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2 weeks ago
Black Lives Matter

Israeli forces launch deadly raids in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces have killed at least four Palestinians, including two minors, in raids in the West Bank.
Witnesses contradict Israeli forces' claim that a 13-year-old Palestinian boy shot fireworks at them, leading to his death.
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1 month ago
Black Lives Matter

Three people killed in shooting near Jerusalem

Palestinian gunmen open fire near Israeli checkpoint, causing casualties
Israeli police shoot two attackers, arrest one
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1 month ago
Black Lives Matter

Voices from the West Bank: 'They're forcing us into islands'

Palestinians living under occupation express their fears and frustrations
People from various professions share their experiences and emotions
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2 months ago
Black Lives Matter

Can't stop': US teen's family seeks elusive justice in West Bank killing

The US has been accused of failing to hold Israel accountable for the killings of its citizens, despite mounting pressure.
The family of Tawfiq Ajaq, who was fatally shot in the occupied West Bank, is seeking justice and calling on the US to put pressure on Israel.
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2 months ago
Black Lives Matter

Israel's rising use of drone strikes in the occupied West Bank

Increase in use of drone warfare in occupied West Bank
Calls for holding Israel accountable
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2 months ago
Black Lives Matter

Voices of the occupied West Bank: 'Any action is resistance'

Violence is escalating in the occupied West Bank as Israeli forces raid Palestinian towns and settlers increase attacks and harassment.
Israeli forces have killed 30 Palestinians in the West Bank in the first 15 days of 2022, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
moreBlack Lives Matter
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2 months ago
Black Lives Matter

US demands urgent' Israeli probe into Palestinian-American child's death

The United States is calling for an investigation into the killing of 17-year-old Tawfiq Ajaq in the occupied West Bank.
The US State Department is engaged with the Government of Israel to gather information on the incident and has offered condolences to Ajaq's family.
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2 months ago
Black Lives Matter

Palestinian-American teen one of hundreds killed by Israelis in West Bank

Palestinian-American teenager, Tawfiq Ajaq, was killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers in the occupied West Bank
His father, Hafez Ajaq, criticized the use of US tax dollars to support the violence
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2 months ago
Black Lives Matter

What might be the consequences of Israeli violence in occupied West Bank?

Violence has surged in the occupied West Bank since Israel launched its assault on Gaza last year
Last year was the worst on record for Israeli attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank
West Bank Palestinians have also carried out several attacks on Israelis
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2 months ago
Black Lives Matter

Israel's war on Gaza: List of key events, day 93

Israeli air raid kills six in Jenin, occupied West Bank.
Armed fighting breaks out in Nablus after Israeli forces storm the city.
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3 months ago
Black Lives Matter

Israeli military uses drones to kill Palestinians in West Bank's Tulkarem

Israeli forces killed at least five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank's Tulkarem in the last 24 hours.
Israeli military raids and settler attacks have intensified in the occupied West Bank since the Gaza war broke out on October 7.
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3 months ago
Black Lives Matter

Two young Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank

Israeli aggression in the occupied West Bank has increased since the start of the bombardment of Gaza.
The total number of Palestinian fatalities in the occupied territory this year is the highest in 18 years.
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3 months ago
Black Lives Matter

No end in sight as death toll rises in Gaza and Israel escalates attacks

Israeli armed forces intensify bombardment of Gaza Strip and carry out raids in occupied West Bank
Humanitarian aid efforts in Gaza near collapse
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3 months ago
Black Lives Matter

Massacres await': Palestinians in Nablus warn of deadly settler attacks

Palestinian villages south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank are facing severe settler violence
The recent attack in the village of Qusra resulted in the murder of two Palestinians during a funeral procession
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
World politics

No Charges for Israeli Soldiers in Death of Detained Palestinian American

Israeli military prosecutors will not pursue criminal charges against soldiers who detained and gagged a 78-year-old Palestinian American man and then left him unconscious in a building site shortly before he was pronounced dead.The Israeli Army announced on Tuesday that soldiers involved in the detention of the man, Omar Assad, 78, during an early-morning operation in January 2022 in a village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, would only face internal disciplinary measures.
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10 months ago
World politics

Israel Strikes Gaza Again, Saying It Is Targeting Islamic Jihad Rockets

The Israeli military carried out airstrikes in the Palestinian coastal enclave of Gaza on Wednesday, saying that it was hitting the rocket-launching infrastructure of the militant group Islamic Jihad.Sirens later sounded in southern Israel as the military said that rockets had been launched from Gaza.
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10 months ago
World politics

What Is Islamic Jihad and Why Is Israel Targeting It?

