local media. The politician has recently come under fire for his alleged ties to Turkish neo-fascist groups. Mehmet Kaplan, a high-profile Swedish politician of[…]
Palestinian children detained in the occupied Palestinian territory are being abused by Israeli forces and “routinely” interrogated without the presence of their parents, according to a report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The report comes as the number of Palestinian children arrested by Israel more than doubled since[…]
Palestinians both inside Palestine and in the diaspora are commemorating Land Day today in order to stress their commitment to their right to the land and their ownership of it. Land Day dates back to March1976 when the Israeli authorities seized thousands of acres of privately owned land in areas[…]
The UN has urged Israel to “halt and reverse” its illegal land appropriation in the occupied West Bank, calling the latest seizure an “impediment to the two-State solution.” The US also criticized the move as undermining a long-term solution. The news of the seizure of 579 acres (234 hectares) near[…]
Two Palestinians have been killed in a shootout with police after allegedly attacking a bus in Jerusalem and then opening fire outside the Old City, Israeli police said. At least one person was critically injured after the men opened fire at a lightrail stop near the New Gate of the[…]
A group of Palestinians has launched an ambitious $34.5bn lawsuit against United States-based tycoons, charities and firms for supporting Israeli land grabs, settlement-building and other violations of Palestinians’ rights these past four decades. They seek damages from Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas casino magnate, Irving Moskowitz, a philanthropist with property[…]
A Palestinian woman injured an Israeli soldier in a car-ramming attack in the occupied West Bank on Friday before troops at the scene shot her dead, the army said. “An assailant rammed her car into a soldier guarding the Gush Etzion junction,” it said in a statement. “Forces on site,[…]
University campuses around the country are preparing for Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), now in its twelfth year. It has now become one of the largest national awareness raising campaigns on the issue of Palestine. Israeli apartheid week (IAW) takes place in over 200 cities across the world. Its name evokes[…]
Local pro-Palestine activists are calling on South Africans to protest against the UK governments decision to ban the public sector from boycotting Israeli products. Public-sector organisations in Britain have been banned from boycotting Israeli suppliers under new government rules, and violators could face severe penalties. The government of the UK[…]
Imprisoned Palestinian hunger-striker Muhammad al-Qiq on Friday ended a grueling 94-day hunger strike that has brought him close to death after his lawyers struck an eleventh hour deal with the Israeli authorities. Qadura Fares, the head of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, told Ma’an that while Israel had not agreed to[…]
WhatsApp us 