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Ban Ki-Moon Should Condemn In The Right Order: Rocket Attacks Are Result Of Israeli Al Aqsa Provocations

UN chief condemns rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday condemned the recent rocket attacks by extremist Palestinian militants on Israel from Gaza.

“Such indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas risk a dangerous escalation and must stop,” Mr. Ban said in a statement issued by his spokesperson.

STATEMENT Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the…

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Brazilian president rejects settler leader as Israeli envoy

Dilma Rousseff faced pressure from organizations seeking to veto Dani Dayan as ambassador due to his past activism

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has told Israel that she is unhappy with the appointment of former settler leader Dani Dayan as ambassador to her country, the Ynet news site reported Sunday.

Rousseff is worried that accepting Dayan as ambassador would be understood as support of…

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Comment on "Barring apology, right-wing Zionists demand Fox News fire Ann Coulter for 'f---ing Jews' tweet"

Comment on “Barring apology, right-wing Zionists demand Fox News fire Ann Coulter for ‘f—ing Jews’ tweet”

At one point, Coulter took aim at Mike Huckabee, writing: “Good Grief, Huckabee is running for prime minister of Israel.”

A right wing Zionist organization is urging the Fox News Channel to fire conservative Ann Coulter if she does not apologize for a series of tweets that many construed as anti-Semitic.

“How many f—ing Jews do these people think there are in the United States?” Coulter said on…

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China to be warned it will contribute to Laws Of War violations by Israel if sending workers to built settler homes (3 articles)

Israel plans to bring in 20,000 Chinese construction workers

Move to import labor meant to target the increasing cost of living in Israel by increasing building efficiency.

Israel plans to bring in 20,000 Chinese construction workers to help build new apartments as part of efforts to lower housing costs, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today.

Netanyahu announced the plan at the start of a…

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Lapid: Israel Must Accept Arab Peace Initiative as Basis for Talks

Yesh Atid chairman also accuses Netanyahu of damaging ties with U.S. and putting Israel at a disadvantage on the international arena.

Yesh Atid chief Yair Lapid said Sunday that Israel must accept the Arab peace initiative as a basis for negotiations with the Palestinians and moderate Arab states.

In an address at Bar-Ilan University, Lapid accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of damaging…

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Right-Wing Trolls Torpedo $120K Honor for Israel Human Rights Group

Israeli right-wing activists are taking credit for preventing the human rights organization B’Tselem from receiving a 100,000 Euro award from the Dutch government.

Burmese human rights activist Phyoe Phyoe Aung ranked first in the online voting for the Dutch Human Rights Tulip 2015, the results of which were announced on Thursday. B’Tselem, which had led for much of the online voting process,…

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Israel Is Considering Outsourcing Its "PR" in the United States

Israel Is Considering Outsourcing Its “PR” in the United States

From ‘Salsa and Kugel’ events to LGBT outreach: outsourcing of Philadelphia consulate’s PR reveals Israel’s communications strategy for America.

Israel is considering outsourcing to private communications firms the public relations of its diplomatic missions in the United States in an effort to better connect with groups and population segments that are gaining increasing influence in the…

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Israelis struggle with Palestinian protesters who (rightfully) throw stones

After finding high-tech solutions to halt suicide bombings and rockets, tech-savvy Israel is struggling with the resurgence of a weapon dating back to David and Goliath: the hurled rock.

Rock throwing is becoming commonplace in Jerusalem amid a wave of Palestinian unrest, leading to calls for a harsh crackdown and adding to tensions over access to a key holy site. But the outbursts appear to be…

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Illegal, brutal kidnapping Palestinian TV cameraman

Clashes In SIlwad And Al-Jalazoun Refugee Camp

Several Israeli soldiers broke into the home of Moammar ‘Ayyad, in Silwad town, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and attacked his family with rifles and batons, while violently searching the property causing excessive damage, and kidnapped one Palestinian.

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Israeli Air Force Strikes Gaza After Two Rockets Fired at Israel

One rocket intercepted over Ashkelon, another explodes in Sderot; Salafist group sympathetic to ISIS takes responsibility for attack.

Israeli warplanes carried out three air strikes in the northern Gaza Strip late Friday night after two rockets were fired from the Strip at southern Israel.

One rocket fired at the city of Ashkelon was intercepted by an Iron Dome battery, hours after another rocket…

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Israel calls up police reserves after escalation in violence

Israel has announced an emergency call-up of police reserves amid an escalation in violent confrontations between Israelis and Palestinians that saw seven Palestinians and three Israeli policemen wounded on Friday.

Following days of tension around Jerusalem’s flashpoint religious site known to Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif and revered by Jews as the Temple Mount, Israel deployed hundreds of…

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US Jewish groups slam Iceland capital's Israel boycott

US Jewish groups slam Iceland capital’s Israel boycott

Reykjavik approves motion to halt city’s purchase of Israeli products until occupation of Palestinian territory ends.

Two prominent US Jewish groups have denounced the council running Iceland’s capital city for voting to boycott Israeli products over the occupation of Palestinian territory.

Reykjavik’s council had approved a motion on Tuesday to halt the city’s purchase of such products until the…

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Israeli police clash with Palestinians in Jerusalem

Palestinian protesters throw firebombs on fifth day of unrest after Israeli police stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Four Israeli police officers have been wounded in clashes with Palestinian protesters in occupied East Jerusalem.

Friday’s clashes followed days of unrest at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound where Muslim men under the age of 40 have been banned from attending prayers.

Israeli…

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Israel denies water, fresh air to hunger strikers

More than 200 trade unions and campaign groups from 23 countries have called on the UN to cancel its contracts with G4S over the security firm’s track participation in human rights abuses against Palestinians. The call comes at a time when Israel has stepped up its ill-treatment of hunger strikers, some of whom are held in G4S-equipped prisons.

G4S is a British private security company that acts…

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Joint Letter to UN Secretary General: Terminate Contracts with G4S

In April 2015, a group of Palestinian human rights organizations wrote a letter to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon urging the UN to terminate its contracts with international security company G4S due to its complicity in the Israeli occupation’s prison system and human rights violations as well as a record of grave human rights violations around the world.

Five months later,…

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PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, SUPPORTERS RENEW CALL FOR UNITED NATIONS TO TERMINATE CONTRACTS WITH G4S

Earlier this month, Palestinian human rights organizations renewed a demand to United Nations’ Secretary Ban Ki-Moon, urging the UN to terminate their contracts with the security company G4S, this time accompanied by over 220 trade unions, human rights organizations, and migrant groups in solidarity with the call.

ive months after the initial letter (see end article), the UN has yet to reply in…

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Exaggerated: Israelis plan to use Iron Dome air defense against expected Day Of Rage Protest !!

Palestinian and Arab anger has percolated in recent days over claims that Israel is provoking Muslims at Al Aqsa.

The Israeli military has deployed the Iron Dome rocket interceptor on the outskirts of the southern city of Ashdod in anticipation of more rioting in Jerusalem, Channel 10 reported on Thursday morning.

Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, has declared Friday “a day of rage” in response…

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