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Israeli settlers guarded by occupation forces are known for orchestrating attacks against Palestinian villagers throughout the West Bank. | Photo: EFE

Israel Turns to US Gov't Over Airbnb Boycott, Seeks Sanctions

Israel announced Tuesday it will consult with the United States government over a decision by home-renting company AirBnB Inc. to remove listings in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

November 20, 2018
Published in World News

Jamaica's dalliance with Netantahu, the 'Butcher of Gaza'

MONTEGO BAY, November 19, 2018 - After the whitewash of the PNP in 1981 Parish Council elections and the tedious labour in the vineyard to rebuild the party in St. James, I was made the Secretary of the PNP St. James Parish Caucus, tasked with the responsibility of strengthening the organisational capacity of the party to dislodge the JLP in any future election in the parish.

November 19, 2018
Published in Opinion

A member of the press was injured in the attack. | Photo: ISM Italy

Israeli Forces Tear-Gassed Journalists in Occupied Palestine

Leaders of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) came under tear gas attack from Israeli occupation soldiers during a demonstration for press freedom outside of the Qalandia checkpoint. The group assembled outside the checkpoint in a symbolic attempt to enter the occupied and illegally-annexed city of East Jerusalem.

November 18, 2018
Published in World News

Mourners gather around the bodies of Palestinian boys who were killed in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip frontier, during their funeral in the central Gaza Strip Oct. 29, 2018. | Photo: Reuters

'On-going War Crime': PLO Calls on ICC to Investigate Israeli Killing of 3 Gaza Children

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Monday called on International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch an investigation into an Israeli airstrike that killed three children in the east of Khan Younes in the Southern besieged Gaza strip.

October 29, 2018
Published in World News

People celebrate after Israel delays eviction of the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, in the occupied West Bank Oct. 20, 2018. | Photo: Reuters

Israel Bows to International Solidarity Pressure, Postpones Khan al-Ahmar Demolition

Israel said Sunday that it would put the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar on hold for “a number of weeks”. Khan al-Ahmar, the Palestinian Bedouin village in the Occupied West Bank, housing a mere population of 180 villagers, has been in the middle of a major international debate in recent months.

October 22, 2018
Published in World News

A poster of Palestinian FA chief Jibril Rajoub with Argentina's soccer player Lionel Messi, in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank June 6, 2018. | Photo: Reuters

Palestinian FA Condemns Fifa's 'Strange, Contradictory' Ban of Its President

Susan Shalabi, the vice-president to the Palestinian Football Association, condemned a move by FIFA to ban the head of the Palestinian FA Jibril Rajoub from all soccer-related activity for a year Saturday.

August 28, 2018
Published in Sports

Palestinian musicinas perform on the ruins of Gaza's Said al-Mishal Cultural Center. | Photo: Aaed Baker

Israel Destroys Cultural Center in Besieged Gaza Strip

Israeli warplanes targeted and destroyed the Said al-Mishal Cultural Center in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City Thursday, in a round of airstrikes that according to occupation forces hit 150 targets throughout the besieged Gaza Strip.

August 12, 2018
Published in World News

Thousands of Israelis challenge nationality bill. | Photo: Twitter/@TheIMEU

'Resist Apartheid:' Thousands Rally Against Israel's Nationality Bill

Thousands rallied in Tel Aviv, Israel's capital, to reject the controversial Nationality Bill, approved by the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, in July. The march was led by Palestinian Israelis who make up around 20 percent of Israel's population.

August 11, 2018
Published in World News

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