British imperialist businessman Cecil Rhodes once claimed that “[The English people] are the first race in the world, and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race.” This statement, I feel,...
GAZA, (PIC) Gaza Municipality spokesperson Hosni Mhanna said Thursday that hundreds of tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been flooded since Monday due to heavy rainfall. Severe weather has intensified the suffering of thousands of displaced people living in...
Today’s propaganda is primarily about monopolizing access, not hegemony in the sphere of communication Paweł Mościcki is a professor at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the author of numerous books and a blog:...
Pro-Palestinian activists, in coordination with civil society organisations, have announced plans to launch a new maritime campaign next month aimed at breaking Israel's blockade on Gaza . The initiative brings together the Freedom Flotilla and the "Caravan of...
GAZA, (PIC) Spokesman for Hamas Movement, Hazem Qassem, has said that the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip reflects contempt for the efforts of mediators and disregard for what is called the “Peace Council.” Qassem said in a press statement on...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued his visit to Israel on Thursday, a day after invoking what he characterised as ancient Biblical ties between the two nations and reaffirming India’s unwavering support for Israel during an address...
Palestine’s ambassador to the United Nations has withdrawn his candidacy for the presidency of the UN General Assembly following pressure from the United States and Israel. As a result, two candidates remain in the race – Cypriot ambassador Andreas Kakouris...
Dozens of pro-Palestine protesters gathered outside Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles on Wednesday night to protest the premiere of Scream 7 and call for a boycott of the film and its distributor. Demonstrators said Paramount...
Gaza’s coast is no longer calm, even on its most peaceful days. Its waves, once filled with the laughter of family outings, now crash against the rubble of destroyed ports and shattered boats. They are silent witnesses to a war...
His nomination was announced by the ministry’s permanent delegation at the Arab League in a letter, obtained by Mada Masr, to the league’s general secretariat on Wednesday. It comes at a critical time for the region, with Israeli hostilities against...
WEST BANK, (PIC) In a step considered a diplomatic shift with deep political implications, the United States announced that it will provide consular services inside settlements in the occupied West Bank for the first time, in a move that goes beyond...
A British businessman who funded Keir Starmer and several senior Labour ministers was awarded the Israeli medal of honour for his “dedication” to and “love” for Israel, it can be revealed. The information was obtained via a Freedom of Information request...
Amnesty International on Thursday blasted Israel for its “unprecedented” construction of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank , saying it was deliberately trying to dispossess Palestinians and make annexation “an irreversible reality”. Amnesty said that Israel was expanding its...
The European Parliament held a conference on Thursday to highlight Israel's proposed death penalty bill and press for a stronger European response, including possible sanctions over grave human rights violations incompatible with EU values. The event was...
The security conference revealed, under the Bavarian chandeliers, the strategic fatigue of a West that still speaks as it did in 1945 but no longer imposes its will as it did yesterday. From February 13 to 15, the Western political...
GAZA, (PIC) Palestinian detainees from Gaza held in Israel’s Negev and Ramleh prisons are facing increasingly harsh conditions, according to the Asra Media Office (AMO), which warned of mounting restrictions and punitive measures inside prison sections. In a statement issued on Thursday,...
Polls opened Thursday in a crunch vote for Britain's ruling Labour party that is expected to highlight growing support for the hard-right and leftists , particularly in England, where the traditional two-party system is fracturing. Defeat for the...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Israeli occupation authorities have issued a new decision banning a number of major Palestinian media platforms based in Jerusalem that specialize in covering Jerusalem affairs and the blessed Aqsa Mosque, a step considered a dangerous escalation aimed at...
Palestinian-American mediator Bishara Bahbah is preparing a paper to present to Hamas proposing its gradual disarmament, he revealed in an interview with the Saudi-owned Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper on Wednesday. He also said that there was a proposal to...
GAZA, (PIC) Israeli occupation forces continue to violate the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, carrying out air, ground and naval attacks on Rafah, eastern Gaza City, al-Bureij camp and Khan Yunis, targeting buildings and displacement centers. Local sources reported that two Palestinians were...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Palestinian Asra Media Office (AMO) said on Wednesday that around 70 Palestinian women detainees are spending Ramadan in Israel’s Damon prison under harsh conditions and without basic human rights protections. In a statement, the group said the women, 24...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) The suffering of Palestinian female prisoners in the Israeli prisons is renewed and intensifies during the blessed month of Ramadan, as they spend the days of fasting away from their families and children, under harsh conditions that lack the...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank, PNN — Report by Monjed Jadou, Camera man Ahmad Jabr — Inside a small workshop in the village of Za’atara, east of Bethlehem, Ibrahim Shenouda — known locally as Abu Al-Walid — bends over a rusted kerosene...
