Israel could face an “explosion” of protests and violence in the coming weeks, the chief of Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate (Aman) warned on March 25. As Jerusalem prepares for the country’s 70th anniversary, which Palestinians see as a “Nakba,” or “catastrophe,” a growing list of pressures could lead to new conflict. Washington is planning to […]
Israel Threatens to Kill Hamas Leaders If Riots Continue…
South Africa Recalls Envoy…
U.S.-Trained Palestinian Security Forces Now Key to Peace…
On Land Day, Israeli Forces Kill 15 Palestinians, Injure Hundreds More in Gaza…
Israeli forces shot dead 14 Palestinians and injured over a 1,000 more along the Gaza border on Friday, as thousands of Palestinians demonstrated in “The Great March of Return” on the 42nd anniversary of Land Day. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed that 14 Palestinians were killed on Friday…The ministry added that 1,272 […]
Photos: Tens of Thousands March on Gaza Border…
Hamas Head of Sinwar Says Gaza Protest Will Continue Until Border Erased…
Strategy to ‘Suffocate’ Gaza Strip Revealed in Israeli Government Documents from Six Day War…
Israel has released declassified documents from after the Six Day War which reveal the government’s plans to starve Gaza and its controversial plans to deal with the Palestinians. The declassified documents were released on the Israel State Archives on Thursday and include hundreds of pages of minutes from cabinet meetings between August and December 1967…
On Independence Day, UNESCO Okays Resolution Denying Israeli Claims to Jerusalem…
22 countries vote in favor of motion; 23 abstain, and 10 countries vote against; Israel envoy slams ‘new low, even by UNESCO standards’…Submitted to UNESCO’s Executive Board by Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar and Sudan, the resolution on “Occupied Palestine,” which indicates that Israel has no legal or historical rights anywhere in Jerusalem, had […]
Blistering Gaza War Report Scorches Netanyahu, Ya’alon and Gantz over Tunnel Failures…
Israel’s state comptroller took military and political leaders to task for their failure to prepare adequately for the threat of attack tunnels ahead of the 2014 war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in a pair of long-awaited, highly critical reports published on Tuesday. The reports found significant gaps in the military’s intelligence in the […]