Palestinians mark 65th anniversary of Kafr Qasim massacre
The marchers gathered at the Martyrs’ Memorial in Kafr Qasim’s centre, where a minute of silence was observed to remember the victims, Anadolu News Agency reports. On 29 October, 1956, Zionist troops killed 49 unarmed Palestinians, including women and children, in Kafr Qasim, an Arab village in northern Israel. During the rally, marchers carried Palestinian…
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Digital advertising trucks in two US cities flash Kashmir freedom messages+ photos
The trucks appeared on the two cities’ roads on Oct. 27, the darkest day in Kashmir’s history when India sent in its troops in 1947 to occupy the state.
Human Right Watch: Israel’s Apartheid Sparks War on Gaza
Akshaya Kumar, HRW’s Director of Crisis Advocacy, says the recent Israel-Palestine conflict was initiated by Israeli discriminatory oppressive rule in the Occupied Territory, especially in Sheikh Jarrah. Speaking in an interview with FNA, Akshaya Kumar said Israel “goes far beyond what international law permits” by practicing collective punishment, adding “We understand and recognize that Israeli…
Rights Group Urges Ending Saudi Imprisonment of Minors
It pointed out that “Ali Al-Nimr’s friends, Daoud Al-Marhoon and Abdullah Al-Zaher, are still in prison, serving a very harsh 10-year sentence. We will not stop fighting for them!”
Hezbollah Slams Saudi Decision against Lebanese Charity
The action of the Saudi government, continues the statement, is a “humiliating obedience” to the US government and a “miserable service” to the Zionist enemy.
12 European States Call on Israel to Halt Construction of 3,000 Settler Units in Occupied West Bank
Twelve European countries called on Israel to scrap plans for the construction of over 3,000 settler units in the occupied West Bank, as Tel Aviv continues to press ahead with its settlement expansion across the Palestinian territories. Faraan: The high planning committee of Israel’s so-called civil administration on Wednesday gave the final approval to the…
Introduction of Professor Gil Anidjar
Professor Gil Anidjar is an assistant professor of comparative literature in Columbia University’s department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures.
Book Introduction/ All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948
The culmination of nearly six years of research by more than thirty participants, this authoritative reference work describes in detail the more than 400 Palestinian villages that were destroyed or depopulated during the 1948 war. Going beyond the scope of previously published accounts, All That Remains has relied extensively on field research to pinpoint the…
The Influence of Zionism in the Press
Joseph Pulitzer [1] is one of the most prominent Jewish pioneers of the modern American press. Born into a Jewish family in Hungary, he immigrated to the United States in 1878 and published the St. Louis Post Dispatch [2]. In 1883, he bought the most famous American magazine of the time, The New York World…
S. Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait Summon Lebanese Envoys After Minister Urged End to Yemen War
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait summoned Lebanon’s envoys to their countries after Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi called for an end to the Riyadh-led aggression on Yemen. Faraan: The Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a tweet on Wednesday that it summoned the Lebanese ambassador to protest over the “offensive” remarks made…