At least 11 Palestinians were killed during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to … More
Category: Palestine
Japheth lives in Shem’s house and Cainan serves
Genesis 9 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, … More
Palestinian gunman kills 7 near Jerusalem synagogue
A Palestinian gunman opened fire outside an east Jerusalem synagogue Friday night, killing seven people, including a 70-year-old woman, and … More
Palestinians say 9 killed in the West Bank
The Israeli military on Thursday carried out its deadliest operation in the occupied West Bank in years, killing at least … More
Netanyahu’s Betrayal of Democracy and Israel
This past summer, I marked a personal milestone: 40 years since moving to Israel. The summer of 1982 was one … More
Don’t Normalize Israel’s Extremist Government
Over the coming weeks and months, the newly formed Israeli governing coalition and its U.S. allies will try to normalize … More
Netanyahu, the godfather of modern Israeli fascism
Fascism has been on the minds of Israel’s friends and foes alike since “the Jewish State” held its latest elections … More
Kingdom of Hejaz
The Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz (Arabic: المملكة الحجازية الهاشمية, Al-Mamlakah al-Ḥijāziyyah Al-Hāshimiyyah) was a state in the Hejaz region in the Middle East that included the western portion … More
‘branches of the Semitic family, Arabs and Jews’
The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement was a 3 January 1919 agreement between Emir Faisal, the third son of Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi, King of the short-lived Kingdom … More
A Palestinian Princess and the King of Israel
Naamah was one of the 700 wives and 300 concubines of King Solomon and mother of his heir, Rehoboam, according to both 1 Kings 14:21–31, and 2 Chronicles … More
Ur in Iraq is the birthplace of the patriarch Abraham
Ur (/ʊər/; Sumerian: 𒌶𒆠, 𒋀𒀕𒆠, or 𒋀𒀊𒆠 Urim; Akkadian: 𒋀𒀕𒆠 Uru; Arabic: أُوْر, romanized: ʾūr; Hebrew: אוּר, romanized: ʾūr) was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar (Arabic: تل ٱلْمُقَيَّر) in south Iraq’s Dhi Qar Governorate. Although Ur … More
UK embassy move to Jerusalem?
It is remarkable to see how Israeli leaders cosy up to bad, unpopular, or even fascist foreign leaders, hoping to … More
Shireen Abu Akleh: The Extrajudicial Killing
On 11 May 2022, Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh and a group of five other journalists arrived at Balat … More
New Israeli rules tighten control in West Bank
An Israeli military body has released a list of rules and restrictions for foreigners wanting to enter Palestinian areas of … More
ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER
Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just briefly soaked … More
47 Palestinians killed and no Israelis were killed
With a cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants holding after nearly three days of violence, Gaza’s sole power plant resumed operations Monday … More
Iran is close to crossing Israel’s nuclear ‘red line’
What are Israel’s political and security aims regarding Iran, and are they now matched by their military capabilities? In May, … More
Mahmoud Abbas and Benny Gantz meet
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz met Thursday in the occupied West Bank to discuss security … More
70-year-old man in Gaza needed open heart surgery
What does it take for a 70-year-old man to get heart bypass surgery in Gaza, when he is cordoned off … More
Israel’s prime minister is stepping down
Israel’s most diverse government in history, formed for the first time with an Arab political party, is disbanding over a … More
Michael Ruark 