A group of Israeli settlers have squatted at the site of Sa-Nur, an illegal West Bank settlement that was evacuated in 2005, in an attempt to resettle the area. “This settlement has been empty for 15 years, and it’s against Israeli law for them to be here,” Tawfeeq Alawneh, the mayor of the nearby Palestinian village of Jaba’, told Mondoweiss. “But at the end of the day we know that the soldiers and the government will always protect and help the settlers.”
41 Democratic congress members have signed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, condemning Israeli’s demolition of a West Bank village and demanding to know whether U.S. equipment was used.
For weeks we have warned that Trump may be planning an attack on Iran. VP Mike Pence and Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talked Trump out of an atttack lasst week. The press finally informs us.
Elections in the U.S. can have massive impacts across the world. So, what do the recent results mean for us in Gaza?
Many Palestinians living under occupation are outraged by the the recent normalization deals between Israel and Arab nations, but are finding very little direction from their leaders on how to fight this latest affront to their freedom struggle.
A Georgia state legislator who has pushed the anti-boycott law in that state testified that the Israeli consulate “asked me” to make changes in the legislation. She appeared at the hearing with an Israeli consular officer seated at her side, and introduced him to the legislative committee.
Instead of targeting the real source of antisemitism in the United States — white supremacy — proposed revisions to California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum target Palestinian children and their families.
The New York Times is publishing a misleading report on its front page that further raises the risk that Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu could provoke a conflict with Iran during the Trump administration’s final 66 days.
Israel and Palestine begin to prepare for a possible COVID-19 vaccine as the UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees—including health services—announced it has run out of money.
On November 12, U.S. Representative Betty McCollum gave a speech to the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. “It is my hope that Parliamentarians from across the globe will find common purpose and work together in solidarity with the Palestinian people,” McCollum said.