Motasem A Dalloul

Israel must be brought to account for its crimes

Saturday 21-August-2021

More than 1.2 million Palestinian children in the occupied territories returned to their schools for the new academic year on 15 August.

Will the Israeli army ever stop killing Palestinians?

Saturday 14-August-2021

With an increasing number of Palestinians being killed by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Aviv Kochavi warned soldiers recently against misjudgments when they use lethal force during clashes with Palestinians.

Olympic athletes represent the real Arab attitude towards Israel

Wednesday 4-August-2021

Two Arab athletes at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games made headlines when they pulled out rather than participate alongside their Israeli counterparts.

Palestinians in Gaza are still living through the trauma

Monday 19-July-2021

A family of four sons two daughters and both their parents has been homeless since 12 May when their apartment was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on their six-story residential tower block in Al Naser neighborhood north of Gaza City. Raed Subaih 45 is the head of the family.

Hamas and Saudi Arabia: A return to good relations?

Friday 16-July-2021

Last week Saudi Satellite TV Channel Al Arabiya surprised its audience when it hosted Chief of Hamas Political Bureau abroad Khaled Meshaal.

Burning the Israeli flag is a problem but killing Palestinians isn’t

Thursday 8-July-2021

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll met with the German Ambassador Susanne Wasum-Rainer on Monday along with visiting German parliamentarians.

Why did the PA kill Nizar Banat?

Sunday 27-June-2021

​Three days ago at dawn Palestinians across the occupied territories were shocked to learn that a well-known activist in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron Nizar Banat had been killed by Palestinian Authority security forces.

Palestinian resistance is still battling to end Israeli siege of Gaza

Tuesday 22-June-2021

The head of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement in Gaza Yahya Sinwar met with UN Peace Process Envoy Tor Wennesland this morning (21/6/2021).

Flag March was a recruiting sergeant for the Palestinian resistance

Thursday 17-June-2021

Ultranationalist right-wing Israeli settlers carried out their “Flag March” in Jerusalem yesterday.

A ceasefire in place but it’s not the victory that Netanyahu wanted

Tuesday 25-May-2021

As I write it is almost midnight on Thursday and after a two-and-a-half hour meeting of Israel’s security cabinet it has been reported that there is to be a ceasefire in the military offensive against the Gaza Strip where I live.

Netanyahu is losing hope for a victorious end to his Gaza offensive

Wednesday 19-May-2021

The Israeli occupation army — the so-called Israel Defense Forces (IDF) — has been bombarding the besieged Gaza Strip in an attempt to destroy the infrastructure of the Palestinian resistance movements.

Statements alone will not stop Israeli attacks on Palestinians

Tuesday 11-May-2021

Events in Jerusalem have dominated the headlines over the past few days. Hundreds of Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque have been wounded in violent attacks by Israeli security forces some of them seriously.

Israel is undermining efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal

Wednesday 21-April-2021

After two weeks of deliberations in Vienna about reactivating the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal with Iran EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell told reporters on Monday that “There is a real goodwill on both parts to reach an agreement.”

Netanyahu is not ready to step down despite another election deadlock

Thursday 25-March-2021

After Israel’s fourth general election in under two years Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he will not step down despite another deadlock.

Hamas under the hold of the PA Israel in the occupied West Bank

Friday 5-March-2021

Security services of the Palestinian Authority (PA) have arrested several Hamas members and activists in the occupied West Bank and put them in Al-Junaid Prison in the city of Nablus.

After three decades Hamas remains a popular democratic movement

Friday 26-February-2021

On Tuesday the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas announced that it has carried out the first stage of its internal elections choosing Local Shura Councils in a “democratic and fair” process.