Palestinian People’s Party Celebrates 33rd Anniversary

On Monday, February 10, the Palestinian People’s Party (PPP) held a series of celebrations across the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the party’s establishment. The PPP was founded in February 1982 as the Palestinian Communist Party (PCP) after prominent Palestinian communists convened to re-establish a party…

Palestinian Economy Pushed into Recession by Gaza War

Last week the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported that mounting political tensions and the war between Israel and Gaza during the summer drove the combined Palestinian economy of Gaza and the West Bank into its first contraction since 2006. While the West Bank economy actually grew by 4.5 percent in 2014, in Gaza economic activity declined…

Author David Grossman speaking at a emonstration against this summer’s brutal Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip

Oz, Grossman, Yehoshua to European Parliaments — “Recognize Palestine!”

Renowned Israeli authors Amos Oz, David Grossman, and A.B. Yehoshua have added their signatures to a petition calling on European parliaments to recognize a Palestinian state. In doing so, the three writers have joined some 800 additional Israeli signers of the petition including Nobel Prize Laureate Daniel Kahneman, former Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg, former Minister of…

Combatants for Peace’s joint Palestinian-Israeli demonstration against the occupation of the West Bank, May 2014 (Photo: Combatants for Peace)

Tomorrow Israelis Will Say “Yes” to a Palestinian State

According to the organization, Combatants for Peace, tomorrow, Saturday, November 15, Israelis will say “Yes” to a Palestinian State “because independence for the Palestinians means true independence for Israelis.” The organizers are urging the public to “Join us, a large group of Israelis and Palestinians, in a demonstration of popular democracy, solidarity, and hope.” The…