There Can Be No Ceasefire In Gaza With Hamas In Power
• Zero HedgeA short, temporary ceasefire might be achievable, so long as it requires Hamas to release all of the remaining Israeli hostages it is holding...
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Aid Truck Stampede 'Massacre' In Gaza: Israel Accused Of Opening Fire On Crowd
• Zero HedgeIsrael says majority of over 104 deaths resulted from the stampede itself, publishes drone video...
Scoop: State Department reviewing options for possible recognition of Palestinian state
• AxiosSecretary of State Tony Blinken asked the State Department to conduct a review and present policy options on possible U.S. and international recognition of a Palestinian state after the war in Gaza, two U.S. officials briefed on the issue told Axios.
Are American Weapons From Afghanistan and Ukraine Being Used Against Israel?
• https://pjmedia.com, BY ROBERT SPENCERAre Hamas jihadis using American weaponry in their bloody jihad against Israel? The possibility cannot be discounted.
When the People Rose: How the Intifada Changed the Political Discourse around Palestine
• https://www.mintpressnews.com, by Ramzy BaroudVery few popular movements around the world, and throughout modern history, can be compared to the First Intifada, which remains as relevant today as it was when it began thirty-three years ago.
AIPAC Is Playing The Victim, But It's Palestinians Who Are Being Silenced
• https://forward.com, Peter BeinartSo far, the theme of AIPAC's 2019 Policy Conference has been peril, not just to Israel, but to AIPAC itself. AIPAC's CEO accused unnamed critics of "trying to silence each of us."
From the River to the Sea: The Inevitable End of Settler Colonialism in Palestine
• https://www.mintpressnews.com, by Miko PeledThe assumption that a free Palestine calls for the expulsion or killing of Jews is one that is made mostly by those who can see Palestine only as a place where one side rules over and kills the other, but never where all people live in peace.
'I am here because this is our land': Planting olives trees to mark Land Day in Al Walaja
• http://mondoweiss.net, Anne PaqOn March 30, 2018, the village of Al Walaja welcomed Palestinians from Jerusalem, Battir, Bethlehem, and from other areas to mark Land Day.
Teen Palestinian protester gets 8 months in prison
• https://www.washingtonpost.comPalestinian teenage protest icon Ahed Tamimi on Wednesday was sentenced to eight months in prison for slapping and kicking a pair of Israeli soldiers outside her West Bank home, capping a case that sparked uproar in Israel, turned the 17-year-old gir
Palestinian Unity: Beyond Hamas and Fatah
• AntiWar.com by Ramzy BaroudThe reconciliation agreement signed between rival Palestinian parties, Hamas and Fatah, in Cairo on October 12 was not a national unity accord – at least, not yet.
Criminal Disregard for Palestinian Lives.
• https://mikopeled.com, BY MIKO PELEDThe cynicism displayed by Mahmoud Abbas' recent visit to Washington, DC can only be appreciated when considering the incredible acts of self sacrifice taken by Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails who at the time of writing this, have been on a
Gaza report: 'Not about justice for Israel's victims'
• http://www.jonathan-cook.net, Al JazeeraThe report comes as Israeli officials have been warning of the likelihood of another round of hostilities
It's Not Too Late for Two States in Palestine
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Uri AvneryDuring World War II, when German bombers terrorized Britain, a small group of gallant airmen faced them every day. Their life expectancy was numbered in days.
The Arabs Did It
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Uri AvneryWhen my parents married in Germany, just before World War I, among the gifts was a document attesting that a tree had been planted in their name in Palestine.
The Genocide of a Land
• http://www.paulcraigroberts.org,Paul Craig RobertsIn our days of darkness, spreading ignorance, and absence of serious debate in public forums, we can take hope from the fact that some scholars still produce serious and informative books on the most critical issues of our time. If in the future poli
The fight to liberate Palestine
• http://ahtribune.com, BY Miko PeledThe liberation of Palestine is not an academic issue nor is it a utopian dream.
Coexistence With Apartheid? JK Rowling Owes Palestinians an Apology, Not an Explanation
• Antiwar.ComUnder an oblique title, "Israel needs cultural bridges, not boycotts", Rowling, along with a few celebrity writers, argued against growing calls for an academic boycott of Israel.
Palestine: Israeli Soldiers Detain Archbishop Hanna After Israel's Illegal Takover of a Church .
• http://www.globalresearch.cain Hebron. Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Saturday, Archbishop of Sebastia of the Greek Orthodox Church of occupied Jerusalem, Theodosius Attallah Hanna, and held him for several hours in the Etzion military and security base, north of Hebron, in the so
Orphan children try to smash down Bank of Palestine doors
• http://rt.comDozens of children, many of them allegedly orphans, pounded on and climbed the doors of the Bank of Palestine in Gaza on Monday
Palestinians Could Soon Face Up To 20 Years In Prison For Throwing Rocks At Tanks
• True ActivistA new bill proposed by the government in Israel would impose harsh penalties on anyone who throws rocks "with intention to harm."
Gaza: Children in crisis
• http://www.middleeasteye.net, Hilary WiseMona Samouni was 10-years-old when she lost her home, her parents and 19 other relatives, after they were crushed before her eyes in one of the bombing raids of Israel's Operation Cast Lead in 2009.
Former Israeli PM Olmert convicted in corruption case
• Associated PressOlmert claimed he was on the brink of a historic agreement with the Palestinians when he was forced to resign amid corruption allegations. His departure cleared the way for hard-liner Benjamin Netanyahu's election, and
Palestinian schoolgirl freed after six weeks in Israeli jail
• AFPIsrael freed on Friday a 14-year-old Palestinian schoolgirl, whose jailing six weeks ago for planning to attack Israelis became a focus for anger over the arrest of children in the occupied territories.
Israel to build 430 new West Bank settler homes: NGO
• AFPThe Israeli government on Friday published tenders to build 430 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, the head of an NGO that monitors settlement activity told AFP. "It's the opening of the settlement floodgates," said Daniel Seidemann, hea
Israel set new date for West Bank outpost demolition
• AFPAn Israeli court ordered the destruction of a settlement in the West Bank in a decision on Thursday (Dec 25) that comes a decade after the first ruling to demolish the outpost.
Jewish settlers take over 10 E. Jerusalem homes
• AFPIsraeli settlers moved into 10 new homes in annexed east Jerusalem on Monday, activists said, in spite of fierce local opposition and international condemnation of such takeovers.
Palestinian leader accuses Israel of 'genocide' in Gaza
• AFPPalestinian leader Mahmud Abbas accused Israel of a "genocidal crime" in Gaza, telling the United Nations negotiations had failed and the time for Palestinian independence had come, drawing a sharp rebuke from Washington.
Hamas Just Gave Up Control Of Gaza
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Shadi BushraPolitical group Hamas has reached an agreement with Fatah to give up control of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian unity government.
Dozens of Israeli intel soldiers refuse to serve
• Associated Press"We veterans of Unit 8200, reservists past and present, declare that we refuse to take part in activity against Palestinians and refuse to be tools to deepen the military control in the occupied territories," the soldiers wrote. The 43 soldiers
US 'Concerned' by Arrest of American in Israel
• Associated PressThe U.S. government has raised concerns about Israel's arrest of a Palestinian teenager with American citizenship whose cousin was burned to death by Israeli extremists earlier this summer.
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