Peter Oborne, Lubna Masarwa – As Gaza burns, Israeli settlers make ‘real estate’ plans

Peter Oborne won best commentary/blogging in both 2022 and 2017, and was also named freelancer of the year in 2016 at the Drum Online Media Awards for articles he wrote for Middle East Eye. Lubna Masarwa is a journalist and Middle East Eye’s Palestine and Israel bureau chief, based in Jerusalem. Picture by Yossi Gurvitz Gaza seafront ‘a bargain’ ‘No mercy’
| Geopolitics, Racism, Article

LIVE BLOG: Hamas Announces Sinwar’s Martyrdom | Rambam: More Casualties | Massacres in Besieged Jabaliya – Day 378

Israeli occupation forces have been besieging Jabaliya and northern Gaza for the 14th day, with continuous artillery shelling of the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz attacked UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saying that he “ id not welcome the liquidation of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and did not consider Hamas a terrorist organization after October 7”. Three Israeli soldiers, injured
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From Turtle Island to Palestine: Indigenous People’s Day and Palestine Solidarity

Both Israel and North America share similar rhetoric that justifies their origins. Infused with biblical references to “salvation, redemption, and destiny,” settlers in both countries believed that they had reached the Promised Land. – Benay Blend earned her doctorate in American Studies from the University of New Mexico. Her scholarly works include Douglas Vakoch and Sam Mickey, Eds. (2017), “’Neither Homeland
| Articles, Commentary, Colonialism

Criminalizing Opposition – Biggest Terrorists Seek to Put Anti-Terrorists on Terror List

Canada’s terrorist list targets those opposing Israeli terror. In a stark example of our upside-down world those promoting Israel’s endless crimes are on the offensive seeking to criminalize opposition to Israel’s holocaust. No one claims Samidoun has engaged in any violence. If Samidoun is a terrorist organization what is the Israeli military? Mossad? Likud? Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party? Sar-El? HESEG Foundation for
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‘Turning Point in Our Struggle’ – Resistance Groups Mark One Year since October 7

October 7 marks the day one year ago when the Palestinian Resistance launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood in its ongoing campaign to resist Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands including the siege on the Gaza Strip. ‘Unwavering Faith, Determination’ – Hamas ‘Steadfastness’ ‘Sacrifices’ Boycotts and Solidarity Israel a ‘Cancerous Tumor’ – Hezbollah ‘Allies and Tools’ of US Israel ‘Backed by America, Britain and Supportive West’ – Ansarallah ‘Sequence of Aggression’ Lebanese
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Billions of Dollars in Public Subsidy – Pro-Israel ‘Charities’ Flout Tax Laws with Seeming Impunity

United Israel Appeal is the most important Israel-focused charity in Canada. Its violation of tax law highlights the hubris of Zionist charities, which have received billions of dollars in public subsidy over the years. – Yves Engler is the author of Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid and a number of other books. He contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle.
| Articles, Commentary, canada

Israeli Assault On Lebanon Kills Hassan Nasrullah: A Look Back On The Politics That Shaped His Leadership

Background Axis of Resistance Hezbollah’s particular mastery of the Lebanese arena was enhanced by, and in turn made the group more valuable to, a network of Iran-backed militias in the region that would eventually take on the moniker “Axis of Resistance”: resistance to the American-propped regional order with Israel at its apex. To some extent this was hype – Iran had, after
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‘They Can Bury Us, but They Will Find Out We are Seeds’ – Macklemore, Palestinian Artists Release Hind’s Hall 2

“In our lifetime we will be free, and they can bury us, but they will find out we are seeds.” Empowering Scenes Display of Solidarity Read the lyrics here In our lifetime we will be free One day when the light shines we will be free In our lifetime we will be free And they can bury us But they will find out we are seeds Oo-ohhh, Oo-ohhh Oo-ohhh, Oo-ohhh They can bury us But they
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GAZA LIVE BLOG: Artillery Shelling in Khan Yunis | Five Killed in Tubas | Gantz Urges Ceasefire Deal – Day 341

