Hisham al-Omari, the head of the Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO), told Ma’an that the cut had originally been intended to take place in the city of Ramallah and al-Bireh, where most PA institutions are located. (more…)
By Jonathan Cook on April 3rd, 2016
It might have been a moment that jolted Israelis to their senses. Instead the video of an Israeli soldier shooting dead a young Palestinian man as he lay wounded and barely able to move has only intensified the tribal war dance of the Israeli public. (more…)
War Has Lasted Far Longer Than Saudi Arabia Expected
By Jason Ditz, March 27, 2016
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a this weekend to mark the first anniversary of the Saudi attack on the country. A number of top Shi’ite figures attended the rally and talked up next month’s planned peace talks. (more…)
March 28, 2016
Today Pakistan woke up shocked by a suicide attack in a public park last night. The attack which took place in the city of Lahore, killed at least 72 people and left around 330 wounded, most of them women and children. Zaeem Qadri, spokesman for the government of the Punjab province, told the press that 29 of the 72 dead were children. (more…)
By Nigel Wilson on March 18, 2016
More than 700 Palestinian minors are sentenced in Israeli military courts every year, according to DCI-Palestine (more…)
By Uprooted Palestinians on March 13, 2016
Israel is moving forward with plans to drill for oil in the occupied Golan Heights, despite warnings that the move violates international law. (more…)
March 13, 2016
If you keep depriving children from Gaza of everything, eventually some of them will join armed conflict and Israel will have no one to blame but themselves, Belal Dabour, a Palestinian doctor from Gaza, told RT. (more…)
March 8, 2016
Despite differences, Washington still provides Israel with military aid amounting to US$3 billion annually.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declined an offer to meet U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House later this month and canceled his trip to Washington, the White House said Monday. (more…)