Palestinian Islamic Jihad, an armed group based in Gaza, was the target of Israeli airstrikes early Tuesday, and was at the center of a flare-up in violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip last summer.The second-largest Palestinian armed resistance group in Gaza, Islamic Jihad has often been eclipsed by the larger Hamas movement, which has controlled and governed Gaza since 2007.
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10 months ago
World politics

Israeli Airstrikes Kill at Least 3 Leaders of Palestinian Militant Group in Gaza

In a surprise attack early Tuesday, the Israeli military said it had struck Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza, killing at least three leaders of the Palestinian militant group, as both sides braced for a possible sharp escalation in cross-border violence.The airstrikes, which came a week after Islamic Jihad fired dozens of rockets at Israel, hit residential buildings across the Palestinian coastal territory.
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10 months ago
World politics

The 2 Israels: Court Crisis Is Front Line for Dueling Visions of a Nation's Future

Pasit Siach, a high school teacher, says she dreams of an Israel in which everyone ultra-Orthodox Jews, atheists and anyone in between feels able to lead a lifestyle of their choice.Pinchas Badush, an ultra-Orthodox rabbi, has a different vision, one in which public life shuts down on the Jewish sabbath, civil marriages are not recognized by the state and ultraconservative rabbis enforce a strict interpretation of kosher food regulations.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

The 2 Israels: Court Crisis Is Front Line for Dueling Visions of a Nation's Future

Pasit Siach, a high school teacher, says she dreams of an Israel in which everyone ultra-Orthodox Jews, atheists and anyone in between feels able to lead a lifestyle of their choice.Pinchas Badush, an ultra-Orthodox rabbi, has a different vision, one in which public life shuts down on the Jewish sabbath, civil marriages are not recognized by the state and ultraconservative rabbis enforce a strict interpretation of kosher food regulations.
Truthout
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

Human Rights Defenders Slam Israel's Planned West Bank Settlement Expansion

Netanyahu's government reportedly informed the U.S. of plans to build thousands of new Jewish-only settler homes.Member of the Knesset and leader of the far right Zionut Datit (Jewish Zionism) party, Bezalel Smotrich, visits the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah of the Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem on May 10, 2021, in Israel.Laurent Van Der Stockt / Getty Images Human rights defenders on Monday blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right apartheid government after it reportedly informed the Biden administration of plans to build thousands of new Jewish-only settler homes in the illegally occupied West Bank of Palestine.
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1 year ago
World politics

Israeli Parliament Votes to Deport Citizens Convicted of Terrorism

JERUSALEM The Israeli Parliament voted Wednesday to allow the deportation and revocation of citizenship and residence permits of people jailed for terrorism who also receive financial reward for their violence.Though the legislation does not target Palestinians by name, it permits the deportation of citizens and residents who receive money from the Palestinian Authority, the semiautonomous body that administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Biden congratulates Israel's Netanyahu in phone call

US president underscored his unwavering support for Israeli security' in call with incoming PM, White House says.US President Joe Biden has congratulated Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on his election victory as the incoming Israeli prime minister gears up to form one of the most right-wing governments in the country's history.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

Your Friday Briefing

Speaking from Moscow, Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, said Russia had gained control of the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol, even as fighting continued.
Truthout
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

PayPal Upholds Its Discriminatory Ban on Palestinians Amid Pressure Campaign

Israeli settlers in the West Bank have access to PayPal, but their Palestinian neighbors are barred from the service.PayPal President & CEO Dan Schulman speaks on stage at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta on December 13, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.Derek White / Getty Images for Operation HOPE, Inc. PayPal has upheld its ban on Palestinians living in the occupied territories.
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1 year ago
Left-wing politics

US, Israel to commit to stopping Iran nuclear ambitions

US President Biden and Israeli PM Lapid expected to sign joint declaration during meeting in Jerusalem.
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1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Reorient not rupture': Biden defends Saudi visit in column

The US president writes in The Washington Post his visit will keep the US strong and secure' and that human rights is on agenda.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Palestine's Wheat Reserves Could Soon Run Out Amid Ukraine War, Oxfam Warns

The humanitarian group Oxfam International warned Monday that wheat flour reserves in the occupied Palestinian territories could run out within the next three weeks as Russia's assault on Ukraine continues, pushing prices to all-time highs and throwing the global grain market into chaos.
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10 months ago
World politics

Netanyahu Budget Shores Up Coalition, but May Risk His Economic Legacy

For decades, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has been a champion of free-market economic doctrine.As finance minister 20 years ago, Mr. Netanyahu was praised by Milton Friedman, the godfather of neoliberal economics, as he cut welfare payments, curbed government spending, sped up privatization and promoted the country's feted tech industry.
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10 months ago
World politics

Rockets Sent Israelis Running From the Beach. A Rare Seal Brought Them Back.

