Will your European candidate stand with Palestine?
Will your European candidate stand with Palestine?
European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP)
March 4, 2019
Challenging local, regional, and national politicians on their position on European complicity with Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people is a very important ongoing activity. Particularly in the run-up to elections, engaging candidates...
Ein Aufruf an die Deutschen Parteien, BDS nicht mit antisemitismus gleichzusetzen
bds-kampagne.de / 15 Mai 2019
Wir, jüdische und israelische Wissenschaftler, von denen viele in den Bereichen jüdische Geschichte und Antisemitismus forschen, äußern unsere Besorgnis über den Anstieg des Antisemitismus auf der ganzen Welt, auch in Deutschland. Wir betrachten alle Formen von Rassismus und Fanatismus als eine Bedrohung, die bekämpft werden muss, und ermutigen...
EU diplomats dance on Palestinian graves
Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada / May 9, 2019
Al-Manshiyya, a once thriving neighbourhood of Jaffa, before its destruction by Zionist militias.
Zochrot
Update, 11 May:
On Saturday, Finnish musician Jaakko Eino Kalevi announced he was withdrawing from the EU-sponsored party on the ruins of the Palestinian community of al-Manshiyya.
Kalevi wrote on Twitter that...
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...
