Security forces in Syria have detained more than 40 Palestinians during a security campaign carried out in recent days in the Damascus and Damascus countryside governorates, according to a report issued on Tuesday by the Action Group for...
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CALLING ALL FUNDRAISERS: Are you interested in raising funds for the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign by participating in one of the 250 running, walking, climbing or other multisport events in Ireland from Bundoran to Bohereen; Dunboyne to Doneen; FEARmanagh to...
The Iran war's lasting impact on the Middle East
Full ArticleThe future of the Pakistan-brokered ceasefire between the United States, Israel, and Iran remains deeply uncertain. Whether it marks a fleeting pause in what may prove to be a protracted conflict , or the first fragile step toward...
The US economic strangulation of Cuba has created unbearable hardships for the population. Medea Benjamin describes what she saw on a recent solidarity delegation and how we can break the blockade Medea Benjamin, a co-founder of the antiwar organization CODEPINK,...
Empire of Piracy blockades Iran and China
Full ArticleIranians are itching to fight – in case the ceasefire collapses. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su All hail the almighty return of Pirates of the Caribbean, now upgraded to Pirates of the...
GAZA, (PIC) In a narrow alley in Khan Yunis, Umm Ahmad Al-Arablashi sits clutching her cheek, her face tightened by relentless pain. For days she has barely slept not because of airstrikes or explosions, but because of an infected tooth she...
Israeli authorities have reportedly authorised building illegal settlements on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, weeks after 34 new settlements were approved there, amid the Israeli government’s plan to accelerate its de facto annexation of...
Israeli forces are destroying more than 1,000 homes a day in Lebanon, according to a preliminary assessment by Lebanon’s National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS), which described Israeli attacks on the country as an "unprecedented escalation". The report found...
Israel is seeking to divide southern Lebanon into multiple zones as part of a potential deal with Beirut, including the creation of a buffer zone aimed at disarming Hezbollah, even as Lebanon pushes for an immediate ceasefire. Lebanon and...
The United States has denied visas to Palestinian representatives seeking to attend the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, several sources told The New Arab . The meetings began on Tuesday and will run...
Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has been subjected to repeated "brutal assaults" inside Israeli prisons while held in solitary confinement, according to a rights campaign, as abuses against Palestinian detainees continue to escalate. The Popular Campaign for the...
As public institutions continue to collapse under the weight of widespread destruction in Gaza, essential services such as education and electricity have increasingly shifted into private hands. Families now find themselves forced to pay for services that were once...
The Metropolitan Police in London have refused to accept a letter from pro-Palestinian supporters calling for the reversal of a decision to block their annual march marking the Nakba. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley had refused permission for pro-Palestinian supporters to...
SALFIT, (PIC) A Palestinian man was martyred after he was shot dead by a Jewish settler near the settlement outpost of “Emek Doron,” built on Palestinian land near the town of Deir Istiya, west of Salfit in the West Bank. Israeli...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Israeli municipal authorities demolished 13 residential and agricultural structures on Wednesday in various areas of Occupied Jerusalem. In a statement, the Jerusalem Governorate said that the Israeli municipality demolished the home of elderly Jerusalem resident Saleh Dweik in the...
ISTANBUL, (PIC) Hussam Badran, a senior member of the political bureau of Hamas, has called for strengthening Palestinian national unity to confront escalating challenges across Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and Jerusalem. Speaking during a meeting organized by the Palestinian Information Media...
Bombs Over Big Tech
Full ArticleOn March 1, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps drone-bombed three Amazon Web Services cloud computing facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Apps and banking services were disrupted, leading Amazon to “strongly recommend that customers with workloads running in...
London police said Wednesday they were hunting two suspects after an "attempted arson attack" on a synagogue in the north of the capital, amid an upsurge in antisemitic incidents. The pair, dressed in dark clothing and balaclavas, approached the synagogue...
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is the world’s second most dangerous antisemite, several spots ahead of white nationalist Nick Fuentes, according to a new report from the Israeli government. The report contains an analysis of 10 “prominent influencers in the...
The UK Parliament has approved a controversial bill granting police unprecedented powers to restrict, prevent, and impose strict conditions on protests . The move has triggered sustained opposition from campaigners who say the measures threaten the right to demonstrate,...
Activist flotilla heads to Gaza from Spain
Full ArticleDozens of boats carrying activists and aid for Palestinians in Gaza set sail from the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona on Wednesday. Organizers of the Global Sumud Flotilla say that more than 70 boats and 1,000 people from around...
Juman Simaan' s book Olive Growing in Palestine: Stories of Everyday Forms of Resistance (University of Georgia Press, 2026) does not commence with a description of the olive groves. Instead, it describes the presence of Israeli colonialism on...
Sahar Francis, a Palestinian lawyer and human rights defender, will tour Ireland to speak about Israel’s new racist execution law, and the ongoing abuse of Palestinian political prisoners, of which there are currently some 10,000, including 350 children. Monday 20th...