Yulia the endangered seal did not seem phased by the rockets from Gaza, let alone the missiles heading in the opposite direction.About six feet long and two decades old, Yulia heaved herself last Friday onto a sandy beach in Jaffa, an ancient city immediately south of Tel Aviv.It was the fourth of five days of fighting between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants in Gaza.
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1 year ago
World politics

As Netanyahu Nears Power, the Far Right Wants to Oversee the Army

KEDUMIM, West Bank  As Benjamin Netanyahu attempts to form a new government in Israel, one likely member of his cabinet has drawn particular concern in Washington and in Israeli security circles: Bezalel Smotrich, a far-right lawyer angling to lead Israel's powerful Defense Ministry.Mr. Smotrich, 42, is a former settler activist with a history of hard-line positions, including support for segregation in Israeli maternity wards; governing Israel according to the laws of the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible; and backing Jewish property developers who won't sell to Arabs.
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1 year ago
World politics

Netanyahu Extends Lead, but Fate of Minor Parties Gives Opponents Hope

JERUSALEM  Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's opposition leader, extended his lead on Wednesday morning in Israel's fifth election since 2019, but the final result remained unclear because of the uncertain fate of three small parties that could block him from power.With roughly two thirds of the vote counted, Israel's three main broadcasters projected that Mr. Netanyahu's party, Likud, would finish first and that his right-wing bloc was likely to be able to form a majority in Parliament.
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1 year ago
World politics

Why Does Israel Keep Having Elections?

Israel keeps returning to the polls primarily because voters remain evenly split on the question of whether Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving Israeli prime minister, is fit to run the country while standing trial on corruption charges.Mr. Netanyahu was placed under investigation in 2016, on charges related to bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Israel Heads for 5th Election in 3 Years After Government Collapses, Officials Say

JERUSALEM - Israel's governing coalition will vote to dissolve Parliament within the next week, bringing down the government and sending the country to a fifth election in three years, the prime minister's office and two coalition officials said on Monday.
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10 months ago
Media industry

We must do more to protect journalists globally

Over the past year, imprisonment of journalists and violence against media professionals have spiked.In every corner of the world, journalists are intimidated and locked up at distressing rates and far too many are killed just for doing their jobs.On this World Press Freedom Day, there is much to be concerned about given the threats that journalists are facing daily.
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10 months ago
Media industry

Map: What is the state of press freedom in the world today?

To mark World Press Freedom Day, Al Jazeera looks at where the media is most restricted around the globe.Every year on May 3, UNESCO commemorates World Press Freedom Day.To mark 30 years since the United Nations General Assembly designated the day, a special event will be held at the UN headquarters in New York.
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10 months ago
World politics

Palestinian Detainee Dies in Israeli Prison After Hunger Strike

Khader Adnan, a Palestinian prisoner who had been on a hunger strike in an Israeli prison for 87 days to protest his detention, died early Tuesday, according to his lawyer and Palestinian and Israeli officials.It was Mr. Adnan, 44, who helped usher in the practice of individual hunger strikes by Palestinian prisoners, conducting a 66-day strike in 2011 that inspired others to use it as a means of protesting Israel's incarceration of Palestinians, especially the practice of administrative detention.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Education

Palestinian teachers' strike grows, reflecting deep crisis

An empty classroom is seen in a school in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, March.28, 2023.Palestinian public schools across the occupied West Bank have been shuttered since Feb. 5, in one of the longest teachers' strikes in recent memory against the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority.(APPhoto/Mahmoud Illean)AL-AZZA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank - In schools across the world, children are halfway into their second semester.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Jewish New Yorkers Rally at Schumer's Home to End US Military Funding to Israel

Schumer visited Israel where he pledged the U.S. Senate's "fullest support" as the Netanyahu government faces backlash.Jewish New Yorkers protest the U.S. government's military support for Israel on March 5, 2023 in Brooklyn, NY.Beth Miller / Twitter Hundreds of Jewish New Yorkers rallied and marched on the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday to protest his embrace of far-right Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid growing violence against Palestinians - violence that demonstrators said is enabled by the U.S. government's unwavering military and diplomatic support.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

New Film Exposes Israel's Cover-Up, US Response to Shireen Abu Akleh's Murder

"We want there to be accountability.We want there to be justice," Shireen's niece Lina Abu Akleh says.More than six months since the Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed while reporting in the occupied West Bank, "there is still no accountability in what happened," says journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous.
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1 year ago
World politics

