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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
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
FILM: Palestinians in ‘mixed cities’ recount the horrors of May 2021
In a series of testimonies, Palestinians from Jaffa and Lydd recount the terrifying days when settler and police violence overwhelmed their cities.
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.”
Pedro Almodovar, Tilda Swinton, Mark Ruffalo Demand “Full Accountability” for Killing of Palestinian Journalist
The letter, signed by 126 artists, including Ken Loach, Mike Leigh and Jim Jarmusch, also condemns the attack by Israeli police on mourners at the funeral for Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh.
The project bringing Palestinian refugees back home
What does the right of return mean to Palestinians, 72 years since the Nakba? Tarek Bakri’s visual documentation project offers a glimpse.
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….
Another Phase of the Palestinian Nakba, With Israeli Court Approval
The Caterpillar D9 is a specific series of track-type tractor. A special Israeli license is required to drive such a bulldozer over a Palestinian home. The same is true for….