Amid bulldozed homes in ‘Ein al-Karzaliyah, a Palestinian woman prepares bread for her family’s next meal.

Occupation’s Civil Administration Again Demolishes All Homes in Khirbet ‘Ein Karzaliyah

On Thursday, January 22, bulldozers of the Israeli Occupation’s Civil Administration demolished all the structures in the tiny, five-family Palestinian community of Khirbet ‘Ein Karzaliyah in the northern Jordan Valley. In the operation, all seven tents in which the families live were destroyed, rendering the residents homeless for the third time since January 2014. The…

Israeli border policemen arrest Palestinian activist Muhammad Khatib during a demonstration commemorating the death of Palestinian minister, Ziad Abu Ein, in the West Bank village of Turmus Aya, north of Ramallah, December 19, 2014. Ziad Abu Ein, died earlier this month in a confrontation with Israeli forces in Turmus Aya during a protest march against settlements.

Israel Demolishes Dairy Factory in Hebron and Irrigation Pools in the Jordan Valley

Last Thursday, December 25, Israeli occupation forces demolished EU-funded irrigation pools in the occupied northern Jordan Valley, Palestinian residents told the Ma’an news agency. Israeli military vehicles arrived in the area of al-Jiftlik accompanied by bulldozers and demolished six irrigation pools used by Palestinian farmers. The pretext for the demolition of the pools, whose construction…

A demolished home in the unrecognized Arab-Bedouin village of Wadi Al-Na'am.

New Report Reveals: Hundreds of Bedouin Houses Demolished this Year in the Negev

On Wednesday, December 10, International Human Rights Day, the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality (NCF) published its annual House Demolition Policy report. The report makes evident that Israel’s house demolition policy, primarily directed against the Bedouin community in the Negev, continued unabated during the past year and included 859 Arab Bedouin-owned structures. The report explains…

The GUE/NGL European Parliament Group in solidarity with the Palestinian people (Photo: AKEL)

Regional Meeting of Communist and Workers parties of the Middle East: Statement in solidarity with Palestine

The undersigned parties and international organizations convened in Larnaka, Cyprus on the 24th and 25 of November 2014 under the slogan “Towards a Just and Lasting Peace & for Solidarity with the Palestinian People” and after thorough deliberations and discussions have agreed on the following statement: They call to:          -Recognize an independent viable state…

Peace demonstrators arrived on November 2006 to a military camp, between the Carni and Erez crossings, near Gaza Strip, serving as a parking lot for some 100 armored personal carriers (APC), tanks and Caterpillar's D9 armored bulldozers. While some activists climbed on the D9 bulldozers to occupy them, others displayed dummies soaked in blood and photos of Palestinian victims on and around the armored vehicles (Photo: Al Ittihad)

New report: Heavy engineering machine and the Israeli occupation

Who Profits Research Center published a new report: “Facts on the Ground: Heavy Engineering Machinery and the Israeli Occupation,” which describes in depth how construction machinery became a vital component of the occupation mechanism Since the early days of the 1967 occupation, Israel has used heavy construction machinery in order to strengthen its hold over the Palestinian territories…

Young communists activists, dressed as Israeli soldiers hold Hadash chairman MK Mohammad Barakeh as they take part in an performance during an event against the plan to recruit to the Israeli army Arab-Palestinians, in the city of Haifa May 17, 2014 (Photo: Activestills)

Haifa: Anti-enlistment performance art

On May 17, Israeli soldiers invaded the streets of Haifa’s German Colony neighborhood, beating Palestinian protesters with batons and lining them up blindfolded along the now blood-splattered sidewalks. The scenes of violence in northern Israel’s largest city, however, were not the result of a fresh government crackdown on Palestinian activism or a new surge of…