Israel’s 1967 occupation of the West Bank is a case in point. [ How will Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rule Syria? Its past offers cluesOpens in new window ] IDF troops are expected to remain in the newly occupied areas at least throughout the winter. Bulldozers are digging huge ditches to ...
Irmgard Furchner worked as a secretary in the Stutthof concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland between June 1943 to April 1945, when she was aged 18 and 19. Up to 65,000 people are estimated to have died in the camp. 80 years later, Furchner is still alive – and facing the ...
(Reuters) - A Israeli police raid on Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque on Wednesday has triggered a furious reaction from Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and the wider Arab and Muslim world. WHERE AND WHAT IS THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE? The Al-Aqsa lies at the heart of...
Then, the crisis in Gaza is the focus, considering the two scenarios of Gaza as a territory of the independent state of Palestine, and as an occupied territory due to the effective control of Israel in and out of the territory.doi:10.1080/13642987.2015.1082849Ercan...
Gaza managed to keep Israel at bay in a battle of historic proportions. Once its children are buried, it will once again rebuild its defenses for the next battle. For Palestinians in Gaza, this is not about mere resistance strategies, but their very survival. ...
Israel is doomed to failure as it pursues draconian measures to survive. The writing is on the wall. Former allies within American Jewry are openly turning their backs, disgusted and ashamed to be associated with horrendous atrocities committed in Gaza in their name. ...
Harris will 'not be silent' over suffering in Gaza Netanyahu's US visit was a big political risk Image:Israeli troops on exercise in the occupied Golan Heights. Pic: Reuters Who lives there? More than 40,000 people live on the Golan. More than half of them are Druze Arabs. ...
It is possible that Israel could rescind permission for the Irish embassy in Tel Aviv, or for the Irish representative office to Palestine, which could affect the delivery of Irish aid and consular services in the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as in Israel. Ireland’s E...
Its operations are spread across the occupied West Bank – including East Jerusalem – and the Gaza Strip, as well as Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. [ ‘No alternative to Unrwa’: UN chief calls on Israel not to ban and criminalise Palestinian aidOpens in new window ]...
“Either way, we have decided not to widen the battle and we do not want an all-out war. But if it is imposed on us, we are ready and we won’t retreat,” Qassem said, adding that Hezbollah will end its attacks on Israel once the war in Gaza stops. ...