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UK Labour Party votes for motion calling Israel an apartheid state
The UK Labour Party Conference has today voted in favour of a motion to identify Israel as a state practicing the crime of apartheid, making it the first major political….
Legal victory against the European Commission paves the way to stop trade with illegal settlements
On 8 September 2021 the European Commission registered a European Citizens Initiative (ECI) that calls to end trade with illegal settlements in occupied territories such as Palestine and Western Sahara…..
Textbook hypocrisy: EU’s new low point on Palestine
Unlike the US-funded study, which compared both Israeli and Palestinian textbooks (and found broadly similar levels of bias on both sides), the EU set out to examine schoolbooks on the Palestinian side only.
When the Shin Bet Chief Warned That Educated Arabs Are a ‘Problem’ for Israel
Extraordinary declassified documents reveal the reasons cited by Israel’s top security officials for repressing the country’s Arab minority
Times 100 Most Influential People of 2021 : Muna El-Kurd and Mohammed El-Kurd
Through online posts and media appearances, sibling activists Mohammed and Muna El-Kurd provided the world with a window into living under occupation in East Jerusalem this spring—helping to prompt an international….
Dispelling Israeli myths about Palestinian prisoners
The Israeli media often claims Palestinian political prisoners are treated to ‘five-star’ treatment. In reality, they face some of the worst conditions in the West.
Zionism has no space for an Arab Jew like me
The State of Israel conditioned us to see the intersection of ‘Jewish’ and ‘Arab’ as impossible — even though my family held that identity for generations.
The Palestinian city that mimics its colonizers
The West Bank city of Rawabi illustrates how Palestinian capitalists are trying — and failing — to form a middle class by mirroring Israel’s neoliberal policies.
Palestine: First woman elected as head of Engineers Association
Nadia Habash has been celebrated for preserving historical buildings and was named among the 50 most influential architects in the Middle East