Sentencing Israel of Genocide
01/18/2014 Dr. Elias Akleh While the so-called international legal bodies such as ICC, UN and Security Council lack the guts to face up to the Zionist global terrorism, the Kuala […]
Jerusalem Councilman Urges Muslims: ‘Leave Israel’ Nationalist Aryeh King distributes thousands of fliers to Muslim residents of the capital, explains Torah directives.
By Ari Yashar First Publish: 1/15/2014, 11:23 AM Aryeh King, Jerusalem Councilman of the United Jerusalem faction, has begun a new campaign distributing thousands of fliers to Arab residents of Jerusalem, urging them to leave Israel. “You have many large countries that you can live in. Understand that we returned […]
Mosque torched by Israeli colonists
Hebrew graffiti was scrawled on the walls of a West Bank mosque in Deir Istiya Reuters GULF NEWS Deir Istiya: A mosque in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank […]
UN says pace of Israeli settler attacks up 4-fold
Story Summary By Karin Laub The annual rate of Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians has almost quadrupled in eight years, U.N. figures show, buttressing claims that Israeli security forces have […]
Ariel Sharon: Peacemaker, hero… and butcher
He was respected in his eight years of near-death, with no sacrilegious cartoons to damage his reputation; and he will, be assured, receive the funeral of a hero and a peacemaker. Thus do we remake history by Robert Fisk, The Independent, UK Any other Middle Eastern leader who survived eight […]
No Palestinian tears for ‘criminal’ Sharon
NASSER ABU BAKR & ADEL ZAANOUN | AFP ARABNEWS RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Palestinians on Saturday hailed the death of former Israeli premier Ariel Sharon, describing him as a “ criminal” but regretting that he is now permanently beyond the reach of the law. Human Rights Watch (HRW) also lamented the […]
Israel unveils 1,800 settler homes after Kerry visit
JERUSALEM: Israel unveiled plans Friday for more than 1,800 new settler homes in a move the Palestinians said was aimed at forcing Washington to abandon its Middle East peace drive. The announcement was made just days after US Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped up his latest visit to the […]
Palestinians rough up settlers in West Bank
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS QUSRA, Palestinian Territories: Palestinians beat and detained several Israeli settlers who had sparked clashes after entering their village near the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday, eyewitnesses and officials said. At one point, Israeli soldiers were negotiating the release of some 13 settlers from a house […]
Israel OKs new settlement plans as Kerry leaves
AFP ARABNEWS JERUSALEM: A plan for 272 new homes in West Bank settlements was approved on the eve of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s departure Monday, Israel’s Peace Now movement said. Israel had been expected to announce new settlement plans alongside the release of Palestinian prisoners last week — […]
Mideast peace deal and Jordan’s apprehensions
Hassan Barari ARABNEWS Apparently, it is hard to keep the lid on the mutual mistrust between Jordan and the Palestinian leaders. Despite their public statements to the contrary, Jordanian leaders fear that the Palestinian Authority (PA) may cut a deal with Israel at Jordan’s expense. In fact, it is no […]
Pope announces Holy Land visit amid new push for peace
By F. Brinley Bruton, Staff Writer, NBC News Pope Francis has announced that he will make a pilgrimage to Israel, The West Bank and Jordan in May, underscoring a fresh […]
Israel rejects US proposals on Jordan Valley
Israel rejects any US-proposed security concessions for the Jordan Valley, a cabinet member close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, as US Secretary John Kerry visited the Middle East. “Security must remain in our hands. Anyone who proposes a solution in the Jordan Valley by deploying an international force, […]
The London Review of Books has a problem with Palestinians too
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 01/02/2014 – 13:09 Last month, Rania Khalek wrote a piece for The Electronic Intifada asking, “Does The Nation have a problem with Palestinians?” Khalek demonstrated that the venerable American leftist magazine “habitually reinforces Israeli apartheid by privileging Jewish voices over Palestinian ones” in its […]
LOST TRIBE OF ISRAEL IN INDIA
This video is a confirmation to the belief that people of some parts of India are the descendents of Israelites. Ahmadi Muslims believe that Jesus (peace be upon him) migrated […]
MKs: Without Jordan Valley, Israel Can’t Defend Itself
The Jordan Valley must remain part of Israel in the event of any negotiated settlement, declare MKs, Ministers on a tour of the area. By David Lev First Publish: 1/2/2014, 11:58 AM The Jordan Valley must remain a part of Israel in the event of any negotiated settlement, Interior Minister […]
Another year of sham talks, hollow claims
RAMZY BAROUD ARABNEWS.COM Published — Tuesday 31 December 2013 During 2013 the so-called peace process charade was allowed to continue, leading Palestinians on yet another futile journey of broken promises. Meanwhile, the Israeli colonial project in the West Bank and East Jerusalem carried on unabated. But it was not entirely […]
Israeli gov’t endorses law to annex part of West Bank
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — A panel of Israeli Cabinet ministers endorsed proposed legislation on Sunday to annex an area of the occupied West Bank likely to be the eastern border of a future Palestinian state. The move, pushed by far-right members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, could weigh on […]
Israel tries to enlist more Arab Christians into military service
NAZARETH, ISRAEL — Dozens of Israeli soldiers respectfully rose from their seats as the Israeli national anthem began playing. The tinny recording of “Hatikva,” an ode to the Jewish yearning for the Land of Israel, wrapped up a ceremony, held in Hebrew, during which speakers thanked the troops and handed […]
UN: Almost one million in need of food aid in Gaza
PNN The United Nations says nearly one million people are expected to need food aid in the besieged Gaza Strip next year. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) currently provides food for around 813,000 Palestinian refugees, Robert Turner, the UNRWA Gaza director of operations, said on Wednesday. The […]