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SA's heroines must speak for Palestine - News24 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 04:07:46 GMT

News24

SA's heroines must speak for Palestine News24 Perhaps it is this failure to award proper meaning to the torture of women activists of the apartheid era that has also led to their own relative silence on the agonies of their Palestinian compatriots. The Al-Ahrar Centre for Prisoners' Studies and ...

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Rights groups question Palestine's electronic crime law - Aljazeera.com Fri, 11 Aug 2017 21:29:46 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Rights groups question Palestine's electronic crime law Aljazeera.com Human rights groups are calling on the Palestinian Authority to suspend a new "electronic crimes" law that limits freedom of expression online. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas clamped down on social media and news websites with a vaguely worded ... Palestinian journalists targeted by all sidesArab News 'The PA can now arrest anyone': Palestinian journalists declare hunger strikeMa'an News Agency (press release) all 28 news articles »

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Palestine Unites in Protest Call Over Trump 'Mediation' Intent - teleSUR English Sun, 13 Aug 2017 19:43:23 GMT

teleSUR English

Palestine Unites in Protest Call Over Trump 'Mediation' Intent teleSUR English An official of the White House announced Saturday that Trump would send three special advisers, including Jared Kushner, to the Middle East in order to mediate the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Secular and Islamist movements gathered in the ... Trump, Israel, Jordan and PLO need to define Palestine's boundariesCanada Free Press Palestinian Authority Says 'No Talks' With NetanyahuThe Jewish Press - JewishPress.com Palestinian Officials are not Interested in Peace Talks with Netanyahu amid InvestigationsAsharq Al-awsat English Arab News -Egypt Independent -The Media Line all 82 news articles »

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Trump to Send Kushner to Middle East for Israel-Palestine Talks - Bloomberg Fri, 11 Aug 2017 18:01:20 GMT

Bloomberg

Trump to Send Kushner to Middle East for Israel-Palestine Talks Bloomberg Trump has said he is hopeful his son-in-law can help restart a peace process that has made little headway over the past 25 years. He made addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict an early priority, hosting leaders from both sides at the White House ... Trump sending Kushner, two others to work on Israel-Palestine peaceThe Globe and Mail Trump is sending Jared Kushner and team to work on Israel-Palestine peaceBusiness Insider Trump to dispatch Kushner to Middle East for peace effortsPolitico Haaretz -The Weekly Standard -Ma'an News Agency (press release) all 155 news articles »

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Debunking Israel's UN-bias claims - Aljazeera.com Sun, 13 Aug 2017 09:24:42 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Debunking Israel's UN-bias claims Aljazeera.com According to human rights lawyer Noura Erakat, the attention given to Israel/Palestine at the UN harkens back to a particular historical moment in the 1960s and 1970s, when "national liberation movements and newly decolonised countries used the UN as a ...

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Comment: It's time to fix Hadrian's 'Palestinian' mistake - The Jerusalem Post Sat, 12 Aug 2017 02:19:51 GMT

The Jerusalem Post

Comment: It's time to fix Hadrian's 'Palestinian' mistake The Jerusalem Post The territory of Judea, the home territory of the kings of the united Kingdom of Israel, became Syria Palaestina, named after Israel's enemy the Philistines, a biblical sea people, to mock the Chosen People, and subsequently the made-up terms of ...

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Palestine's water crisis: 50 years of injustice - Daily Sabah Sun, 13 Aug 2017 21:09:39 GMT

Daily Sabah

Palestine's water crisis: 50 years of injustice Daily Sabah As temperatures soar in the Palestinian territories, thousands of Palestinian families suffer from severe water shortages - while Israelis living in nearby Jewish settlements enjoy abundant amounts of water. According to official Palestinian figures ...

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Rona Sela on exposing hidden Palestinian history - Aljazeera.com Fri, 11 Aug 2017 08:03:18 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Rona Sela on exposing hidden Palestinian history Aljazeera.com She began researching and collecting Palestinian imagery to outline Palestine's history and culture. Sela discovered that many records were looted by the Israeli army and hidden in Israeli archives. She published multiple books of Palestinian ...

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Upper House backs change from Liberal MP Andrew McLachlan in Israel-Palestine debate, calls for new state only ... - The Advertiser Thu, 10 Aug 2017 01:42:27 GMT

The Advertiser

Upper House backs change from Liberal MP Andrew McLachlan in Israel-Palestine debate, calls for new state only ... The Advertiser SA's Lower House became the first jurisdiction in the nation to call for the recognition of a Palestinian state, as Labor used its number to force through a motion on Budget day. It called for the Federal Government to “recognise the state of Palestine ...

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Recognizing a Palestinian state before a peace agreement with Israel undermines the international rule of law - Enter Stage Right Mon, 14 Aug 2017 02:27:19 GMT

Recognizing a Palestinian state before a peace agreement with Israel undermines the international rule of law Enter Stage Right According to the Palestinian Authority, 136 (70.5 percent) of the 193 member states of the United Nations and two non-member states have officially recognized a State of Palestine. This study considers the rules of international law which govern the ...