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.
Tag: Israel
Palestine
Rights group protests Israel raid on Palestine TV
Reporters Without Borders said it was "outraged" by an Israeli police raid on the East Jerusalem studio of Palestine TV, in which a producer and cameraman were detained.
Palestine
Israeli doctors refuse to force-feed hunger strikers
The Israel Medical Association opposes proposed legislation that would allow Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike to be force-fed, calling the practice "torture."
Palestine
Palestinian hunger strikers in solitary confinement
Sixty hunger-striking Palestinians in Israel's Eshel prison are being held in solitary confinement, out of over 100 now striking in protest of "administrative detention."
Palestine
Marwan Barghouti to join detainee hunger strike
Jailed Palestinian leaders Marwan Barghouthi and Ahmad Saadat announced that they will go on hunger strike in solidarity with "administrative detainees" who are refusing food.
Europe
Nazi nostalgia in Lviv —or is that Lemberg?
Hundreds marched in Lviv to mark the anniversary of the formation of a Ukrainian SS division, which fought for the Nazis against the Soviet Union during World War II.
Europe
Odessa massacre: fascism on both sides, thank you
Ukraine's anarcho-syndicalist Autonomous Workers' Union has issued a "Statement on the Odessa Tragedy," caling the horrific violence there a "clash of right-wing combatants."
Palestine
Israeli forces fire tear gas at Christian pilgrims
Dozens of Christian pilgrims suffered from tear-gas inhalation on Good Friday after Israeli troops fired gas canisters as they performed religious rites at the Tomb of Lazarus.
Palestine
Al-Aqsa clashes as MKs tour compound
Clashes broke out between Palestinian worshipers and Israeli forces in the al-Aqsa compound following a visit by right-wing Israeli MK Moshe Feiglin.
Greater Middle East
Lebanon, Golan Heights at stake in Syria conflict
A suicide blast hit Lebanon's Bekaa Valley after Hezbollah fighters took a Syrian border town. Meanwhile, a Syrian opposition figure broaches selling the Golan for Israeli military aid.
Palestine
Ukraine and Palestine: geography denial
Zionist settlers in Hebron raise a banner reading “Palestine never existed!” This perverse denialism is alas mirrored in much that the “left” is saying about Ukraine.
Europe
Israeli-trained militia fights for Ukrainian fascists?
A startling Jewish Telegraphic Agency report tells of a "Jewish-led militia force" that fought in the Ukrainian revolution—under command of the far-right Svoboda party.