Latest in Tag: Israel Highlight
Latest in Tag: Israel
‘Every dark skin in Israel is now a target’
The recent escalation in violence between Israelis and Palestinians has conjured up an old demon from Israel’s past: racism and discrimination against Jews, by Jews.
Protesters gather at Press Syndicate in solidarity with Palestine
Other stands were organised in Cairo University and Alexandria University on Sunday
Israel suspends Israeli-Palestinian encounters on the pitch
The Israel Football Association (IFA) acting on orders of the police has suspended what it calls āsensitiveā matches, a reference to professional and amateur games between Israeli Jewish and Israeli Palestinian squads. Police said the suspension on football pitches that have long signalled mounting tensions, violence, and racism in Israeli society was because their forces …
BDS Egypt to hold conference in solidarity with Palestinian resistance
Our aim is to push Egypt to take stronger stance against Israel and to redefine national security strategy, says BDS spokesperson
Conflict takes toll on Israeli and Palestinian women
Unlike in previous uprisings, more and more women are participating in protests against the Israeli occupation. But the fighting has also taken its toll on them. As attacks and standoffs have happened across Israel and the occupied territories, more and more young Palestinian women are participating in protests. Some have even carried out attacks on …
Fresh conflict serves up raw nerves at Jerusalem restaurant
As Israel cracked down against Palestinian stabbings this week, one Jerusalem restaurant was both a refuge and an awkward workplace as staff eyed each other over the daily grind of hummus. Daniella Cheslow reports. Moshe Shrefler, 39, runs Azura restaurant with his three brothers and their father, Ezra, who emigrated from Diyarbakir in the Kurdish …
Israel deploys hundreds of soldiers to curb attacks
Hundreds of troops have been deployed in Israeli cities in an effort to quash the most recent wave of violence. The attacks have caused officials to set up checkpoints in Palestinian areas of east Jerusalem.
Retaliatory rockets fired at Russia embassy in Damascus
Two rockets have struck the Russian embassy in Damascus. The attack took place as hundreds of people were gathering for a demonstration in support of Russia’s intervention in Syria.
Saudi Arabia friendliest country to Egypt, Israel most hostile: Poll
Baseeraās opinion poll on 26 countries surprisingly indicates that Ethiopia is friendly and Denmark is hostile
Israel, US, EU and the World: You have less than 3 months to decide
By Fadi Elhusseini On 27 August, headlines splashed global newspapers that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and nine other top officials resigned from the ruling Executive Committee (ExCo) of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Talks about an emergency or a regular session of the Palestine National Council (PNC) followed. Although PNC Chairman Salim Al-Zanoun announced a …
Netanyahu praises Al-Sisiās call for cooperation with Israel
Al-Sisi puts Palestinian-Israeli conflict at heart of the issue, but prospects for negotiations are dim
Ā Al-Sisi, Abbas meet to discuss Palestinian issue
Egyptian president also stresses Egyptās border measures are not intended to harm Palestinians
Palestinian killed in West Bank amid tensions in occupied territories
21-year-old Diaa Al-Talahmeh allegedly died of Israeli gunshot
Egypt condemns Israelās actions in Jerusalem
Clashes between Palestinians and Israelis continue for fourth day
Egypt denounces Israelās attack on Al-Aqsa worshippers
Palestinian worshippers remain worried about Israeli attempts to increase access to the holy site
Foreign ministry confirms 75 US troops to bolster Sinai peacekeepers
Deployment follows militant attack that injured six earlier in September
Israeli nuclear whisteblower Vanunu under house arrest over TV interview
More than a decade since completing his 18-year jail-term for exposing details of Israel’s nuclear weapons, Mordechai Vanunu has been put under house arrest. His detention follows a TV interview regarding the disclosure
Israel’s fault lines spill onto the football pitch
Israel’s multiple fault lines – secular vs religious, Jewish vs Palestine, and controversial calls for a boycott of the Jewish state – are exploding on the football pitch. The spill-over comes as President Reuven Rivlin warned in a recent speech that Israel was being fragmented by four tribes that view each other’s worldview as a …
UN General Assembly expected to pass Palestinian flag resolution
The resolution presented by the Palestinians, which is to be voted on later on Thursday would give them and other nations with non-member observer status at the United Nations the right to fly their flag in New York
Israeli embassy in Egypt reopened after 4 years
Embassy was closed after protesters stormed it in September 2011
Cruelty is not a human right
From 1 January to 18 August 2015, the Israeli police demolished 331 Palestinian structures in Area C (not including East Jerusalem) and 457 people, including 263 children, lost their precarious homes, according to data from the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) and BāTselem, the Israeli human rights organisation
Israel’s former defence minister says army blocked 3 planned attacks on Iran
Israel’s former defence minister Ehud Barak has said that three separate planned attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities were blocked in recent years. The attacks were allegedly blocked by senior ministers. In an interview broadcast on the privately run Channel 2 television station, Barak said that plans drawn up between 2009 and 2010 which had been …
Palestinian President Abbas steps down from PLO leadership ahead of internal poll
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has stepped down as head of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). He remains president of the Palestinian Authority.
Legal case against UK for Palestine actions will be successful in Egyptian court: Activists
Case hopes to produce reparations from the UK for its historical Palestinian interventions
Israeli air strike on Golan Heights village kills at least two
At least two people have been killed in an Israeli air strike that hit a car in a village in the Golan Heights. The attack came a day after Israel carried out strikes against Syrian army posts in the area. Syrian state television reported that five unarmed civilians had been killed in the strike by …
Palestinian ends hunger strike as Israel lifts detention
Mohammad Allan has called off his 65-day hunger strike. The Islamist detainee, who awoke from a coma this week, made the announcement through his lawyer after Israel’s High Court lifted his detention.
Israel and Palestine play high stakes football
Israel and Palestine are playing political football, with Palestinian football as the ball. It is a match which Israel is unlikely to win and that could prove to produce a bruising loss. The stakes for IsraelāĀ are far higher than for Palestine. Israel is effectively on probation as it seeks to definitively defeat Palestinian efforts to …
Fight continues 10 years after Israel ‘left’ Gaza
When Israel’s army withdrew from Gaza in 2005, many hoped that peace would follow. Ten years on, some say the move was a mistake, while others are asking if the occupation, as defined by international law, ever ended. On August 15, 2005, emotional images of Israeli soldiers made their way around the world as the …
Fight continues 10 years after Israel ‘left’ Gaza
When Israel’s army withdrew from Gaza in 2005, many hoped that peace would follow. Ten years on, some say the move was a mistake, while others are asking if the occupation, as defined by international law, ever ended. On August 15, 2005, emotional images of Israeli soldiers made their way around the world as the …
Israel struggles with racist underground
Israel is struggling with how to deal with groups, some of which are underground, that are linked to a banned nationalist political party that has emerged at the core of recent racist, anti-Palestinian incidents and include a militant football fan group that was responsible for last month’s violent clashes during a Europa League qualifier in …