The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA), has published a new report on Monday, 29 July, indicating a rise in media violations in Palestine for the first half…
Year: 2019
UNRWA under scrutiny after leaked ethics report
On 29 July, an internal ethics report about the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) was leaked to Al Jazeera and AFP news agency. The internal report…
The Spearhead of Resistance: Bedouins in the West Bank
South of Iraq, 609 A.D. The ground shook, and the air was filled with animal roars and shouts. The origins of the sound did not come from predators, but from…
“It should be condemned”; Rabbi who praised Hebron massacre to receive an award.
Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz and Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich are slated to speak at an event this week in which extremist Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh, who praised the settler responsible…
Safeguarding Palestinian stories at Disarming Design
Arriving at the building in the Palestinian town of Birzeit, north of Ramallah where the organisation Disarming Design is located, one can quickly tell that it is a place where…
Scars of the time: Jenin refugee camp
Jenin’s refugee camp history might be similar to the history of any other camp in the West Bank, but during the Second Intifada, its history became intertwined with one of…
Railway proposal to connect Haifa to Saudi and UAE announced
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revealed details of a railway project that will connect the port of Haifa to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The plan had been…
Israel releases Palestinian journalist Lama Khater
Palestinian writer and journalist Lama Khater was released after having served a sentence of 13 months in Israeli prison. Turkish news agency Anadolu Agency reported Khater’s husband Hazem Al-Fakhouri said…
US House of Representatives condemns BDS movement
On Tuesday, 23 July, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution on formally condemning BDS, a movement which advocates for the non-violent boycott of Israel. An overwhelming majority…
Abbas announces the suspension of all agreements with Israel
President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas, announced on Thursday, 25 July, that he would stop implementing bilateral agreements between Israel and Palestine. Abbas said during an emergency meeting…