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A prominent Palestinian writer who was jailed in Syria for nearly three weeks described the facilities as "human slaughterhouses," saying security agents beat detainees with batons, crammed them into stinking cells and tied them to beds at night.
Egyptian and Palestinian officials said Sunday they were close to reaching a deal with Israel that would end a mass hunger strike by Palestinians in Israeli jails.
A bearded Islamist who lived on liquids and minerals for 66 days to protest his open-ended incarceration in Israel, winning his freedom, has inspired more than 1,000 other Palestinian prisoners to follow him, putting pressure on Israel.
American aid officials said Saturday they will restore development programs for Palestinians after President Barack Obama ended a six-month funding freeze that shut down the local Sesame Street and other projects.
An Israeli government report says the Palestinian Authority is not economically stable enough for statehood.
An Israeli military court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Palestinian man on hunger strike for 58 days to have his jail term reduced, officials said.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday took a decisive step toward reconciliation with the Islamic militant Hamas, agreeing to head an interim unity government that would prepare for elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The Palestinians are slated to receive some $200 million in U.S. security assistance after a top House Republican stopped blocking the money.
President Barack Obama has sent a letter to Bosnian leaders urging them not to support the Palestinian bid for statehood at the U.N. Security Council, authorities said Thursday.
The Palestinian Authority recalled their envoy to Canada this month for posting a link on twitter that included an anti-Semitic video.
Israeli forces are seeking to prevent bloodshed when Palestinians march in support of a statehood drive this month, but they are preparing for worst-case scenarios, even authorizing West Bank settlers to shoot at Palestinians who approach their communities.
Representatives of rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas say they have agreed on measures to end an impasse in reconciliation talks.
Thousands rallied in support of Palestinians on Friday, with demonstrators in Jordan's capital heeding a call by Facebook organizers to demand a sovereign Palestinian state, others near the Jordanian-Israeli border chanting "Death to Israel," and still more activists filling Cairo's Tahrir Square.
The Palestinians' imminent "reconciliation" deal may be vague and brittle, but its message is reasonably clear: The focus for now is on getting their own house in order, not on peace talks with Israel.
A Palestinian engineer who vanished on a Ukrainian train and mysteriously turned up in an Israeli prison made his first public comments Thursday, accusing the Jewish state of kidnapping him "for no reason" and saying he had no information about an Israeli soldier held captive in the Gaza Strip.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it plans to summon Israel's ambassador for an explanation of how a Palestinian engineer disappeared from Ukraine and ended up jailed in Israel.
A Palestinian human rights group released new details Monday about a Gazan man who vanished on a Ukrainian train and resurfaced in an Israeli prison, saying that he was dragged out of his sleeper car, hooded and handcuffed by Israeli agents, forced onto a plane and taken to Israel.
Affirming a Judaism and Jewish Identity without ZionismRabbi Brian Walt wrote: A month ago, I was invited by American Jews for a Just Peace to give a talk in Boston in memory of Hilda Silverman z'l, a friend, congregant and passionate advocate for justice for Palestinians. In honor of Hilda, I wrote a talk that described my jou …
New Statesman - Jewish British Ed Miliband: the patriotism of a refugeeEd Milliband, Jewish British leader of the British Labor Party Opposition describes himself as "The first Jewish leader of the Labour Party" in an essay in an issue of the New Statesman devoted to British Jewry.
Avigdor Lieberman to Jews Worldwide: 'You Must Love Me'Adam Horowitz wrote: Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tuesday to a Jewish audience in London that he expects Jewish communities around the world to support whatever Israeli government is in power, regardless of its views. CoH, please
The Nakba Hoax(Block quote not working; From the article) "No revisionist or post-Zionist spin can plausibly deny that the War of Independence was an attempt by a coalition of Arab states to annihilate us. But as Joseph Goebbels used to say, “Repeat the same lie again and again and ul …
Iran 'committed to Israel's annihilation,' says top generalWhen Ahmadinejad purportedly said Israel "should be wiped off the map" there were many who argued that the Iranian leader was mistranslated. No such argument can be made regarding the latest comments by the chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces.
