The UN and NGOs denounced Friday ”record” of Palestinians displaced in the West Bank. That follows the destruction of 63 buildings in the area by Israeli authorities. 132 Palestinians, including 42 children find themselves homeless. Demolitions “that destroy chances for peace”, is the statement by the UN following the destruction by Israel of infrastructure, and the...
Searching at one home and the next, the Israeli government have started a mass deportation program by rounding up refugees to send them back home. The decision comes after a court in Jerusalem legalised the policy of transferring all 1,500 South-Sudanese migrants in Israel back to their native country. Planned by the Interior Minister Eli...
British Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned Israel’s announcement which authorises new settlement units across the West Bank. He said that while appreciating the Israeli government’s efforts to avoid damaging legislation in the Knesset by voting against a bill to legalise West Bank outposts, the decision to move settlers from an illegal outpost by creating housing...
Many protest groups are running an active campaign against the Habima Theatre Company performance as part of the Globe’s Shakespeare Festival. The boycott is the answer to the Palestinian call to boycott all Israeli cultural institutions which “continue to serve the purposes of the Israeli colonial and apartheid regime”. The campaign has the support of...
A Palestinian national footballer is critically ill in hospital after a prolonged hunger strike. Mahmoud Sarsak, 25, has been refusing food ever since 24 March; protesting at his detention without being charged by Israel. Sarah Colborne, the Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: “All that the prisoners on hunger strike are demanding are that their...
The rocket fired on the shrine of Syyeda Zainab (AS) in Damascus. Including a caretaker of gold-domed of the shrine of Bibi Zainab (AS) named by Ans Romani and others two persons were killed in attack and several were injured. The incident was blamed on local insurgents and declared that it was cause of sectarian...