Farmer Mahmoud al-Attar stood at the edge of a dirt road east of the Shujaiya neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City , just dozens of meters from land his feet have not touched since Israel's genocidal war on the...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Groups of Jewish settlers stormed the courtyards of Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning, the ninth day of Ramadan, under the protection of Israeli forces. Dozens of settlers entered the compound through the Magaribeh Gate and performed public, collective Talmudic...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out a series of raids and incursions across multiple areas in the West Bank and Jerusalem overnight and into early Thursday, arresting at least 16 Palestinians, including a young woman and several...
I was on my way to Woolwich Crown Court with my family to spend the day with the families of the Filton 24 as we came into the fourth week of jury deliberations in the first trial. The first six...
RAMALLAH / PNN / As a result of Israeli campaign coordinated between Israeli settlers and Israeli forces has resulted in the displacement of the last two Palestinian families from the Al Khalayel valley, south of the town of Al Mughayyir...
Bethlehem, West Bank / PNN/ Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ) said in a new report that Israeli authorities intensified the use of military orders in 2025 to reshape land control across the occupied West Bank, targeting more than 11,200 dunams of...
GAZA, (PIC) UN Secretary-General spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric warned that more than 18,500 patients and injured people in the Gaza Strip, including around 4,000 children, are still in urgent need of immediate medical evacuation to receive treatment outside the territory, amid the...
GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian man was killed on Wednesday evening by Israeli forces in central Gaza amid continued ceasefire violations. A local source reported that the victim was killed in a strike carried out by an Israeli drone east of Deir al-Balah...
The General Assembly adopted a resolution in 2012 granting Palestine the status of non-member observer State in the United Nations. Credit: UN Photo/Rick Bajornas By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 2026 (IPS) The 193-member General Assembly, the highest-ranking policy-making body...
Israeli settlers set fire to vehicles and tents in the Palestinian village of Susiya on Tuesday night, residents said, in the latest incident of settler violence against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank . Videos verified by...
My husband and our children live in safety and comfort in Muslim-majority Malaysia. For the past few weeks before Ramadan, I noticed that there were already banners outside of restaurants advertising Ramadan buffets. There were already discussions around what we...
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that two Muslim Democratic US Representatives, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, should be "institutionalised" and sent back to "where they came from," a day after they had...
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrived on Wednesday in Jordan, where they met with Syrian refugees at the Zaatari camp and Palestinian children evacuated from the devastated Gaza Strip. King Charles III's younger son and his wife...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told lawmakers in Jerusalem on Wednesday that India stands "firmly" with Israel in reference to Hamas's unprecedented attack in October 2023, which triggered Israel's deadly war in the Gaza Strip. Modi also met with...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Approximately 40,000 worshipers performed the Isha and Taraweeh prayers at Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday evening, despite restrictions imposed by Israeli authorities on access to the Old City. Thousands of Palestinians gathered at the Mosque to pray in a spiritual...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli settlers attacked multiple towns and areas across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, continuing a pattern of assaults and intimidation targeting Palestinians, their land, and their property, under the protection of Israeli forces. Local sources reported that settlers...
For those of you who do not know me, I am Bobby, one half of Bob Vylan, a London-based punk band that, for the past eight years, has been self-releasing music and playing shows around the world; using our music...
GAZA, (PIC) Amid the ongoing discussions about the arrangements of the day after the war on the Gaza Strip, the debate is not limited to the form of governance or reconstruction, but extends to reshaping the financial structure itself. Among the proposals...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) In the context of an open war on Palestinian media, the Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ, revealed the killing of 129 journalists and media workers worldwide during 2025, a record toll, the highest since the committee began documenting these...
Israeli troops have carried out several cross-border operations in the south of Syria in recent weeks, invading villages, raiding homes, and detaining civilians. While some detainees were later released, others were taken to undisclosed locations with...
T he abandonment of international allies treaties and norms, Stephen Walt argues, will slowly ostracize the United States and leave the country behind as the multipolar world rises. As Donald Trump’s administration continues down the path of self destruction, it...
This is the problem of having placed Germans in key positions at the EU as they impose their own pro-Zionist policies upon the Union itself David Cronin is an associate editor of The Electronic Intifada Cross-posted from The Electronic Intifada Katharina...
RAMALLAH /PNN/ The Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said Wednesday that a reported U.S. decision to expand consular services of its embassy in Jerusalem to include the Israeli settlement of Efrat, south of Bethlehem, violates international law and signals...
A legal rights organisation has documented almost 1,000 incidents in which pro-Palestine voices were targeted in the UK , describing the pattern as a broad crackdown on the solidarity movement. The European Legal Support Center (ELSC)...
One of Syria’s first public opinion polls was released last week, offering invaluable insight into the Syrian public’s attitudes on the progress of the new government and the country’s major developments since the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s...
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