Open Letter – To her Excellency Ms. Federica Mogherini
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Subject: In response to the European Union's position on the recent aggression on Gaza.
At the time when Gaza was under attack and lost 29 Palestinian lives, martyrs, including children ,women and pregnant woman as a result of the latest...
‘Palestina bestaat niet’, een documentaire over vier Nederlandse Palestijnen
Zie hier de documentaire via NPO 2doc van 15 mei 2019
Vier Nederlandse Palestijnen vertellen in deze documentaire over hun vaderland dat ze in 1948 ontvluchtten.
Na veel omzwervingen kwamen ze in Nederland terecht. Drie van hen wonen al meer dan vijftig jaar hier. Nog altijd streven ze naar de erkenning...
May 15 – Al-Nakba (The Catastrophe) – 1948-2019
Today I will be joining Palestinians across the world as we commemorate Al-Nakba; the catastrophe that began in 1947 which saw Zionist militias destroying over 500 Palestinian villages and towns and driving 750,000 Palestinians into exile, including members of my family. You can read PSC’s account of this history...
The return of Palestinian refugees is quite possible
...despite what Israel may claim.
Ahmed Abu Artema
Al Jazeera / May 14, 2019
Еvery year, a day after Israel marks its independence day on May 14, we commemorate with sadness and nostalgia the Nakba of 1948. The events of that year changed the Palestinian lot for generations to come, transforming them from a...
Humanitarian bulletin Occupied Palestinian territory – April 2019
OCHA – United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OVERVIEW
Early May witnessed the most serious outbreak of hostilities in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel since the 2014 conflict, and the fifth recorded in the past year. This followed the wounding of two Israeli soldiers by a sniper...
Israeli home demolitions skyrocket in Jerusalem
Tamara Nassar
The Electronic Intifada / May 11, 2019
Israeli occupation forces have sharply escalated their demolitions of Palestinian properties in East Jerusalem.
As a result, more Palestinians have been made homeless this year than in all of 2018.
United Nations humanitarian coordinator Jamie McGoldrick decried the alarming trend, calling on Israel to immediately halt all...
Has Israel already annexed the West Bank?
While official annexation would be seen as a dramatic escalation, many Palestinians feel the area is already annexed.
Jaclynn Ashly
Al-Jazeera / May 7, 2019
While the international community and media created an uproar when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his intent to annex the West Bank in a bid to garner votes during last...
Three Israeli hospitals admit to segregating Jewish and Arab women at maternity wards
The Palestine Chronicle / April 27, 2019
Three Israeli hospitals have admitted for the first time that they segregate Jewish and Arab women giving birth, at the women’s request.
In response to a lawsuit filed against four hospitals, three of them – Hadassah University Hospital on Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Haemek Hospital in Afula...
One way to silence Israel boycotts? Get lawmakers to pass anti-BDS bills
Liz Essley Whyte
USA Today / May 1, 2019
The front lines in a bitter debate between Israel’s defenders and critics lie in an unexpected place: state capitals across America.
Palestinian rights activists calling for people to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel have racked up policy victories over the past 14 years across the globe and in the USA, particularly on university campuses.
In response, pro-Israel...
VIDEO – The story of Israel’s hazardous waste in the Occupied West Bank
Heinrich Böll Foundation Palestine & Jordan
22 april 2019
Over the past several years, Palestinian and Israeli environmental and human rights organizations have documented the transfer of Israeli solid waste into areas of the occupied West Bank. In December, 2017, B’Tselem an Israeli human rights organization revealed that Israel has supported...
