Intifada
A glimpse of respite for Gaza's Strawberry farmers
EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Bait Lahia area of the Northern Gaza Strip is known for the high quality of strawberries grown there. However, since the intifada, farm workers have been...
Solidarity convoys to Gaza equated with early Jewish migration to Palestine
The Secretary-General of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, Sheikh Hammam Said, has equated the current flow of solidarity humanitarian convoys to the Gaza Strip with Jewish migration to Palestine...
Absence of accountability encourages Israeli soldiers to kill Palestinians
An Israeli human rights group has concluded that the absence of accountability "encourages soldiers to kill Palestinian civilians". In its annual report published this week, the Israeli Information Centre...
Israeli settlers torch 10 Palestinian cars
On Tuesday morning Israeli settlers blazed ten Palestinian cars in Dier Jareer neighbourhood in the east of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Local sources said that Israeli settlers...
Settlers uproot 190 trees in Ramallah
On Wednesday evening Jewish settlers uprooted 190 olive and fig trees belonging to Palestinian farmers in the West Bank city of Ramallah. In a statement, The Popular Resistance Movement...
Qatar demands halt to Israeli aggression against the al-Aqsa Mosque
On Wednesday, Qatar denounced the repeated Israeli aggression against the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Muslim worshipers inside the sanctuary yard, as well as the kicking the Holy Quran. The Qatari...
One Palestinian child has been killed by Israel every 3 days for the past 13 years
Official statistics from the Ministry of Information in Ramallah have revealed that 1,518 Palestinian children were killed by Israel's occupation forces from the outbreak of the second Intifada in...
PA blocking third Intifada and will sit with Netanyahu if he accepts 1967 borders
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority is "doing its best" to block a third Intifada (uprising), said a senior PA and Fatah official on Thursday. Nabil Shaath added that the PA...
Senior Israeli official renews his opposition to Palestinian state
Two days ahead of John Kerry's visit to the Middle East in an attempt to jumpstart peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis, a member of Israel's ruling coalition has...
PA cuts off aid to Palestinian activist in bid to boost peace efforts
The Palestinian Authority in Ramallah has cut off aid to Palestinian activists in a bid to boost peace efforts being promoted by US Secretary of State John Kerry, a...
Israeli forces crackdown on Palestinian protesters, detain at least 13
PHOTOS Clashes between Israeli occupation forces and Palestinian protesters erupted in Jerusalem yesterday after the Friday prayer and continued until late evening. Tens of Palestinians were wounded and detained....
Hamas reaffirms commitment to resistance on anniversary of Al-Aqsa Intifada
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) marked the 13th anniversary of the Aqsa Intifada (uprising) with a declaration that it "would not recognize any agreement or promise which leads to...
Palestinian activists demand protection from Israeli occupation
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS A group of Palestinian activists calling themselves "Activists of the Intifada" organised a rally on Wednesday in front of the European Union head office in the Gaza...
Former head of Israeli military intelligence prefers agreement with Iran to military attack
The former head of Israeli Military Intelligence Amos Yadlin said that reaching a "reasonable agreement" with Iran during the Geneva meeting is better than the military option, even if...
Human Rights Watch regrets Ariel Sharon's death without facing justice
Human Rights Watch has issued a statement on Saturday saying it regrets that Israel's former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has died "without facing justice for his role in the...
Tunisia: Public and official rejection of normalisation with Israel
The Tunisian public was surprised to hear the news that its national Taekwondo team would participate in a match against the Israeli national team, which is considered a form...
January 25, 2014 Lama Khater
The Intifada and its Signals
Since the last war on Gaza, the media has abounded with forecasts and the predicted signals of a third Intifada in Palestine, particularly in the West Bank. These expectations...
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January 24, 2014 | Abdel Bari Atwan
Obama, the Israel sycophant
Never in my life have I seen a president that fawns over the Israelis, begs for their approval, sings their praises and lauds their achievements and history like the...
January 24, 2014 Iyad al-Qarra
Gaza cadet camps; between consent, criticism and anger
Cadet training at schools launched by the Ministry of Education in the Gaza Strip has faced much scrutiny, questioning and criticism by the Palestinian government in the West Bank....
January 24, 2014 | Jessica Purkiss
The fight to defend Al-Aqsa
Thirteen years ago former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to the compound of the third holiest site in Islam, Al-Aqsa Mosque, sparked the Second Intifada. The intifada, which raged...
Sharon may be dead, but his apartheid legacy taints us all
The shadow of the ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has died aged 85, has always had a peculiar place in my life. He was in part the trigger...