With renewed tensions between the US and Iran following the breakdown of negotiations in Islamabad on Saturday, the spectre of regional war has returned to loom over the Red Sea, along Yemen's western coast, once again placing Hodeidah Governorate...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has welcomed Italy’s decision to suspend the renewal of its military cooperation agreement with Israel, calling it “a step in the right direction” amid the ongoing attacks in Gaza and escalating regional tensions. In a press release...
Gaza municipalities warn of service, environmental collapse due to siege, fuel prevention
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) Gaza Strip municipalities warned of an imminent collapse of the basic services system, in light of the continued siege and the Israeli prevention of the entry of fuel, heavy equipment, and spare parts, which exacerbates health and environmental crises...
Hungary's outgoing Prime Minister, Viktor Orban , has long been considered Israel's closest ally in Europe and a staunch supporter of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, despite his corruption scandals and multiple wars in the Middle East. Now that...
PNN Investigation: New Palestinian Election Law Restricts Freedoms and Deepens Clan Influence
Full ArticleBethlehem / Special investigation Report for PNN – By Monjed Jadou A journalistic investigation conducted by the Palestine News Network (PNN), in cooperation with Palestine Press Operator, has found that the new electoral law governing the 2026 local elections restricts...
In Gaza , where crises are often measured in airstrikes and casualty figures, a quieter emergency is unfolding inside tents and overcrowded shelters. Away from the headlines, mothers are struggling to secure the most basic hygiene items for...
Rev. Munther Isaac, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Beit Sahour, warned of an escalating Israeli targeting of the Christian presence in Palestine. He stressed that what Christians are experiencing...
‘No Kings’ and MAGA: Turf wars on the Titanic’s deck
Full ArticleTrump is not an aberration, a deviation from the system. He is the system finally becoming visible in all its self-undermining contradictions. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The No Kings protests, which...
GAZA, (PIC) In the Gaza Strip, the suffering of families is no longer limited to the loss of safety and food, but has extended to the smallest details of daily life, until securing baby diapers has become a suffocating crisis weighing...
GAZA, (PIC) Inshirah Hajjaj, a diabetic patient living in a displacement tent in Gaza City, says that fear is no longer limited to shelling or hunger, but has extended to the night itself, as sleeping at night carries with it the...
The Palestine Coalition in Britain confirmed its insistence on organising its annual march to commemorate the Nakba of Palestine, amid intensifying public pressure on British police to change their position rejecting the proposed route. The Stop the War Coalition...
GAZA, (PIC) Five Palestinians were killed and others injured on Tuesday evening in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Al-Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City, bringing the total number of people killed in the Strip in one single day to 11. The...
On April 13, in an air strike on the village of Chamaa in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon, Israel completely razed the Shrine of Prophet Shamoun al-Safa. The strike was executed with precision and intention, a crime against a...
Protesters demonstrate outside the Columbia University campus in New York City. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider For decades, five powerful actors—the United States, the Arab states, the European Union, AIPAC, and Israel’s own opposition—have all claimed to seek Israeli-Palestinian peace while...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested 16 Palestinian citizens early Wednesday during a wide-scale raid across the West Bank. In Jenin, local sources reported that the IOF stormed the town of Ya’bad, southwest of the city, and arrested eight...
Rights center calls on Pope Leo to visit Gaza
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) The Gaza Center for Human Rights has issued a humanitarian and moral appeal to Pope Leo XIV, urging him to visit the Gaza Strip at the earliest possible opportunity and to witness firsthand the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe affecting more...
GAZA/ PNN / The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise set sail on April 12 to support a civilian-led international flotilla seeking to challenge Israel’s blockade of Gaza, in a mission organisers describe as peaceful and humanitarian. According to organisers, the vessel is joining...
The Leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Arafat, arrived at UN Headquarters by helicopter. A view of the helicopter, as it approached the North Lawn of the UN campus, on 13 November 1974. But Arafat was denied a...
Struggle for justice symbolises limitations of Truth and Reconciliation Commission, whose hearings began 30 years ago Darkness had fallen on 27 June 1985 when Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkonto set off on the 150-mile drive back from...
Every ceasefire is haunted by the same question: will it live up to the promise of peace? The United States and Iran could apparently only focus on their disagreements during peace talks in Islamabad, with negotiations led by American Vice...
RAMALLAH /PNN / A lawyer for prominent Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti said his client has been subjected to multiple physical assaults in recent weeks inside Israeli prisons, warning of what he described as a “concerning pattern” of escalating violations, including...
Kuwait has arrested a prominent international reporter for doing his job. The Kuwaiti government is threatening to imprison him under a set of new and harsh national security laws. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has strongly denounced the Israeli airstrike on a police vehicle in Gaza City that killed four people, including a child, on Tuesday. In a statement, Hamas said today’s attack reflects the intent of the Israeli occupation government,...
A devastating ‘war of atrocities’ will continue as long as the United Arab Emirates and others back the belligerents “Bloody unacceptable.” The UN’s top official in Sudan, Denise Brown, abandoned the language of diplomacy in addressing the failure to...
AL-KHALIL, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday arrested former Palestinian Minister of Religious Endowments and head of the Islamic Charitable Society in al-Khalil, Hatem al-Bakri, during a raid on the society’s headquarters in the Hawouz area in central al-Khalil. Security...
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