Thu 1-May-2025

Motasem A Dalloul

Israel’s new rules for visitors to the occupied West Bank

The Israeli occupation authorities are set to impose new rules next week on Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and foreign citizens who wish to visit the territory; the rules violate the basic human right to privacy.

Israel attacks UN human rights commissioners

Just one day before the end of her tenure as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on the Israeli government to meet its international obligations not least towards her staff.

Will the world ever recognize Palestinian tragedies?

During a joint press conference in Berlin for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz last week a German journalist asked Abbas whether he was ready to apologize to Israel over the 1972 attack on Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich.

The hypocritical world stood by and watched

Israel launched yet another military offensive against the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday (5/8/2022).

Where was Hamas during Israel’s latest bombardment of Gaza?

Israel launched a wide-scale offensive against the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday afternoon. Its stated target was senior Islamic Jihad commander Tayseer Al-Jaabari in his apartment in a high-rise residential building in Al-Remal area of Gaza City.

Biden proved that Israel is a US proxy in the Middle East

American President Joe Biden landed in Israel on Wednesday and started his four-day tour of the Middle East the first since he took office.

Justice for Abu Akleh will only come with the end of Israel occupation

Following repeated requests the Palestinian Authority agreed eventually to hand over the bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the United States to carry out forensic tests and find out who fired the fatal shot.

What about thousands of Palestinian civilians?

Early this week the Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigades released a short video footage showing an Israeli soldier it is holding as a prisoner of war Hisham Al-Sayed lying on bed and strapped to a ventilator.

When will the UN Security Council stop being unfair?

Most Palestinian regional and international bodies have marked the 15th anniversary of the stifling Israeli blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip – assuming that the blockade started in the middle of June 2007 – when the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas started ruling the coastal enclave.

Who were the winners and losers of Israel’s Flag March?

The Israeli occupation government opposition groups and extreme far-right Jewish settlers were all betting on the provocative Flag March to cause a major upheaval when it passed through the Muslim Quarter in occupied Jerusalem’s Old City at the weekend.

Israel’s leaders are causing destructive disunity among Israelis

Before forming the current dilapidating government coalition last year the Israeli occupation state went through four elections in two years.

Palestinian resistance deterred Israel defeated its fake narrative

Amid high tensions in the Palestinian holy city of Jerusalem right-wing Israeli activists submitted a request to the Israeli occupation police seeking to hold their annual flag march which celebrates the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967.

Will the battles between Israel and human rights groups end?

During its 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva that began on 28 February and ended on 1 April several resolutions were adopted including three against Israel – two of them in favor of the Palestinians and one in favor of the Syrians.

Israel cannot abandon its inherent racism even during times of crisis

The Israeli authorities have set a cap on the number of Ukrainian refugees that it is prepared to accept.

Turkiye did not discard the Palestinians to repair ties with Israel

Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Turkiye on Wednesday and met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Herzog’s visit to Turkiye came amidst a tense relationship between the two countries which reduced their diplomatic relations several years ago.

Palestinians do not need more statements but practical measures

During a meeting held on Saturday in Munich the Foreign Ministers of Germany Egypt France and Jordan reiterated the commitment of their countries to achieving just comprehensive and lasting peace regarding the issue of the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

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