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Items by Motasem A Dalloul
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Gaza shootout proved the failure of Israel’s tactics
Three Israeli occupation soldiers, including one officer, were injured by a Palestinian gunman in the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis at dawn today. The Palestinian was identified as Hani Abu Salah, who was killed while the three soldiers were evacuated by helicopter to an Israeli hospital in the...
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Why doesn’t Trump help Rashida Tlaib to fix the place where her family comes from?
Last week, US President Donald Trump advised four congresswomen to “go back home” because they “hate” America and can fix the “crime infested” countries from where they or their families migrated. The targets of this “advice” were Democratic Congresswomen Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna...
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Can Israel conceal its crimes by destroying its archives?
In January 2018, +972 Magazine published an article outlining the reasons why Israel’s Chief Archivist Dr Yaakov Lozowick had declared he was going into early retirement. Lozowick was protesting against Israel’s policy of maintaining documents classified. A report by the senior archivist said: “Israel is not dealing with its archival...
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Israel’s use of defector Sohaib Hassan Yousef just peddles more propaganda
Sohaib Hassan Yousef is the second son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef to defect to the Israelis from the family which has been one of the hubs of the Islamic movement in the occupied West Bank for decades. The first was the Sheikh’s eldest son Mosab, known as...
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How is Netanyahu still Israel’s Prime Minister?
It has become very clear that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been playing all of his cards in order to remain in office and avoid the fate of his predecessor Ehud Olmert, who ended up in prison for corruption. Although acquitted on two charges, Olmert was found guilty...
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Morsi, did he die or was he assassinated?
The Egyptian state TV announced, Monday, the death of the former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi during the trial on espionage with Hamas. It reported that he asked the judge to speak, he spoke for 20 minutes and then raised his head and fell unconscious and passed away. In fact, Morsi’s...
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Another Gaza medic has been killed on duty by Israel, but nobody expects justice to be served
Al-Judaily was the fifth paramedic to be killed by Israeli forces during the Great March of Return protests; more than 500 others have been wounded...
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Is the PA really suffering from a financial crisis?
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is under pressure from American President Donald Trump and his administration, is increasing isolated in the Arab world and is running out of money, the New York Times columnist David M Halbfinger wrote last week. In his article, Halbfinger quoted Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh saying: “We...
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Sohaib and Naziha lost their limbs, but did not lose their hope
It was a long week to wait until Friday 30 March 2018 for 27-year-old Sohaib Qudeh, the hardworking farmer from Abbasan neighbourhood in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, in order to take part in the protests of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege. It...
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How a BBC documentary promoted Israel’s narrative about the Gaza protests
A documentary aired recently by the BBC, One Day in Gaza, was produced by award-winning filmmaker Olly Lambert. It covered a day in 2018 of the ongoing protests when Palestinians specifically marked the 70th anniversary of the Nakba (Catastrophe) of the creation of the State of Israel, while Israelis...
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After 71 years, Abu Ibrahim still hopes to return to his home
Ever since 1948, Abu Ibrahim has been waiting to return to the simple house that he and his father built in their village which was occupied by nascent Israeli occupation forces and turned into a moshav agricultural settlement. Although he has lost most of his relatives and friends who...
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Why did Netanyahu end the offensive on Gaza very quickly?
Former head of the Israeli National Security Council Yaakov Amidror was asked by Army Radio today whether the Gaza “problem” has a solution? He referred to the rule of Hamas then answered: “No, there is no way to get Hamas out of Gaza without completely defeating it.” But he...
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PA salary cuts leave Gaza employees unable to cope
Palestinian Authority (PA) employees in Gaza, who lost their salaries as part of the PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ punitive measures, are facing deteriorating living conditions and rising debts....
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Q&A with Dr Mousa Abu Marzook, the first head of the Hamas political bureau
Born in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, in 1951, Mousa Abu Marzook was educated in Egypt and the USA. He went on to become the first head of the Hamas political bureau. He currently lives in Cairo. What’s your view of the recent Israeli General Election? The election took place early...
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Israel’s new government will offer Palestinians a few crumbs, nothing more
After securing 36 seats in the Knesset, and with other right-wing parties winning at least 30, it is obvious that the leader of Israel’s Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu, is going to form the next — his fifth — government. Although he is not as pragmatic a leader as others,...
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More than 80 wounded in Gaza as protests enter 2nd year
"The GMoR protests will continue until the achievement of their main goal – the termination of the 12-year-old Israeli blockade imposed on Gaza" says Hamas spokesman ...
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The easing of Gaza fishing restrictions meets Israel’s security needs, not fishermen’s interests
The head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, revealed on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation authorities have handed over a time frame for the implementation of the terms of the truce deal reached between the two sides under Egyptian and UN sponsorship. Hamas made public the terms of...
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What have the Palestinians gained from a year of protests along the eastern Gaza fence?
On 30 March last year, the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took part in the Great March of Return, an example of popular resistance initiated by activist Ahmad Abu Rtema and then adopted by the factions. They then established the National Committee for the Great March of Return and...
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Israel is bracing for a massive ground operation in Gaza
After completing discussions and assessing the situation on the southern front, the Israeli occupation army has likely decided to prepare for a massive ground attack in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported this morning. “Following the assessment of the situation by the chief of staff, we are currently rapidly transferring...
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Is Israel really interested in a truce with Palestinians in Gaza?
On the 51st Friday of the Great March of Return protests, march spokesperson Daoud Shehab announced the failure of the indirect talks held between the Palestinian resistance factions and Israel to reach a truce in the Gaza Strip. This news shocked Gazans, who have been waiting for the fruits...
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The reality about ‘we want to live’ riots in Gaza
On 14 March, scores of Palestinians in the starving Gaza Strip took to the streets in several cities carrying the slogan “We Want to Live”, calling for “equality, dignity, food and job opportunities.” That day passed quietly, but the interior ministry in Gaza warned the protesters not to take...
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Jason Greenblatt should abandon his one-eyed approach towards the Palestinians
Last week, the US Special Envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt, took to Twitter to attack the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement — Hamas, the de facto government of the Gaza Strip — for dispersing violent protesters in Deir Al-Balah and Jabalia. The protesters — some of whom were...
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The merger of the US consulate and embassy in Jerusalem completes the humiliation of the Palestinians
The US State Department announced on Tuesday that it is going to merge the American consulate general in East Jerusalem with the American embassy in West Jerusalem. A statement published on the embassy website in Israel said that, “We will continue to conduct all of the diplomatic and consular...
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The Palestinians have won this round in the fight for Al-Rahma Gate
Last Friday, Palestinian worshippers removed an iron barricade placed in front of Al-Rahma Gate (Bab Al-Rahma, the Gate of Mercy), one of the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, and reopened a prayer space which was closed by an Israeli military order in 2003. At the time of that closure,...