June 5, 2016
Dozens of Palestinian activists rallied on Sunday in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron to mark the 49th anniversary of the “Naksa,” when Israeli forces occupied the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Syria’s Golan Heights and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula in 1967. (more…)
By Kevin Squires on May 28, 2016
In another blow to the Israeli campaign to criminalize Palestine solidarity activism, the Irish government has affirmed that the global boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement represents a “legitimate” means of protest “intended to pressure Israel into ending the occupation.” (more…)
By Patrik Paulov on May 30, 2016
Aleppo is Syria’s largest city. During the conflict’s first year Aleppo was relatively calm, unlike many other Syrian cities. In July 2012 hell broke out. The story from medical doctor Tony Sayegh about life in the million-city is dramatically different from the one we usually hear. (more…)
By Hamza Abu Eltarabesh on May 17, 2016
When a candle caused a fire that killed three young children at a house in Gaza, it seemed like the kind of horrible misfortune that could happen anywhere. (more…)
May 21, 2016
Israeli authorities delivered four demolition notices on Wednesday ordering several Palestinians to remove water tanks being used for irrigation in the northern and eastern areas of the town of Beit Ummar in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, locals said. (more…)
By Diana Block on May 13, 2016
Emory Douglas, BPP Minister of Culture, with Mukhles Burgal and his son.
At the end of March 2016, I was part of a nineteen-member Prisoner Solidarity and Labor Delegation that traveled from the United States, the country with the largest number of prisoners in the world, to Palestine, a nation where 40% of the male population has been imprisoned. (This article focuses on the prisoner solidarity portion of the delegation. (more…)
By Ellen Brown on May 14, 2016
Critics have long questioned why violent intervention was necessary in Libya. Hillary Clinton’s recently published emails confirm that it was less about protecting the people from a dictator than about money, banking, and preventing African economic sovereignty. (more…)
By Paul R. Pillar on May 4, 2016
The neocon-engineered disaster in Iraq continues to unfold with protests now penetrating the super-secure Green Zone, but Official Washington resists obvious lessons, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. (more…)