Palestine
West Bank under siege, death toll mounts
Five Palestinians have been killed and hundreds detained in "Operation Brother's Keeper," Israel's biggest West Bank deployment in a decade.
Tag: Gaza Strip
Palestine
ISIS behind West Bank abductions?
Hebron and the West Bank are heavily militarized as Israeli troops hunt for three youths whose abductions have now been claimed (somewhat dubiously) in the name of ISIS.
Palestine
Israel: ‘population transfer’ gains currency?
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.
North America
IRS targets Cuba solidarity group
The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), which has sponsored aid shipments to Cuba for two decades is threatened with losing its tax-exempt status.
Palestine
Ariel Sharon buried under Iron Dome
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.
Palestine
Gaza and Yarmouk: fearful symmetry
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.
Palestine
Mass suicide attempt over Gaza war compensation
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.
Palestine
Israel settlement plans criticized as unlawful
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.
Palestine
Israeli air-strikes target northern Gaza
Israeli air-strikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip after militants fired rockets into Israel—the first such exchanges in over two months.
Palestine
HRW: Hamas must end death penalty for youth
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.
Palestine
Islamic Jihad severs ties with Hamas
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.
Greater Middle East
Egypt’s Sinai on high alert over jihadist infiltration
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.