Creating new perspectives since 2009
Items by Motasem A Dalloul
-
For most Gazans, staying hungry is better than risking life to get aid
After more than 100 days of complete Israeli ban on the entry of aid and goods into the Gaza Strip, Gaza residents are left with no choice except risking their life to get some food for their hungry children from the American-Israeli aid distribution centres located in a few points…
-
Israel seeks ceasefire that ensures release of its prisoners but retains Gaza genocide
As part of efforts to end the unprecedented livestream genocide carried out by the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza, the Tump administration has recruited Palestinian-American businessman, Bishara Bahbah, to advance the ceasefire proposal presented by the president’s special Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff. The proposal originally stipulated a framework for…
-
EU leaders lied when they called on Israel to stop the Gaza genocide
A new trend has recently emerged among European leaders in which they began to loudly condemn the Israeli crimes and livestream genocide have been going on against civilians in the Gaza Strip for 600 days. This trend gave some hope for the Palestinians and those who side with humanity that…
-
Is Netanyahu kidding us?
After 80 days of complete blockade on the war-torn Gaza Strip, alarming warnings of catastrophic starvation and the collapse of the healthcare system, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he decided to allow the entry of humanitarian aid including food and medicine. Netanyahu’s decision, which was allegedly taken without…
-
Israel uses its prisoners as a pretext to occupy Gaza
Following a cabinet meeting held on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the occupation forces will expand their military operation –genocide—in the Gaza Strip in order to eradicate Hamas, end its rule in the blockaded coastal enclave, and free the remaining 59 Israeli prisoners held by the Palestinian…
-
Why do Palestinians consider disarmament a red line?
As the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip becomes ever more critical as every day passes, Israeli occupation leaders have threatened to continue tightening the siege and preventing the entry of food, goods and water into the coastal enclave. Israeli leaders claim there is enough food in Gaza and that…
-
When will Gaza’s residents revolt against Hamas?
Earlier this week, hundreds of Palestinians in the war torn Gaza Strip took to the streets, protesting against the continuous brutal Israeli genocide and calling for ending Hamas’s control of the besieged enclave. The largest protests, which included around 500 people, was held in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza…
-
What is the price of Palestinian blood?
In a series of pre-dawn air strikes carried out by the Israeli occupation forces, the occupation state of Israel ended the three-phase ceasefire deal it reached with the Palestinian resistance on 19 January –the agreement that ended 15 months of relentless Israeli bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip that led…
-
US brokering Israel’s breach of the Gaza ceasefire
By the end of stage one of the three phase ceasefire deal, which halted the unprecedented livestreamed Israeli genocide in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his reduced cabinet and decided not to move from stage one to stage two. The Israeli occupation authorities decided not to release over…
-
Only Hamas will undermine Trump’s plan to expel Gaza’s residents
During his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump expressed his intention to expel the residents of the occupied Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to an unprecedented livestreamed genocide committed by the brutal Israeli occupation forces using, mainly, American arms and money. “The US will…
-
Israel’s 15-month bombing of Gaza ends
Israel’s 15-month bombing of Gaza ends Gaza-based journalist @AbujomaaGaza reporting on the historic ceasefire on the end of the 15-month Israeli genocide in Gaza pic.twitter.com/T6pZd9OkLa — Middle East Monitor (@MiddleEastMnt) January 19, 2025 Sunday morning: A glorious day of heroism, sacrifice, and resilience
-
Who lost the Gaza war, Hamas or Netanyahu?
At last, after 15 months of brutal attacks and committing unprecedented crimes, Israeli Occupation state agreed on a ceasefire without achieving any of its goals declared at the beginning of the genocide —destroying Hamas, liberating Israeli prisoners in Gaza and securing safe return for Zionist settlers to the settlements in…
-
Torture testimonies that Netanyahu and US leaders do not want people to know
He is living in a tent with his children, but his relationship with them is completely different than 15 months ago, when he was energetic and funny. “His children deal with him as if he was a stranger,” his wife, Salma, says. Hassan,39, from the northern Gaza city of Beit…
-
A bereaved mother cannot forget the nightmare of Israeli soldiers storming Kamal Adwan Hospital
Ruba is a 29-year-old mother who has been suffering from severe injuries and unbearable trauma since 27 December, 2024, when the Israeli occupation forces stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza city of Jabalia. On this day, the Israeli occupation forces evacuated over 350 medical staff, patients and wounded,…
-
Will the Syrian rebels be able to protect their victory?
Following last week’s defeat of the Assad regime in Syria, Syrian rebels have been carrying out a peaceful takeover of the country’s offices and institutions. Rebel leader Ahmad Al Sharaa – known as Abu Mohammad Al-Jolani – tasked a representative to form a civil transitional government. The Israeli occupation of…
-
Is the overthrow of Assad good for the Palestinians?
Yesterday morning thousands of Syrians took to the streets of Damascus and across Syria to celebrate living in a country free of the authoritarian regime of Bashar Al-Assad as the rebels had announced the overthrow of his regime of 24 years. Opposition fighters entered the capital Damascus around 5am local…
-
‘All the destruction Israel has created in Gaza is nothing, if we remain firm on our land’, says Nakba survivor
Sitting in the corner of the tent trembling in the cold winter weather with cracks on her skin reflecting her suffering, 86-year-old Aisha Mohammad Abu Sultan continues to keep her spirits high. When I approached her and asked her to send a message to the world as an eyewitness to…
-
Has Hezbollah failed Gaza?
After 53 days of intensified brutal Israeli strikes on Lebanon to destroy the military abilities of the Lebanese Hezbollah, a ceasefire brokered by the US and other countries came into effect at 4am local time (02:00 GMT) yesterday. Hezbollah has been involved in resistance action along with the Palestinian resistance…
-
‘I used to like winter, but I don’t like it now’
After her husband was killed by the Israeli occupation forces in Beit Lahiya and the destruction of her house, Amal Abu Halima, 39, fled with her children to Gaza City. Passing through two Israeli military checkpoints inside Beit Lahiya where they were obliged to throw away what few clothes and…
-
Are the ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant a victory for Palestinians?
Rejecting the Israeli challenge against the lack of jurisdiction, the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, over allegations of “crimes against humanity and war crimes”. This measure means that 124 states, which are members of the…
-
Palestinians displaced from northern Gaza fear this new Nakba
The most well-known football stadium in the Gaza Strip is chaotic, with masses of people flooding the pitch and seating. Everyone is carrying a bag on their back and some clothes. Some are helping sick people or carrying wounded relatives, while others are walking alone, struggling along on bare feet.…
-
A Palestinian girl wounded in an Israeli air strike faced a painful journey to get treatment
The Israeli occupation forces are ethnically cleansing northern Gaza using lethal force. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, and many have been wounded. That much is clear to all but the fanatical Zionists. The statistics across Gaza are appalling: 43,340 killed; 102,100 wounded; 11,000 missing, presumed dead. Palestinians are not…
-
Israel is playing even more dirty to force people out of Jabalia
For the 13th consecutive day, the Israeli occupation forces are carrying out a ground incursion and air strikes in northern Gaza. Jabalia, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya are all being targeted, although the occupation forces are concentrating their attacks in Jabalia refugee camp, where they are cutting-off all humanitarian aid.…
-
The untold terms of the new American ceasefire proposal
On Monday, US Secretary of State Tony Blinken visited the occupation state of Israel and met with senior officials there, including President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Following his meeting with Netanyahu, he said they discussed a potential ceasefire that would see the end of the Israeli genocide…