Thousands of Palestinians gathered in Mandela Square in Ramallah on Wednesday to support the more than 1,000 Palestinian political prisoners who have been on hunger strike for 17 days in Israeli jails. The movement Freedom and Dignity is struggling for better conditions for the 6,200 Palestinians prisoners in Israel. But Israeli Prison Service stays inflexible. […]
Posts Tagged ‘RAMALLAH’
Israeli army fires tear gas and stun grenades into Ramallah hospital
Violence / Detentions — West Bank / East Jerusalem / Israel Israeli forces fire tear gas, bullets at Palestinian hospital in Ramallah RAMALLAH (Ma‘an) 4 May — Israeli forces fired bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas at a Palestinian hospital in the central occupied West Bank city of Ramallah at dawn on Thursday, sparking condemnation […]
Israeli forces open fire at Palestinian boy in Ramallah
Israeli occupation forces opened fire, wounded on Monday evening 13-year-old Palestinian boy in occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. Local sources said that the Palestinian boy threw stones at Israeli soldiers and military vehicles in the area of the village of Deir Nidham. Responding to the 13-year-old boy’s stones, the Israeli occupation forces shot live […]
Update on Reader Survey: A Treasure Trove of Ideas!
A couple days ago, Adam and Phil posted a request to Mondoweiss readers to give us feedback on the site and give us a snapshot of who our readers are. Well, it’s been less than 60 hours since the first respondent completed the survey, and as of now over 400 people have shared feedback with […]
American election: The two death options…
Donald Trump could change American electoral history for the better. Before explaining how, let’s first explore the politics and predicament of the 2016 Republican primary election. About six weeks ago, I projected that Trump would win the Republican nomination. That was before the traditional Republican leadership came out of hibernation to spoil Trump’s chances. It […]
Iran, Switzerland reach new oil deal
In time with the visit of Swiss President Johann Schneider-Amman to Tehran, NIOC has made a more comprehensive deal with a number of the European country’s oil companies like Glencore, Vitol and Trafigura on exchange of crude oil or gas oil with petrol. Iran has imported more than eight million liters of petrol since the […]
israel has no excuse to refrain from ratifying CTBT: UN
A senior UN official says Israel is now left without an excuse to evade ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) after a nuclear deal between Iran and the West. Lassina Zerbo, the executive secretary of the CTBT Organization, said with the implementation of the nuclear deal, Israel’s biggest pretext for refraining from ratifying the CTBT […]
It is becoming ordinary for writers to speak about Palestine
In yet another sign that solidarity with Palestinians is now a central political value of liberal/left American culture, about 150 people jammed a room in the Center for Fiction in Manhattan a week ago to hear authors read from a new book, a literary collection called Extraordinary Rendition: (American) Writers on Palestine. Below you will […]
It is becoming ordinary for writers to speak about Palestine
In yet another sign that solidarity with Palestinians is now a central political value of liberal/left American culture, about 150 people jammed a room in the Center for Fiction in Manhattan a week ago to hear authors read from a new book, a literary collection called Extraordinary Rendition: (American) Writers on Palestine. Below you will […]
Egypt’s religious institutions condemn Paris attack
TCP : Several Egyptian religious institutions have strongly condemned the terrorist attacks that killed hundreds of people in Paris Friday evening, saying that “all religions disavowed terrorism.” Ahmed el-Tayeb, Al-Azhar. Photo, Youm7 In the 25th round of the Higher Council for Islamic Affairs’ (HCIA) conference inaugurated Saturday in Luxor, Egyptian Minister of Awqaf (Religious Endowment) […]