In the firing zone: evictions begin in West Bank villages after court ruling
Palestinians in Masafer Yatta – or Firing Zone 918 to the Israelis – vow to rebuild as homes are bulldozed
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US: CUNY’s law faculty becomes latest university department to endorse BDS
Law faculty at the City University of New York agrees to support the boycott of Israel in support of Palestinian rights
Israeli forces use Palestinian girl as a human shield in Jenin
Ramallah, May 19, 2022—Israeli soldiers used a 16-year-old Palestinian girl as a human shield in front of an Israeli military vehicle while deployed in the northern occupied West Bank city….
German court rules in favour of scholar Dr. Anna Younes in digital surveillance case
On 6 May 2022, the Berlin District Court upheld Dr. Younes’ claims and ordered VDK – the German state-funded organisation that legally represents RIAS Berlin and MBR – to give Anna Younes access to data that the two civil society organisations had gathered on her and passed on to others. The information released so far reveals that RIAS and MBR have been collecting people’s personal data based on their “positions on Israel and BDS.”
Shireen Abu Akleh: Al Jazeera reporter killed by Israeli gunfire
Israeli forces shot Abu Akleh in the head while she was on assignment in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. Ramallah, Occupied West Bank – Israeli forces have shot dead….
Israeli court paves way for eviction of 1,000 Palestinians from West Bank area
Land to be repurposed for military use in one of the biggest expulsion decisions since 1967 occupation
This denial will not scare me, we will continue the work’: Israel bars Bisan Center’s Ubai Aboudi from traveling to North America
Ubai Aboudi was detained by Israeli forces as he attempted to enter Jordan bound for the World Social Forum in Mexico. Aboudi was also scheduled to go on a speaking tour in the United States.
After blocking West Bank road, settlers open fire and wound Palestinians
A teenager is among those wounded after Israeli settlers and soldiers shot live rounds at Palestinians trying to remove roadblocks near the village of Surif.
Why is Israel’s antisemitism envoy sharing investigation files against a Palestinian child?
Israeli advocate and influencer Noa Tishby shared unpublished photos from an army investigation to justify the arrest of a 14-year-old Palestinian.
Conference: Reassessing the British Mandate in Palestine
The British Mandate (1922-1948) represents over a quarter-century in the modern history of Palestine during which the groundwork was laid for the usurpation of Palestinian political rights and the establishment….