Two Explosions in Jerusalem Kill 1 and Wound at Least 13

JERUSALEM  Two blasts in Jerusalem killed one person and injured at least 13 others during the morning rush hour on Wednesday, in what were suspected to be the first bomb attacks on Israeli civilians in more than six years.The police said that the first explosion occurred at a bus stop in northwest Jerusalem at 7:05 a.m., killing one and injuring 10 others.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Israel Searches for Assailants Who Killed 3 People in Stabbing Rampage

TEL AVIV - Israeli forces were conducting a large-scale hunt on Friday for two Palestinians suspected of killing three Israelis in a stabbing rampage.
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1 year ago
Europe news

Russia-Ukraine war exposed human rights double standards'

Amnesty International publishes annual report highlighting the state of human rights in more than 150 countries.The invasion of Ukraine has exposed the double standards of human rights internationally, a new Amnesty International report has said, with the West adopting a tough response to Russia's war of aggression while also maintaining a deafening silence on rights abuses around the world.
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1 year ago
Europe news

Nearly 1,700 journalists killed over past 20 years: RSF

A Reporters Without Borders report says the last two decades have been especially deadly' for journalists.Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).The two decades between 2003 and 2022 were especially deadly decades for those in the service of the right to inform, said the Paris-based media rights campaigners.
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1 year ago
World politics

Israel's Government Speeds Judicial Overhaul Despite Defense Minister's Plea

Israel's far-right governing coalition sped up its efforts on Sunday to enact the first part of its contentious judicial overhaul, despite a plea from the country's defense minister to delay the bill because the turmoil caused by the plan had threatened the country's national security.In chaotic scenes in Parliament, lawmakers raced to finalize the text of a proposed law that the coalition hopes to present for a final vote early this week.
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1 year ago
Europe news

European allies condemn Israel's plan to build more housing units in the West Bank

A picture taken from the Palestinian village of Aqraba shows the Israeli settlement outpost of Gevat Arnon, near Nablus city in the southern occupied West Bank.Jaafar Ashitiyeh/AFP via Getty Images In a rare move, key European allies France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom joined the U.S. on Tuesday in condemning Israel's plans to build 10,000 more housing units in existing settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Human Rights Groups Condemn Settler Pogrom Against Palestinians in West Bank

Ammar Demadi stands in his burned house the day after settlers set houses and cars on fire in the village of Hawara, Palestine, on February 26, 2023.Amir Levy / Getty Images Israeli settlers tore through the occupied West Bank on Sunday, violently attacking Palestinians and setting fire to their cars, houses, and businesses in what one rights group called a "pogrom" sanctioned by the far-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

Mass Protests Over Government's Court Plans Sweep Israel

A new wave of mass demonstrations against a government plan to limit judicial independence swept across Israel on Thursday, with protesters restricting road access to the country's main airport hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was scheduled to fly to Italy later in the day.Thousands of demonstrators, some of them in a convoy of tractors, disrupted traffic in several cities, and others sailed a flotilla of boats through a maritime shipping lane near a major port.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Hours After Killing Palestinians in Refugee Camp Raid, Israeli Forces Bomb Gaza

Friday's attack on Gaza could be the first of many to come, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant suggested.Fire and smoke rise above buildings in Gaza City as Israel launches airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave early on January 27, 2023.Mahmud Hams / AFP via Getty Images Israeli forces launched their latest bombing campaign in the occupied Gaza Strip early Friday morning just hours after killing at least nine Palestinians in a raid on a West Bank refugee camp - resulting in the deadliest single day in the besieged territory in more than a year.
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1 year ago
Law

Israel says that DOJ is investigating journalist Shireen Abu Akleh's killing

Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial, at the site where Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin in May.Majdi Mohammed/AP JERUSALEM  The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Israel confirmed Monday, condemning the probe as a "grave mistake" and vowing not to cooperate.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

Israel Says It Killed a Bomber Who Probably Entered From Lebanon

Israeli security forces said on Wednesday that they had shot dead a man they accused of planting a bomb in northern Israel after he had probably infiltrated the country from southern Lebanon, in one of the most unusual security incidents along the border in years.The military did not reveal details about the man killed but said that they were investigating whether he had been connected to Hezbollah, an Islamist militia and political movement that has long fought Israel and has a stronghold in southern Lebanon.
Independent
1 year ago
Environment

Israel and Jordan agree to team up to save Jordan River

Israel and Jordan have signed a declaration of intent at the UN climate conference to conserve and protect their shared Jordan River - a sacred waterway nearly running dry because of climate change, pollution and other threats.he agreement, struck at the Cop27 summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, marks an important initial step in co-operation.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Environment

