Palestinians sue settlers over stolen property listed on Airbnb
Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada / March 20, 2019
https://youtu.be/NXVQu0IQuQw
Two Palestinians in the United States are suing Israeli settlers for profiting from property stolen from their families in the occupied West Bank, by listing them on the home rental website Airbnb.
The lawsuit is in the form of a counterclaim against the settlers, who themselves...
Veel aandacht voor Palestijnse vrouwenstrijd in Women’s March 9 maart
In deze mars droegen wij de portretten mee van vier moedige Palestijnse vrouwen die elk op eigen wijze de aandacht weten te vestigen op de strijd van Palestijnen tegen onderdrukking door Israel en voor de politieke recht van de Palestijnen.
Khalida Jarrar is een Palestijnse feministen en mensenrechtenactiviste uit Ramallah...
Feminist Palestinian lawmaker free after 20 months in prison without trial
+972 Magazine , February 28, 2019
Khalida Jarrar is released from Israeli custody following almost two years under administrative detention.
Palestinian parliament member Khalida Jarrar was released Thursday morning after nearly two years in Israeli administrative detention. This is not the first time Israel has put Jarrar under administrative detention, a practice in which detainees...
UN Human Rights Council – Report on Israeli violence against Palestinian demonstrators in the...
In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution S-28/1, the independent international commission of inquiry investigates the demonstrations held in Gaza between 30 March and 31 December 2018, the response of Israeli security forces to the demonstrations and the impact on civilians in Gaza and Israel....
Israel’s war on its Palestinian citizens
Tamara Nassar
The Electronic Intifada / February 26, 2019
Israel plans to forcibly displace 36,000 Palestinian Bedouins in the Naqab (Negev) region of southern Israel to make way for a military training area and weapons testing facility, according to Adalah, a legal advocacy group for Palestinians in Israel.
That’s one quarter of all Palestinian Bedouins living in...
UN investigators call for arrests over Gaza war crimes
Maureen Clare Murphy
The Electronic Intifada / February 28, 2019
Israeli forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by using lethal military force against unarmed protesters in Gaza, a United Nations independent commission of inquiry has found.
“Israeli security forces committed serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian...
GAZA STRIP: EARLY WARNING INDICATORS – JANUARY 2019
The Gaza Strip faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, impacting the livelihoods and access to essential services by its two million residents. This crisis has been driven by over 11 years of an Israeli blockade and an unsolved internal Palestinian divide, exacerbated since March 2018 by the massive increase in...
Bij het overlijden van Lily van den Bergh (1938-2018)
Vrijdagmiddag 4 januari 2019 is er de zoveelste Wake van Vrouwen in het Zwart Amsterdam. Bij het Lieverdje op het Spui van 12:45 tot 13:45 uur.
Deze keer staan wij er voor het eerst zonder Lily van den Bergh. Zij is 29 december overleden.
Hieronder de tekst uitgesproken door oud-NPK-bestuurslid Kees...
PALESTIJNSE DODEN & GEWONDEN IN 2018
Maureen Clare Murphy
The Electronic Intifada / December 27, 2018
Israeli occupation forces and settlers have killed 295 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza since the beginning of the year, according to a UN monitoring group.
Fourteen Israelis were killed by Palestinians during the same period, in addition to a baby who died...
groeiende kloof tussen Republikeinen en Democraten over Israel/Palestina
Van de politiek van Netanyahoe blijft een sterk polariserende werking uitgaan
De verdeeldheid tussen de Republikeinse en de Democratische Partij over de kwestie Israel/Palestina is groter dan ooit sinds 1978. Dat stelt het Pew Research Center (Washington) op basis van een recente opiniepeiling.
Daaruit blijkt dat 79 procent van de Republikeinen...
