Khalida Jarrar, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, shows an internal expulsion order by Israeli occupation soldiers who invaded her Ramallah home at on August 20, 2014 ordering her expelled from Ramallah to Jericho within 24 hours, in the city of Ramallah, August 27, 2014 (Photo: Activestills)

Palestinian MP Jarrar resists expulsion

At 1.30 A.M on 20 August 2014 approximately 50 Israeli occupying soldiers surrounded Khalida Jarrar’s home in Ramallah. An Israeli captain then proceed to hand Jarrar an order which states that she must not leave the district of Jericho for the next six months and can only leave with the express permission of the Israeli…

Hagit Ofran during a peace demonstration in Tel-Aviv (Photo: Peace Now)

Israel confiscates 4,000 dunams of Palestinian land

Israeli authorities on Sunday announced the confiscation of around 4,000 dunams (1,000 acres) of private Palestinian land south of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank. Palestinian owners of the land were given 45 days to submit formal objections to the announcement in Israeli courts, otherwise all confiscated lands would automatically become Israeli government property. Mayor…

Child of holocaust survivors at Demonstration in support of Gaza in Toronto, rally from Queens Park to the US consulate on July 24, 2014 (Photo: Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto)

Holocaust survivors condemn Israel for Gaza massacre

Hundreds of Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors have signed a letter, published as an advertisement in the New York Times, condemning the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza and calling for a boycott of Israel. According to the letter, the condemnation was prompted by an advertisement written by Elie Wiesel and published in major news…