Palestine
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Why the assault on a diplomat in Israel should come as no surprise
An Israeli [Arab] diplomat filed a complaint last week with police after he was pulled to the ground in Jerusalem by four security guards, who knelt on his neck for five minutes as he cried out: “I can’t breathe.” Continue reading
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Palestinians win damages over “Labour anti-Semitism” libel
The UK’s Palestinian Return Centre revealed to The Electronic Intifada on Friday that it won more than $43,000 in libel damages against The Mail on Sunday. Continue reading
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After the West Bank When (How Soon) Will the East Follow?
Since the 19th century, the Zionist project was based on the seizure of all Palestine, including territory east of the Jordan. The map of ‘Israel’ presented to the Paris peace conference in 1919 extended northwards into what is now Lebanon and included the city of Sidon; in the northeast, all the Golan Heights and Syria… Continue reading
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Selected Stories: Israel’s Illegal Annexation of West Bank
11 June 2020 — Global Research European Court of Human Rights Deals Major Blow to Israel’s War on Palestine Solidarity By Palestinian BDS National Committee, June 11, 2020 The ECHR decision comes at a time of widespread condemnations of Israel’s plans to formally annex large swathes of the occupied Palestinian territory. In response to these plans… Continue reading
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Parallels between Minneapolis and Jerusalem are more than skin deep
It is hard to ignore the striking parallels between the recent scenes of police brutality in cities across the United States and decades of violence from Israel’s security forces against Palestinians. Continue reading
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Police execution of disabled Palestinian is a war crime
The Israeli police killing of a Palestinian man with disabilities in Jerusalem last month amounts to an extrajudicial execution, the group Al-Haq stated in an urgent appeal to United Nations human rights experts on Tuesday. Continue reading
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The US and Israel hope to scare the Hague war crimes court off from helping Palestine
In the near-two decades since the International Criminal Court was set up to try the worst violations of international human rights law, it has faced harsh criticism for its highly selective approach to the question of who should be put on trial. Continue reading
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Israel renews racist marriage law
Israel this week renewed one of the most overtly racist of the dozens of laws on its books that discriminate against Palestinians and Palestinian citizens of Israel. The “Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law” prohibits Israeli citizens who marry Palestinians from the occupied West Bank or Gaza Strip, or nationals from several other regional states,… Continue reading
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The ‘Clean Break’ Doctrine A Modern-Day Sykes-Picot Waging War and Havoc in the Middle East
In 1996 a task force, led by Richard Perle, produced a policy document titled A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm for Benjamin Netanyahu, who was then in his first term as Prime Minister of Israel, as a how-to manual on approaching regime change in the Middle East and for the destruction… Continue reading
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No letup in Israeli attacks on Gaza fishers
The coronavirus pandemic has derailed a lot of activities, but not Israel’s attacks on Palestinian fishers. Israeli warships have increased their assaults in recent months, causing injuries to fishers and damage to boats. Continue reading
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Netanyahu’s coalition deal paves the way to annexation
Only weeks ago, Benjamin Netanyahu was a hair’s breadth from being ousted from the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office in disgrace, after 11 years of continuous rule. But after a dramatic turnaround in fortunes last week – that saw him signing a pact with Benny Gantz, his chief political rival – Netanyahu has begun to rapidly… Continue reading
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Palestinians hunker down for Ramadan, facing a virus that doesn’t discriminate but an occupier that does
As the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins, the coronavirus outbreak in Israel and the Palestinian territories is proving how inevitably intertwined the two populations’ lives are, while also underlining the extreme differentials of power between them. Continue reading
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If coronavirus overwhelms Gaza, Israel alone will be to blame
The Palestinians of Gaza know all about lockdowns. For the past 13 years, some two million of them have endured a closure by Israel more extreme than anything experienced by almost any other society – including even now, as the world hunkers down to try to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading
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Pandemic lays bare Israel’s systemic racism
As I sit in my house in Haifa, quarantined, like others around the world, I cannot help but recall a previous experience under Israeli-imposed curfew. Continue reading
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The Things They Do
2 April 2020 — The Vulture Came across this little gem whilst on my wanderings. It epitomises just what dumb-shits these so-called leaders really are. Well. This is awkward. According to a report by Axios, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have addressed government officials on the topic of the coronavirus by … showing footage… Continue reading
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Israel attacks Palestinians as they fight COVID-19
Israeli occupation forces continue to attack Palestinian communities as they struggle to hold back the threat from the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
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As Netanyahu uses coronavirus to consolidate power, Israel’s opposition leader gives in
Benny Gantz, the former Israeli general turned party leader, agreed late last week to join his rival Benjamin Netanyahu in an “emergency government” to deal with the coronavirus epidemic. Continue reading
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The coronavirus could force rival Benny Gantz to shake Netanyahu’s hand
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s caretaker prime minister, is preparing to squeeze every last drop of personal advantage from a local and global crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. He has needed to move fast. Continue reading
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Coronavirus would see “collapse” of Gaza health system
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, in the occupied West Bank has increased to 25, the World Health Organization reported on Monday. Continue reading
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Netanyahu may yet prove himself the Houdini of Israeli politics
The Israeli prime minister has worn down voters by refusing to go, while his rival Benny Gantz has no visible path to power Continue reading
The New Dark Age 