Stories written by PhilipGiraldi
AntiWar.com, 2/10/14 – It may seem like an incredibly lazy and not particularly inventive strategy, but Israel is willing to bet that, amid threats of a new push for boycott and divestment from the settlements, they can slander boycott advocates into silence. Israel held a whole special “ministerial meeting” on the matter recently, according to the […]
IMEMC, 2/12/14 – A group of Israeli colonial settlers, on Tuesday, cut down 150 grape trees in the region of Ayn Alqisis, to the south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. “The aggressive settlers of Sidi Boez settlement, built on Palestinians lands, cut down the aged grape trees that belong to Ayman salah, age […]
IMEMC, 2/12/14 – Several Palestinians have been injured after dozens of soldiers attacked a funeral procession of a Palestinian in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank district of Hebron. A two-year-old child is among the injured. Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, stated […]
IMEMC, 2/11/14 – The Israeli air force fired several missiles into two areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, causing property damage but no casualties, the Palestine News Network (PNN) has reported. The Israeli army claimed the first strike targeted what it called “a rocket launcher” hidden in an area in central Gaza, while the second […]
IMEMC, 2/10/14 – Local sources have reported that the Israeli police demolished two Palestinian homes in Silwan and Jabal al-Mokabber, in occupied East Jerusalem. Resident Mohammad Hasan Sawahra, 38, said that dozens of soldiers and police officers invaded his home in Silwan, at approximately 5:30 am, and forced him and his family out. The soldiers […]
IMEMC, 2/10/14 – A report published by the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees in Ramallah, on February 8, revealed that several ailing detainees currently imprisoned by Israel, including cancer patients, are suffering serious deterioration in their health conditions, due to the lack of adequate and specialized treatment and care. Lawyers of the Ministry of Detainees visited […]
IMEMC, 2/9/14 – A number of right-wing Israeli settlers were caught on tape, Saturday, attacking an Israeli peace activist accompanying Palestinian shepherds and farmers through Palestinian lands at Shweika village, south of the Hebron Mountains area, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The attack took place on Saturday morning [February 8, 2014], […]
Everyone remembers the Israeli athletes murdered during the 1972 Olympic games, but no one commemorates the hundreds of people (mostly civilians) killed by Israel’s heavy air attacks in Syria and Lebanon launched the following day. By Alison Weir. Counterpunch, 2/11/14 – The Washington Post has published a moving article, “Russian Jews remember Israeli athletes murdered at 1972 […]
IMEMC, 2/7/14 – At least 18 Palestinians were injured when Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian worshipers after prayers, in the al-Aqsa compound, on Friday. Dozens of Israeli soldiers raided the compound, firing tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at worshipers, according to a report by the Ma’an News Agency. Director of Al-Aqsa clinic, Adnan Khanafseh, […]
ADC, 2/6/14 – Today in Congress an unconstitutional bill was introduced, and if passed it would stifle academic freedom, chill free speech, and penalize the use of non-violent means of resistance and protest against the Israeli occupation. The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has received a lot of attention in recent months, after various American […]
