Israel converts historic mosque into nightclub
Islamic sites in Palestine a target of systematic Israeli desecration Cairo: Israeli authorities have turned a historic mosque in an occupied Palestinian town into a nightclub, a local Muslim official has said. An Israeli company linked to the municipality of Safad in North Palestine has turned the 13th century Al Ahmar (Red) Mosque into a […]
Marc Lamont Hill UN Speech That Got Him Fired From CNN
Marc Lamont Hill UN United Nations Speech That Got Him Fired From. CNN severed ties with contributor Marc Lamont Hill on Thursday, following comments the university professor made about I and Pal in a speech at the United Nations. “Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN,” a CNN spokesperson said Hill urged […]
Israeli settlers raid Aqsa Mosque in latest provocation
Scores of settlers break into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound under the protection of Israeli forces who take away four Palestinians working for a charity organization in Jerusalem al-Quds during a raid. Over 80 settlers raided the extremely sensitive site in the early hours of Sunday, in the latest provocative act. The move is considered to be an incursion under […]
Israel’s new nation-state law restates the obvious
Early last Thursday, July 19, while most Israelis were sleeping, Israel’s right-wing coalition government narrowly passed a highly controversial law that had been years in the making. The so-called “nation-state law” legally enshrines Israel’s Jewish character and makes it one of the state’s guiding judicial principles, akin to a constitutional amendment in the United States. The new […]
From the Bullet to the Ballot: A Strategic Shift in the Palestinian Struggle
By Dr. John Andrew Morrow (The following opinion piece was published in al-Bawaba: The Middle East Gateway on April 15, 2004, and has long been removed from the newspaper’s archives. It was supposed to be included in Islamic Insights: Writings and Reviews, an anthology of Dr. John Andrew Morrow’s journalism, published by Ansariyan Publications in 2010; […]
Palestinian Authority: At Least 15 Palestinians Killed in Gaza Mass Demonstration
At least 15 Palestinians were killed and hundreds of others injured Friday by Israeli security forces along the Israel-Gaza border, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The Israeli military said its troops used “riot dispersal means” to quell one of the largest Palestinian demonstrations and outbursts of violence along the border in recent years. A Palestinian […]
UN’s Guterres Calls for Independent Investigation into Gaza Clashes
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an “independent and transparent investigation” into the deadly clashes along the Israel-Gaza border Friday that killed at least 15 Palestinians and injured about 1,400 others, including more than 750 injured by live fire. The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting Friday to discuss the unraveling situation in […]
Video shows Palestinian shot dead with back to Israeli snipers
Several videos circulating on social media purport to show Palestinian protesters being shot in the back or while praying by Israeli snipers. In one of the videos, a demonstrator – identified by relatives as 19-year-old Abdelfattah Abdelnabi – is shot in the back while running away from the border separating the Gaza Strip and Israel. […]
Israel gets flak over human rights record in Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland – UN member states have criticised Israel during a heated Human Rights Council (HRC) session for failing to abide by human rights laws and UN resolutions, with some calling it an “apartheid state”. The criticism came as Israel was undergoing in this Swiss city on Tuesday its third Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a […]
Tensions Rise Following Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement
Three U.S. imams have called for the death of Jews since December, a trend that has followed President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In the latest incident, Abdullah Khadra, a Syrian-American imam, announced during a sermon in a Raleigh, North Carolina-area mosque on Monday that Jews should be killed. The […]