ROME — The Vatican said Wednesday that it had concluded a treaty to recognize Palestinian statehood, a symbolic but significant step welcomed by Palestinians but upsetting to the Israeli government. Formal recognition of a Palestinian state…
http://www.map-uk.org/downloads/parliamentary-candidate-polling—dods.pdf New poll finds that a majority of parliamentary candidates support UK recognition of the State of Palestine in 2015 Parliamentary candidates standing in next week’s UK General Election have signalled their support for the…
Israel’s flagship annual cultural festival has been forced to curtail its 2015 schedule because last summer’s assault on Gaza and the growing impact of Palestinian calls for cultural boycott are making it harder to attract…
Israel doesn’t have to go all the way to Kathmandu to save lives; it would be enough to lift the siege it imposes an hour’s drive from Tel Aviv and let Gaza be rebuilt. By…
When the Liberal Democrats entered coalition negotiations with the Conservatives five years ago (how far back in time that now seems!), we in the Lib Dem Friends of Palestine (LDFP) were full of foreboding. We…
An article on American plans for mass celebrations of Israel’s existence follows Zvi Bar’el and an inset on Carl Cox, the British DJ who has accepted the gig of performing at the ‘mega-event’ in Israel.…
Jewish Home party leader says there’s no point relinquishing land to ‘satisfy the radical Islamist beast’BY ARON HELLER February 17, 2015, 11:18 am 46 Naftali Bennett, leader of the Jewish Home party — a lynchpin…
The justices said the controversial Absentee Property Law is applicable in East Jerusalem, but warned it should be used only rarely, and with explicit approval of the attorney general. By Nir Hasson | Apr. 16,…
Poisonous gases were sprayed on Wednesday but their effects started to appear on the crops over the weekend EXCLUSIVE IMAGES Israel has sprayed Palestinian farms with poisonous gases that damaged crops, Qudsnetreported farmers saying yesterday.…
Israel: Settlement Agriculture Harms Palestinian Children Press Release, Human Rights Watch April 13, 2015 (Jerusalem) – Israeli settlement farms in the West Bank are using Palestinian child labor to grow, harvest, and pack agricultural produce,…
High Court backs university’s decision to ‘postpone’ Israel conference Organisers of a conference on Israel and international law have failed in their bid to overturn a decision by the University of Southampton to cancel the…
The Israeli government can now legally seize Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem after judges approved the use of a controversial law. The Palestinian side of the holy city had previously been exempt from the Absentees’…
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities will close the Ramallah-Nablus road on Thursday as settlers take part in a marathon, a Palestinian official said Tuesday. Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in the northern…
Those who support the US whistleblower should back his Israeli predecessor in his bid for a new life abroad ‘The decision to restrict Mordechai Vanunu’s movements seems to be based more on a desire to…
IN ALERTS 2015 POST 08 APRIL 2015 LAST UPDATED ON 08 APRIL 2015 BY EDITOR The sudden cancellation of an academic conference on Israel, as well as the lack of outcry from ‘mainstream’ media, demonstrates…