The Trump administration has dealt another blow to the the flailing Palestinian Authority (PA) in the form of more budget cuts, this time to the PA’s security forces. It is understood that future funding is contingent upon the PA accepting Trump’s “peace plan” that was released two weeks ago, which they have categorically rejected.
Israeli organizations that oppose their government’s violations of Palestinian rights thank the group Gaza 2020: Breaking the Siege, which carried out a brave action in January 2020, attempting to break down the wall built by Israel around the besieged Gaza strip.
A coalition of progressive organizations has launched a campaign aimed at pressuring Democratic candidates into skipping the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington.
Addressing diplomats in New York, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas proposed an “international mechanism” to replace the Americans as the sole broker of negotiations with Israel.
Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is the sole partner for peace, while Netanyahu has blocked peace with “provocative, aggressive” actions and it’s not a story in the US press.
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Two billboards in Manchester NH featuring Palestinian children in bombed out homes in Gaza call on Democratic candidates to strip aid from Israel over its human rights violations.
One of the top 10 leaders of Benny Gantz’s Blue White party, the supposedly centrist opposition to Netanyahu’s Likud, shared his racist views towards Arabs in an interview with Haaretz.
Rep. Nita Lowey tells an Israel lobby group that she chose to chair a House subcommittee controlling foreign aid over a subcommittee controlling much larger funds for health care and education and child care because she went with her heart. Imagine a Congressperson saying they chose a committee because of love for Russia, what the fallout would be.
Bader Nidal Nafla Harha, 19, was killed by Israeli soldiers during protests near the village of Qaffin, in the northern West Bank. Harfa was shot during protests that erupted near the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall, where many residents marched on their lands to reject Donald Trump’s so-called ‘deal of the century’. He was the fourth Palestinian youth killed in recent days.