American Activist: “Americans Waking Up, Palestinians Still Suffering”
An American political activist says the social media networks have made more and more Americans aware of the Palestinians’ plight, which is backed and funded by Washington. Faraan: The activist said, “There has been a mass awakening amongst the American people, including within the Jewish community… For the first time in history there were demonstrations…
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UN adopts resolution against the Zionist entity’s illegal settlements
The United Nations has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution in condemnation of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, including al-Quds, and Syria’s Golan Heights, and demanded cessation of their construction. Faraan: According to reports, on Tuesday, the United Nations General Assembly Fourth Committee endorsed the resolution by 143-7 votes, with 16 abstentions. The resolution…
Book Introduction/ Palestine + 100
STORIES FROM A CENTURY AFTER THE NAKBA Palestine + 100 poses a question to twelve Palestinian writers: Featuring Talal Abu Shawish, Tasnim Abutabikh, Selma Dabbagh, Emad El-Din Aysha, Samir El-Youssef, Saleem Haddad, Anwar Hamed, Majd Kayyal, Mazen Maarouf, Abdalmuti Maqboul, Ahmed Masoud & Rawan Yaghi STORIES FROM A CENTURY AFTER THE NAKBA Palestine + 100…
UN urged to reverse Israel decision to class six Palestinian NGOs as terror organisations
Palestine groups called on the United Nations to take immediate and serious action to cancel the decision made by the Israeli occupation authorities to classify six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organisations. Faraan: Thousands of farmers, fishermen, youth, women, human rights activists, and representatives of Palestinian civil society called on the United Nations to take immediate…
Several Yemeni areas hit by Saudi warplanes as Yemen keeps up resistance
The Saudi-led war coalition’s fighter jets have launched a series of raids targeting several areas in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, as well as in Amran and Sa’dah provinces, while the Yemeni army keeps up resistance against the kingdom and its allied aggressors. Faraan: On Wednesday evening, coalition aircraft conducted airstrikes on al-Sayanah area in the district…
India deploys additional troops in Kashmir
New Delhi has sent thousands of additional forces to the Indian-administered Kashmir, after the deadly October violence in the region that killed nearly 40 people. Faraan: Scores of new surveillance bunkers, checkpoints, and frequent frisking of residents and vehicles have made life difficult in the Indian-administered Kashmir. Following the deadly October and violence in and…
Destruction of Lebanon, medium term objective of Israel
“The reality is that Lebanon has long been in the cross hairs not only of Israel but she is one of the seven countries, along with Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Iran that General Wesley Clark said the USA had listed for destruction in his 2007 interview,” according to Declan Hayes. Faraan: Over the…
Bill Gates should know better: Israel ravages the environment in Palestine
Those who are not familiar with how Israel, particularly with its military occupation of Palestine, is actively and irreversibly damaging the environment might conclude erroneously that Tel Aviv is at the forefront of the global fight against climate change. The reality is the exact opposite. Faraan: In his speech at the UN Climate Change Conference…
20,000 Palestinian homes in occupied al-Quds at risk of demolition, official says
A Palestinian official has warned that 20,000 homes belonging to Palestinian families in the Israeli-occupied al-Quds are at the risk of demolition by Israeli authorities under the pretext that the structures do not have a construction permit. Faraan: Ahmad Rwaidy, an advisor on al-Quds affairs in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ office, said in a statement…
Israel, US likely behind assassination bid against Iraqi PM: Resistance leader
An Iraqi resistance leader says the Israeli regime and the United States were likely behind the recent failed assassination attempt targeting the Arab country’s prime minister, calling for a thorough investigation into the crime. Faraan: Qais al-Khazali, Secretary-General of the Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq Movement, a subdivision of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) or Hashd al-Sha’ab…