The case against Joe Biden for complicity in genocide
James Bamford
The Nation / November 18, 2024
The ICC has applied for an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu. But Israel’s assault on Gaza has been made possible by US support.
Past the 20-foot-high aluminium doors of the Justice Department’s Robert F. Kennedy Building, and down a long limestone hallway lined with...
Keep UNRWA alive in Gaza and the West Bank
International Crisis Group / November 18, 2024
New Israeli legislation, if fully enforced, would prevent the UN Relief and Works Agency from serving Palestinian refugees in the occupied territories. Such a de facto ban would be disastrous. Questions about the agency’s future should wait until after the Gaza war ends.
On...
‘Held in a grave’ – Khalida Jarrar reveals deadly detention conditions
Fayha Shalash
The Palestine Chronicle / November 17, 2024
Ramallah – An exclusive interview with Khalida Jarrar’s family and lawyer reveals the deadly conditions faced by the iconic Palestinian leader in an Israeli prison.
Palestinian leader Khalida Jarrar has been held under administrative detention in Israeli occupation prisons without charge or trial...
[VIDEO] Building collapses in Beirut as Israel carries out fresh strikes...
Reuters / November 17, 2024
A building in Beirut was levelled on Sunday, as Israel announced that it was carrying out strikes on the city. Footage shows the moment an Israeli missile strike caused the building to collapse.
VIDEO : https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/nov/17/building-collapses-in-beirut-as-israel-carries-out-new-strikes-across-city-video
Israeli strike on Beirut kills Hezbollah media chief Mohammed Afif
Jason Burke, William Christou & Malak A. Tantesh
The Guardian / November 17, 2024
Attack came without warning on day dozens killed in airstrikes in Gaza and Israel struck other targets in Lebanon.
Jerusalem/Gaza/Beirut – Hezbollah’s chief spokesman has been killed by an Israeli airstrike on Beirut, as Israel intensifies its air...
Israel bombs residential building in north Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, killing 50
Al-Jazeera / November 17, 2024
Civil defence spokesman says rescue workers are unable to reach the site of the attack due to the Israeli siege. At least 50 Palestinians killed as Israel bombs Gaza residential building.
At least 50 people, a third of them children, have been killed in an Israeli...
Right-wing Jewish settlers welcome ‘dream team’ of Trump and his hardline...
Jason Burke
The Observer / November 17, 2024
Palestinian groups shocked by US president-elect’s favouring of outspoken supporters of far-right activists in the region.
Jerusalem – Right-wing Jewish settlers and extremist nationalist Zionists in Israel have described top officials in Donald Trump’s new administration as a “dream team” which will offer a...
Natural resources and Palestinian sovereignty: Israel’s further isolation
Binoy Kampmark
Middle East Monitor / November 17, 2024
Two more United Nations committee resolutions. Both concerning the conduct of Israel past and current. While disease, hunger and death continue to stalk the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank remains under the thick thumb of occupation, deliberations in foreign fora continue...
Pope Francis calls for investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in...
Giada Zampano
AP / November 17, 2024
ROME – Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide, according to excerpts released Sunday from an upcoming new book ahead of the pontiff’s jubilee year.
It’s the first time that Francis has openly urged for an...
A rare Israeli strike on central Beirut kills Hezbollah’s spokesman, official...
Natalie Melzer, Fadi Tawil & Bassem Mroue
AP / November 17, 2024
BEIRUT – A rare Israeli airstrike on central Beirut killed Hezbollah’s chief spokesman on Sunday, an official with the militant group said. Earlier, officials said Israeli strikes killed at least 12 people in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has...
achtergronden
dossiers
Een aantal dossiers van het Palestina-komitee over o.a. de Nakba en de Israëlische politiek.
nieuws
Settlers attack disabled Palestinian in Nablus. (Middle East Monitor, 15 februari 2022)
Over 150 Palestinians wounded in Isael's West Bank agression. (Middle East Monitor, 12 februari 2022)
The health care crisis in Gaza demands immediate acting to alleviate unnecessary suffering. (Middle East Monitor, 9 februari 2022)
Israel killed...
vakbeweging
Internationale en nationale vakbondsactiviteiten en achtergrondinformatie ten behoeve van Palestina-solidariteit.
Gaza: two months after war Palestinian enclave remains paralysed. ( Middle East Eye, 31 juli 2021)
Israel's violations of Palestinian workers rights: Covid 19 and systemic abuse. ( Al Shabaka.org. 15 juli 2021)
Women entrepeneurs in Palestine. (Brighton-Palestine Connect- video)
Palestine's forgotten oil...
diplomatie
Op 22 november 1967, enkele maanden na beëindiging van de Juni-Oorlog, nam de Veiligheidsraad van de VN Resolutie 242 aan, die sindsdien op het diplomatieke niveau uitgangspunt vormt voor de opstelling van Europese staten in de Kwestie Palestina. De resolutie is in de ogen van Palestijnen en veel andere...