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Israeli Settlement Expansion Continues for Fifth Consecutive Week: Plans to Advance 765 New Housing Units On Wednesday, January 1, 2025, the Higher Planning Council (HPC) will convene to discuss the approval of a construction plan for 765 housing units in the settlement of Beitar Illit. Since December 2024, the HPC has been advancing housing construction…
Statement from State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid on 5000 Palestinians killed prior to Oct. 7 Illinois State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid condemns all violence and challenges lie that the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas massacre was a first of its kind unprecedented massacre of civilians, noting more than 5,000 Palestinians were killed prior to the militant assault over…
Palestinians face darkest period in history, Prime Minister tells UN assembly By Ray Hanania Palestine National Authority (PNA) Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa warned members of the United Nations Monday that his people face one of the worst assaults of violence in its history. An economist by profession who was appointed prime minister in March of…
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Expert denounces killing of two more journalists in Gaza and demands full accountability An independent human rights expert today condemned the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Ismail Al-Ghoul and cameraman Rami Al-Rifi in Gaza on 1 August 2024. “I strongly denounce the deliberate targeting by Israel of two journalists in Gaza, which adds to an…
Abandon Biden Campaign Condemns Biden’s Megalomania and Media Complicity (July 12, 2024) The Abandon Biden campaign strongly condemns President Joe Biden’s recent press conference, which highlighted not only his unwillingness to do what’s right for this country but also the media’s complicity in erasing the genocide in Gaza. During the press conference, not one reporter…
CAIR Calls on President Biden to ‘Stop Enabling’ Israeli Massacres After Mass Slaughter in Gaza ‘Safe Zone’ Muslim civil rights group also condemns Biden administration decision not to sanction Israeli unit that committed gross human rights abuses The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on…
Israeli bill to designate UNRWA a terrorist organization is an attack on humanitarian aid Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns a bill that passed a preliminary reading yesterday in Israel’s Parliament, known as the Knesset, aimed at designating UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East,…
CPJ calls for investigation into Israeli shooting at 2 Al-Araby TV journalists in West Bank Israeli forces fired at camera operator Rabih Al-Monayar (left) and reporter Ameed Shehade while they were reporting on an Israeli raid for Al-Araby TV in the West Bank city of Tulkarm on May 4, 2024. (Screenshot: Al-Araby TV/YouTube) The Committee…
Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory: Rafah threat is inhumane, says UN Human Rights Chief UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday, May 6, 2024, warned that civilian deaths, suffering and destruction were set to increase beyond already unbearable levels followingIsrael’s orders to Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah ahead of an anticipated new offensive….
Testimonies from the Occupied Palestinian Territory show new depths of Israel’s atrocities: UN expert The Occupied Palestinian Territory is enveloped in a spiral of unstoppable violence, with stories Palestinians and other witnesses relay adding new depths to atrocities the world has witnessed since the beginning of Israel’s assault on Gaza over six months ago, the…
USCMO Reiterates Call on President Biden to Stop the Gaza Genocide After U.S. Airman Aaron Bushnell Dies in Protest The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) – the nation’s umbrella group of national, regional, and local Muslim associations today reiterated its call on President Biden to stop the Gaza genocide after 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell, an active-duty member…
Hostages versus Prisoners: Israel war on Gaza is as much a war on weaponizing words The biased American news media is using the lexicon handed to it by Israel’s propaganda efforts, portraying the Israeli “hostages” in what the media and Israel describes falsely as an exchange for Palestinian “prisoners.” The majority of so-called Palestinian prisoners…
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Muslim American woman challenges unresponsive Congressman Sean Casten in March 19 Democratic primary By Ray Hanania Congressman Sean Casten, who has failed to live up to his promises to outreach and include Arab and Muslim Americans in the last election, is being challenged in th March 19, 2024 Democratic Primary election by healthcare activist Mahnoor…
More than 50 journalists killed in Israel-Gaza war The first month of the Israel-Gaza war is now the deadliest month for journalists since CPJ began documenting journalist fatalities in 1992. As of November 21, CPJ’s investigations showed at least 53 journalists and media workers were among more than 14,000 killed since the war began on October 7—with more than 13,000…
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Peace Now: Attempt for the Establishment of a New Settlement in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City There is growing concern over an attempt to seize one of the last undeveloped plots in Jerusalem’s Old City for the establishment of a new settlement. In recent days, representatives of a Jewish-Australian businessman and his partners…
Americans rally to support Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib targeted by Islamophobic racism Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib needs your help to stand up to the anti-Arab, anti-Muslim anti-Human Rights racists in the U.S Congress who are funded by the foreign-loyal political action committee network AIPAC and other extremist pro-Israel organizations. Tlaib, the only Palestinian member of the racist…
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US Congress: Reject Bill to Support Forced Israeli Displacement of Palestinians to Third Countries US Should Push Israel to End War Crimes, Accept Ceasefire The United States should oppose any Israeli actions that could result in the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, said Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN). The group urged Congress…
Israeli Academic Institutions Persecute Palestinian Students for Social Media Posts Amid Offensive on Gaza Palestinian students critical of Israeli policies targeted by Israeli academic institutions for disciplinary action. Censorship violates principles of fundamental democracy. Adalah defending 74 Christian and Muslim students accused of “support of terrorism” for expressing views on social media in Israel. Adalah…