أرشيف الوسم : Jerusalem

نبيل العربي، الامين العام لجامعة الدول العربية أدان الممارسات الإسرائيلية “العنصرية والعدوانية” تجاه الفلسطينيين، وحث المجتمع الدولي والأمم المتحدة على التدخل لوقف ذلك . العربي قال “يجب على المجتمع الدولي والأمم المتحدة  تحمل المسؤولية تجاه الممارسات الإسرائيلية العدوانية والعنصرية ضد الشعب الفلسطيني”. وأضاف “إن التصعيد المستمر  لتلك الهجمات على الشعب الفلسطيني من قبل سلطات الاحتلال والمستوطنين الإسرائيليين تهدد بتفاقم الوضع …

بقلم : خوان كول إذا كان هناك دونالد ترامب فلسطيني فسيكون عنيدا  و خاطفا ضد المهاجرين غير الشرعيين الذين يملئون الضفة الغربية الفلسطينية. و سوف يشتكي من أن واحدا من  6 من هؤلاء هم من  غير الموثقين  كأميركيين. الأميركيون لديهم مشكلة في فهم الحقائق الأساسية عن الوضع، بل الجدير بالذكر أن خطة التقسيم للجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة لفلسطين  وقت الانتداب …

Attack on Gaza last year raises pressure on Ban Ki-moon to put Israeli army on same list as Islamic State and Taliban By Jonathan Cook Palestinian solidarity groups have taken to social media to step up the pressure on United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to include Israel for the first time on a “shame list” of serious violators of children’s …

By Ramzy Baroud Waiting on Israeli society to change from within is a colossal waste of time, during which the suffering of an entire nation – torn between an occupied home and a harsh diaspora – will not cease. But what are Palestinians and the supporters of a just peace in Palestine and Israel to do? Plenty. Those who counted …

By Jonathan Cook There is something deeply mendacious and cowardly about this ritual leaking by European diplomats of their annual report on Jerusalem. This year they’ve chosen to deposit the “confidential” report in the hands of the Guardian. Obviously, the Europeans – and Americans – want this information about how angry they are with Israel disseminated as widely as possible in the …

By Jonathan Cook – 17 March 2015 Over the final fortnight of Israel’s election campaign, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has gone from being celebrated for slaying President Barack Obama in the US Congress to looking and sounding more like one of Obama’s least-loved predecessors: Richard Nixon. Tired, confused, desperate and paranoid are just a few of the epithets that have …

By Jonathan Cook The Israeli prime minister was asked to avoid Sunday’s march in Paris, out of a fear he would use the occasion to exploit divisions in French society Al-Araby – 12 January 2015 It was hardly surprising that France’s president, Francois Hollande, is understood to have implored Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu not to participate in Sunday’s mass …

By Ramzy Baroud It was the moment many had been waiting for. On January 2, Palestine’s United Nations envoy, Riyad Mansour formally requested membership at the International Criminal Court (ICC). “We are seeking justice for all the victims that have been killed by Israel, the occupying power,” he said. There was no explanation why Palestine’s membership of the Rome Statue …

By Ramzy Baroud In terms of losses in human lives, 2014 has been a horrific year for Palestinians, surpassing the horrors of both 2008 and 2009, when an Israeli war against the Gaza Strip killed and wounded thousands. While some aspects of the conflict are stagnating between a corrupt, ineffectual Palestinian Authority (PA), and the criminality of Israeli wars and …

The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Wednesday presented its draft UN resolution laying out terms for a peace deal with Israel, but made room for negotiations on the text so as to avoid conflicts with the United States. The draft resolution will set a twelve-month deadline for wrapping up the deal and complete Israel’s withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territories by …