Israel can 'improve' war crime probes: report
Text A committee investigating Israel's 2010 Gaza flotilla raid found that the IDF's own war crimes investigations meet international standards, but that there is still room for "improvement."A...
View ArticleJerusalem: troops fire on Palestinian protesters
Text As Obama left Israel for Jordan, two Palestinian youths were critically wounded when Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets on protesters at Anata north of Jerusalem.Israeli forces...
View ArticleClashes in Hebron over Palestinian prisoner death
Text For a fourth consecutive day, young Palestinians in Hebron clashed with Israeli troops in protests over the death of an eldery prisoner in Israeli custody. For a fourth consecutive day April 5,...
View ArticleIssawi calls for 'rage and solidarity' on Prisoners Day
Text Long-term hunger striker Samer Issawi called for "rage and solidarity" to mark Palestinian Prisoners Day. 3,000 detainees in Israel's prisons refused food to mark the day.Long-term hunger striker...
View ArticleDeadly narco violence in Gaza Strip
Text The Hamas-run administration in the Gaza Strip will appoint a committee to investigate clashes between police and suspected drug dealers in Beit Lahiya that left one dead.The Hamas-run ministry...
View ArticleEgypt's Sinai on high alert over jihadist infiltration
Text Egypt has declared a state of alert in the Sinai after extremist Islamist fighters set up a military base in the peninsula ahead of planned anti-government protests.Egypt has declared a state of...
View ArticleIslamic Jihad severs ties with Hamas
Text The Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza announced that it is suspending ties with Hamas, accusing Gaza authorities of being responsible for the death of one of the group's members. The Islamic Jihad...
View ArticleHRW: Hamas must end death penalty for youth
Text Human Rights Watch called on Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip to halt all executions, especially those of child offenders, alleging confessions were made under torture.Human Rights Watch (HRW)...
View ArticleIsraeli air-strikes target northern Gaza
Text Israeli air-strikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip after militants fired rockets into Israel—the first such exchanges in over two months.Israeli air-strikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip on...
View ArticleIsrael settlement plans criticized as unlawful
Text Top UN and EU officials denounced the renewed plans for Israeli settlements announced by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office and Ministry of the Interior. Top UN and EU officials denounced the...
View ArticleMass suicide attempt over Gaza war compensation
Text Members of families who lost relatives in Israel's 2008 war on Gaza staged a mass suicide attempt in protest over unpaid compensations from the Hamas government.Seventeen members of families who...
View ArticleGaza and Yarmouk: fearful symmetry
Text Some aghast at the suffering of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are strangely unconcerned with that in Yarmouk, the Damascus refugee camp now besieged by Syrian regime forces.Isn't it utterly...
View ArticleAriel Sharon buried under Iron Dome
Text As Ariel Sharon was buried under the protection of Israel's Iron Dome missile shield, joyful celebrations broke out at Lebanon's Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.After lying in state at the...
View ArticleIsrael: 'population transfer' gains currency?
Text With urban planners along the Green Line foreseeing the shift of Arab-majority suburbs into the West Bank, Israeli calls for "transfer" of the Palestinians are again mounting.Israel's...
View ArticleHamas: we'll coexist with Jews, but not 'occupiers'
Text As Israel resumed its bombardment of Gaza, Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal stressed that the group was ready to "coexist with the Jews" but would not tolerate "occupiers."Israel resumed its...
View ArticleThe proverbial pox on both your houses
Text Right-wing formations like "If Americans Knew" and Bashar Assad cheerleaders like the International Action Center are hurting the cause of standing up to the Zionist machine.Today's depressing...
View ArticleLatin America: Gaza attack draws strong protests
Text From indigenous Mapuche in southern Chile to Mayan Muslims in southeastern Mexico, thousands of Latin Americans expressed solidarity with Palestinians under attack from Israel.An Israeli military...
View ArticleUN rights chief calls for end to Gaza 'impunity'
Text UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged the international community to end what she called a "climate of impunity" in Israel's Gaza campaign.UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...
View ArticleElie Wiesel blames the victims
Text Elie Wiesel asks the world to stand with "the people of Israel" in their "struggle for survival"—but only with those in Gaza "who reject terror and embrace peace."Elie Wiesel—yet again—seems to...
View ArticleLatin America: more nations recall Israel envoys
Text Latin American governments continued their diplomatic protests against Israel's operations in Gaza, but now the protests aren't just from left and center-left leaders.A total of five Latin...
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