The United States on Thursday, April 18 stopped the United Nations from recognizing a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny Palestinians full membership of the world governing body. The Palestinian push for full U.N. membership came six months into a war between Israel and …
Read More »A Palestinian Exile Champions an Arab Vision for Gaza
As the Gaza war rages, with civilian deaths soaring, few Arab leaders have publicly voiced their visions for the future of the battered enclave, fearing they will be accused of endorsing Israel’s actions. But one influential Palestinian exile, in an interview with The New York Times, has provided public insight …
Read More »Injured Palestinian boy in Gaza no longer recognises his own face
NewsFeed “I hope my face comes back as it used to be.” 11-year-old Palestinian boy Ali Mushtaha was injured in an Israeli attack on his family’s home in Gaza which left his face burnt and disfigured. He says the sight of his face, now unrecognisable, makes him cry. 12 of …
Read More »Palestinian restaurant serves up antisemitism on menu
A Palestinian restaurant which recently opened in New York has gotten lots of bad reviews because of its antisemitic menu. “Ayat” eatery which had three locations in the Big Apple, opened a fourth last week in the largely Jewish Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, upsetting many of the patrons …
Read More »Israeli army shoots Palestinian street vendor
NewsFeed The family of a Palestinian street vendor in Hebron say he was shot, point blank, by Israeli forces on his way home from work. Al Jazeera correspondent, Nida Ibrahim spoke to the family, and sent this video, capturing the moment he was shot. Published On 7 Dec 20237 Dec …
Read More »How a Palestinian teen’s release exposed Israeli mistreatment of prisoners
Israeli officials were displeased when Mohammed Nazal, an 18-year-old Palestinian, described his ordeal in Israeli prisons after being released as part of a truce agreement with Hamas last week. The teenager from the town of Qabatiya in the occupied West Bank told Arab and Western media how he was beaten …
Read More »Israel-Hamas war: Hamas gives 10-month-old Israeli hostage to separate Palestinian terror group
A 10-month-old Israeli boy, the youngest hostage captured by Hamas, has been handed off to another Palestinian terror group in what one relative decried as “just more psychological torture.” Arabic spokesman for the IDF Avichay Adraee revealed Monday night, November 27 that the Bibas family including infant Kfir, his 4-year-old …
Read More »Hamas Captives and Palestinian Prisoners Released
NewsFeed 24 captives held by Hamas and 39 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel have been set free. The exchange is part of the truce deal that also stipulates a 4-day pause in fighting. Published On 24 Nov 202324 Nov 2023
Read More »‘Genuine prospect of Palestinian statehood is critical’, UNRWA chief tells emergency summit in Saudi Arabia
Philippe Lazzarini was addressing an emergency summit convened by the League of Arab States and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation where he called for urgent support for civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on three fronts. He called on leaders at the Arab-Islamic summit to “act now to change the trajectory” …
Read More »Blinken Lays Out Possible Endgame in Gaza Under Palestinian Authority
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said Wednesday that Gaza should be unified with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority once the war is over, offering a strong signal about what the United States sees as its preferred endgame in the fight between Israel and Hamas. The message, delivered …
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