'For Palestinians, Nakba is like the destruction of the Temples'(Block quote not working. The following is from the article.) They brought the catastrophe upon themselves
By Nicola Nasser** A surplus of mediators have been around all the time, including the heavy weight Quartet of the UN, U.S., EU and Russia, as well as heaps of terms of reference of UNSC resolutions, bilateral signed accords and “roadmaps,” in addition to mara …
Palestinians Mark Nakba with ProtestsAl Jazeera: More than 760,000 Palestinians, estimated today to number 4.7 million with their descendants, fled or were driven out of their homes. About 160,000 Palestinians stayed behind, and now number about 1.3 million, or 20 per cent of the population of Israel. CoH, p …
Israel Hayom | Israeli forces, protesters clash at Nakba Day eventsIsraeli forces, protesters clash at Nakba Day events
Police arrest Tel Aviv armed rape suspect... JPost - National NewsA 21-year-old Palestinian man was arrested on Monday evening on suspicion of rapping a 17-year-old girl and forcing her boyfriend to watch earlier this week. The suspect was arrested near the scene of the crime, in the vicinity of the Gan Ha-Ir parking lot of the municipality, …
Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: Benjamin Netanyahu's Office Delivers Joint StatementJERUSALEM -- An Israeli envoy met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday and delivered a letter from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayahu detailing his government's stance on stalled peace negotiations. Yitzhak Molcho held talks with Abbas in the West Bank city of …
'Destruction of Israel' is logical result of its own actions-- Tirman at HuffpoAt Huffington Post, there is a very good piece by John Tirman, exec. director of MIT's School of Int'l Studies, on how Israel is bringing the one-state solution on itself
Bean Counting StatesAs the Israeli-Palestinian conflict faces hunger strikes and the threat of renewed conflict, the question being tirelessly reiterated is whether a two-state solution is beyond us. The answer is "Yes" and "No." But counting the number of states required for bringing ab …
Desmond Tutu: Justice requires action to stop subjugation of Palestinians Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu: "Black South Africans and others around the world have seen the 2010 Human Rights Watch report which "describes the two-tier system of laws, rules, and services that Israel operates for the two populations in areas in the West Bank under …
Julian Assange's The World Tomorrow: Slavoj Zizek & David Horowitz (E2) The 2nd in a series of 12 televised interviews conducted by Julian Assange for his program The World Tomorrow.
Freed Israeli brother of Rabin gunman proud Amir was released after serving 16 years for helping his brother murder Rabin, considering such plans as rigging his car with explosives and poisoning him before deciding to shoot him in a crime that shook the Jewish state.
Go-it-alone outlook now shapes Israel's security policy - latimes.comJERUSALEM — The traditional Passover retelling of Exodus was barely underway in 2002 when Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer got a note with news of the latest in a string of Palestinian suicide attacks that had terrorized Israel for two years.He dashed to an emergency …
IDF Commander Interviewed by Israel HayomSinai is unhinged; Egypt is worsening; Syria is unstable, and oh yes, there's Iran too
Should Muslims be offered the great honor of rebuilding the Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount? One would think a Jewish temple would be a Jewish undertaking, especially a temple on the magnitude of that on Zion. Compelling arguments from the following points could be made i …
The Meaning of Zionism"What does Zionism mean to you?" an American friend of mine asked ahead of Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day as well as Memorial Day and Independence Day. "After all, you already have a country." After some thought I replied that Zionism is a process of character-building that …
Israel Hayom | The [PR] Art of War"Even the least tolerant IDF officers found it difficult to defend the actions of the deputy commander of the Jordan Valley brigade on Sunday. More disturbing than the act itself – a burst of violence that could become a criminal case – was the message that it communicated: T …
Israel Hayom | Hate group in humanitarian disguiseThe world dropped what it was doing when newsrooms opened their broadcasts with the earth-shattering headline: Israeli army officer loses cool, hits a left-wing International Solidarity Movement activist. No information was given about the ISM, only Israeli army brutality was r …
German reaction to Israeli ban on Nobel Laureate Gunter Grass
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