Israeli warplanes attacked the Interior Ministry today in the Gaza Strip and killed two senior Hamas military commanders in some of what were ultimately at least 200 distinct attacks against the tiny strip today alone. Other strikes hit refugee camps in the strip, and several… Read More ›
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Jihad Misharawi, BBC Journalist, Loses Son Omar In Israeli Strike On Gaza
The infant son of a BBC journalist was killed by an Israeli air strike on Gaza on Wednesday night. The BBC said that Jihad Misharawi, who works for the BBC Arabic service, lost his 11-month son Omar after their house… Read More ›
Is Israel Escalating War on Gaza to Foil US-Iran Deal?
by John Glaser The flare up of violence between Israel and Gaza looks like its about to escalate, with an Israeli airstrike today killing a Hamas commander and Israeli military leadership talking openly about the possibility of an expanded war on Gaza,… Read More ›
Israel calls up reservists, gets ready for Gaza invasion
The IDF announces a widespread campaign on “terror targets” and begins bombing the Gaza Strip, preparing for a ground operation. This comes after the head of Hamas’ military wing Ahmed Jabari was killed in an Israeli airstrike. FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES… Read More ›
Hamas says now in ‘open war’ with Israel, promises ‘gates of hell’
Hamas says that it is now in a state of “open war” indefinitely with Israel after the killing of the Hamas commander Ahmed Jabari by an Israeli airstrike. FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES The assassination has “opened the gates of hell,” the Ezzedine al-Qassam… Read More ›
Israeli policy splits Palestinian families
Parents, children, and lovers in the West Bank and Gaza are torn apart by Israel’s strict ‘separation policy’ To Westerners and Palestinians, Gaza “is hell”, says Ali Batha. “It’s a scary place … It’s the last place in the world… Read More ›
Turkey indicts IDF commanders over Gaza flotilla deaths
Relations between Jerusalem and Ankara have deteriorated since Israeli marines stormed the Mavi Marmara aid ship in May 2010 and killed nine Turks in clashes with activists on board. Turkey is putting four former Israeli military commanders, including the head… Read More ›
South Africa’s ruling party endorses anti-Israel boycott
Senior members of South Africa’s ruling party have endorsed a boycott campaign against Israel, with former South African deputy president Baleka Mbete calling Tel Aviv ‘far worse than apartheid South Africa’. During an international conference hosted on Sunday by the… Read More ›
Poll: Majority of Israeli Jews Would Support Apartheid Regime in Israel
About a third of the Jewish public – and 70 percent of the orthodox community – would support barring Israeli Arabs from voting by John Glaser Most Israeli Jews support the establishment of an apartheid regime in Israel if it… Read More ›
Israel Seizes Gaza-Bound Aid Ship
This was just the latest attempt by activists to bring attention to Israel’s strict blockade on Gaza Israeli navy commandos on Saturday seized a ship headed to the Gaza Strip carrying about 30 pro-Palestinian activists as it attempted to break Israel’s harsh blockade of… Read More ›
The Glaring Contradictions in Anti-Iran Policy
Another Manufactured Crisis by SHELDON RICHMAN President Barack Obama, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have at least one thing in common when it comes to Iran. All are guilty of flagrant self-contradiction. Each says… Read More ›
October surprise: US and Israel prepare to strike Iran
The United States and Israel are already involved in discussions over how they could soon conduct a joint surgical strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, a source close to the talks tells Foreign Policy magazine. After months of urging from Israeli… Read More ›
Israel launches deadly air strikes on Gaza
Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed at least 12 Palestinians, including a senior militant leader. Zohair al-Qaisi, secretary general of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), was targeted because he was planning an attack, the Israelis said. Another militant was… Read More ›
US Envoy: Preparations Made for Attacking Iran
Insists US ‘Totally in Sync’ With Israel by Jason Ditz In an interview today with the Times of Israel, US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro denied any disagreements between the US and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the prospect… Read More ›