Area C strikes fear into the heart of Palestinians as homes are destroyed

Palestinians watch an Israeli excavator destroying a Palestinian house in a village in the West Bank. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty images
The Israeli government defends the continued settlement construction particularly in the major settlements which it calls “population centres”, saying it will not build new settlements or expropriate more land. “In the population centres and in Jerusalem [...]

To blame the victims for this killing spree defies both morality and sens

Washington’s covert attempts to overturn an election result lie behind the crisis in Gaza, as leaked papers show
The attempt by western politicians and media to present this week’s carnage in the Gaza Strip as a legitimate act of Israeli self-defence – or at best the latest phase of a wearisome conflict between two somehow equivalent [...]

Palestine Children’s Relief Fund needs your help

Dear Friends
The PCRF needs your help in getting the sick and injured children who are scheduled for surgery in the US out of Gaza. Congressman Rush Holt is willing to help, as he has in the past, but needs to know there is a mandate from his constituency who support his efforts. Please write to [...]

West Bank Stories

35 minute film presents the views of three Palestinians living in the Dheisheh refugee camp in the West Bank. The Dheisheh camp was established in 1949 within the municipal boundaries of Bethlehem on 430 dunums. It has a registered population of 12,045 of which approximately 6,000 are children. The camp’s residents were particularly active [...]

David killed by Golaith…

Final Footage Of Reuters Journalist Killed By IDF Shell

Israeli Soldiers Shoot at Palestinian Journalist
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In Gaza, how mother and four kids were killed is in dispute

JERUSALEM – A Palestinian mother and her four young children were killed in the Gaza Strip on Monday during an Israeli operation against militants. A dispute quickly arose over how they had died.
The Israelis said they shot a missile from the air that hit two men carrying explosives that blew apart the family’s house behind [...]

Avnery: The Military Option: Symptoms of Madness

…IN THE 60 years of its existence, the State of Israel has fought six major wars and several “smaller” ones (the War of Attrition, the Grapes of Wrath, the two intifadas and more.)
The 1948 confrontation was a war of “no alternative”, if one justifies the Jewish intrusion into Palestine by the fact that there was [...]

What is going on in the Gaza Strip – By Rashid A. Shahin

I am a Palestinian writer and usually write in Arabic. I rarely write in English or address foreigners, but since things are worsening in the Palestinian Territories especially in the Gaza Strip, I thought it would be a good idea to write an article in which I highlight on what is going on in this [...]

Beit Hanoun families flee Israeli onslaught

Gaza – Ma’an – Dozens of Palestinian families from the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun left their apartments in tower number one at the An-Nada neighborhood to tower number 25 trying to find shelter from Israeli shelling.
The coordinator of the local committee for countering Israeli attacks, Sabir Za’aneen said he saw dozens of [...]