Avichai Mandelbit, Israel’s attorney general, announced the indictment of longest-serving leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, following investigations that the prime minister committed bribery, fraud, and a breach of trust. Mandelbit delivered the…
Year: 2019
PA blames Trump Administration for spike in settler attacks
The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Friday condemned the recent spike in settler violence, blaming it on the United States and the Trump administration’s recent softening stance towards the settlements. The…
Gazans recycle bomb wreckage to counter blockade, but the rubble is potentially toxic
On 12 November, fighting broke out between the Gaza Strip and Israel. After two days of violence that led to 34 Palestinians killed and 109 injured, Gaza was once again…
When a Palestinian journalist is shot in the eye, the world sees the truth; Israel’s attempts to silence the media
Wrapped in the baby-blue, star-printed sheets of Hadasa Ein Karma hospital in West Jerusalem, under the faint glow of the florescent lights, wearily lay Muath Amarneh, a Palestinian journalist who…
The US declares West Bank settlements no longer illegal
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reversed decades of American policy this week, announcing the country would no longer consider Israeli settlements in the West Bank a violation of…
Israel launches new attacks on Hamas in Gaza
Israeli forces launched air raids on the besieged Gaza Strip just two days after a ceasefire went into effect following fighting between the two sides. The Israeli army targeted Hamas’…
Vote to extend UNRWA mandate receives overwhelming support
The Special Political and Decolonisation Committee (Fourth Committee) of the United Nations General Assembly convened on Friday to vote on an extension of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency…
EU court rules to enforce labelling of all products made in illegal Israeli settlements
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) passed a ruling to enforce that all products made in Israeli settlements and sold in the EU must be identified clearly on the label.…
‘Our voices are louder than the bullets’; girls from a Palestinian refugee camp speak out and resist through rap
A group of six girls timidly shuffled around a conference room table in a room at the Shorouq organisation in the heart of Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem. It is…
Without a home: Palestinians are living in caves to save their land
Bending over the well, Arafat, tugged at the rope, pulling it toward himself until a blue bucket filled with water emerged. He then dumped the bucket into a trough and…