The Israeli military has used white phosphorus - a chemical that causes severe burns and respiratory problems – in civilian areas of Lebanon during its ongoing offensive in the south of the country, according to new...
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Why do the Aqsa incursions recur?
Full ArticleOCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) When the same scenes recur in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, heavily armed occupation forces, settlers entering under protection, worshipers being restricted, and a city being pushed to the brink of explosion, the question of why Al-Aqsa incursions...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Two Palestinian resistance fighters were martyred on Sunday after carrying out a shooting operation near Qalqilya City in the Occupied West Bank. One Jewish settler was killed and six others were injured, some seriously, in the shooting operation that...
GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem stated that the “criminal (Israeli) occupation committed a horrific massacre against children and women inside the tents of displaced people in Gaza City on Saturday afternoon, in a continued criminal escalation of the genocidal war...
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has launched a campaign urging British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to stop a property exhibition event due to take place in London later this month, arguing that it facilitates the sale of homes...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has strongly denounced the killing of seven-month-old infant Sam Fahd Abu Haikal and the injury of his parents after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire directly at them south of al-Khalil City in the...
Israel Formalize “Yitzev” Settlement Outpost Through Allocation of 116 Dunums of Palestinian Land Near Beit Sahour
Full ArticleBethlehem, West Bank / PNN/ Israeli authorities have taken a new step toward formalizing the settlement outpost known as “Yitzev” east of the Palestinian city of Beit Sahour by designating approximately 116 dunums of land as part of the outpost’s...
Two Lebanese officers and one soldier were killed on Saturday in an Israeli strike on a military vehicle on the Khardali-Nabatiyeh road in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese army said. Later, the Israeli military said it targeted the vehicle after...
Infant succumbs to wounds after Israeli forces open fire on family’s vehicle south of Hebron
Full ArticleHebron / PNN / Seven-month-old infant Sam Fahd Abu Haikal succumbed on Friday evening to critical wounds sustained after Israeli occupation forces opened fire on his family’s vehicle in Hebron. The Ministry of Health said that the infant Abu Haikal, his mother...
Marcus Schneider – Germany: Downfall of a superstar
Full ArticleGermany’s humiliating defeat in the race for a UN Security Council seat reveals the price of a foreign policy increasingly seen as hypocritical abroad. Marcus Schneider eads the FES regional project for peace and security in the Middle East, based in...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ) said Israeli authorities have issued a new set of military orders paving the way for the seizure of 20,000 dunums of Palestinian land across 15 sites in the occupied West Bank. In a report...
A few months after Hamas' October 7 attack , filmmaker Gillian Mosely was talking to a friend in Lebanon about the devastation unfolding in Gaza as Israel's genocidal campaign intensified. Like millions around the world, they were watching...
There is a version of the West Bank that exists in official statements and diplomatic briefings — one of “security operations,” “clashes,” and a conflict contained by law, however imperfectly applied. And then there is the version described...
The US House of Representatives adopted an amendment on Thursday to increase funding for an agricultural research project with Israel, a decision that underlines how Washington’s scientific cooperation is increasingly entangled with Israeli institutions embedded in the illegal...
The US-Israel war on Iran not only severely impacted regional insecurity, geopolitics, diplomacy, energy and trade, but it also signified a breakdown of the traditional international relations (IR) vocabulary used to interpret it. Words like war, deterrence, self-help, national security, and...
An Israeli lawmaker who chairs the Knesset Education Committee was filmed attempting to cut through the fence of an Arab school during class hours on Thursday, prompting condemnation from Palestinian political leaders and local officials. Tzvi Succot,...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Palestinians and Arabs recall on June 5 of each year the anniversary of the 1967 war, known as the “Naksa” (setback), which formed a pivotal turning point in the history of the Palestinian cause and the region, after...
NEW YORK, (PIC) The Arab Group at the United Nations has called on the international community to take decisive action to halt Israel’s ongoing violations in the occupied Palestinian territories. In a statement delivered by Saudi Arabia’s UN envoy Abdulaziz al-Wasel at...
Pew poll: Negative vibes for Israel in 36 countries
Full ArticleAfter more than three years of waging war against its neighbors, Israel appears to be more negatively regarded not only in the United States , where Israel’s image has been sinking since shortly after the outbreak of its war...
ARIJ: New Israeli Military Orders Pave the Way for Seizure of More Than 20,000 Dunums in the Occupied West Bank
Full ArticleRAMALLAH, West Bank / PNN/ Monjed jadou - Israeli authorities have issued a new set of military orders that could facilitate the takeover of more than 20,000 dunums (about 20 square kilometers) of Palestinian land across the occupied West Bank, according...
GAZA, (PIC) Gaza City lived one of the most difficult nights it has witnessed during the recent period, after a series of simultaneous Israeli raids targeted a number of inhabited residential apartments in separate areas of the city, which resulted in...
The latest US-backed ceasefire proposal announced on Wednesday between Lebanon and Israel has introduced a new and largely undefined concept into negotiations: the "pilot zones". The term appeared in Washington's announcement following a fourth round of talks between Lebanese...