Several people were killed and wounded as a result of the occupation artillery shelling of a house in the town of Khuza’a, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli occupation forces assassinated 5 Palestinian youths in the city of Tubas, in the northern West Bank. Benny Gantz vowed to guarantee popular support for it in Israel for a ceasefire
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US ‘Gaza ceasefire’ deal isn’t a ceasefire – and Israel still won’t sign it anyway

US and Israel still blaming Hamas for lack of ceasefire – but latest deal won’t stop the killing and Israel has no intention of halting its genocide in Gaza involves no permanent ceasefire and no withdrawal of Israeli forces involves no release of the thousands of Palestinian hostages held and tortured by Israel – but the release of Israeli captives leaves Israel’s years-long
| Analysis, apartheid, babies

Canada must comply with ICJ advisory opinion on Israel’s occupation

I am writing on behalf of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) to request that the Canadian government immediately take steps to align its policy with the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), titled the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.
| Letter, Newswire, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Genocide and Gruesome Violence – Call to ‘Recalibrate SA Foreign Policy on Apartheid Israel Smacks of Opportunism

Unlike the past, Israel’s gruesome violence and defiance of international laws, are vividly displayed on television screens throughout the world. Rowan Polovin of the SAZF, in his article “Crucial crossroads – Realigning South Africa’s foreign policy” (News24 – July 23), resorts to discredited tactics used by the Nats, that not only are irrational but also steeped in the era of racism, apartheid,
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‘Victory against Genocide’ – Jewish National Fund of Canada to Lose Charitable Status

The Canada Revenue Agency revoking the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund of Canada is an important victory against apartheid and Canada’s contribution to Palestinian dispossession. – Yves Engler is the author of Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid and a number of other books. He contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle. Visit his website: yvesengler.com.
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Chris Mokhiber – ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on the illegality of Israel’s occupation and its finding of racial segregation and apartheid

Listen HERE On July 19, the International Court of Justice, or ICJ, ruled that Israel’s occupation of Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem is illegal and must end immediately. Palestinians, of course, have been saying this for years. The court stated that Israel must halt all new settlement construction, evacuate settlers, and pay reparations to Palestinians, calling some of Israel’s
| Geopolitics, Craig Mokhiber, Mondoweiss

A Moral Outrage – Assaulted for Questioning ‘Charitable’ Donations by Billionaire

Over the past two decades Reisman and Schwartz have put at least $185 million into HESEG. They’ve likely recouped nearly half of that sum through tax credits for “charitable” donations. Yet HESEG’s operations almost certainly violate Canada Revenue Agency rules for registered charities. CRA rules state that “increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of Canada’s armed forces is charitable, but supporting the armed forces of another
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The resistance in Jerusalem is an inextinguishable flame

Occupied Jerusalem embraces an essential part of the resistance map in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) due to the Judaisation plans the city is witnessing and the escalating targeting of both sanctities and residents alike. This is what has prompted more Palestinians to carry out individual operations, participate in popular resistance, stone-throwing and confront the occupation forces’ invasions and stormings
| Article, Israel, Middle East

Zionist lobby group labelled 'propaganda' and 'misinformation' source by Wikipedia

One of the leading Zionist lobby groups in the US has been labelled as a source of “propaganda” and “misinformation” by Wikipedia. Editors of the online encyclopaedia also said that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which has long campaigned for a controversial definition of anti-Semitism to be adopted, should not be cited for factual information on anti-Jewish racism because it acts
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Palestinian journalist from Gaza lists catalogue of abuses in Israeli detention

A Palestinian journalist arrested by Israeli occupation forces three months ago in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza has provided his lawyer with a shocking catalogue of abuses taking place in Israel detention centres. Alaraby television correspondent Mohammad Saber Arab, 42, told lawyer Khaled Mahajneh that detainees are killed, raped, tortured, abused and humiliated. During his first visit to speak to Arab
| Israel, Middle East, News

