By: Issam A Adwan As Muslims around the world usher in the holy month of Ramadan and all its trappings, Palestinians brace themselves for what has become Israel’s favourite holiday tradition: a potential new round of attacks on Gaza following a surge of settler violence and military raids in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Palestinian anxieties have only increased since the new…
By: Kathy Sheridan A few weeks ago, Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and his security cabinet did what autocrats do. They simply declared nine illegal settler outposts in the occupied West Bank as legal under Israeli law. The most revealing element was the timing. Netanyahu made his announcement when Israeli-Palestinian tensions were already disastrously elevated….
By Mustafa Abu Sneineh The headteacher at a London hospital school has told Middle East Eye of her shock after British-Palestinian artwork made by children was removed following a complaint by a pro-Israel group. Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust (C&W HFT) took down the display, “Crossing Borders – A Festival of Plates”, amid threats of legal action from…
By: Ramona Wadi Last week, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin acknowledged the current Israeli settler violence against the Palestinian people following a meeting with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant. “The United States [remains] firmly opposed to any acts that could trigger more insecurity, including settlement expansion and inflammatory rhetoric,” Austin told reporters. “We’re especially disturbed…
By: Jonathan Cook A sustained violent attack by hundreds of Jewish settlers on the Palestinian town of Huwwara last Sunday – as well as the response of Israel’s new far-right government – has divided Jewish opinion in Israel and deeply discomfited Jews abroad. The Board of Deputies, which claims to represent Britain’s Jewish community and is usually…
By Ramzy Baroud As hundreds of thousands of people joined anti-government protests throughout Israel at the weekend, questions began to arise regarding how this movement might affect, or possibly merge with, the wider struggle against the Israeli military occupation and apartheid in Palestine. Pro-Palestine media outlets shared, with obvious excitement, statements made by Hollywood celebrities, including…