![Rothschild reveals crucial role his ancestors played in the Balfour Declaration and creation of Israel [VIDEO]](https://israelpalestinenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Rothschild.Taub_.2017-728x410.png)
Rothschild said the way the declaration was procured was extraordinary: “It was the most incredible piece of opportunism.” HIs cousin Dorothy de Rothschild connected Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann to the British establishment. Dorothy “told Weizmann how to integrate, how to insert himself into British establishment life, which he learned very quickly…”
Intensified Israeli attacks against Gaza are reminiscent of the leadup to its previous wide-scale invasions of Gaza, most recently “Operation Protective Edge.” Human rights groups calls on the interntional community to prevent it.
Palestinian and Jewish activists have filed a lawsuit with a US court against Benjamin Netanyahu, Avigdor Lieberman, Ehud Barak, the Kushner Family Foundation, and Ambassador David Friedman…
The former Constitution Party presidential candidate writes that “Netanyahu is one of the most corrupt political leaders on the planet” and one of the most heavily financed. Netanyahu’s plummet in popularity at home is one of the reasons “why he is pressuring Trump to ratchet up a war against Iran and why he is mobilizing accelerated (illegal) Israeli settlements on private land owned by Palestinian people… War and military conflict has always been a favored tactic of embattled politicians to increase their popularity and deflect negativity…”
Israeli soldiers invaded the Industrial Orphanage School in the Old City in East Jerusalem. The soldiers violently searched the school and interrogated many orphans…
Israeli company Teva, “the world’s biggest maker of generic drugs… is being investigated by Israeli police in connection with a bribery case it settled with US authorities last year.” Teva and its wholly owned Russian subsidiary agreed to pay more than $519m to settle charges that it violated US anti-bribery laws by making improper payments to government officials in Russia, Ukraine and Mexico to boost drug sales…”
Sixteen years ago today, in the midst of the Second Intifada, Alison Weir set off to Palestine as an independent reporter, bent on seeing for herself the reality behind the news headlines that depicted Israel under storm by hostile Arabs. She had never visited Israel or Palestine and was completely new to understanding the so-called “Mideast Conflict.”…
A major Israeli supermarket chain is distributing free grocery bags containing the image of an Israeli soldier who murdered a wounded Palestinian in cold blood. The bag has a drawing of the soldier and says: “Happy birthday. Love from the nation of Israel…”
![Did a Super Bowl ad feature a West Bank roadblock? [VIDEO]](https://israelpalestinenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/screen-shot-2017-02-06-at-12911-pm-1486405810-728x341.png)
A Super Bowl ad by Expedia promoted travel as an antidote to narrow-mindedness and divisions. A montage of images from around the world illustrates the narration: “Every step you take narrows the influence of narrow minds…” What scene accompanied these words?” An image of a road block that looks a whole lot like an Israeli military checkpoint in the occupied Palestinian West Bank…
Read more about the seven Palestinians and six Israelis killed in January.