40,000 Muslims pray at Al-Aqsa to mark 1st day of Eid al-Adha

Around 40,000 Palestinians offered Eid al-Adha prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, but there was no festive atmosphere, instead mourning the victims of Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip for over eight months now, Anadolu news agency reported. The Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said in a statement that about 40,000 worshippers performed Eid al-Adha prayers due
| Israel, Middle East, News

At last, the Israeli occupation and Daesh are on the same UN blacklist

In 2014, when the Israeli occupation launched its large-scale war on the occupied Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likened the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas to the Western-backed terrorist group Daesh. Not only myself, but also tens of writers and intellectuals responded to him. They refuted his claim, which he used to justify his crimes in Gaza, as
| Article, International Organisations, Israel

52 aid trucks enter Gaza via Karm Abu Salem Crossing: Egypt media

A total of 52 humanitarian aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip through the Israeli Karm Abu Salem Crossing, Egyptian media reported Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. The trucks entered the besieged enclave temporarily, due to Israel’s Occupation of the Palestinian side of the Rafah Crossing in the southern part of the Strip, the Cairo News channel said. On 24 May, Egyptian
| Africa, Egypt, Israel

Israel’s use of rape against Palestinian detainees from Gaza exposed

A shocking three-month investigation by the New York Times has revealed gruesome details of abuse, torture and mistreatment of Palestinians held at Israel’s Sde Teiman detention facility. The exposé, based on interviews with former detainees, Israeli military officers, doctors and soldiers who served at the site, paints a harrowing picture of the conditions endured by the roughly 4,000 Palestinian detainees
| Israel, Middle East, News

Israel strikes UNRWA school in Gaza 'safe zone'

The large death toll in the UNRW school targeted by Israel is because the shelter is located in an area designated as a 'safe zone' by the occupation army, MEMO correspondent in Gaza, Mohammed Asad, says. Hundreds of civilians had taken refuge in the building after being forcibly displaced from their homes by Israel’s bombing campaign, which continues to intensify
| International Organisations, Israel, Middle East

Jewish chaplain who served in Israel’s army leaves Leeds Uni, moves to Israel

Rabbi Zecharia Deutsch, who served in the Israeli army during its current bombing campaign in Gaza, no longer works at Leeds University’s Jewish Chaplaincy and has moved to Israel. Deutsch, an Israeli citizen, was called up as a reservist for two months late last year. He had worked at the university for three years. The university had come under pressure
| Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East

Palestinians killed for ‘trying to infiltrate’ Israel from Rafah

Israeli occupation forces have killed three Palestinians for allegedly attempting to infiltrate into Israel from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the army said on Thursday. The so-called Israel Defence Forces claimed that the three were spotted trying to sneak through a security fence, Anadolu has reported. Two were killed by an Israeli drone and a third was hit by
| Israel, Middle East, News

UN Rights office criticises Israel over deaths of 500 Palestinians in West Bank

The UN human rights office called on Tuesday for an end to violence in which it said Israeli security forces and Jewish settlers have killed more than 500 Palestinians in the West Bank since the start of the Israel-Palestine war in Gaza, Reuters reports. It said in a statement that Israel had used “unnecessary and disproportionate” force in the Israeli-occupied
| International Organisations, Israel, Middle East

Palestine, too, shall be free–the liberation of all oppressed people in the whole of Africa and the world

Israel, as a settler colony, perceives Palestine as ‘empty land’, empty of people, culture, history and a future. Busani Ngcaweni argues that Palestinians are denied an identity and have become dis-membered, without a home, state or nation. There are striking similarities, Ngcaweni explains, between Israel’s ideology of racial subjugation by a ‘God-chosen people’ and apartheid South Africa’s belief in racial
| Newswire

Why Jabalia?

