Gaza shatters the facade of ‘calm’
Palestinians have long warned that Israel’s blockade and repeated aggressions would eventually lead to an explosion. But few of us in Gaza expected this.
Author: Abbes
Mathematician, Director of research in Paris, Secretary of AURDIP
Israel/OPT: Civilians on both sides paying the price of unprecedented escalation in hostilities between Israel and Gaza as death toll mounts
Israeli security forces and Palestinian armed groups must make every effort to protect the lives of civilians in today’s outbreak of fighting in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, said Amnesty International amid a mounting civilian death toll.
Israeli forces shoot dead 12-year-old Palestinian boy in Qalqilya
Israeli forces shot and killed Ahmad Abdulnaser Adnan Rabi, 12, on October 7, 2023, near the occupied Palestinian city of Qalqilya. (Photo courtesy of Rabi family)
Gaza’s shock attack has terrified Israelis. It should also unveil the context
The dread Israelis are feeling after today’s assault, myself included, has been the daily experience of millions of Palestinians for far too long.
Gaza Strip protesters received bullet wounds to ankles, medics report
Influx of injuries may suggest deliberate targeting by Israel’s army, which human rights groups say is unlawful
‘It’ll turn campus into an army base’: Tel Aviv University to host soldiers’ program
A collaboration between the Israeli army and TAU has drawn backlash from faculty and Palestinian students decrying the militarization of academia.
Bisan Lecture Series – Rashid Khalidi – The Latest Phase of the Hundred Years’ War on Palestine
The next Bisan Lecture webinar will take place on Wednesday, October 11th at 7pm Palestine time (6pm Central European Time, 12 noon US Eastern time). We will have the pleasure to welcome Prof. Rashid Khalidi (Columbia University) who will speak (in English with simultaneous Arabic translation for those who wish) on The Latest Phase of the Hundred Years’ War on Palestine.
Israel’s Justice Ministry Asks Family of Palestinian Boy Burned Alive for View on Reducing Killers’ Sentences
‘Not a chance in the world,’ says Mohammed Abu Khdeir’s father, adding that he lost sleep after request. ‘What did they think, that we’d say yes?’
Statement by Birzeit University on the Israeli Military Raid on its Campus and Detention of its Students
Just one day after the start of its 2023-2024 academic year, Israeli occupation forces stormed Birzeit University campus in the early morning hours of Sunday, September 24, 2023 in another targeted attack against Palestinian educational institutions andspecifically Birzeit University. During the raid, they arrested several students including the elected Student Council President, violently assaulted the university’s guards, andvandalized the Student Council’s office.
‘A hidden universe of suffering’: the Palestinian children sent to jail
One night in 2005, Israeli soldiers came for Huda Dahbour’s teenage son. He was gone for a year and a half. The damage done to their family – and so many others like them – was incalculable