Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennett approved the construction of a new Jewish settlement in the flashpoint city of Hebron in the southern West Bank on Sunday 1 December. The defence…
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Israel cements policy of withholding Palestinian bodies
Israel’s newly appointed defence minister, Naftali Bennett, announced last week that all bodies of Palestinians, who attacked or allegedly attacked Israelis, will not be returned to their families. A statement…
Art from trash; Solving Palestine’s waste problem through design
Walk a few meters down any Ramallah street and you are likely to stumble upon a pile of trash. Plastic bags and bottles are woven into bushes. Mounds of cardboard,…
A wave of protests against IDF sweeps Western universities
November saw a string of protests against Israel Defense Forces (IDF) across Western university campuses, signalling that the Palestinian solidarity movement is gaining momentum in the mainstream. In the last…
Israel becomes the first democracy to deport a Human Rights Watch worker
Omar Shakir, Human Rights Watch’s Israel and Palestine director, was expelled from Israel on Monday for allegedly promoting boycotts of Israel. Shakir is the first human rights representative to be…
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu indicted on charges of bribery and fraud
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…
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…