For 20 days now, the occupation army has been committing massacres that have caught the attention of the entire world in Jabalia and the city’s refugee camp. Everyone is asking what makes this small spot the subject of this continuous destruction. This narrow area, which does not exceed 1.4 square kilometres, holds the highest population density in the world. It
| Article, International Organisations, Israel

Egypt denies Israeli claims of tunnels on border with Gaza

Egypt has denied Israeli claims of the presence of tunnels along its border with Gaza. A senior Egyptian official said Israel has not communicated the claims to Cairo, adding that Tel Aviv is using this to justify the continuation of its operation in Rafah and prolong the war for political reasons. Israeli occupation forces stormed the Rafah Crossing on 7
| Africa, Egypt, Israel

Hamas says US pier provides cover for supporting occupation state with weapons

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement has claimed that the floating US pier on the coast of the Gaza Strip is misleading the world regarding the delivery of humanitarian aid. According to a statement from Hamas yesterday, “The pier is intended to provide cover for Washington’s support for the occupation state with weapons.” The pier, the movement pointed out, has not
| Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East

Israel has lost war on Gaza, says Jerusalem Post

Israel has lost its war on the besieged Gaza Strip and failed to achieve its declared goals of the war, including eliminating Hamas and returning all the hostages, the Jerusalem Post has said in a damning critique of the occupation state’s far-right government. In an article published on Tuesday, the newspaper said that even seizing and occupying the city of
| Israel, Middle East, News

Nasrallah sees ‘no future for this Nazi regime in the region’

In a televised speech yesterday, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah condemned the Rafah massacre on Sunday, stating that it stripped away any false facade portraying the Israeli occupation regime as “civilised”. Speaking after receiving condolences for his mother’s passing, Nasrallah asserted, “We are facing an enemy without values or morals, surpassing the Nazis.” The Lebanese Hezbollah leader emphasised that the
| Israel, Lebanon, Middle East

WHO slams ‘abrupt halt’ to medical evacuations from Gaza

There has been an “abrupt halt” to medical evacuations from Gaza, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday, while 10,000 Palestinians need to be evacuated for urgent medical care. “There’s been an abrupt halt to all medical evacuations,” WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris said at a UN press briefing. “We have around 10,000 people who need to be evacuated. And since
| International Organisations, Israel, Middle East

Commemorating The Nakba: Profiles In Palestinian Resistance

Background Qassam’s Movement Gentlefolk and Adventurers Palestinian Commanders The Impact of the World War Palestinian, and broader Arab, participation was for its part quite makeshift: the mufti, as the most influential leader, was neck-deep in intrigue, not least against Qawuqji, who returned to lead the “Inqadh Army” that combined Arab officers with Palestinian militants. The lawyer Nimr Hawwari attempted to found an Arab youth militia,
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Israel raids, forces medical staff to leave Gaza Al-Awda Hospital

The Israeli occupation military stormed Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza and forced the medical staff to evacuate after a four-day siege. According to Wafa news agency, Israeli occupation soldiers detained a medical worker and forced the remaining staff to evacuate towards the Western Gaza City area. However, several doctors have refused to leave without an ambulance to safely evacuate the 14
| Israel, Middle East, News

Nakba Resurrected – How the Gaza Resistance Ended Segmentation of Palestine

Thanks to Palestinian memory, Palestinians are once more united around their understanding of the past, the steadfastness of the present and the hope for a just future. – Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of six books. His latest book, co-edited with Ilan Pappé, is “Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian
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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village in West Bank

Illegal Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the northern Occupied West Bank on Wednesday and set fire to farmlands, according to witnesses, Anadolu Agency reports. Illegal settlers attacked with gunfire and rocks Palestinian residents in the village of Asira Al-Qibliya near Nablus and set ablaze farmlands there, witnesses said. Palestinian villagers resisted the attackers, triggering clashes between the two
| Israel, Middle East, News

Israel recovers from Gaza bodies of 3 killed during 7 October attacks

Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of three people killed during Hamas’s 7 October attacks, amid the Israeli government’s continued refusal to come to a ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip. According to Israel’s top military spokesperson, rear admiral Daniel Hagari, occupation forces recovered three bodies in Gaza identified as Shani Louk, Amit Buskila, and Yitzhak Gelernter – all of whom
| Israel, Middle East, News

