Israel intensifies Gaza bombings, kills dozens

Israeli military strikes killed at least 70 Palestinians across Gaza, local health authorities said, in an intensification of the bombardment as US President Donald Trump visits the Middle East. Medics said on Wednesday that most of the dead, including …

Israel kills 4 Palestinians in occupied West amid ongoing escalation

Four Palestinians were killed by Israeli occupation army fire in the West Bank today amid rising escalation in the occupied territory, security sources said. The four lost their lives when Israeli occupation forces besieged and opened fire on a house in …

Israel strikes UN peacekeeping post with ‘direct fire’ in southern Lebanon, says UNIFIL

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said yesterday the perimeter of one of its peacekeeping positions in southern Lebanon was hit by “direct fire” from the Israeli occupation army on Tuesday, Anadolu reported. This marked the first time a UNIFIL …

Veteran Palestinian prisoner: Israel’s prisons are ‘graveyards’ for living

Nael Barghouti, the world’s longest-serving political prisoner, has described the Israeli occupation’s prisons as “graveyards” and condemned the world’s “disgraceful” silence about the Palestinians’ endless suffering. In a statement issued yesterday, 65- …

UN warns life-saving aid may perish as Israel blocks entry into Gaza

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned that life-saving humanitarian aid, blocked from entering Gaza since 2 March due to Israel’s closure of border crossings, is at risk of perishing in warehouses outside the …

We are human rights lawyers. Our new report is clear: Israel perpetrates apartheid

We are university professors and human rights advocates who teach and write about Palestine and Israel. We have collectively taught thousands of classes on human rights law, international law and government repression. We have defended death row prisoners …

U.S.-backed Gaza aid fund gets Israel's approval and will begin operations this month

Donald Trump bypasses Israel on the path to peace in Gaza

The release on May 12th of Edan Alexander, an American-Israeli soldier held in Gaza for 19 months, ended the 21-year-old’s ordeal but left many questions unanswered. Was this a one-off gesture by Hamas, the Islamists in Gaza, for an American president …

Israel's Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli snubbed by major World Jewish Congress confab over far-right ties

Once outliers, now indistinguishable: How Netanyahu brought Kahanist politics into Israel's mainstream

Under Netanyahu's leadership, moderate Likud figures have been pushed out, replaced by nationalist, racist or inflammatory figures. The competition with Kahane's Kach ideological heir, Otzma Yehudit, only reinforced the shift, adopting the ideas …