Israel converts historic mosque into nightclub
Islamic sites in Palestine a target of systematic Israeli desecration Cairo: Israeli authorities have turned a historic mosque in an occupied Palestinian town into a nightclub, a local Muslim official has said. An Israeli company linked to the municipality of Safad in North Palestine has turned the 13th century Al Ahmar (Red) Mosque into a […]
THE COVENANT OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD WITH THE JEWS OF KHAYBAR AND MAQNA
By Dr. John Andrew Morrow “The Jews of the Islamic world were not restricted in this way. Like Christians, they were accorded the status of dhimmi (protected minority), which gave them civil and military protection, as long as they respected the law and supremacy of the Islamic state. The Jews of Islam were not persecuted… […]
Marc Lamont Hill UN Speech That Got Him Fired From CNN
Marc Lamont Hill UN United Nations Speech That Got Him Fired From. CNN severed ties with contributor Marc Lamont Hill on Thursday, following comments the university professor made about I and Pal in a speech at the United Nations. “Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN,” a CNN spokesperson said Hill urged […]
Israeli settlers raid Aqsa Mosque in latest provocation
Scores of settlers break into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound under the protection of Israeli forces who take away four Palestinians working for a charity organization in Jerusalem al-Quds during a raid. Over 80 settlers raided the extremely sensitive site in the early hours of Sunday, in the latest provocative act. The move is considered to be an incursion under […]
Israel’s new nation-state law restates the obvious
Early last Thursday, July 19, while most Israelis were sleeping, Israel’s right-wing coalition government narrowly passed a highly controversial law that had been years in the making. The so-called “nation-state law” legally enshrines Israel’s Jewish character and makes it one of the state’s guiding judicial principles, akin to a constitutional amendment in the United States. The new […]
From the Bullet to the Ballot: A Strategic Shift in the Palestinian Struggle
By Dr. John Andrew Morrow (The following opinion piece was published in al-Bawaba: The Middle East Gateway on April 15, 2004, and has long been removed from the newspaper’s archives. It was supposed to be included in Islamic Insights: Writings and Reviews, an anthology of Dr. John Andrew Morrow’s journalism, published by Ansariyan Publications in 2010; […]
Palestinian Authority: At Least 15 Palestinians Killed in Gaza Mass Demonstration
At least 15 Palestinians were killed and hundreds of others injured Friday by Israeli security forces along the Israel-Gaza border, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The Israeli military said its troops used “riot dispersal means” to quell one of the largest Palestinian demonstrations and outbursts of violence along the border in recent years. A Palestinian […]
UN’s Guterres Calls for Independent Investigation into Gaza Clashes
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an “independent and transparent investigation” into the deadly clashes along the Israel-Gaza border Friday that killed at least 15 Palestinians and injured about 1,400 others, including more than 750 injured by live fire. The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting Friday to discuss the unraveling situation in […]
Video shows Palestinian shot dead with back to Israeli snipers
Several videos circulating on social media purport to show Palestinian protesters being shot in the back or while praying by Israeli snipers. In one of the videos, a demonstrator – identified by relatives as 19-year-old Abdelfattah Abdelnabi – is shot in the back while running away from the border separating the Gaza Strip and Israel. […]
Israel begins telling African migrants to leave
Israel began warning thousands of African migrants Sunday that they must leave by the end of March, officials said, under a plan that could see them jailed if they refuse. On January 3, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced implementation of a plan to deport about 38,000 migrants who had entered the country illegally, mainly Eritreans […]