Palestine

The Trump administration on Monday announced a major shift in U.S. policy toward Israel that could make it virtually impossible to advance peace efforts in the Middle East.  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. will no longer view Israeli settlements…

Mike Pompeo says the U.S. is now okay with Israeli settlements in the West Bank

The Trump administration on Monday announced a major shift in US policy toward Israel that could make it virtually impossible to advance peace efforts in the Middle East.  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US will no longer view Israeli settlements in …

CLAIM 1 Hashtag #StopIsraeliTerror was trending on top on Twitter in India yesterday. Tweeting under this hashtag, a Twitter user by the name of Mo.Riyaz shared an image of an injured baby to imply that the infant was injured by the Israel Army, recently. …

Coinciding with the 2019 National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) conference held in Minnesota this past weekend, the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) released an alarming report that exposes the toxic ideology that ch…

All of this puts progressive Jews like myself in an extraordinarily difficult position. We often refrain from calling out anti-Semitism on our side for fear of our political bona fides being questioned or, worse, losing friends or being smeared as the things …

The Israeli Supreme Court's recent ruling in favour of a government decision to deport Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), could have widespread repercussions for human rights activists, lawyers and rights groups have warne…

Soon after moving into the White House, US President Donald Trump vowed to do what his predecessors could not: broker a sustainable peace deal between Israel and Palestine. Three years into his presidency, however, the details of the political portion of his …

In his report on antisemitism, presented to the United Nations on October 17, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief Ahmed Shaheed, cited - without rejecting - claims "that the objectives, activities and effects of the Boycott, Divestment and…

Jordan has said it is committed to its landmark peace treaty with Israel despite ending a 25-year deal that allowed its neighbour to use two parcels of land along its border under its sovereignty. In a news conference on Monday, Jordan's Foreign Minister Aym…