Israel-Palestine war

A view of Al-Urme Hill in Beita town, considered the second highest point around the city of Nablus, West Bank on June 6, 2021 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency] The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) published a report yesterday expressing deep concern about the Israeli illegal settlers’ forceful seizure of Palestinian Territories, which has resulted in the displacement of 500 Palestinians from seven different communities. …

Israeli authorities demolish what remains of the Khader family home in the Shuafat neighbourhood of East Jerusalem on 16 January 2023 (Reuters)   The organisation demanding financial compensation from a group representing its own victims has pursued the erasure of Palestinian geography and presence on the land for a century The Zionist movement’s major financial and colonial arm, the Jewish National …

Morocco’s Jawad El Yamiq raises the Palestinian flag after the World Cup soccer match between Canada and Morocco at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha on 1 December, 2022 (AP)   By refusing interviews with Israeli journalists, Arab fans are refusing to bestow legitimacy on the state’s apartheid system Israeli journalists have flocked to Doha this month to cover the World …

Protesters hold up Palestinian national flags during a demonstration near the city of Sakhnin in northern Israel, on 5 May 2022, ahead of the Palestinian marking of the 74th anniversary of the Nakba (AFP)   Israeli ambassador condemns the UN move, while Palestinian representative tells UN the world is facing ‘end of the road’ for two-state solution The UN General …

Israeli right wing Knesset member Itamar ben Gvir (L) and Bezalel Smotrich (R). [ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images] Palestine on Sunday warned the upcoming Israeli government against changing the status quo in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu reports. Extremist politician Itamar Ben-Gvir will be Israel’s national security minister in the upcoming government under a coalition agreement struck with Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu. “The Netanyahu-Ben-Gvir deal …

Houses part of an Israeli settlement are seen in front of an Arab town on January 16, 2017 in Amona, West Bank [Chris McGrath/Getty Images] It was understandable why, on 29 November, 1947, the United Nations (UN) passed Resolution 181, partitioning Palestine and creating a Jewish state. In the wake of the Holocaust, there was a widespread sentiment that there …