Israeli occupation forces violently raided the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp, located near Ariha (Jericho) city in the occupied West Bank, killing five Palestinians and injuring tens of others. The raid came after the Jericho area was besieged for eight days and brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire to 42 so far this […]
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Israel Murders 5 Palestinians In Jericho And MSM Ignores Frequent Massacres
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 […]
Bizarre Mortuary Practices and the Jericho Plastered Skulls
Jericho (also called Tell es-Sultan) is a city with an incredibly rich history located in the Palestinian West Bank, near the Jordan River, some 55 kilometers (34 mi) from Jerusalem. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News Ancient Places Asia Read Later Views: 0
Settlers begin building new outpost near Jericho
A group of Jewish settlers this morning started to build a new illegal outpost on a tract of Palestinian land they seized in Ein Al-Auja village, northeast of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Centre reported. According to local sources, settlers stormed an area close to the village in vehicles and construction […]
Jehu, Jericho, and Haman’s Gallows: Trump’s Religious-Right Allies Turned To Violent Bible Stories
Journalists and scholars are increasingly taking note of the role that Christian nationalist ideology and religious-right rhetoric played in the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, sharing information and analysis on Twitter with the hashtag #capitolsiegereligion. Right Wing Watch has extensively documented violent rhetoric from religious-right leaders and at religious-right events both before and after the Nov. 3 election. Many of former President Donald Trump’s religious-right […]
‘Jericho Marches’ Taking Place in Swing States Across USA
BY TYLER O’NEILPJ Media AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin On Saturday, Jews and Christians in Washington, D.C., and in swing states across the country will march around government buildings seven times in an echo of Joshua’s march around the walls of Jericho. The Jericho March will focus on calls for “election integrity, transparency, and reform” after the Supreme […]
Did God destroy the walls of Jericho? A brief history of Bible literalism
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Palestinian killed in Jericho was shot in stomach
Maureen Clare Murphy Rights and Accountability 24 February 2018 Yasin al-Saradih The slaying of a Palestinian man by Israeli soldiers on Thursday may amount to a war crime, “giving rise to individual criminal responsibility at the International Criminal Court,” the human rights group Al-Haq stated on Saturday. Reports on Thursday suggested that Yasin Omar al-Saradih […]
Israeli official calls for expelling Palestinians from Jerusalem
Days of Palestine, Jerusalem -Head of the Zionist Israeli Camp and top Israeli opposition leader Issac Herzog called on Monday to expel Palestinians from Jerusalem. Herzog wanted called for expelling the Palestinians from Jerusalem in order to maintain the city a Jewish capital for the Israeli occupation state. Like our page on Facebook Follow us on Twitter […]