In both the United States and Israel, there is a myth that if we could just get rid of certain leaders—namely Trump and Netanyahu—then things would go back to normal, the good old days (in truth, for some but not for others). Source link
Donald Trump (L) and Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: via AJE) By Benay Blend In both the United States and Israel, there is a myth that if we could just get rid of certain leaders—namely Trump and Netanyahu—then things would go back to normal, the good old days (in truth, for some but not for others). “What… read more »
Trump’s Assistant and Special Envoy for International Negotiations, Jason Greenblatt. (Photo: File) The United States will not release the long-delayed political portion of its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan before Israel’s elections next month, White House Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt said on Wednesday. The move, announced in a tweet by Greenblatt, keeps the plan’s details from becoming an… read more »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: File) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to strike the already-besieged Gaza Strip regardless of the country’s upcoming general election. Speaking yesterday as he embarked on a two-day visit to Ukraine, Netanyahu said: “I heard comments that I am refraining from a large campaign [in Gaza] because of the elections. This is… read more »
US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. (Photo: via Twitter) US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has said she will no longer visit the occupied West Bank under the “oppressive conditions” required by the Israeli government, who hours earlier said they would allow her entry on “humanitarian” grounds. Tlaib, who is of Palestinian origin, tweeted her decision on Friday, a day after… read more »
US Representatives, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, a thorn in the side of the American establishment and the pro-Israel lobby have been banned from entering Israel and Palestine. Source link
A graphic used as part of the social media campaign against the City of Vancouver adopting the IHRA definition of Anti-Semitism. (Photo: Supplied) By Marion Kawas The City of Vancouver, Canada might seem to be an odd place for a battle over the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of Anti-Semitism. But that is exactly… read more »
Bethlehem/PNN/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the regime will not evacuate the settlements it has built in defiance of international law on the occupied Palestinian territories under any conflict resolution deal with Palestine. “In any diplomatic plan, I will not allow the uprooting of a single settlement or a single settler, not a single… read more »
Ramallah/PNN/ The Israeli Occupation Forces demolished the house of the Palestinian prisoner Omar al-Barghouthi, father of the martyr Saleh and the prisoner Assem, who is detained for carrying out the operation of Givat Asaf, which killed two Israeli soldiers last December. The IOF, reinforced with bulldozers and heavy vehicles, began demolishing the house of Assem… read more »
PNN/ Jerusalem/ The Trump administration’s “Deal of the century”, or so-called Middle East peace plan does not include the establishment of an independent Palestinian state., but rather calls for Palestinian autonomy in the Gaza Strip with political and economic links to the West Bank, reported the Palestinian newspaper al-Quds on Thursday. The paper did not… read more »