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From the Arab Spring to the Great March of Return

Ahmed Abu Artema Al-Jazeera  /  March 6, 2021  How the Arab revolutions inspired Palestinian mobilisation in Gaza. When I reflect on my 35 years of living in besieged Gaza, I often think of the outbreak of the Arab Spring in 2011 as one of the happiest moments in my life....

‘No One Is Above the Law’: Rashida Tlaib Rips Biden Admin’s Opposition to ICC...

Brett Wilkins Common Dreams  /  March 4, 2021 The Michigan congresswoman said the ICC "has the authority and duty to independently and impartially investigate and deliver justice to victims of human rights violations and war crimes in Palestine." Responding to the Biden administration's opposition to the International Criminal Court's investigation...

EU backs ICC after Netanyahu’s ‘anti-Semitism’ smear

Ali Abunimah The Electronic Intifada  /  March 4, 2021 The European Union appears to be rejecting Benjamin Netanyahu’s smears against the International Criminal Court after Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda confirmed on Wednesday that she would be launching a formal investigation into war crimes in Palestine. The Israeli prime minister blasted the investigation as “the...

Israel backs campaign against David Miller

Asa Winstanley The Electronic Intifada  /  March 3, 2021 The Israeli government is directing one of its online armies to attack a British academic who supporters of Israel want to see fired. David Miller has been facing calls from the Israel lobby for the University of Bristol to sack him, because of his...

The Benjamins may be losing their ability to get US politicians to toe the...

Asa Winstanley Middle East Monitor  /  March 5, 2021 As a working journalist who reports frequently on the machinations of the pro-Israel lobby, one of the most common claims I come across is that it doesn't actually exist. Almost uniquely among Middle Eastern regimes allied to Britain and the...

Short-term financial measures for Palestinians will not address decades of deprivation

Ramona Wadi Middle East Monitor   /  March 4, 2021 Short-term funding initiatives for Palestinians provided without addressing Israel's colonialism and military occupation have been proven to be a recipe for long-term failure. They simply do not address the decades of deprivation imposed upon the people of Palestine. With Trump...

‘Arabs [Palestinians] are crying out for a gun-free society,’ says MK denouncing Israeli police...

Middle East Monitor  /  March 5, 2021 Thousands of Palestinian citizens of Israel will take to the streets of Umm al-Fahm today in protest against "police violence and racist lawlessness". After a spree of violence that has seen the murder of 20 Palestinians in the past two months, residents...

Is this Gaza’s first female baker ?

 Mohammed Asad Midle East Monitor  /  March 5, 2021 Ruba bought the bakery after saving money from her previous jobs and ventured on the journey after being unable to find work in the field she studied at university. Palestinian Ruba Abu Al-Aish has defied customs and traditions in the Gaza...

Report: Israel deported 29 Palestinians from Jerusalem, demolished 20 facilities in February

Middle East Monitor  /  March 5, 2021 Israeli authorities deported 29 Palestinians from Al-Aqsa Mosque and the occupied city of Jerusalem in February, Wadi Hilweh Information Centre announced yesterday. "The Israeli decisions included preventing 27 Palestinians from entering Al-Aqsa and another from entering Jerusalem for allegedly residing illegally in...

Amnesty hails ICC investigation of war crimes in Palestine as ‘historic breakthrough’

Middle East Monitor  /  March 4, 2021 Amnesty International has welcomed the International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to open an investigation into serious crimes under international law alleged to have been committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Describing this as "a momentous breakthrough for justice after decades of non-accountability for...