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The West Bank Emirate Scheme: Israel’s Desperate Gambit
Regardless of its seriousness, the 'Emirate of Hebron' project reflects the eroding position of the Palestinian Authority. (Design: Palestine Chronicle) By Ramzy Baroud Despite their profound wounds, Palestinians are more unified than ever, their...

Cartography of Jewish Apartheid: Gaza and the West Bank, Two Fronts of Dispossession
Illegal Jewish settlers routinely attack Palestinian farmers. (Photo: via ISM) By Jamal Kanj The Western media’s blind eye to Israel’s underlying crimes reveals a deeper, more disturbing dynamic: a duality of both subconscious and conscious...

Pope Leo presses Netanyahu for Gaza ceasefire, remedy for humanitarian catastrophe
(LifeSiteNews) — In the wake of the Israeli army’s bombing of the only Catholic church in Gaza on Thursday, Pope Leo XIV spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by telephone on Friday. He urged the Israeli leader to end hostilities,...

Parents of British-born Israeli soldier killed in an explosion while fighting in Gaza say their 'son died a hero'
The parents of a British-born Israeli soldier who was killed while fighting in Gaza have spoken of their grief. Avi Rosenfeld, 60, and his English teacher wife Sam Rosenfeld, 50, told the Daily Mail their son died saving the lives of other Israel...

Five people charged over alleged break-in of Israeli-owned firm during Palestine Action protest
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Lessons from La Guardia - Can Zohran Mamdani reshape New York—and national—politics like Mayor Fiorello La Guardia once did?
Zohran Mamdani has no shortage of enemies. The Queens assembly member and democratic socialist, who handily beat disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo in the contest to become the Democratic candidate in New York City’s upcoming mayoral race, can...

Israeli settler violence leaves Ramallah-area villages reeling after five Palestinians killed in two weeks
Five lives in two weeks, and dozens of injured and wounded. The toll of Israeli settler violence on Palestinians has been rising in recent weeks as rampages against Palestinian towns and villages continue to escalate, especially in the region east...
Millions allocated to stimulate businesses in Gaza region
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 18 (ANI/TPS): The Tkuma Administration, which aids communities in the Gaza region, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the "Poalim for Tkuma" Fund of Bank Hapoalim, is investing...

The Road from Gaza
I had been in Paris for more than a week when Gaza surfaced again, like a scar the body has come to accept. On the train to Argenteuil I sat facing the wrong way—which most people avoid for the dizziness it causes—as my phone lit up with...
Hamas offers to release all hostages in Gaza under comprehensive truce deal
GAZA, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said on Friday that Hamas has proposed a comprehensive deal to release all Israeli hostages held in Gaza in exchange for a complete cessation of hostilities and a full...

WATCH: Andrew Fox dismantles the Gaza casualty narrative used to turn the world against Israel
What if everything you’ve been told about Gaza is a lie? Andrew Fox, a Senior Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and former British Army officer who served in Afghanistan and across the Middle East, joins Elizabeth Farah to blow the lid...
In Occupied Palestine – 16 July 2025
In Occupied Palestine Zionism in practice Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land 08:00, 16 July 2025 until 08:00, 17 July 2025 Gaza Strip Merciless blitz on starving Gaza — growing numbers of dead and injured Victims 15 –...

Health secretary Wes Streeting could lose seat to pro-Gaza rival under Labour plans to reduce the voting age to 16
By JASON GROVES POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 17:00 EDT, 18 July 2025 | Updated: 17:04 EDT, 18 July 2025 Controversial plans to allow votes at 16 could see four ministers lose their seats to pro-Gaza independents, analysis has shown. Health...

On the Need to Go Beyond Asking Mainstream Media to Cover Palestinian Stories
Two Palestinians were killed by illegal Israeli Jewish settlers in Sinjil. (Photo: via QNN) By Benay Blend Given their reluctance to report anything other than the Official Story, it’s not enough to ask that mainstream news cover these stories...
Millions rally in Yemen's Capital, provinces in support of Gaza, rejecting Zionist aggression: Report
Millions rally in Yemen's Capital, provinces in support of Gaza, rejecting Zionist aggression: Report [Fri, 18 Jul 2025 21:09:54 +0300] Sana'a - Saba: Upholding their pledge, the Yemeni people today continued their massive and escalating public...

How Will Israeli Settler Violence Impact Palestinians?
The conflict in Gaza has reached a boiling point, marked by a surge in violent incidents, particularly affecting Palestinian Christians. Recent attacks by Israeli settlers have intensified, leading to severe consequences for religious minorities...

PM says he has raised 'indefensible' actions in Gaza with Israel directly
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described recent actions by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza as "completely indefensible" and says he told Israeli President Isaac Herzog directly that Israel was losing support by its own actions. In an...

Israel-Palestine conflict: Looking to future rather than past
A genuine long-term solution will require compromise from both sides and as Dr. Miller and Jodi Rudoren have said, a look to the future as a solution and not an ever-festering, challenged version of history as a path towards a solution Although...

Cardinal brings aid to Gaza after Israeli strike on church
REUTERS/KHAMIS AL-RIFI A view shows the damage at the Holy Family Church, which was hit in an Israeli strike on Thursday, in Gaza City, today. ROME/JERUSALEM >> Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa entered Gaza today to bring aid to victims of...

As Zohran Mamdani ascends New York politics, liberal Zionists are helping pave the way
When Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic nomination for NYC mayor last month, I thought it was the end of liberal Zionism—the faction that insists that Israel is a “democratic” Jewish state. Having long acted as gatekeepers to keep anti-Zionist...