As the death toll from a devastating earthquake in Syria and Turkey continues to climb, dozens of the dead have been identified as Palestinian, and thousands of refugees have been newly displaced. Source
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Palestinian refugees among the dead in Syria, Turkey following massive earthquake


Revealed: British government spied on Palestinian refugees


Originally published by The Electronic Intifada. By Asa Winstanley and Kit Klarenberg, 1 February 2023 Charlie Winter, Samar Batrawi, Harry Holcroft and Sarah Ashraf all worked on a British government effort to monitor Palestinian refugee camps for ”criticism of Western and Israeli foreign policy.” (Twitter/LinkedIn) A cache of leaked documents obtained by The Electronic Intifada […]
Palestinian NGO network warns of serious damage if Israel siege on Gaza continues


The Palestinian Non-Government Organisations Network (PNGO) has warned of the serious repercussions of the continued deterioration of the economic, social and humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip as a result of the 15-year long Israeli blockade. The Humanitarian Response Plan for 2023 launched by the United Nations and its local and international partners stressed the […]
The More the Palestinian Resistance Grows the Weaker the ‘Israeli’ Entity Turns


February 1, 2023 By Mohammad Youssef Palestine today is the major headline of all the news in the region. The resistance of the Palestinian people, particularly the youth, has ushered in a new era of struggle against the ‘Israeli’ occupation. One day, after the horrible massacre by the ‘Israeli’ forces in Jenin, which left ten […]
Blinken Urges Israel-Palestinian Calm As Violence Soars


U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said both sides must work to de-escalate tensions that have soared in “a new and horrifying surge in violence.” Source
Israeli Forces Massacre Ten Palestinian Civilians in Raid on Jenin, West Bank


In a brutal assault on the Jenin refugee camp Thursday morning, Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians and injured over a dozen others, making it the deadliest day for Palestinians in 2023 and one of the single deadliest raids in the West Bank in years. Source
Pro-Israel efforts to suppress free speech will only help advance the movement for Palestinian rights


The broad effort to silence Palestinians and to protect Israel from criticism has been underway for some time. The fight is unfolding around the first amendment in state legislatures and courts around the country and it’s ever-present at institutions of higher learning. People here should take note: American values are on the line, and American […]
Palestinian shot dead by Israeli army in West Bank


A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli army forces in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, according to the Health Ministry, reports Anadolu Agency. A ministry statement said Tarik Odeh Maali, 41, was shot and killed by Israeli forces near the town of Kufr Nimeh, northwest of Ramallah. The Israeli army said a Palestinian was […]
Palestinian refugees in Gaza are being displaced to make way for a coastal road


Palestinian refugees in Gaza are being displaced by the Hamas-led government to make way for a coastal highway. Although residents have built their homes out of their own pockets over several generations, the government says they have the right to demolish the homes because the residents do not officially own the land in Al-Shati Refugee Camp. […]
Palestinian family mourns after Israeli soldiers kill father in front of his son


On Monday, January 16, Ahmad Kahla, 41, was killed in cold blood by Israeli soldiers at a temporary military checkpoint in the West Bank, just feet from his 20-year-old son. The anguish felt by Kahla’s family stems not only from the sorrow of loss, but from the fact that Ahmad’s killer would be standing at the […]
Israel army demolishes 18 Palestinian-owned structures


The Israeli army, on Monday, demolished 18 Palestinian-owned structures north of Occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu News Agency reports. Speaking to Anadolu, Abdullah Salaheddin, the Director of the Hizma Municipality, said that without any prior notice, the Israeli army demolished the structures, which include stores and car maintenance workshops. He added that the Israeli authorities claimed […]
Palestinian Resistance Forces Will Never Give in to ‘Israeli’ Aggressors – Islamic Jihad


January 16, 2023 By Staff, Agencies A senior official from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement vehemently censured the increase in violence by the Zionist occupation military, vowing that Palestinians will never surrender to the ‘Israeli’ aggressors. “The rise in the number of retaliatory operations in the West Bank explicitly attests to the fact that […]
14-year-old Palestinian succumbs to head injury by IOF gunfire


January 16, 2023 Israeli occupation gunfire kills 14-year-old Palestinian Omar Lutfi Khamour. Source: Al Mayadeen net By Al Mayadeen English The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Monday the martyrdom of 14-year-old Omar Lutfi Khamour, who succumbed to a serious injury he sustained after being shot in the head by the Israeli occupation forces in Dheisheh refugee camp […]
Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian Youth near Hebron


