The head of the Palestinian National Council, Salim Zanoun, has called on the Palestinian leadership to speed up efforts to resolve the ongoing Yarmouk crisis. Zanoun said that residents of the beleaguered refugee camp don’t need discussion, but political and material support. His comments were directed at the PNC’s executive[…]
While fans of US singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams have reacted with excitement to news of his collaboration with Woolworths, pro-Palestine supporters have been left fuming. The platinum selling music artist broke the news on Twitter on Thursday, shortly after Woolworths CEO Ian Moir made the announcement at a press conference in[…]
A group of 14 Palestinian factions said Thursday they backed a joint military operation with the Syrian government to expel Islamic State group from the Yarmouk camp in southern Damascus. After a meeting of the factions in the Syrian capital, PLO official Ahmed Majdalani said the groups supported a coordinated[…]
A senior Palestinian official said Monday he was headed to Damascus for talks on helping residents inside the Yarmouk refugee camp, parts of which have been overrun by the Islamic State group. Hundreds of families have been evacuated from the camp in a southern neighborhood of Damascus after IS militants[…]
A group of passionate runners called Runners for the Freedom of Palestine are hoping to draw attention to the Palestinian cause this weekend, as the group tackle the gruelling Two Oceans Marathon. The group, comprising several amateur runners, take part in various running events with the aim of raising awareness[…]
Palestinian Christians said they would not tolerate a repetition of the Israeli restrictions to and violence which have in past years marred Holy Week festivities – culminating on Easter Sunday – and have vowed to pursue ‘other means’ if no marked changes are made. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, community[…]
Israel denounced the Palestinian decision to join the International Criminal Court in order to seek to prosecute Israeli officials as hypocritical. “The Palestinian decision to join the ICC to initiate judicial proceedings against Israel is political, cynical and hypocritical,” the foreign ministry said. Palestine formally joined the ICC Wednesday in[…]
Beirut – Islamic State fighters on Wednesday staged their most significant push yet into the Syrian capital Damascus while Syrian rebels took over the only functioning border outlet with Jordan, the head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told dpa. Rebels led by the Al Nusra Front took[…]
Senior member of the PLO’s executive committee, Saeb Erekat, marked Wednesday as a “national and historical day for Palestinians,” as Palestine officially became a member of the ICC and a committed signatory to the Rome Statute. Erekat added that the move is a “quality transformation in the strategy of Palestinian[…]
Internationally recognised as an advocate for the rights of Palestinians, Professor Farid Esack says an academic petition calling for French universities to stop a ban on his lecture has had a major impact. Three hundred global academics have signed a petition demanding that French universities not succumb to pressure from[…]
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