“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...
Anti-Arab campaign fails to give Netanyahu clear majority in Israel election
The National / September 18, 2019
While the ballots are still being counted, the prime minister doesn’t appear to have secured the majority he needs to keep his job and dodge a corruption indictment.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fell short of a parliamentary majority with his religious and nationalist allies...
Israel election: Joint List alliance celebrates high turnout, threatening to topple Netanyahu
Middle East Monitor / September 18, 2019
The Joint List, an alliance of parties consisting of prominent Palestinian citizens, has celebrated a high turnout of voters in yesterday’s General Election in Israel. The leader of the bloc, Ayman Odeh, also hailed the fact that the incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin...
Victory as German court rules anti-BDS motion breaches principle of equality
Middle East Monitor / September 18, 2019
A German court has ruled that the exclusion of a Palestinian organisation from a cultural festival on account of its support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement constituted “unequal treatment” and a breach of law, four months after the German parliament...
Palestinians in Israel: Netanyahu’s racism makes us want to vote
Leaders of Arab Joint List say prime minister’s incitement against Palestinian citizens of Israel could backfire.
Arwa Ibrahim
Al Jazeera / September 13, 2019
Jaffa, Israel - Days ahead of a national parliamentary vote the streets of this Palestinian city, which was absorbed into the Tel Aviv municipality after 1948, were buzzing with election fervour.
Campaign...
UK MPs warn Israel is becoming an apartheid state
Middle East Monitor / September 16, 2019
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with Benjamin Netanyahu at No. 10 Downing Street, in London, United Kingdom on September 5th, 2019.
Some 113 British members of parliament have warned that Israel is in danger of becoming an apartheid state. The bleak assessment...
Israel to close Palestinian territories on election day
Middle East Monitor / September 16, 2019
The Israeli military will impose a total closure on the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip during Tuesday’s parliamentary election, Anadolu Agency reports.
“According to the security situation evaluation and directives of the political level, total closure will be imposed in the areas of the...
