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Israeli forces fatally shoot 15-year-old Palestinian boy in Silwad
Israeli forces shot and killed 15-year-old Yamen Hamed Yousef Hamed on October 30 in Silwad in the central occupied West Bank. (Photo: Courtesy of the Hamed family)
We Need to Rethink How We Think About the Holocaust
Professor Marianne Hirsch on how the way we teach the “crime of all crimes” informs our understanding of Gaza.
Senate statement on Gaza, Palestine
The Senate at SOAS is responsible for advising the Board of Trustees on the strategic development and future direction of the university’s academic activities. It is part of the academic governance structure at SOAS that seeks to bring together the academic voice at SOAS to address matters affecting the academic scope, academic structure and academic standards of the university.
Today, the Senate has published a ‘Senate Statement on Scholasticide in Gaza, Palestine’ and committed to the following actions:
‘No restrictions’ and a secret ‘wink’: Inside Israel’s deal with Google, Amazon
To secure the lucrative Project Nimbus contract, the tech giants agreed to disregard their own terms of service and sidestep legal orders by tipping Israel off if a foreign court demands its data, a joint investigation reveals.
Lynch Mobs, Arson, Slaughter of Herds: West Bank Faces Unprecedented Israeli Violence
Israeli settler militias, backed by soldiers, are laying waste to Palestinian communities – beating residents, torching crops, smashing cars, slaughtering animals. Jonathan Pollak, who accompanies Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest, recounts what he’s witnessed – and how he nearly paid for it with his life
In a West Bank ‘firing zone,’ Palestinians are erased as settlers lay down roots
While settlers’ concrete mixers rumble under the Israeli army’s watch, Palestinian life in Masafer Yatta is being dismantled piece by piece.
US contractor: This is how Israeli forces and American mercenaries killed Gaza aid seekers
Whistleblower Anthony Aguilar shares first-hand testimony of war crimes committed by Israeli and US forces working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Fears Gaza ‘temporary’ ceasefire line could become permanent new border
Yellow markers installed by IDF entrench divide that cuts strip in two, as hopes of moving to next phase of truce fade
A 9-year-old Palestinian Boy Stood at a Distance. An Israeli Soldier Knelt and Shot Him Dead
Eyewitnesses say Muhammad al-Halaq stood with his arms folded, posing no threat, when a single, deadly shot was fired. The soldiers later appeared to celebrate. The IDF said the incident is under review