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‘We’re watching a lynching’: Jewish crowd in Israel beats Arab man as country erupts in unrest

A video of a crowd of Jewish Israelis beating someone presumed to be an Arab in a Tel Aviv suburb on Wednesday night was broadcast live on Israeli TV as the country erupted in violence between Arabs and Jews. The incident in the coastal city of Bat Yam, caught by a camera operator for IsraeliContinue reading “‘We’re watching a lynching’: Jewish crowd in Israel beats Arab man as country erupts in unrest”

Israel rejects Hamas truce offer; ministers vote to intensify Gaza strikes

PM informs security cabinet that he has turned down proposal for ceasefire on ‘mutual basis’ made via Russia; cabinet member says campaign ‘far from over,’ as ‘whatever we don’t do now, we will have to do in six months or a year’ The security cabinet on Wednesday night approved a plan to intensify military attacksContinue reading “Israel rejects Hamas truce offer; ministers vote to intensify Gaza strikes”

Biden Admin Reportedly Blocking UN Ceasefire Statement as Israel Bombards Gaza

The Biden administration is reportedly blocking the release of a United Nations Security Council statement calling for an immediate cease-fire as Israel continues its devastating assault on the occupied Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians and injuring hundreds more. According to Reuters, which cited anonymous diplomats and sources familiar with the Biden administration’s strategy, the UnitedContinue reading “Biden Admin Reportedly Blocking UN Ceasefire Statement as Israel Bombards Gaza”

Cable News Stuns With Accurate Reporting On The Israeli-Palestinian Crisis – The Rational National

CNN, MSNBC, and CBC News all offered up shockingly accurate reports about what’s been going with the Israeli-Palestinian crisis.

Israel calls on Biden administration to stay out of Jerusalem crisis

The Biden administration and Israel clashed over the recent escalation in violence between security forces and Palestinians at a holy site in Jerusalem, with the Israelis asking the White House not to intervene, according to Israeli officials. Why it matters: This is the first major crisis between Israel and the Palestinians that the Biden administration hasContinue reading “Israel calls on Biden administration to stay out of Jerusalem crisis”

‘Full-scale war’ feared as fighting between Israel and Hamas escalates amid air strikes

Spiralling violence between Israel and Hamas Islamists is “escalating towards a full-scale war”, the UN envoy for Middle East Peace warned on May 11, 2021. Tor Wennesland’s statement followed a day that saw the Palestinian militant group fire more than 600 rockets at Israel, which responded with hundreds of air strikes. The violence has leftContinue reading “‘Full-scale war’ feared as fighting between Israel and Hamas escalates amid air strikes”

Scores of Palestinians hurt as Israel police storm Al Aqsa

At least 178 Palestinian protesters injured, 88 hospitalised after Israeli police dispersed worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque and elsewhere in Jerusalem. More than 170 Palestinians have been injured after Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque and dispersed worshippers elsewhere in occupied East Jerusalem, as weeks-long tensions between Israel and the Palestinians over Jerusalem soared again. EarlierContinue reading “Scores of Palestinians hurt as Israel police storm Al Aqsa”

Palestinians vow to save Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood

Palestinians continue solidarity protests against forced displacement of families from the occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli forces raided the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem for the second night on Tuesday, spraying skunk water, a chemically enhanced type of sewage water, and physically assaulting residents and solidarity protesters. Several Palestinians were arrested, including Tala Obeid,Continue reading “Palestinians vow to save Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood”

Video shows Israeli settler trying to take over Palestinian house

Video captures Palestinian woman confronting Jewish settler in her family home in occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah. “If I don’t steal your home, someone else will steal it,” was the answer given by an Israeli settler to Mona al-Kurd, a young Palestinian woman who accused him of stealing her home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhoodContinue reading “Video shows Israeli settler trying to take over Palestinian house”