"It seems the Nakba will haunt us until our last day as Palestinian refugees ," Abu Walid al-Awad, a 65-year-old refugee whose family was expelled from the Palestinian village of Simsimah during the 1948 Nakba, began his...
Why the resistance won’t end, and why there won’t be a deal. Matthew Hoh is the Associate Director of the Eisenhower Media Network. A former Marine and State Department official who resigned in protest over the wars in Iraq...
Newly released data, published by the International Defense Cooperation (SIBAT) of Tel Aviv’s Ministry of Defense, revealed that arms exports for the year 2025 amounted to $ 19.2 Billion – an all-time record. This means Israel rakes in record...
A large majority of Labour Party members support a full arms embargo on Israel and a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements, according to new polling that highlights growing pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer...
Iran's supreme leader said on Thursday that the United States and Israel had been dealt a "decisive blow" in the Middle East war, after the government reported "no tangible progress" in negotiations on ending the conflict. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei's message,...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has called for urgent international action deterring Israeli attacks that continue to kill and injure civilians in the Gaza Strip. In a statement on Thursday, Hamas said that the Israeli occupation forces continue to target civilians and...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has urged the UN to blacklist Israel as an entity involved in targeting children through killing, torture, displacement, and deprivation of their rights, calling for action to curb Israel’s violations against Palestinian children. This came in a...
US President Donald Trump claimed he had spoken to Hezbollah for the first time to help secure a concrete ceasefire between the militant group and Israel—only for Hezbollah to reject a US-brokered proposal hours later. Speaking from the Oval Office,...
For nearly a year and a half, Nader Abu Hilal has waited for news of his son. Each update that reaches the family home in Dura, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, brings fresh anxiety. The latest reports suggest...
Health ministry warns of running out of vital medicines and direct threat to thousands of patients
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) The Palestinian Ministry of Health warned, on Thursday, of an unprecedented worsening in the crisis of medicines and medical supplies, confirming that more than one third of the items listed on the essential medicines list have completely run out,...
Trump’s call to Bibi probably didn’t happen
Full ArticleDonald Trump’s explosive telephone call to Benjamin Netanyahu has taken the internet by storm. But can we really believe it’s true? Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Donald Trump’s explosive telephone call to...
The US House of Representatives passed a resolution Wednesday ordering the withdrawal of American troops from the US-Israeli war on Iran - a largely symbolic move that nonetheless delivers a political blow to President Donald Trump. Four...
Thank You Congress and President Trump! By Philip GIRALDI Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Few Americans know the history of how Israel’s “wag the dog” relationship with the United States developed. Israel’s...
Prominent Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour says Israeli authorities have barred her from travelling to Palestine with her family, citing her advocacy for Palestinian rights and support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Sarsour, one of the most...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The higher planning committee, which is affiliated with the Israeli occupation army, has approved the construction of 2,162 new settler units in illegal settlements across the northern and southern West Bank. According to Israel’s Channel 7, this move is...
Apartheid is increasingly used to describe how Israel treats Palestinians, yet its global defenders continuously claim that the state of Israel ensures equality for all. The charge of apartheid is often dismissed as they point to the continued existence of...
Israel's fanatical finance minister announced on Wednesday a major expansion by more than 2,000 homes of three illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank . Most nations consider Israeli settlements there to be illegal under international law and...
Ramallah, West Bank - The United States and Israel are reportedly working to end Jordan's decades-old custodianship of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a move that could ignite conflict and trigger repercussions around the world. According to US, Jordanian,...
No discussion of campaigns targeting supporters of Palestine in Britain can end without mentioning the group UK Lawyers for Israel . Over the past three years, UK Lawyers for Israel has intensified its intimidation campaigns, not only to silence voices...
Zak Khan on Israeli detention after Gaza aid mission
Full Article"Day one in Israeli prison was my birthday," Zakaria "Zak" Khan tells The New Arab. "Interesting birthday." It was not how the British activist expected to spend turning 25. Days earlier, he had been sailing towards Gaza aboard the Sumud...
Amnesty International has joined a criminal complaint against FedEx Belgium over the alleged unlawful transit of arms shipments to Israel, including parts for F-35 fighter jets used by the Israeli military in Gaza , the rights...
Vijay Prashad – Ben Gvir’s treatment of flotilla activists is part of Israel’s system of colonial violence
Full ArticleBen Gvir beating and humiliating flotilla activists is not an anomaly, it’s a product of the rise of the Israeli far-right which has been long in the making. Vijay Prashad is the Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. His most...
By Nicolas J.S. DAVIES Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su On May 24, Iran rejected President Trump’s latest fake peace deal, confirming that he had misrepresented what Iran had agreed to and that...
Israel and the United Arab Emirates are growing closer because of the US-Israeli war on Iran , a senior Israeli official told AFP , citing increased military cooperation and opportunities to increase trade and business ties. Two Israeli...
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has filed an urgent arrest warrant against Israeli reservist Eitan Gilboa, who is holidaying in India and is accused of carrying out and celebrating systematic demolitions in Gaza. HRF raised the urgent complaint...
An attack on the UAE's Barakah nuclear power plant on 17 May , which Emirati authorities blamed on a drone launched by Iraqi armed groups, drew condemnation from the UAE, the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency...
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