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Yarden Michaeli and Avi Scharf write in Haaretz on 8 July 2024 The Israeli army’s occupation of parts of the Gaza Strip, for an undefined period of time, is one of the most dramatic developments in the war that began with Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel on October 7. The IDF considers Israeli control over […]

Aziz Shehadeh was many things: lawyer, activist, and political detainee, he was also the father of bestselling author and activist Raja. In this new and searingly personal memoir, Raja Shehadeh unpicks the snags and complexities of their relationship.

Al Jazeera reports on 13 March 2024 A report published by the research group Forensic Architecture has called into question Israel’s argument at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that it had introduced measures to safeguard civilian life in Gaza. The supposed measures have been part of Israel’s defence against charges of genocide levelled against […]

Dahlia Scheindlin writes in Haaretz on 30 January 2024: It was a cold, wet Friday afternoon in Israel when International Court of Justice President Judge Joan Donoghue read these words, carried live on Israeli media: “Israel must take immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance to […]

Haaretz reports on 14 October 2023: Hamas terrorists who attacked Israel’s Gaza border communities last Saturday were found with detailed maps and documentation, indicating their intention to take over educational institutions and abduct citizens, including children. On Friday, the New York Times and NBC News released two extensive articles detailing how the attack was meticulously […]

In Mondoweiss, the Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD)  Senior Advisor on the Question of Palestine, Dr. Lex Takkenberg, reflects on the plight of the Palestinian people, who have been deprived of their homeland in the century-old confrontation with Zionism and Israel, three decades after the conclusion of the Oslo Accords. Building on British […]

Vera Sajrawi writes in +972 May 15, 2023 This is the first in a two-part series by +972 editor Vera Sajrawi retracing her family’s Nakba stories. Invisibility is a painful human experience. My family is living proof. When Zionist militias captured 78 percent of historic Palestine in 1948, expelling about 750,000 Palestinians from what became the State of […]

Ariel David reports in Haaretz on 13 September 2023: At a quick glance, there is nothing unusual atop the hill of Tel Qedesh. Wild boars frolic among the dry grass and the sparse trees on this apparently unassuming mound in the Upper Galilee, just a stone’s throw from Israel’s border with Lebanon. But look closer […]

Gideon Levy writes in Haaretz on 13 August 2023: At the Tel Aviv demonstrations against the government’s judicial overhaul, the best people in Israel can be found in the area staked out by the Anti-Occupation Bloc – the people of conscience who recognize that there’s no such thing as a democracy with a military tyranny […]

Tariq Raouf reports in The New Arab on 10 August 2023: Although Nakba Day has come and gone, Palestinians all over the world will always ensure their history is never erased. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the Palestinian Museum US is hosting an architectural exhibit in Venice, Italy, through November 23, with […]