Israel destroyed a Syrian-owned home in the occupied Golan Heights for the first time in more than 30 years

Israeli forces destroyed a home in the town of Majdal Shams – the first such demolition in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights for more than 30 years, according to the Al-Marsad human rights group based in the territory. In an appeal to the European Union, Al-Marsad states that the Syrian owners of dozens of homes …

Soldier kills Palestinian teen who posed no threat by firing flare bomb at him across Israel-Gaza fence

On 9 September 2016, at 7:10 PM, a soldier fired a flare bomb from very short range at 15-year-old Palestinian ‘Abd a-Rahman a-Dabagh during a protest held near the Gaza perimeter fence, east of al-Bureij Refugee Camp. A-Dabagh, a resident of the camp, was killed. The flare bomb hit a-Dabagh above the eye, fractured his …

New York woman tries to rip off Muslim women’s hijabs, attacks babies in apparent hate crime

An American woman attacked two Muslim women and their babies in New York, trying to rip off their hijabs and pushing over their strollers, which the prosecutors have described as a hate crime. The attacker, whose real name is Emirjeta Xhelili, approached the women in a Brooklyn street on Thursday afternoon and tried to rip …

Israeli police admitted killing Mustafa “by mistake”,but his brother-in-law, Ali is charged for Israel’s crime

On 5 September, Israeli police conducting an early morning raid in Shuafat opened fire on a moving car. Ali Nimir, the driver, was wounded. His brother-in-law Mustafa Nimir was killed. An Israeli police spokesperson promptly claimed that the car’s driver had “seemingly attempted to run over officers.” Mainstream media presented Israeli claims as facts. The …

Hungary poster campaign pokes fun at migrant referendum

A poster war has broken out in Hungary, within weeks of a referendum on European Commission proposals to redistribute asylum seekers more evenly across the EU. Since the 2 October referendum was announced in February, public spaces and the media have been inundated with the government’s messages, such as: – Did you know that the …

Muslim structures are being threatened with demolition in Burma’s Arakan State

A state official in Burma’s troubled Arakan state has threatened to demolish Muslim schools, homes and mosques — claiming that the structures were built illegally — in a move that could further inflame tensions between Buddhist and Muslim communities in the country. The announcement appeared in a state government-affiliated online journal this week, according to …

Muslim woman expelled from German restaurant after refusing to remove her veil

A restaurant manager in Germany has forced a Muslim woman wearing the hijab to leave the restaurant when she refused his demand to remove it. Christian Schulz, manager of Seekrug restaurant in Bielefeld, in west Germany, reportedly asked the woman to remove the veil as she sat in the busy beer garden during an annual …

In full page NYT ad, liberal Zionist group calls for ethnic segregation to retain Jewish majority within Israel

The Daniel S. Abraham Center for Peace, a prominent liberal Zionist Israel lobbying group, purchased a full-page newspaper advertisement in Friday’s edition of the New York Times, calling for the immediate separation of Israelis and Palestinians into separate countries to keep Israel as a Jewish majority state. “Separation between Israelis and Palestinians is Essential. No …

4 dead, 23 missing after boat carrying refugees capsizes off Aegean Sea

Four people were killed and 23 others went missing after a boat carrying 31 refugees capsized in the Aegean Sea, a security source said Thursday. The boat had set sail from Bodrum town in western Turkey’s Muğla province before it capsized off Karaada island about four miles away, the source said on condition of anonymity …

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