Israel-Palestine war

Israeli forces take Palestinians into custody during a demonstration near Qubbat al-Sakhra (the Dome of the Rock) against far-right Israelis’ slogans insulting Prophet Muhammad during “flag march” in Jerusalem on June 18, 2021. [Mostafa Alkharouf – Anadolu Agency] Recent statements by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett about the freedom of Jews to pray inside Al-Aqsa Mosque have once again highlighted …

Photos of children, who lost their lives in Israel’s attacks on Gaza, are exhibited at debris of Es-Sekka family’s house in Khan Yunis, Gaza on June 19, 2021 [Ashraf Amra / Anadolu Agency]   In recent years, the Gaza Strip has known only three periodic orders: destroy, rebuild, repeat. Yet the enclave once had a thriving export-oriented economy with assets …

Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip in May killed 248 Palestinians, including 66 children (Reuters/File photo)   Navi Pillay will investigate possible violations committed by both Israel and Hamas in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and Israel   The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has chosen former rights chief Navi Pillay to head an international inquiry into alleged war crimes committed during Israel’s May …

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem on 1 July 2021 (AFP)   Germany’s contribution to the colonisation of Palestine over the years has been ideological, financial, physical and military German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Israel two weeks ago and met Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, whose American parents came from San Francisco to colonise Palestine in July 1967. Bennett has boasted: …

A Palestinian woman outside the house of Montaser Shalabi after it was demolished by Israeli forces in the village of Turmus’ayya near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, 8 July 2021 (AFP)   Israel works actively, day and night, to quash all forms of resistance and bury the dream of a Palestinian state Two months after Palestinians rose to defend al-Aqsa …