UN Secretary-General condemns Israeli announcement of further occupation of Palestine
Region: IsraelThe UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Sunday condemned the Israeli announcement of 3,000 new settlement units in East Jerusalem and other parts of the West Bank. In a daily briefing, the Secretary-General termed ... more
Views: 1143Palestine Upgraded From an “Entity” to a “Non-Member State”
Region: IsraelBy Amira Al Hussaini The upgrade of Palestine from an “entity” to a “non-member state” at the United Nations received a lukewarm reaction from netizens - who asked what a 'symbolic' gesture like ... more
Views: 815Israeli Media Criticized by Leftist for Coverage of Gaza Conflict
Region: IsraelBy Elizabeth Tsurkov The latest round of fighting between Israel and Gaza militants was covered around the clock in Israel. Media outlets largely adopted the government's narrative and justifications for the offensive. ... more
Views: 907Social Media a Battleground in Light of Airstrikes
Region: IsraelBy Jillian C. York Back in 2008, during Israel's attack on Gaza that left more than 1,400 (more than 700 of whom were civilians) dead, individuals the world over took to social media [1] to comment on the attacks and... more
Views: 2481Invasion of Gaza Planned by Israel?
Region: IsraelBy Amira Al Hussaini Gazans braced themselves for another day of continuous shelling, as news trickles in of the possibility of an Israeli ground invasion. The short version of why the latest bout of fighting flared ... more
Views: 797Bombs Falling in Gaza
Region: Israel
By Amira Al Hussaini Gazans stayed up all night as Israel continued to pound the Palestinian enclave. The situation flared up when Israel and Gaza exchanged fire - which still continues now - after Israel ki... more
Views: 810Gaza: Israeli Airstrike And Humorous Hashtag
Region: IsraelWritten by Rana Baker In the middle of the night of June 5, an Israeli airstrike hit a poultry farm [1] in the southern Gaza Strip, ending the lives of dozens of cackling chickens and destroying the farm owner's s... more
Views: 1199Palestine: Remembering the Nakba
Region: PalestineWritten by Salah Almhamdi May 15 is Nakba Day [1], when Palestinians commemorate the displacement and dispossession that took place at the time of Israel's establishment in 1948. In this post we look at h... more
Views: 915Palestine: PalFest Literature Festival in Gaza for First Time
Region: IsraelWritten by Ola Anan his year for the first time the Palestinian Festival of Literature, or PalFest [1], was held in Gaza. Since it was founded in 2008, the festival's aim has been to bring together Palestinian a... more
Views: 1112Palestine: Gazans Suffer Due to Fuel and Electricity Shortage
Region: IsraelWritten by Ola Anan Over the past decade, the words “Gaza” and “crisis” have become almost complementary. The crises have ranged from war and military raids and invasions, to military occupation, a... more
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