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Gaza’s ‘Incendiary Kites Unit’ to Escalate Fires Until Siege Lifted

July 19, 2018

The “incendiary kites unit” of the Gaza Strip announced on Wednesday that the amount of incendiary kites and balloons targeting Israeli areas surrounding Gaza would increase as a response to the increased siege on the Gaza Strip. (more…)

Israel Wants to Break Gaza Once and for All

By Maureen Clare Murphy on July 11, 2018

A nation ranked the eighth most powerful in the world has tightened the medieval siege it has imposed on a population of mainly refugees, half of them children, for more than a decade. (more…)

The Defiance that Launched Gaza’s Flaming Kites Cannot be Extinguished

By Jonathan Cook on June 26, 2018

First Israel built a sophisticated missile interception system named Iron Dome to neutralise the threat of homemade rockets fired out of Gaza. (more…)

All Gazan Casualties Are Intentional, Not Accidental

By Stephen Lendman on June 06, 2018

On June 1, Israeli snipers murdered 21-year-old voluntary Palestinian paramedic Razan al-Najjar in cold blood – threatening no one, shot in the neck and back, an exploding dum dum bullet destroying her heart, killing her instantly. (more…)

Palestinian Courage Should Spur International Action

By Rick Sterling on June 6, 2018

After 70 years, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is still unresolved. The conflict simmers for a few years, then erupts again with new massacres and violence. (more…)

Over 70 Syrian Tribes Declare War on US-Backed Forces, Foreign Troops in Northern Syria

Over 70 Syrian tribes issued a joint statement on Saturday that announced the formation of a new combined force that would fight the US-backed militias and foreign troops in northern Syria. (more…)

Children in Israeli Detention Suffer Scars for Life

By Annelies Verbeek on May 25, 2018

Muhammad Tamimi sat on the couch, occasionally laughing nervously as he described what had happened to him. (more…)

‘Burn them, Shoot them, Kill them’: Israelis Cheer in Jerusalem as Palestinians shot in Gaza

By Hind Khoudary, Lubna Masarwa and Chloé Benoist on May 14, 2018

The contrast could not have been more jarring on Monday between Jerusalem and Gaza, even as a mere 75 kilometres separated the two. (more…)

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