Jewish News | Seeking 'Palestine' while fighting ISIS: a self-contradictory foreign policy The Hill (blog) Normally, Washington regards Palestinian statehood and ISIS/IS aggressions as fully separate concerns. Still, it is increasingly evident that these issues are related, even interpenetrating, and that Palestine would have strongly negative implications ... House of Lords debates recognition of Palestine Israeli soldiers shoot, kill Palestinian youth south of Nablus Students Save Palestine |
International Business Times UK | Palestine: ICC Prosecutor Opens Initial Inquiry Human Rights Watch (New York) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor's decision on January 16, 2015, to open a preliminary examination into the situation in Palestine is a potential first step toward reducing the impunity in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ... 'Palestine econ. shrank over Gaza war' Palestinian statehood debated in the House of Lords Israeli Navy Targets Palestinian Fishermen Offshore Gaza |
The Electronic Intifada | Canada's bluster over Palestine's ICC bid betrays its principles The Globe and Mail Ottawa holds, as do Washington and Tel Aviv, that Palestine is not a state, and therefore does not qualify for membership in the Court. But it is not up to Canada, the U.S. or Israel to decide whether other states recognize Palestine, or any other ... Could cantonizing Palestine bring peace? Racism and rhetoric, from Ferguson to Palestine Israeli Crimes Against Palestinian Media: New Film “Journalists Under Fire ... |
Gloucestershire Echo | Peter Hughes, from Prestbury, to volunteer in Palestine Gloucestershire Echo A Cheltenham man will travel to the Middle East to highlight the daily struggles faced by Palestinians living under occupation. Peter Hughes, 26, who grew up in Prestbury, will be travelling as part of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in ... |
Arutz Sheva | Abbas Invited to Sweden After 'Palestine' Recognition Arutz Sheva Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will visit Stockholm next month after Sweden became the first major state of the European Union to recognize the PA as "Palestine," the Swedish government announced Friday. "The visit of president ... Sweden will make 'demands' on Palestine Abbas to visit Stockholm next month Abbas to visit Stockholm after Israel shuns Swedish FM |
Mondoweiss | The growing ties between #BlackLivesMatter and Palestine Mondoweiss But the Dream Defenders have also broadened their focus in recent months by joining U.S. Palestinian rights groups in calling for an end to Israeli human rights abuses. On December 20th, they deepened their commitment to Palestinian rights by ... |
Center for Research on Globalization | Israeli Forces destroy Palestine Water Infrastructure, 1000 Meter Water Pipe ... Center for Research on Globalization Israeli bulldozers, on Thursday, destroyed a water pipe being used in connecting the West Tubas district's Atoof village with Khirbet Yezra, in the northern Jordan Valley. Head of Al-Maleh local council, Aaref Daraghmeh, said that the pipe had length ... |
The Electronic Intifada (blog) | French president's Holocaust day speech presages crackdown on Palestine ... The Electronic Intifada (blog) This conflation of anti-Semitism with criticism of Israel presages even harsher efforts in France to suppress the Palestine solidarity movement. Hollande's speech comes in the wake of a broad crackdown in France that has seen dozens of people sentenced ... |
Mondoweiss | 'Palestine' Is Becoming a Bad Word in Washington Huffington Post "The United States does not believe Palestine is a sovereign state and, therefore, does not qualify to be part of the International Criminal Court," said Jan Psaki after the UN secretary general confirmed that Palestine's application to the ICC has ... Islamic State Deepens Grip in Future Palestine Palestine, an Islamic issue? Palestine: A peoples' revolution moves EU parliaments |
Chicago Tribune | Does Northwestern student group aim to respect Palestine or demonize Israel? Chicago Tribune Does respect for Palestinian human rights require American universities to refrain from owning stock in companies that provide military supplies to Israel? Or is the BDS movement (Boycott, Divest, Sanctions) an impediment to peace, as many supporters ... UC Davis passes divestment resolution, five other campaigns launched across US Northwestern students launch divestment campaign Ethics and efficacy of Israel divestment |