Palestine News

The term anti-Semitism conjures up lots of images of Nazi Germany and the concentration camps but lately the term might also be construed as a way to bully critics of Israel's illegal and colonial handling of Palestinians as second class citizens not worthy of human rights considerations into silencing their criticism.

The Palestinian Authority presented UN officials the necessary documents to join 15 international conventions including Geneva Conventions and other important human rights treaties.

This bustling center of Palestinian life is just a 20-minute drive from Jerusalem, but for Israelis it might as well be on the other side of the world.

The Swiss government says the Palestinians can join the Geneva Conventions, the international rules of war that also cover occupations.

The strange discovery of the skeletal remains of twin brothers Andrew and Anthony Johnson has mystified neighbors and others in Chattanooga and beyond.

Facing a classroom of Palestinian 10th graders, Hebrew teacher Esmat Mansour asks his students who is for and against learning the language.

Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town Desmond Tutu , a legendary figure in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa , issued this statement on 2 April 2014 condemning escalating legislative efforts in the United States to curb freedom of speech and ostracize those who support justice in Palestine.

If John Kerry wants to live with his head in the clouds, he should stick to windsurfing.

I am writing today to express grave concern about a wave of legislative measures in the United States aimed at punishing and intimidating those who speak their conscience and challenge the human rights violations endured by the Palestinian people.

In a surprise move that could derail U.S. peace efforts, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday resumed a campaign for further U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state, despite a previous promise to suspend such efforts during nine months of negotiations with Israel.

The game must go on. John Kerry performs his negotiator role. Benjamin Netanyahu goes through his role as the leader of an "endangered" state.

The suppression of students and faculty supportive of Palestinians and critical of Israeli occupation seems to have become more pronounced this month.

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry twisted U.S. foreign policy into an odd shaped pretzel of contradictions March 17, telling the Palestinian President that he would have to make "very hard" decisions including accepting the annexation of vast amounts of Palestinian land taken by military conquest by Israel in order to reach a ... (more)