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Pandemic lays bare Israel’s systemic racism
As I sit in my house in Haifa, quarantined, like others around the world, I cannot help but recall a previous experience under Israeli-imposed curfew. Eighteen years ago, during March….
Clamping down on refugees will not save Lebanon from the pandemic
Palestinian and Syrian refugees need adequate testing and healthcare, not more restrictions on their movement.
Israeli Apartheid Undermines Palestinian Right to Health Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
This year we mark World Health Day as the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to sweep across the globe, disproportionately impacting those subjected to situations of institutionalised oppression, discrimination, and….
Structural violence in the era of a new pandemic: the case of the Gaza Strip
By David Mills, Bram Wispelwey, Rania Muhareb and Mads Gilbert,
published in The Lancet on 27th March 2020.
Jerusalem Minister: “I Was Forced To Wear A Dirty Mask, With Signs Of Dried Blood On It”
Shortly after his release from the al-Maskobiyya interrogation facility in occupied Jerusalem, the Palestinian Government Minister of Jerusalem, Fadi al-Hadmi, said that the soldiers violently searched his home, and used….
Israel Links Coronavirus Aid for Gaza to Recovering Soldiers
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel on Wednesday linked any assistance it might offer for the Gaza Strip’s efforts against coronavirus to progress in its attempt to recover two Israeli soldiers lost….
‘Our Hearts Are Dying’: The Palestinian Doctor at the Epicenter of Italy’s Coronavirus Catastrophe
Anesthesiologist Talal Soufan is on the front line against the pandemic in the world’s hardest hit region, and has an urgent message for his compatriots back home in the West Bank
During the Coronavirus crisis, Israel confiscates tents designated for clinic in the Northern West Bank
This morning, Thursday, 26 March 2020, at around 7:30 am, officials from Israel’s Civil Administration in the West Bank arrived with a military jeep escort, a bulldozer and two flatbed….
Microsoft sells stake in Israeli facial recognition company
Microsoft’s venture capital arm, M12, invested in AnyVision as part of a $74 million funding round in June 2019.