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Netflix’s “Farha” and the Palestinian Right to Process Pain Through Art
The Jordanian film “Farha,” released this week on Netflix, tells the story of an individual tragedy that took place during the 1948 war to create the state of Israel — where Palestinians, who remember the event as the Nakba, or catastrophe, were expelled from their homes by the hundreds of thousands.
Israel and the Palestinian people
An institutionalised regime of domination and discrimination amounting to the crime of apartheid
The architecture community joins together to support Samia Henni after her Cornell AAP office was burglarized
In early September, the office of Cornell University Architecture, Art, and Planning (Cornell AAP) professor Samia Henni was broken into, vandalized, and looted. This week, architects and academics have rallied….
Al-Haq Takes Legal Action Against Defamation by Dutch Lobby Organisation CIDI
Today, on 28 November 2022, Al-Haq has taken legal action against the Center for Information and Documentation Israel (CIDI), a lobby organisation in the Netherlands. Based on a close review….
Al-Haq Launches Landmark Palestinian Coalition Report: ‘Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism’
On 29 November 2022, Al-Haq launched its inaugural coalition report titled: ‘Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism’. Together leading Palestinian civil society organisations, Al-Haq Law in the Service of….
Israeli citizens and groups to the EU: Define Israel as a state sponsor of terrorism
On November 23rd, the European Parliament decided to recognize the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism (2022/2896(RSP)). From reading the text of the resolution, Israeli citizens and groups have no doubt that for similar reasons the European Parliament should also recognize the State of Israel as a state sponsor of terrorism. Therefore they sent to the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola a proposal for a resolution in which they made the necessary adjustments for the State of Israel and in which appear all the reasons that they believe are relevant for its approval by the European Parliament.
Economic restrictions in the West Bank exact $50 billion toll between 2000 and 2020
Ending the occupation of Area C of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is critical for the sustainable development of the Occupied Palestinian Territory because it will enable the Palestinian people to grow their economy severalfold.
An Autistic Teen Was Killed by Israeli Soldiers. Her Mother Found Out Only a Day Later
15-year-old Fulla al-Masalmeh was riding in a car driven by 26-year-old Anas Hassouna, who, according to the army, sped up toward soldiers who then opened fire killing Masalmeh and wounding Hassouna. Al-Masalmeh’s family only found out about her death the next day, while Hassouna was released from custody a few days later
Israel demolishes school in Masafer Yatta as part of effort to drive Palestinians out of area
This morning, 23 November 2022, at around 9:00 A.M., Israel demolished a primary school built in the Palestinian community of Khirbet a-Safai al-Foqa in Masafer Yatta, in the part of….