The demonstration came amid renewed violence between Israel and Palestinian militants after a three-day ceasefire ended on Friday. An emergency appeal in the UK for people affected by the conflict in Gaza has raised £4.5m in less than 24 hours, the Disasters Emergency Committee said. Meanwhile, David Cameron and Barack ...
Read More »Sainsbury’s forced to close due to pro-Palestine demonstration
Protesters have closed down a Sainsbury’s supermarket in Birmingham City Centre as part of a pro-Palestine demonstration. Calling on the retail giant to remove products sourced from Israel, demonstrators gathered outside the Union Street store this afternoon. Some protesters lay down on the floor in protest and security staff were ...
Read More »Israel admits HAMAS didn’t kidnap the 3 Israeli teens after all
When the bodies of three Israeli teenagers, kidnapped in the West Bank, were found late last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not mince words. “Hamas is responsible, and Hamas will pay,” he said, initiating a campaign that eventually escalated into the present conflict in the region. But now, ...
Read More »Quds Day shootings: Sheikh Zakzaky speaks to the press
Following the shooting of peaceful protesters on Quds Day commemoration in Zaria, Nigeria, Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria Sheikh Ibraheem Yaqoub Zakzaky speaks to the press on the situation. The following is the transcribed version of the Press Conference: WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED “Gentlemen of the press, SalamualaikumwarahmatullahiTa’alawabarakatuhu. The ...
Read More »Protestors march through streets on annual Al-Quds demonstration in London
Thousands of protestors have marched through the streets of central London to the US embassy to protest against the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip. According to organisers as many as 9000 took part in the annual Al-Quds demonstration, inaugurated in 1979 by late Ayatollah Khomeini, who declared the ...
Read More »Pro-Peace Protests are sweeping Israel Right Now… and Israeli ‘JDL’ Fascists are freaking out
Only yesterday we reported on protests against the War on Gaza that had flooded the streets of Jerusalem with thousands of protesters. Jews and Muslims marched side-by-side in support of civilians in Gaza, and yet the vast majority of the corporate, mainstream media completely ignored this story. Later yesterday, Neo-Fascist Kahanist members ...
Read More »The Island of Torture
The Duke of York will be the keynote speaker at a conference in London this Friday celebrating Bahrain as a place of religious freedom and tolerance of divergent opinions. Speaking during a visit to Bahrain last month, he said: “I believe that what’s happening in Bahrain is a source of ...
Read More »Indian police arrest senior Shia cleric ‘Kalbe Jawad’ along 500 others
NEW DELHI: What appeared to be a peaceful protest by Shia protesters at the Ghazipur border on Tuesday turned into a traffic nightmare at night. Protesters went on the rampage at the Mayur Vihar intersection after police detained senior Shia cleric ‘Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad’, along with 500 protesters. This ...
Read More »12 Bahraini teens get life terms for protest role
A court in Bahrain has sentenced 12 teenagers to life in prison for allegedly attempting take a police officer’s life, setting a police car ablaze and taking part in an anti-regime protest, a defense lawyer says. Other defendants were sentenced to up to 51 years in prison for similar charges ...
Read More »Bahraini forces kill 19 year old protester
A young Bahraini protester has been martyred as a result of injuries sustained during a protest in the northern village of Markh. Bahrain’s main opposition group, al-Wefaq, said in a message posted on Twitter on Sunday that Fadhil Abbas Muslim, a 19 year old, “was martyred today due to severe ...
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