Lebanon: Israel`s Maritime Zone Law Means War
Lebanese parliament spokesman Nabih Berri said that Israel`s proposed law on the energy-rich disputed waters could trigger a war. The speaker of the Lebanese parliament Nabih Berri claims that the maritime zone law that Israel is
Published : 23 March 2017
New Landless Constituency
The number of people considered landless number in the hundreds of millions across all regions. In India, for example, as many as 307 million rural people are considered landless. In Bangladesh, almost 4.5 million
Published : 23 March 2017
UNSR Report on Human Rights in Palestine
US furious over another scathing UN report on Israeli abuses. Just days after a UN report accusing Israel of apartheid was pulled because of US pressure, another UN body issued a new criticism. A United Nations
Published : 20 March 2017
Rebuilding Gaza from Its Ashes
Palestinian inventor hopes to help rebuild Gaza using Green Cake, a new type of brick made of coal and wood ash. Gaza City—People initially laughed and told her she would fail, but 22-year-old civil engineering graduate
Published : 04 March 2017
Bali Meeting Tackles Oceans’ Plastic Pollution
UNEP and Indonesia launch campaign to solve global issue of massive amounts of plastic ending up in oceans. NUSA DUA, Bali, Indonesia—The sun is peeking from over the horizon, greeting early morning beach-dwellers to the sounds
Published : 26 February 2017
Palestine: New Demolitions for Settlements Road
Hundreds of Palestinians will be made homeless to build a road that will only serve Israeli settlements. Hundreds of Palestinians in the Jabal al-Mukaber area of occupied East Jerusalem say they are living in a state
Published : 21 February 2017
Gaza: Female Engineers Recycle Concrete
An all-female team of engineers in Gaza have invented an affordable new way to produce concrete from the leftover rubble of homes destroyed during the last war in Gaza. And the four women behind the project–Nour
Published : 20 February 2017
UAE Plans 1st City on Mars by 2117
The Mars 2117 project aims to transport people to the Red Planet and establish the first mini city DUBAI—The UAE will build the first city on Mars as part of the 2117 Mars project in
Published : 14 February 2017
Palestine: British “Imperialism” Led to Zionism and Israel’s Creation
The Modern Language Association held a panel discussion of professors who were critical of Zionism and Israel and sympathetic of the Palestinian effort to create a Palestinian state. The four professors focused on the origins
Published : 10 February 2017
