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Cuba Criticizes Inaction by Security Council Over Palestine

July 13, 2016

On July 12, Cuba denounced the UN Security Council’s failure to act in response to Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people, despite global support for the for the cause of the Palestinian nation. (more…)

Four Palestinian Women in Israeli Administrative Detention without Charge or Trial

July 4, 2016

Four Palestinian women are currently held without charge or trial under administrative detention, after the Israeli occupation issued an administrative detention order on Thursday, 30 June against Sabah Feroun, 34, from Eizeriya east of Jerusalem. (more…)

“Waiting is the Worst Part”: Families of Slain Palestinians Withheld by Isreael Continue their Fight

By: Jaclynn Ashly on July 5, 2016

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“We are hopeful,” Muhammad Elayyan said, as a few dozen Palestinians trickled into the quiet halls of Israel’s Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Monday. “These days, we have to see the glass as half full. We must stay hopeful.” (more…)

Europe still funding Israeli torture, drones and racial profiling

By  Maren Mantovani on June 29, 2016

It is time for European citizens to demand not a penny more of their tax money be spent on Israeli military and security corporations

As European leaders are gathered in Brussels to discuss the future of the EU, they would be well advised to put into effect values of accountability, justice and solidarity – and halt funding for Israel’s repressive apparatus against Palestinians. (more…)

State Department Syria Memo: Setting the Stage for War with Russia

By Bill Van Auken on June 24, 2016

Secretary of State John Kerry met Tuesday morning with several of the State Department “diplomats” who drafted an internal dissent memo calling for the US to launch air strikes against the Syrian government, (more…)

Israeli Forces Raid Cells of PFLP Prisoners Following Mass Hunger Strike

June 21, 2016

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Officials of Israel’s prison service Tuesday stormed the cells of Palestinian prisoners affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) at Israel’s Rimon prison and searched their belongings, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said in a statement. (more…)

Israel’s Suspension of West Bank Water Supplies ‘Inhumane and Outrageous’

June 16, 2016

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The Palestinian Prime Minister’s office on Thursday slammed Israel’s decision to cut off water supplies for tens of thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank this week as “inhumane and outrageous.” (more…)

Syria: Aleppo Doctor Demolishes Imperialist Propaganda and Media Warmongering

By Vanessa Beeley on June 15, 2016

Antaki-2-1024x525The following is the transcript of an interview given to Be Curious TV by Dr Nabil Antaki, a doctor based in the Syrian government held western sectors of Aleppo. (more…)

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