Pro-Palestinian activists say Israeli naval forces are boarding their two ships in international waters, as they were trying to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza. Twitter accounts associated with the activist groups running the flotilla said Friday that Israeli forces were… Read More ›
Israeli military officials confirmed today that the Netanyahu government has given them a green light to launch any attacks on the Gaza Strip necessary to stop rocket fire, “including ground operations” inside the constantly besieged strip. Though Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›
West Bank settlers to receive tear gas and stun grenades to prepare for ‘Operation Summer Seeds’. By Chaim Levinson The IDF has conducted detailed work to determine a “red line” for each settlement in the West Bank, which will determine… Read More ›
“I’m trembling,” my mother says when I tell her I’m working on an article about how younger and older American Jews are reacting differently to the Palestinians’ bid for statehood at the United Nations. I understand the frustrations of the… Read More ›
“As an ex-Indian civil servant, it always makes me shout with laughter to hear, for instance, Gandhi named as an example of the success of non-violence. As long as twenty years ago it was cynically admitted in Anglo-Indian circles that… Read More ›
JERUSALEM — Organizers of a flotilla seeking to break Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip said Thursday that another of their boats had been damaged in port, and they accused Israel of sabotage. It was the second boat reported… Read More ›
A year after an aid flotilla was disastrously boarded by Israeli commandos, resulting in nine deaths and dozens injured, a second flotilla has been assembled to run the Israeli blockade to deliver aid supplies to Gaza. On Friday, the Greek… Read More ›
“Zionism” is a political movement that calls for the establishment of a Jewish state, manifested mostly in support for the current state of Israel, established in 1948. Zionism, in claiming to establish a Jewish state in the lands of Palestine,… Read More ›
US: Israel Has Right to Shoot Protesters Israeli soldiers attacked protesters along the Syrian border with the occupied Golan Heights today, killing at least 23 protesters and wounding some 350 others. The protesters were marching to commemorate the 44th anniversary… Read More ›
The unprecedented Arab protests on Israel’s borders, pegged to the 63rd anniversary of Israel’s declaration of statehood, resulted in at least 10 dead and hundreds wounded. By Ariel Zirulnick Israel got its first real taste of the Arab spring Sunday… Read More ›
This story is still developing. The Red Phoenix reprints this article for informational purposes, although some of its claims are disputed. We will provide updates as they become available. … A new advertisement in Israel, meant to show the “power… Read More ›
Israel informed the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council last week, as well as several other prominent European Union countries, that if the Palestinian Authority persists in its efforts to gain recognition in September as a state within… Read More ›
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