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Go topBy Amira Hass Haaretz Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s promise to settlers from the unauthorized outpost of Amona to enforce the law “equally” by demolishing the homes of Arabs is being strictly fulfilled. The number of Palestinian buildings demolished in the first week of January 2017 is almost four times as high as the weekly average for … Continued
New York University The Hagop Kevorkian Center will host “Memory Metamorphosis: An Exhibition on Palestinian Memory,” which explores Palestinian diasporic memory through art, through January 31. New York University’s Hagop Kevorkian Center will host “Memory Metamorphosis: An Exhibition on Palestinian Memory,” which explores Palestinian diasporic memory through art, through January 31. Above, “Remembering the … Continued
By Abed Awad The Electronic Intifada Hilarion Capucci, the exiled Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Jerusalem who was also known as the “Archbishop of the Arabs,” died last week in Rome aged 94. Capucci dedicated his life to defending Palestinian rights but was politically active across the Middle East. Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Egypt, Syria … Continued
Israeli forces use a Caterpillar vehicle to destroy a Palestinian home in occupied east Jerusalem, May 2013. Nora Barrows-FriedmanThe Electronic Intifada The city of Portland, Oregon, has voted to temporarily halt its investments in all corporate securities after a broad coalition of activists urged the city to drop financial relationships with companies involved in human rights violations. … Continued
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III (centre) stands inside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, on January 6, 2017 (AFP Photo/Hazem Bader) AFP Thousands of Christians from the eastern tradition gathered in Bethlehem on Friday for Christmas Eve celebrations, with a procession to the site where Jesus is … Continued
By Ramzy Baroud Middle East Monitor Israel is dizzy. January 20th has been like another Christmas Day and Donald Trump is jolly old Santa Claus bearing gifts. The writing is already on the wall as President-elect Trump has appointed an extremist, David Friedman, as the next US Ambassador to Israel who intends to relocate the … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer An Israeli Army sergeant, Elor Azaria, was convicted of manslaughter on Wednesday for the murder of an unarmed and wounded Palestinian assailant in Hebron. Israeli soldiers are usually acquitted of such charges, but Azaria, who was 19 at the time, was found guilty of murdering Abed al-Fattah al-Sharif through a shot … Continued
Secretary of State John Kerry speaking about the Arab-Israeli conflict at the State Department on December 28th. By Yousef Munayyer The New Yorker Last Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a lengthy and impassioned speech on Israel and Palestine that will go down as a major moment in American Middle East diplomacy. Despite speaking for more … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Arab American political pundit Omar Baddar shares his take on the unraveling news about Israeli settlements. Since the U.S. abstention from the vote on United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 on December 23, which called for an immediate halt to Israel’s illegal settlement program, the media has given special attention to the fallout. … Continued
By Zena Tahhan Al Jazeera Israeli forces have killed more Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem in 2016 than any other year in the last decade, rights group Defence for Children International (DCI) has said. The organisation’s chapter in the occupied Palestinian territories recorded the killings of 32 Palestinian children (under 18), … Continued
BBC Sgt Elor Azaria, 20, shot Abdul Fatah al-Sharif, 21, in the head while he was lying immobile on a road. The incident happened in Hebron in the occupied West Bank last March, after another soldier was stabbed. Sgt Azaria said he thought Sharif might have an explosive vest, but prosecutors said his motive was … Continued
By James Zogby Arab American Institute United States secretary of state John Kerry’s valedictory speech on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict unleashed a firestorm of criticism from the very same folks who had just finished hyperventilating over the US abstention on a United Nations Security Council resolution a few days earlier. The speech was divided into … Continued
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