Villagers of Tantura expelled by Palmach May 1948 (Benno Rothenberg / Meitar Collection, Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, National Library of Israel) Before 1948, Tantura was a Palestinian coastal fishing village of 1,500 residents located just north of the Israeli town of Zichron Yaakov. As war threatened and conditions worsened for Palestinian residents, the wealthier […]
BREAKING: IDF Commander Who Ordered Rape of Palestinian Identified
NOTE: I just published a new Middle East Eye piece about the near-disaster averted when a Syrian missile landed less than 20 miles from Israel’s nuclear reactor in Dimona. Please give it a read and promote it on social media. DONATE: No Israeli media can report this story. Israelis cannot learn from their own media […]
ICC Approves Pursuing War Crimes Case Against Israeli, Palestinian leaders
In a groundbreaking ruling, a three-judge ICC court has found that the chief prosecutor may commence a war crimes investigation against both Israeli and Palestinian leaders for major violations of international law. They include: building settlements, the murder of Palestinian civilians during Operation Protective Edge and the Great March of Return, and Palestinian rocket attacks […]
Iranian Authorities: Israeli Assassination Carried Out Remotely by Satellite
Iranian media reports say authorities have recovered the murder weapon used to assassinate Iran’s leading nuclear scientist, Moshen Fakrizadeh, and a number of his bodyguards. His wife, who accompanied him, survived the attack. UPDATE: Though original reports indicated the murder was carried out by gunmen on the ground, the latest from Iran says that the […]
