Israeli forces seize buffer zone along occupied Golan Heights after Assad’s...
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
The Independent / December 9, 2024
Israeli warplane strike weapons and intelligence facilities near Damascus.
Israel’s military marched into the demilitarized zone along the occupied Golan Heights for the first time in 50 years and seized Syrian territory after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
[VIDEO] One year later – ‘If I must die …’ Refaat...
Palestine Festival of Literature / published on December 12, 2023
Brian Cox reads If I Must Die, by beloved Palestinian poet, teacher and martyr Refaat Alareer.
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Refaat was killed in Gaza on December 7th by an Israeli airstrike.
This was the last poem he published.
My journey in Gaza as an emergency doctor: loss, displacement, and...
Shurooq Ahmed
Mondoweiss / December 8, 2024
Since the beginning of the war, I have volunteered as an emergency doctor in Gaza to help my people. Over more than a year, I have witnessed countless horrors and been repeatedly displaced by Israeli bombardments and invasion. I have lost loved ones, seen...
[VIDEO] Israeli war crimes documented: Al-Jazeera investigations
@AJIunit / October 3, 2024
Our investigation exposes war crimes in Gaza through the medium of photos and videos posted online by Israeli soldiers themselves during the year-long conflict.
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We expected to have to dedicate considerable resources to identify the Israeli soldiers in photos and videos featured in our investigation into...
‘Cowboy method’ – Netanyahu and Smotrich’s annexation strategy
Fayha Shalash
The Palestine Chronicle / December 8, 2024
Ramallah – The Israeli army routinely expels Palestinian farmers from their lands and facilitates illegal Jewish settler harassment.
Israeli media has been abuzz with recent statements by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who announced that Israel confiscated 24,000 dunums of West Bank land.
For Palestinians,...
[VIDEO] ‘Don’t let him sleep’ – Israeli captive slams Netanyahu, calls...
TPC Staff
The Palestine Chronicle / December 8, 2024
‘Now, I am certain that you do not know your enemies … And this is your failure and the failure of the government since October 7.’
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, released a new video on...
[VIDEO] ‘Historic day’ – Netanyahu announces ‘collapse’ of Syria border agreement
TPC Staff
The Palestine Chronicle / December 8, 2024
Netanyahu stated that the buffer zone established by the Separation of Forces Agreement in 1974 is no longer operational.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that the 1974 UN-monitored Disengagement Agreement, which established a demilitarized buffer zone between Israel and Syria,...
‘Don’t talk about Syria’ – Israel advances in Golan Heights
TPC Staff
The Palestine Chronicle / December 8, 2024
Israeli media reported heightened military activity, including Israeli forces entering Khan Arnabah in the occupied Golan Heights.
The Israeli army announced on Sunday an increased presence in the Golan Heights, deploying forces to strategic locations within the demilitarized zone in response to developments...
‘A critical situation’: Gaza doctor warns of catastrophe as Israel assails...
Jake Johnson
Common Dreams / December 8, 2024
"We have called on the world to protect both the healthcare system and its workers, yet we have not received any response from anyone globally," said the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital.
The director of one of the few partially functioning hospitals in northern...
Trump’s return may be a boon for Netanyahu, but challenges abound...
Tia Goldenberg
AP / December 8, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel – Shortly after Donald Trump’s win in last month’s U.S. election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rushed to congratulate the president-elect: “History’s greatest comeback!” he gushed.
If Trump’s staunchly pro-Israel first term and his nominations for top administration positions are any indication,...
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Kwestie Palestina
De ‘Kwestie Palestina’ verwijst naar de strijd van Palestijnen tegen het zionistische, koloniale project in Palestina, waarbij zionistisch-joodse kolonisten vanaf het eind van de 19e eeuw door middel van kolonisatie stelselmatig toewerken naar het omvormen van Palestina in een Joodse Staat. Deze omvorming betekent in de praktijk dat de...
de Palestijnen
Palestina – het gebied dat zich uitstrekt tussen de Middellandse Zee en de rivier de Jordaan – is door de inspanningen van joodse kolonisten/de Staat Israel opgedeeld in drie delen: Palestina’48 (Israel), de Westelijke Jordaanoever (inclusief Oost-Jeruzalem) en de Strook van Gaza.
In 2016 woonden in Palestina woonden 6,5 miljoen...