Israel Starts Building Underground Wall Along Gaza Border to Counter Hamas Tunnels

Israel Starts Building Underground Wall Along Gaza Border to Counter Hamas Tunnels

The Israel Defense Force (IDF) has started work on a massive underground concrete wall along the Gaza Strip border to prevent Hamas militants from digging tunnels into Israeli territory and using them in their attacks, Israeli officials say. Israeli defense officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to AP that the construction of the barrier…

Ottoman and Arab Maps of Palestine, 1880s-1910s

Ottoman and Arab Maps of Palestine, 1880s-1910s

Academics have long concerned themselves with maps of Palestine. But almost all of the published literature on Palestine maps– including the publication of the maps themselves – has dealt with those maps published in Europe by Europeans. But what about the Ottoman administrators who ruled over Palestine, and those (primarily Arabic speakers) that lived in…

The New ‘Two-State Solution’ That Would Colonize Palestine

The New ‘Two-State Solution’ That Would Colonize Palestine

A ludicrous blueprint for permanent foreign military domination.

A powerful pro-Israel policy group with ties to the Obama administration and the Israeli military intelligence establishment is promoting plans for a “two state solution” that would subordinate Palestinians to Israeli military rule, supervised by a permanent U.S. military presence.

State Dept urges US citizens to leave Gaza as soon as possible

State Dept urges US citizens to leave Gaza as soon as possible

The US State Department has urged Americans in the Gaza Strip to leave the area “as soon as possible.” The announcement follows an escalation between Palestinian militants and the Israeli military over the weekend. “Gaza is under the control of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization. The security environment within Gaza and on its borders is…