Israeli tanks have pushed back into some areas of the northern Gaza Strip which they had left weeks ago while warplanes conducted air strikes on Rafah, the Palestinians’ last refuge in the south of the territory, killing and wounding several people, medics and residents say. Residents reported an internet outage in the areas of Beit […]
Read MoreThe UN and the UK have voiced grave concern over escalating violence in the West Bank, demanding that Israeli security forces “immediately” stop supporting settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied territory.
The comments came hours after two Palestinian men were killed by Israeli settlers in a northern village south of Nablus in the latest violent attack involving settlers in the increasingly tense West Bank. Palestinians said the incident followed a clash when settlers entered Palestinian-owned land and assaulted residents, while settlers said it began with an […]
Read More‘It’s painful, but we need to see’: UN human-rights expert on Gaza fatigue
Each week, Benjamin Law asks public figures to discuss the subjects we’re told to keep private by getting them to roll a die. The numbers they land on are the topics they’re given. This week, he talks to Francesca Albanese. The 49-year-old is the United Nations special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, an Italian […]
Read MoreBiden orders sanctions on Israeli settlers in West Bank
Washington: Violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank will be hit with a fresh wave of travel and financial sanctions under a new executive order issued by US president Joe Biden to tackle growing instability in the Middle East. As tensions rise following the Israel-Hamas war, the White House says it will target four foreign […]
Read MoreUK places sanctions on Israeli settlers for ‘forcing’ Palestinians from their land
13 February 2024, The Guardian, by Peter Beaumont: The UK has imposed sanctions against four Israeli nationals, saying they were “extremist settlers” who had violently attacked Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The measures impose strict financial and travel restrictions on the four individuals, who Britain said were involved in “egregious abuses of human rights”.
Read MoreBiden urged to include politicians in sanctions on violent Israeli settlers
10 February 2024, The Guardian, by Chris McGreal: There are growing calls for Joe Biden to use his new executive order sanctioning violent Israeli settlers to also target political leaders, including government ministers, responsible for driving attacks against Palestinians.
Read MoreIsraeli military kills Palestinian gunman as settlers rampage through Palestinian town
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian assailant opened fire at an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank on Saturday before being shot and killed, Israeli police said. Elsewhere in the occupied territory, settlers rampaged through a Palestinian village, hurling stones, spraying bullets and setting fire to homes, the latest in a series of settler attacks […]
Read MoreThe Young Men of This Palestinian Town Keep Dying
The town of Azzun is a hardscrabble place, militant, steeped in suffering. To its misfortune it’s located on Highway 55, the main thoroughfare between Nablus and Qalqilyah in the northern West Bank where there is heavy settler traffic.
Read MoreHow This Palestinian Family Is Protecting Itself from Relentless Attacks by Settlers
The last house in Burin is actually the second-to-last house. At some point fear drove the Suheib family to abandon their home, the very last house, across from the mountain, after dark; only during daylight hours do they dare spend time inside.
Read MoreOpinion | To Understand the Settler Mindset, Read This Eulogy
It is a stellar example of the settler way of thinking, which is also becoming the general Israeli way of thinking, certainly that of the government. Anyone who wants to understand Israeliness – where it came from and where it’s headed – should read this text.
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