Harvested organs were alleged to have been used by the military and in public hospitals
The practice is said to have ended in 2000.
Israel has admitted that it harvested organs from the dead bodies of Palestinians and Israelis in the 1990s, without permission from their families.
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Palestinians inspect the damage done to a mosque that was set on fire in WB. (Via NYT)
By Dallas Darling
When Jewish extremists in Palestinian territory attacked a mosque and set fire to Muslim holy books and prayer carpets, it was reminiscent of the cremation of the Strasbourg [...]
The Israeli cabinet has decided to list some Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as "national priority zones".
The decision announced on Sunday entitles the communities built on land taken from Palestinians to millions of dollars of extra state funding.
The cabinet's move comes just weeks after' [...]
Hamas: PA forces detain over 250 supporters
As part of the collaboration between the U.S., Israeli, and Abbas's Palestinian Authority, US General Keith Dayton trains PA forces to attack Palestinians who support Hamas.
GAZA – Hamas on Sunday accused the Palestinian Authority of stepping up detentions of [...]
The EU's policy statement on a future Palestinian state now needs to be acted on, writes Khaled Amayreh from occupied Jerusalem
A watered-down, though still strongly worded policy statement issued by EU foreign ministers this week has drawn ambivalent reactions from both Israel and the Palestinians, with the latter urging the [...]
By Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News
The Land Research Center (LRC) of the Arab Studies Society in Jerusalem reported that the Israeli authorities conducted 187 violations in Jerusalem in November, and demolished 14 Palestinians homes in addition to issuing orders to demolish 170 homes.
The center prepares [...]
The question that begs for answers is why does America hate us Palestinians?
By Dr. Haidar Eid - Gaza
The Palestinians have 'realized,' thanks to Hilary Clinton, that the US is biased towards Israel. According to the American Secretary of State, negotiations between "the two parties" should resume [...]
The number of Arab residents of East Jerusalem Al-Quds stripped of their residency rights by the Israeli Interior Ministry strikes an all-time record.
Last year, the ministry revoked the residency of 4,577 Palestinian residents of the illegally annexed neighborhood, the Israeli daily Haaretz said on Wednesday, compared with the [...]
Israel says the Palestinian dismay at the partial halt of settlement expansions should be the last issue of concern.
Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said that Israel disregards Palestinians' opposition to its offer for a partial freeze on its settlement activity.
"The last thing that should interest us'" [...]
Any political decision must include Fateh and Hamas, refugees and exiles.
By Ghada Karmi
Palestinian history is at one of its most serious and important junctures. The peace negotiations that commenced with the Oslo accords in 1993 are at an end. Even hardened devotees of the peace process [...]
No matter how they're packaged, "peace" initiatives will do little until Israel's oppression of Palestinians ends. (Rami Swidan/MaanImages)
By Hasan Abu Nimah
As a child in early-1940s Palestine, I grew up in a small village of 1,500 individuals with its roots in biblical times. I' [...]
'The truth is, the Indians never had any real title to the soil.' - Roosevelt
By Ramzy Baroud
This week Americans will observe 'Thanksgiving' commemorating a romanticized era in their nations record, celebrating the supposed solidarity and brotherhood enjoyed by the first settlers and the indigenous people of [...]
The 10-month suspension will not halt building in East Jerusalem or construction already approved [AFP]
A Palestinian official has described Israel's proposed 10-month suspension of settlement construction in the occupied West Bank as mere "propaganda".
Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian chief negotiator, said on Thursday that [...]
By RANNIE AMIRI
The release of the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, appears imminent. The recent flurry of activity in Cairo of high-profile Israeli and Hamas officials along with their Egyptian and German intermediaries point to a deal taking place in upcoming days, nicely timed to Eid Al-Adha [...]
By RANNIE AMIRI
The release of the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, appears imminent. The recent flurry of activity in Cairo of high-profile Israeli and Hamas officials along with their Egyptian and German intermediaries point to a deal taking place in upcoming days, nicely timed to Eid Al-Adha [...]
Hamas officials speak at a ceremony honoring Roudah Habib,
released in exchange for a video tape of Shalit
[MaanImages]
FAZA -- Israel has exaggerated the progress of recent prisoner swap talks and manipulated the hopes and expectations of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, Hamas leaders proclaimed late [...]
There is nothing wrong with an inclusive Jewish nation that wants to live at peace with others. But what made Jewish Zionism dangerous was its hatefulness towards the Palestinian-Arabs, including denying their rights and sabotaging the existence of an autonomous Palestinian homeland, says Dallas Darling.
In her book, [...]
Hamas had called for halting rocket attacks in Israel to allow Gazans to rebuild [REUTERS]
At least seven Palestinians have been injured in a round of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses said.
Witnesses told Al Jazeera that the first strike hit a [...]
RAMALLAH/NABLUS -- Israeli forces detained six Palestinians from Nablus and Salfit overnight including the commander and four officers of the Palestinian Authority Intelligence Services.
High-level negotiations between Palestinian and Israeli officials have been ongoing since dawn in an effort to have the men released, with American officials entering the [...]