January 13, 2023 Israeli occupation forces shot and injured a Palestinian youth in the town of Beit Ummar, near the occupied West Bank city of Al-Khalil (Hebron), the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. WAFA correspondent said that Israeli forces violently dispersed a rally demanding the release of Palestinians’ bodies withheld from burial. Israeli soldiers […]
Palestinian alumni call for Harvard Kennedy School dean to step down over Ken Roth fiasco


Harvard Kennedy School’s Palestinian Alumni Collective is calling for the resignation of Dean Douglas Elmendorf after he rescinded a fellowship to Ken Roth over his Israel criticisms. The group is also calling for Roth, who spent almost thirty years as the executive director of Human Rights Watch, to be reinstated at the school. Source
Itamar Ben Gvir just banned the Palestinian flag


On January 9, the Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, banned the display of the Palestinian flag in all public spaces. This order is one in a recent string of escalating attacks on Palestinians by the newly formed ultra-rightwing Israeli government. “It’s erasure and a form of criminalizing every act of Palestinian resistance […]
IsraHell Bans Palestinian Flags


West Jerusalem’s new national security chief has ordered the removal of “terror flags” from public places Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has reportedly banned the flying of Palestinian flags in public places, claiming they “encourage terrorism.” “It is inconceivable that lawbreakers will wave terror flags, incite and encourage terrorism,” Ben-Gvir said on Sunday night […]
Palestinian prisoners call this bus a ‘moving grave’


Israel uses numerous tools to control and abuse Palestinian prisoners. One of the lesser-known instruments of repression is a seemingly innocuous means of transportation: a bus. Source
Israel occupation forces seriously wound Palestinian boy in Jericho


Israeli occupation forces on Friday shot a Palestinian child in the head during a raid of the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp in Jericho, east of the occupied West Bank. The Ministry of Health announced in a statement that the child was admitted to the Jericho Public Hospital with a serious injury to the head caused […]
16-year-old Amer Abu Zaytoun fourth Palestinian killed by Israeli army this week


Amer Abu Zaytoun, 16, was shot and killed with a bullet to the head when Israeli forces invaded Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus. Abu Zaytoun is the fourth martyr to be killed by the Israeli military during the first week of 2023. Source
Israeli army kills 15-year-old Palestinian boy in Bethlehem


Adam Ayyad, 15, was shot and killed by Israeli forces during a raid on the Dheisheh refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem. Ayyad is the third Palestinian killed by the Israeli army in 24 hours, and the first Palestinian child killed in 2023. In his final handwritten will, Ayyad left behind […]
With shocking bias, ‘NYT’ treats ‘deadliest year since ’05’ as a Palestinian numbers game


“The New York Times” realized it had to report the year-end casualty statistics for Palestinians in the West Bank, the highest toll since 2005. So it looked for a way to shift attention away from the major perpetrators — the Israeli military and Jewish settler/colonists — and put it on the Palestinians. Source
All Palestinian Families Of Palestinians Holocausted By Israhell Terrorist Should Bring a Class Action Lawsuit Against John Hague’s Corner Stone Ministries For Cheerleading Genocide of Palestinians


The pig fat charlatan John Hagee has been cheerleading the Holocaust of the Semitic Indigenous Palestinian people by the invasive species red Russian Non Semitic Turkmen Mongolian mongrel Khazarians for years. He has grown filthy rich cheerleading the genocide of the Palestinians. Each and every Palestinian who has had a loved one, a family member […]
Palestinian Voices are Still Presumed Guilty in Canada


December 26, 2022 By Paul Salvatori The recent article by Yves Engler, published by The Palestine Chronicle, resonates with me. It reminds me that many in the Canadian establishment not only do not care about Palestinian justice. They will go out of their way to undermine efforts that aim to achieve it. I was at the pro-Palestinian demonstration Engler […]
Israel Deports Palestinian Human Rights Lawyer, After Holding Him Without Charge


Israel expelled a Palestinian human rights lawyer from Jerusalem to France, citing an alleged terror threat from the 37-year-old. The move has been condemned by Paris, which has labelled the decision as being a violation of International Law, but what else does this incident say about the predicament of Palestinians from the Holy City? Salah […]
PA prime minister calls on FIFA to condemn killing of Palestinian footballer


Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has called on the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) to condemn the Israeli killing of a Palestinian footballer, Wafa has reported. Ahmad Atef Mustafa Daraghma, 23, was shot and killed during an Israeli army raid in Nablus. Shtayyeh condemned the Israeli soldiers who shot Daraghma with bullets in the back […]
Twitter suspends Palestinian journalist Arikat, and media response — silence


It was big news when Elon Musk suspended the Twitter accounts of at least nine tech journalists last week (over alleged dox-ing) and then reinstated them this week after Twitter users demanded their reinstatement. But in yet another demonstration of anti-Palestinianism in the U.S. mainstream, there has been scarcely any attention given to the arbitrary […]