Palestine

When the online travel agency Booking.com announced last month that it was going to designate Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank as “occupied territory” and warning of “an increased risk to safety and human rights”, it was welcomed as part of a growing international recognition that the occupation of…

Clayson Monyela is the Head of Public Diplomacy at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation in South Africa. When the South African government released the National Interest Framework document recently, the reaction of the Brenthurst Foundation could only be described as an emotional venting exercise that did not even…

This is an opinion editorial by Seth Cantey, an associate professor of politics, and Mohammed Mourtaja, a Palestinian student studying international economics. A debate is taking shape over whether bitcoin can play a role in Palestinians’ quest for freedom from Israeli occupation. It began a year ago, in September 2021,…

RAMALLAH: Tension escalated at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday, with incursions into the area by hundreds of Jewish settlers, under the protection of Israeli police, to mark the start of Rosh Hashanah. It came as Jewish extremist groups continued calls to be allowed to enter the compound on Monday and…

KOYA, Iraq: An Iranian drone bombing campaign targeting the bases of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in northern Iraq Wednesday has killed at least nine people and wounded 32 others, the Kurdish Regional Government’s Health Ministry said. The strikes took place as demonstrations continued to engulf the Islamic Republic after the…

Updated Sep 23rd 2022, 7:00 AM Christina Finn reports from New York:  TAOISEACH MICHEÁL MARTIN has used Ireland’s statement to the UN General Assembly to voice his deep frustration in the UN Security Council’s “failure to act” on a number of issues, such as climate change and Palestine. Ireland was…

TAYFUN COSKUN / ANADOLU AGENCY / GETTY IMAGES Twenty years ago, Tallie Ben Daniel was a college student wandering the campus of the University of California, Santa Cruz, when she came across a bumper sticker that read “Free Palestine.” Born to an Israeli family in Los Angeles, Ben Daniel had…

Canada is silent on Israeli aggression in Palestine yet it’s quick to condemn Russia’s attack on Ukraine, activists say The post Palestinians accuse Canada of having a double standard on Israel appeared first on New Canadian Media . Alberta resident Suleiman Baraka has a tragic yet familiar story for many…

The move follows months of intense backlash that McGill’s Solidarity for Palestinian Human group have faced over their proposed Palestine Solidarity Policy. The Arts Building at McGill University. Credit: DXR / Wikimedia Commons Last month, Jewish service organization B’nai Brith announced that they’ll be funding McGill student Jonah Fried’s lawsuit…

Nineteen Palestinian children have been killed in the occupied territories in the recent unrest, taking the total number this year to 37, the UN says. — AFP/ Said Khatib GENEVA: The UN rights chief voiced alarm Thursday at the number of Palestinian children killed and wounded this month and demanded…