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Suleiman Hathalin, 75, died of the critical wounds he sustained after being deliberately run over by an Israeli police vehicle. (Photo: via Social Media) A 75-year-old Palestinian activist and community leader succumbed on Monday to wounds sustained in a deliberate run-over accident by Nazi army earlier this month. Eye on Palestine@EyeonPalestine#Palestine | The elderly Palestinian activist Haj Suleiman Hathalin dies of wounds he sustained earlier this month after being ran over and critically injured today by an Israeli police vehicle in the village of Umm al-Kheir, south of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry said Suleiman Hathalin died of the critical wounds he sustained after being deliberately run over by Nazi police vehicle. The incident occur...

IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG   Two roads in Israel: a rocky, dirt road for Palestinians, and a wide superhighway for Israelis. (Different colored license tags designate who's allowed on a road, and who's excluded.) Many Jewish groups in America are sending mixed signals: YES, we want equality for Black Americans; NO, we do not want the same for Palestinians… and we’re using our power to procure U.S. policies that support Israel despite its systemic discrimination and violence. by Kathryn Shihadah In the wake of George Floyd’s death and the protest movement that followed, thousands of organizations have taken to social media, expressing their support for Black lives and the right to protest injustice. Among those jumping on the bandwagon were 130 Jewish...

Israeli trash is poisoning Palestinians in the West Bank IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG  Israeli trash makes its way to the West Bank (pictured: the smoldering remains of appliances set on fire to extract the metal inside in the Palestinian town of Beit Awwa) Burning Israeli trash for valuable raw metals is an “occupational bio-hazard” for thousands of Palestinians who have run out of options. by Kathryn Shihadah The Times of Israel recently reported on what sounds like a complicated story of environmental pollution and cancer in an area near the West Bank city of Hebron. The tragic issue can be boiled down to one main reason: Israel’s brutal occupation. The pollution comes from the burning of discarded electronic equipment, or e-waste, most of it smuggled o...

Historian Lorenzo Veracini discusses settler colonialism, Zionism, and decolonial futures. Abe Silberstein Men work on a new housing project in the West Bank settlement of Modi'in Ilit in 2019.Ariel Schalit/AP There are few terms in the discourse on Israel/Palestine more contentious than settler colonialism. Faithfully describing the experience of violent dispossession endured by Palestinians before, during, and after the Nakba in 1948—when Zionist forces expelled an estimated 700,000 Palestinians from their homes—stokes the anxiety many Zionists feel about the legitimacy of the State of Israel. For decades, pro-Israel activists have attempted to refute this account by asserting that Israel cannot be the result of a colonial project because the early Zionists lacked...

Palestinian-American death underscores rampant Israeli violence IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG Palestinian relatives mourn during the funeral of Omar Abdalmajeed As’ad, 80, who was found dead after being detained and handcuffed during an Israeli raid, in the village of Jiljilya, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on January 13, 2022. Early Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers detained, blindfolded, handcuffed & beat 80-year-old Palestinian-American Omar Abdalmajeed As’ad. They claim they left him alive in a building that was under construction. He died soon after. It remains to be seen whether Israel will be held accountable.  by Kathryn Shihadah  Israel has promised to investigate the death of an 80-year-old Palestinian-American man, whose body was found not long aft...

Nazi soldiers abducted, on Saturday at dawn, five Palestinians including a teenage boy and three former political prisoners, in Bethlehem governorate, south of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the Nazi soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, searched homes, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Eyad Sami Taqatqa, in addition to summoning his brother for interrogation. The sources added that dozens of Nazi soldiers also invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, before storming and ransacking many homes, and abducted four Palestinians. The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Rani Abu Aker, 20, Ranim Mohammad Ja’fari, 17, in addition to two former political prisoners, Hasan M...

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has confirmed that Palestinian political prisoner, Nasser Abu Hmeid, remains in a coma at the Barzilai Zionist medical center for the eleventh day, hooked to a respiratory machine, and is not responding to treatment. Hasan Abed-Rabbo, the Committee’s spokesperson, said in a phone interview with WAFA Palestinian News Agency, Saturday, that Abu Hmeid’s condition is extremely serious, especially since he is suffering from an acute infection in the lungs, in addition to his previously diagnosed cancer which is also worsening due to the lack of specialized medical treatment. Abu Hmeid said the Committee filed an appeal with the Nazi court, Thursday, in addition to the initial appeal that submitted ten days ago, demanding detailed information about...

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report | December 21, 2021 – January 10, 2022. Three Palestinians reportedly tried to stab, ram or open fire at Israeli forces or settlers in three separate incidents in the West Bank and were subsequently killed by Israeli forces. On 21 December, according to official Israeli sources, a 22-year-old Palestinian man tried to drive into Israeli soldiers stationed at Mevo Dotan checkpoint west of Jenin. The forces opened fire at the car, which crashed into a military vehicle causing both to catch fire. According to Israeli sources, on 31 December, a 32-year-old Palestinian tried to stab Israeli soldiers and settlers at a junction near the Israeli settlement of Ariel (Salfit), before bein...

Nazi soldiers closed, Friday, the only dirt road leading to Palestinian agricultural lands in Sebastia town, northwest of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Mohammad Azem, the Mayor of Sebastia, said the Nazi soldiers installed a dirt mound on the road, in the eastern part of the town, and added that the closed road is the only one leading to Palestinian lands in the town. Azem added that the Nazi army is ongoing with its illegal policies of isolating the Palestinian lands, in preparation for illegally annexing them, and the constant closures of the village, especially the gate that was installed at the entrance of the an-Naqoura area, leading to the main Nablus-Jenin Road. It is worth mentioning that Sebastia is subject to constant Israeli invasions and ...

Nazi soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinian protesters in Sbeih Mountain in Beita town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus after dozens of residents marched to their mountain to protest the illegal violations and annexation of their lands. Media sources said dozens of Palestinians marched to their mountain where they held Friday noon prayers and started chanting against the ongoing and escalating Nazi violations. They added that the Palestinians then tried to reach the top of the mountain before the Nazi soldiers started firing a barrage of gas bombs, concussion grenades, rubber-coated steel bullets, and a few live rounds. The Nazi soldiers also chased and attempted to abduct many nonviolent protesters who were able to escape despite extensive military d...