Labour votes for Palestinian right to return
Asa Winstanley
The Electronic Intifada / September 23, 2019
Delegates wave Palestinian flags at Labour’s annual conference in 2018.
Labour delegates voted overwhelmingly to recognize the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland at the UK opposition party’s annual conference on Monday.
The historic motion opposes any proposed “solution” for...
Netanyahu, Gantz eye PM rotation in unity government
Middle East Monitor / September 23, 2019
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his centrist rival Benny Gantz on Monday held their first formal talks since Israel’s deadlocked election and a politician with the power to broker a deal said they could be nearer agreement on a unity government, reports Reuters.
After failing last Tuesday to...
Palestinian opposition to social security: revolution or devolution?
Karam Omar
Al Shabaka / September 22, 2019
Social security functions as a safety net to protect workers in cases of illness, injury, and disability, and as a source of income after retirement. Its origins can be traced to the end of the nineteenth century, when Germany introduced the first mandatory social...
Dutch court hears war crimes accusations against Israel’s Benny Gantz
Adri Nieuwhof
The Electronic Intifada / September 18, 2019
As Israelis went to the polls on Tuesday, one of the leading candidates for prime minister was fending off war crimes accusations in a court in The Hague.
Palestinian-Dutch citizen Ismail Ziada is seeking justice for Israel’s killing of six members of his family during...
A Gantz-led government will keep alive the peace process charade
Omar Karmi
The Electronic Intifada / September 18, 2019
With almost all votes counted at the time of writing, Israel is facing another hung parliament.
This could lead to a third election in a year. Or we could see the advent of a grand coalition of three secular parties.
Whether such a...
German city pulls prize from Kamila Shamsie over support for Palestinians
Tamara Nassar
The Electronic Intifada / September 20, 2019
A city in northwest Germany rescinded an award from novelist Kamila Shamsie because of her support for BDS – the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement for Palestinian rights.
The eight-member jury of the Nelly Sachs Prize, along with the city of Dortmund which funds the award, announced...
“There is a need to revive the spirit of liberation”
Adri Nieuwhof
The Electronic Intifada / September 10, 2019
Almost a decade ago Israeli forces raided Palestinian community leader Ameer Makhoul’s home in Haifa and arrested him.
After corresponding with Makhoul during his nine years in prison, I spoke with him recently via Skype, for his first interview since his release.
“I discovered...
Palestinians rally for 75th consecutive Friday in Gaza
Holding Palestinian flags, the protestors flocked to five different areas in the eastern Gaza Strip
Middle East Monitor / September 20, 2019
Hundreds of Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Friday headed to the security fence to participate in the weekly anti-occupation protests known as the Great March of Return, Anadolu Agency reports.
Holding...
UK blocks visit by BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti
Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada / September 20, 2019
The co-founder of the BDS – boycott, divestment and sanctions – movement for Palestinian rights is unable to speak in the UK because the British government has failed to grant him a visa.
Omar Barghouti was due to participate in a fringe event...
448 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque last week
Middle East Monitor / September 20, 2019
As many as 448 Israeli settlers raided the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque last week under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, Israeli media reported.
The news agencies explained that hundreds of settlers, accompanied by Jewish rabbis, stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa and performed Talmudic...
