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Palestinians awoke to bulldozers. Their village was destroyed by noon
Within hours, Israeli forces demolished homes, wells, and even caves in the West Bank hamlet of Khilet al-Dabe’, leaving families with nowhere to shelter.
Israel claims to care about Palestinian students — so it shuts down their schools
The Education Ministry ordered UNRWA-run schools in East Jerusalem to close, citing ‘student welfare.’ 800 may lose their classrooms this month.
Knesset Debate Reveals Not Everyone Thinks Starving Gazan Children Is a Bad Thing
A seemingly trivial remark from an Israeli doctor was met with a barrage of fervor from MKs. ‘I’m not sure you’re speaking for us when you say we want to treat every child and every woman,’ said one
‘We’ve killed so many children — it’s hard to argue with that’
Since March, hundreds of Israelis have joined silent vigils for slain Gazan children, holding up their photos to try to break through the wall of apathy.
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says EU’s former top diplomat
Josep Borrell also criticises EU response to what he calls largest ethnic cleansing operation since second world war
UN Special Committee on Israeli practices in occupied territories warns of a second Nakba
AMMAN – “Israel continues to inflict unimaginable suffering on the people living under its occupation, whilst rapidly expanding confiscation of land as part of its wider colonial aspirations. What we are witnessing could very well be another Nakba”, warned a UN Special Committee* as it concluded its annual field mission to Amman.
UNRWA Commissioner-General on East Jerusalem: An assault on children. An assault on education
From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)
Yoliswa Dwane Lecture: the war on Palestinian children
“A nuclear power considers a sick baby to be a security concern.”
Israeli-born legal scholar Dr Noam Peleg gave this year’s Yoliswa Dwane Lecture on 6 May. The annual lecture is hosted by Equal Education and UCT’s Centre for Law and Society, in memory of activist and Equal Education co-founder Yoliswa Dwane who died of cancer in 2022. This is a lightly edited and slightly shortened transcript of the lecture.
I’m an Israeli professor. Why is my work in Harvard’s antisemitism report?
Harvard is conflating Jewish identity with political loyalty to Israel. That’s a dangerous mistake