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Israeli pharmaceutical firms test medicines and weapons on Palestinians

February 24th, 20190 JERUSALEM - In yet another violation of Palestinian rights, the Israel occupation authorities issue permits to large pharmaceutical firms to carry out tests on...

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False ‘victories’: Is the PA using the ‘State of Palestine’ to remain in power?

January 26th, 20190 The "State of Palestine" has officially been handed the chairmanship of the G-77, the United Nations' largest block. This is particularly significant considering the...

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Israel will authorize thousands of illegal settler homes in occupied West Bank

December 14th, 20180 TEL AVIV — Israel will authorize thousands of the settler homes built illegally in the occupied West Bank, some of them decades ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

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Senators working behind the scenes to pass anti-Israel boycott law during lame duck session

December 9th, 20180 WASHINGTON — Boycott movements have long been an effective tool for protesters, but a new bill being pushed through Congress aims to penalize people speaking in favor...

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From Gaza to Dearborn: Mohammed Abu Hussein lost his leg, but not his hope

December 2nd, 20180 DEARBORN – The Palestinian struggle carries countless stories of suffering and injustice. Such is the case with Mohammed Abu Hussein, a young Palestinian boy who lost...

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Former Bahraini minister warns of joint Arab-Israel conspiracy against Palestine

November 18th, 20180 Former Bahraini Minister Mohammad Ali Fakhro, a board member of the Arab Anti-Corruption Organization, criticized the Arab world’s normalization with Israel, blaming...

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‘Everything is a target’: Gaza residents decry indiscriminate Israeli strikes

November 16th, 20180 GAZA — Ahmed Abu Saif struggles to maintain a straight face as he looks at the amorphous pile of rubble of what used to be a five-story building he owned. The...

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Israeli court upholds entry ban on U.S. student over her BDS activities

October 13th, 20180 An Israeli court on Friday upheld the barring of an American student from the country over her activities in support of an international boycott campaign by...

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U.N. Palestinian refugee agency narrows shortfall after U.S. cuts

September 30th, 20180 NEW YORK — A United Nations agency that supports Palestinian refugees received contributions of $118 million on Thursday, narrowing a budget gap for this year to $68...

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Palestinian president urges Trump to rescind Jerusalem, aid decisions

September 28th, 20180 UNITED NATIONS — On Thursday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the United States to reverse its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and cuts...

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Why Israel demolishes: Khan Al-Ahmar as representation of greater genocide

September 24th, 20180 Like vultures, Israeli soldiers descended on Khan Al-Ahmar, on Sept. 14, recreating a menacing scene with which the residents of this small Palestinian village, located...

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Oslo Accords 25 years later, peace hopes a fading memory

September 14th, 20180 The Oslo Accords 25 years later. As Palestinians prepare to lower the flag over their shuttered mission in Washington, no one can predict when they'll return to the...

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Ahed Tamimi to address civil right group’s annual gala

September 12th, 20180 DEARBORN — Famed Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, held at an Israeli jail at 16 for slapping an Israeli officer, will be the keynote speaker at the Arab American...

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Twenty-five years on, Oslo Accords peace hopes a fading memory

September 12th, 20180 JERUSALEM — As Palestinians prepare to lower the flag over their shuttered mission in Washington, no one can predict when they will return to the city where just a...

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Trump administration closing PLO office in Washington

September 11th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration on Monday threatened tough action against the International Criminal Court should it try to prosecute Americans for alleged...

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Israel closing embassy in Asuncion after Paraguay moves mission back to Tel Aviv

September 9th, 20180 JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is also the foreign minister, ordered the closure of Israel’s embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay on Wednesday...

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Lana Del Ray cancels Israel festival appearance

September 5th, 20180 Pop singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey has canceled her September 7 appearance at Israel’s Meteor Festival. Del Rey (real name Elizabeth Woolridge Grant) had pulled...

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Seventy U.S. lawmakers urge for immediate humanitarian aid for Gaza

August 4th, 20180 GAZA — Seventy members of the U.S. Congress are urging the Trump administration to immediately reinstate U.S. aid in order to alleviate the growing humanitarian crisis...

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Ahed Tamimi freed from Israeli prison pledge to continue resistance

July 30th, 20180 WEST BANK - Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian teenager released by Israel on Sunday after completing a prison term for kicking and slapping an Israeli soldier said she wanted...

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Gaza artist takes on Trump despite disabilities

July 13th, 20180 GAZA — How can an artist capture the anger of a people when the most powerful politician in the world tries to discard their rights? Mahmoud al-Moqayad may have...

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Jewish American BDS activist denied entry into Israel

July 6th, 20180 WEST BANK — A Prominent Jewish American activist, Ariel Gold, was denied entry into Israel on Sunday, July 1, over her activism in the Boycott, Divestment and...

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Four Arab states support U.S. ‘deal of the century’ in the Middle East

July 1st, 20180 AMMAN/WASHINGTON — Four Arab states have backed the U.S. plan for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, regardless of the position of Palestinian Authority (PA)...

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Palestinian hit in face by tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldier in Gaza protests

June 12th, 20180 GAZA - A Palestinian hit in the face by a tear-gas canister fired by an Israeli soldier, was on life support in a Gaza hospital on Friday. Israel says it uses...

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Israel’s premature celebration: Gazans have crossed the fear barrier

May 25th, 20180 Sixty Palestinians were killed in Gaza on May 15, simply for protesting and demanding their Right of Return as guaranteed by international law. Fifty more were killed...

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International court’s prosecutor warns Israel on Gaza violence, expresses “grave concern”

May 16th, 20180 AMSTERDAM - The office of the prosecutor of the world’s permanent war crimes court on Wednesday expressed “grave concern” about escalating violence in Gaza against...

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France says Middle East is ‘explosive,’ criticizes U.S. policy and unjustified Israeli violence

May 15th, 20180 PARIS - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday described the situation in the Middle East as “explosive” and criticized the United States for...

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Palestinians hold protest in Cannes against Israeli killing in Gaza

May 15th, 20180 CANNES, France - Hollywood actor Benicio del Toro joined Palestinians at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday in a demonstration against the Israeli army’s killing of...

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Israeli ministers pledge to settle ‘2 million Jews’ in West Bank in the heart of Palestinian communities