Israel intentions of 'displacement, subjugation or death' of Gazans are clear: Palestine envoy

The Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, on Friday condemned Israel’s atrocities against the Palestinian people, saying the Tel Aviv government no longer hides its true intentions, which include “ isplacement, subjugation or death”, Anadolu Agency reports. “It took 75 years for the United Nations to recognise and commemorate the Nakba, but the Nakba is not a historical event.
| International Organisations, Israel, Middle East

OCHA: Aid distribution almost impossible in Gaza due to lack of fuel

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that lack of regular fuel flows and the continued Israeli aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip impede aid distribution to millions of Palestinians. “Distribution is almost impossible with no regular fuel imports, unstable telecommunication and ongoing fighting” the UN agency said in a press briefing yesterday, warning
| Israel, Middle East, News

Hamas: Israel has never needed a ‘pretext’ to wage war on Gaza

Hamas yesterday voiced “regret” over remarks by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Arab Summit in which he accused the movement of having given Israel “pretexts” to wage war on Gaza. In a statement, Hamas said Israel, which has been killing, terrorising and torturing defenceless Palestinains since 1948, does not need pretexts to commit more crimes against them. The
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Haniyeh says sacrifices of the people will not be in vain

Ismail Haniyeh said on Wednesday that the Palestinian people are proving that the Zionist lie of Palestine being “a land without a people for a people without a land”, and the claim that “the old will die and the young will forget” has ended forever. The head of the Hamas political bureau made the comment during his speech to commemorate
| Israel, Middle East, News

GAZA LIVE BLOG: Israel Prevents All Aid | US: Complete Victory Not Possible | HRW: No Safe Place | Resistance on All Fronts – Day 220

Israeli occupation forces are trying to penetrate into the Jabaliya camp in northern Gaza amid intense bombardment and stiff resistance. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel will continue the war until victory is achieved and Hamas is dismantled. The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a phone conversation with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant that Washington is committed
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UAE slams Netanyahu's naming Gulf country in his Gaza administration proposal

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for naming the Gulf country in his proposal for a civil administration to rule the Gaza Strip under Israeli occupation, Anadolu Agency reports. UAE’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed stressed that Netanyahu “lacks legitimacy to take such actions” and that the UAE “rejects to engage in
| ICJ, International Organisations, Israel

EU slams arson attack on UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem by Israel settlers

The EU today slammed the arson attack on the headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA in occupied East Jerusalem by a group of Israeli extremists. “The EU strongly condemns the attack against the UNRWA premises in East Jerusalem. Perpetrators must be held to account,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on X. Stressing that Israel has
| EU, International Organisations, Israel

Hamas condemns ‘systematic abuse’ of Palestine prisoners by Israel

Hamas has condemned the “systematic abuse” suffered by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention, which has led to the death of a number of detainees. In a statement issued today, the movement said the escalation in the Israeli prison services’ aggressive and criminal policies against Palestinian prisoners will not weaken detainees’ resolve, adding that the Palestinian people “will not let their
| Israel, Middle East, News

Israel settlers twice set fire to perimeter of UNRWA in East Jerusalem

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Middle East Monitor (@middleeastmonitor) The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said yesterday that Israeli settlers twice set fire to the perimeter of its headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem. “This evening, Israeli residents set fire twice to the perimeter of the UNRWA Headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem. This took place while
| International Organisations, Israel, Middle East

Hamas welcomes Bahamas recognition of Palestine

Hamas yesterday welcomed the decision announced by the Bahamas government to recognise the State of Palestine. The movement viewed the decision as supporting the aspirations of the Palestinian people for liberation and independence, especially at a time when they are facing “a systematic campaign of extermination and displacement by the criminal Zionist occupation army”. Hamas called on all countries to
| Bahamas, Caribbean, Israel