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US investors are funding Arab property takeovers in Jerusalem

Rights groups in Jerusalem are warning that Israel has discovered new ways to circumvent US and international pressure to hamper Jewish settlement activity in the holy city by utilizing the

Obama’s Bribe: Palestinians will be the Losers – Again

Watching the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians drag on year after year without conclusion, it is easy to overlook the enormous changes that have taken place on the

Massive protest in Sheikh Jarrah against displacement of Palestinians

Dozens of Jerusalemite citizens and foreign activists participated in a protest in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood against Israel's plan to displace Palestinians from their homes and Judaize the neighborhood.

New History or a New Mirage

Echoing Edward Said, the legendary Palestinian scholar, Antoine Raffoul addresses the ambiguities of Israel’s "new historians" who, with the clear exception of Ilan Pappe, condemn the occupation but fail to

J’lem rights group: Israeli planners have begun isolating Issawiya from city

A rights group in occupied Jerusalem warned Saturday that Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) have kicked off a new scheme aimed at isolating the city’s Arab district of Al-Issawiya from the

Zionist entity to revive laws allowing it to arrogate Palestinian properties

Israeli legal circles and parties opposing the occupation and construction of settlements on Palestinian lands revealed Thursday that the Israeli occupation government was reviving an old law allowing it to

Global Elders meet residents of the Silwan Jerusalem suburb

The Global Elders delegation visiting the Middle East have met Thursday with Palestinian residents of the Jerusalem suburb of Silwan,

Jewish settlers attack farmers, IOF troops arrest 8 people in al-Khalil

IOF troops arrested on Friday eight Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of al-Khalil, while dozens of Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian farmers in the village of Yatta in the

Occupation bulldozes lands in the village of Takku

Eyewitnesses said that Israeli occupation bulldozers started on Friday morning to bulldoze Palestinian lands close to a Jewish settlement built on confiscated Palestinian land belonging to the village of Takku.

Palestinians in W. Bank ridicule Obama’s guarantees

The Letter of Guarantees sent by US President Barack Obama to Israeli premier Binyamin Netanyahu in exchange for extending settlement construction freeze has drawn widespread mockery among Palestinian citizens in