Tag: Palestinians
Blinken underscores US role in rebuilding Gaza, talks regional issues with Netanyahu
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday in Jerusalem on the first leg of a regional tour that will include stops in Ramallah, Jordan and Egypt....
Hour-long strike by Cellcom on Palestinian ‘Day of Rage’ disenfranchises Israeli customers
Employees of Cellcom Israel—one of the country’s largest telecommunications giants—went on a company-wide one-hour protest strike on Tuesday between 1 and 2 p.m., after the corporation’s hierarchy and workers’ union released a statement encouraging...
For Palestinians, the past remains the future
Judging by the present pattern, the next conflagration over Gaza—and by extension, the still-unresolved Palestinian question—will occur in 2028 or so, just in time for the 80th anniversary of Israel’s creation. And judging by...
‘Times’ posts job listing for ‘Palestinian affairs’ reporter
The New York Times announced on Wednesday that it is seeking to hire a full-time reporter to cover Palestinian affairs.
“The reporter will focus on Palestinian politics, culture and life in the Gaza Strip and West Bank,” including...
Arab Israelis in Lod riot, set fire to synagogue
Arab Israelis took to the streets of Lod and neighboring Ramla in the center of the country on Monday night, hurling rocks and firebombs and setting fires to trash cans, tires, a synagogue and...
MSNBC host tweets libel about IDF sniper targeting Palestinian boy
The host of MSNBC’s “The Mehdi Hasan Show” tweeted a libelous claim on Saturday about a supposed Israel Defense Forces sniper injuring a Palestinian boy, reported the media watchdog group CAMERA.
Hasan retweeted a post by Palestinian activist Issa Amro...
Israel’s envoy blasts Biden administration over renewal of UNRWA funding
The United States announced on Wednesday that it is working with Congress to drastically increase aid to the Palestinians, including renewing aid to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which deals primarily with...
Biden’s push for restoring aid to Palestinians faces legal hurdles and brewing political crisis
In recent days, the Biden administration has moved rapidly to restore funding to the Palestinians that had been largely severed during the Trump administration.
Concerns are being raised, however, that the funding could both violate...
Biden administration to allocate $90 million in aid to Palestinians
The Biden administration has allocated $90 million in aid to the Palestinians, with only a portion of the money being publicly announced, according to a report by the Associated Press.
The United States announced last week that...
Syracuse unanimously passes bill adopting IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
The Student Association at Syracuse University unanimously passed a resolution on Monday to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism on campus.
The bill also condemns acts of racism and violence against the...