The Exiled Palestinian Poet Fighting Censorship in Democracies
Ghayath Almadhoun had a poetry event in Berlin canceled simply because he’s Palestinian. At least 200 more artists have been silenced over Palestine in Germany since.
Category: News
UN concerned by Israeli use of ‘unlawful lethal force’ in West Bank
UN human rights office criticises use of ‘methods and means used for war fighting’ in assault on city of Jenin
Gaza checkpoint to be staffed by scores of armed American contractors
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UG Solutions hiring 96 special forces veterans for Gaza checkpoint duty
Deployment raises concerns of Americans in Middle East conflict zone
Egyptians collaborate with US contractors at checkpoint
Albina Abu Safiya: ‘The Israeli army deliberately targeted my husband’
Following Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s arrest in northern Gaza, his wife describes her fears over the hospital director’s fate and the tragedy of their son’s killing.
‘My memories are crushed and buried’: a long walk home in Gaza
The Guardian’s reporter in the territory describes the journey back to see what might remain of their prewar lives
10-year-old Palestinian boy in critical condition after Israeli soldier shoots him in Tulkarem
Saddam Hussein Iyad Mohammad Rajab, 10, was shot by an Israeli soldier during an incursion into Tulkarem on January 28 and is now in critical condition at a hospital in Nablus. (Photo: Courtesy of the Rajab family)
South Africa and Malaysia to launch campaign to protect international justice
Formation of Hague Group comes amid challenges to ICJ and ICC rulings
‘It will devastate people’: Palestinians despair at looming Unrwa closure
Nobody knows what will happen when Israel’s ban on UN agency that provides vital services across Gaza, East Jerusalem and the West Bank comes into force on 1 February
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians return to north Gaza as Israel opens checkpoints
People begin long walk at dawn to what remains of their homes after 24-hour delay over release of Israeli hostage
Israeli forces fatally shoot 2-year-old Palestinian girl in the head near Jenin
Laila Mohammad Ayman Khatib, two, was shot and killed by Israeli forces while she ate dinner with her family near Jenin on January 25. (Photo: Courtesy of the Khatib family)