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بعد أداءه في تل أبيب و  في تحد للنداءات الفلسطينية بعدم مساعدة إسرائيل على استخدام اسمه لتغطية نظامها من القمع، أعلن كايتانو فيلوسو الآن أنه “لن يعود” لإسرائيل. و ذلك في مقال بعنوان ” بعد زيارة إسرائيل لن أعود أبدا لإسرائيل”، نشر في الـ 8   من نوفمبر . الفنان البرازيلي البارز يكشف كيف وصل إلى قراره بعد رؤية واقع الاحتلال …

بقلم : جوناثان كوك التصاعد الأخير في العنف بين الفلسطينيون والإسرائيليون كان  تم وصفه بأنه مختلفا ووحيدا في القدس عن  الإنتفاضتين. الهاتف الذكي كان السمة المميزة لهذه الجولة من الاشتباكات. التآكل المستمر لسنوات بين سلطة  كل من فتح وحماس خلال مرحلة ما بعد أوسلو ، أثبت أن الفصائل الفلسطينية عاجزة عن حماية شعوبها من العنف الهيكلي للاحتلال، وأدى لتوجيه أطفال …

In Israel and east Jerusalem Christian schools have threatened to stay closed for Tuesday’s start of the new academic year because of a financing dispute with the government. The director of schools overseen by the Custody of the Holy Land, Abdel Massih Fahim, said  that the shutdown  was planned to demand equal treatment with other schools in Israel.  He added …

By: Jonathan Cook I have written recently about Israel’s efforts to wipe off the map the 1,000-strong Bedouin community of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev (Naqab) so that Jews can live in their place. Dozens of other Bedouin communities in Israel – known as “unrecognised villages” and representing tens of thousands of Palestinian citizens – are facing similar fates. The …

Human Rights Groups denounced Israeli demolitions of homes in the West Bank where the U.N. said 63 houses and other structures were destroyed this week alone, making 132 Palestinians homeless. In a joint statement, 31 international organizations including Oxfam and Amnesty International slammed the “surge” in demolitions and urged world leaders “to take urgent action” to put an end to …

By : Amer Zahr There’s no reason to think there’s anything wrong. Almost no reason. Except for one thing. There’s a military occupation going on. Forty-eight years later, unfortunately, this still has to be explained. And I don’t want to try to explain it to you by exploring international law or geopolitics. Wikipedia has that pretty well covered. Instead, let’s …

A new study by the U.N. aid agency for Palestinian refugees says.that infant mortality rate in Gaza has risen for the first time in more than 50 years, A statement from the UNRWA relief agency released said “The number of babies dying before the age of one has consistently gone down over the last decades in Gaza, from 127 per …

 Amnesty International An investigative online tool mapping Israeli attacks in Gaza during the conflict of July and August 2014 has been unveiled by Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture today. Its purpose is to help push for accountability for war crimes and other violations of international humanitarian law. The Gaza Platform enables the user to explore and analyse data about Israel’s …

By Ramzy Baroud Over the year, I realized that the term ‘left’ is not exclusive to a political ideology, but a mode of thinking championed mostly by self-tailored ‘leftist’ western intellectuals. I grew to dislike it with intensity. But that has not always been the case. My father was a communist, or so he called himself. He read the translated …

By: Jonathan Cook  Two recent reports suggest that Israel could face catastrophic consequences if it fails to end the mistreatment of Palestinians under its rule, whether in the occupied territories or in Israel itself. The Rand Corporation’s research shows that Israel could lose $250 billion (Dh919bn) over the next decade if it fails to make peace with the Palestinians and …