Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for June 25, to the July 1, 2016. Four Palestinians including a pregnant woman were killed this week by Israeli gunfire, in the meantime the Quartet committee calls for halt of Israeli settlements. These stories, and more, coming up,…
According to an experienced reporter on Palestine, 50 percent of the water to a city of 40,000 people has been cut off during Ramadan, a time ‘when people need to have access to food and water more than any other time.’ JERUSALEM — Apartheid Israel is limiting access to water in Palestine, a long-standing practice…
Already set to be the “largest military aid package” the US has ever offered to a single country in history, the Obama Administration has written a lengthy letter to US Senators today, informing them of intentions to “substantially sweeten” the already record offer in an attempt to try to get the Israelis to sign on…
The Women’s Boat to Gaza, a campaign of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition conducted its meetings, over the past weekend, to discuss and further plans to set sail towards Gaza in mid-September, with all women delegates and crew. In doing so, we raise the issue of the ongoing illegal blockade of Gaza. Shabnam Mayet, Human Rights…
The UK welcomes the Palestine Youth Orchestra (PYO) for the first time, this summer. Under the baton of Sian Edwards, the young orchestra will perform at leading venues across the country, as part of their first UK tour, culminating at London’s Royal Festival Hall, to bring their message of inspiration and humanity, in spite of…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Israel and Palestine. Following a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem, Ki-moon noted that nearly 50 years of occupation of Palestinian land has not brought security for Israelis. Ban’s generalizing statements, void of specific criticism with regard to the illegal occupation, settlements, and war crimes prompt the question…
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Saturday at dawn, a series of air strikes targeting a number of sites, believed to be run by armed resistance groups, in different parts of the besieged Gaza Strip. The army said a shell was fired from Gaza, on Friday at night. Media sources in Gaza have reported…
Interesting report from Qatari owned AlJazeera outlining the conflict within Hamas and the people of Gaza regarding the recent Israel-Turkey deal. Will the Turkish-Israeli reconciliation deal put an end to Israel’s siege on Gaza? Gaza Strip – Palestinians in Gaza are sharply divided over the reconciliatory deal signed between Israel and Turkey on Tuesday. While…
You really did it! Thanks to your amazing generosity and fundraising efforts, we completely closed the $10,000 funding gap in the North America Nakba Tour, and with your encouragement, we are planning for another tour next year. We learned a lot from this year’s tour, and we believe we can cut the costs almost in half…