Israel Step Closer to Making Jerusalem Jewish-Only City
The U.S. and Israel are now actively invested in a system of political Apartheid in Palestine, and are twisting the arm of the PA to facilitate such a dreadful regime.
The U.S. and Israel are now actively invested in a system of political Apartheid in Palestine, and are twisting the arm of the PA to facilitate such a dreadful regime.
U.S. is UNRWA’s leading funder, providing more than $300m per year. It’s unclear whether Haley’s statement applies to all U.S. aid, though her comments will be perceived as an attempt to coerce Palestinians into peace talks.
By haaretz
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Tuesday that Trump administration wants to stop funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees, until they "return to the negotiating table" with Israel. It was not immediately clear from Haley's comments if she was referring only
On Sunday, about 1,500 members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party voted unanimously to impose Israeli sovereignty over “Judea and Samaria”, referring to the Israeli name for the occupied Palestinian territory. The non-binding resolution also called for the unlimited construction of settlements in the occupied West Bank, land that Palestinians want for a future state.
By Al Jazeera
Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have denounced Israeli plans to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank, saying they represented "an end to the remnants of the peace process" and would "lead to more Palestinian resistance".
The Brazilian success in blocking the nomination of the settler leader could now set a precedent to other countries barring settlers from representing Israel abroad, something Dayan himself had warned of.
By teleSUR
Israel bowed to Brazilian pressure and reassigned Monday its pick for ambassador to Brazil Dani Dayan to a U.S. position, months after Brasilia rejected the nomination over his leadership role in Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. Netanyahu said in a brief statement on Monday that Dayan would instead serve as
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Although Israel’s Nakba Law has yet to be technically implemented, human rights groups and activists say it has a dangerous deterrent effect and is meant to intimidate Palestinians and others who view Israel’s establishment as a day of mourning for Palestinians who were forced out of their homes in 1948.
Haifa - Each year on May 15, Palestinians across the world commemorate the Nakba (catastrophe), or the 1948 establishment of Israel that led to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians being displaced from their homeland. The estimated 1.7 million Palestinians who carry Israeli citizenship and live in villages, towns and cities
Patrick O. Strickland is the Jerusalem correspondent for MintPress News and reports on Israel and the Palestinian territories. Strickland has been reporting from the Middle East since July 2011, and his articles have appeared in Al Jazeera English, AlterNet, TruthOut, Huffington Post, In These Times and others. He has also written essays in theoretical journals, such as International Socialist Review and New Politics. Follow him on Twitter: @P_Strickland_