Israel and Jordan agree to team up to save Jordan River

FILE - A cow crosses the Jordan River near Kibbutz Karkom in northern Israel on Saturday, July 30, 2022.Israel and Jordan have signed a declaration of intent, Thursday, Nov. 17 at the U.N. climate conference to conserve and protect their shared Jordan River - a sacred waterway nearly running dry because of climate change, pollution and other threats.
Towleroad Gay News
1 year ago
Marketing

Analysis-Ben & Jerry's Unilever Fight Shows Risks Of Ceding Control - Towleroad Gay News

By Richa Naidu and Ross Kerber
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Three people killed and at least four injured in attack in Israeli town of Elad

Three people have been killed and at least four more injured in the central Israeli town of Elad, in the latest in a spate of street attacks that have sent tensions soaring in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in recent weeks.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Israel independence day overflight decried by Palestinians and left

Plans to include an overflight of Hebron in the occupied West Bank in Israel's annual independence day airshow have been met with angry responses from Palestinians and leftwing Israelis.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

Israel approves law to strip Arab attackers of citizenship

Israel's parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a law to strip Arabs convicted in nationalistic attacks of their Israeli citizenship or residency and deport them if they have accepted stipends from the Palestinian Authority.The decision, which could potentially affect hundreds of Palestinian citizens and residents of Israel, was condemned as racist by Arab lawmakers as well as Palestinian officials in the occupied West Bank.
www.dw.com
1 year ago
Germany news

Yad Vashem memorial chairman flags surge in antisemitism DW 01/18/2023

"Antisemitism, unfortunately, is thriving again in the world," says Dani Dayan.For the past year and a half, the 67-year-old has been chairman of Yad Vashem, the world's most important Holocaust memorial, located on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem.The growing hatred of Jews worldwide, Dayan told DW's Rebecca Ritters, is what prompts him to warn every world leader who visits Yad Vashem, "When you see antisemitism, act immediately, don't wait.
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1 year ago
Germany news

'When you see antisemitism, act immediately' DW 01/18/2023

"Antisemitism, unfortunately, is thriving again in the world," says Dani Dayan.For the past year and a half, the 67-year-old has been chairman of Yad Vashem, the world's most important Holocaust memorial, located on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem.The growing hatred of Jews worldwide, Dayan told DW's Rebecca Ritters, is what prompts him to warn every world leader who visits Yad Vashem, "When you see antisemitism, act immediately, don't wait.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

At Least 5 Killed in Attack in East Jerusalem

At least five people were shot dead at a synagogue in East Jerusalem on Friday night in the deadliest attack in the city in several years.The Israeli police said that a gunman started firing at about 8:15 p.m. at people at a building used as a synagogue in Neve Yakov, an Israeli settlement in the northern tip of East Jerusalem.
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1 year ago
World politics

A Christmas Tree Brings Life to a Destroyed Palestinian Village

Amid the limestone ruins of homes in a village razed by Israeli forces long ago, a Christmas tree adorned with red and gold baubles went up on a recent evening, watched by a crowd of former residents and their descendants.Shahnaz Doukhy, 44, her husband and two sons were among about 60 people who attended the tree lighting in the shadow of a roughly 200-year-old church, the only structure left standing after soldiers destroyed the Palestinian Christian village during Christmas 1951.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Education

Israeli forces demolish Palestinian school in Masafer Yatta

The school served 22 students from four different villages in the southern occupied West Bank region, where Palestinian residents face forcible displacement.Ramallah, occupied West Bank  Israeli forces have demolished a recently-built Palestinian primary school in the Masafer Yatta region of the southern occupied West Bank, where residents are facing the ongoing threat of forced displacement.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

21 Killed in Fast-Moving Gaza House Fire

JERUSALEM  A festive family gathering in the Gaza Strip celebrating a birthday and a graduation turned deadly on Thursday night, when a fire broke out and engulfed a multistory building, killing all 21 people at the party, an official said.The blaze, in the northern Gaza neighborhood of Jabaliya, was one of the deadliest episodes in Gaza in recent memory beyond the violence from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Soccer (FIFA)

FIFA announces Tel Aviv-Doha charter flights for Qatar World Cup

Qatar says flight arrangement adheres to FIFA's hosting rules but insists its stance on normalising ties with Israel remains unchanged.FIFA announced on Thursday the operation of direct charter flights between Tel Aviv and Doha during the upcoming football World Cup, with Qatar stressing that its stance on normalising relations with Israel, with whom it does not have diplomatic relations, remains unchanged.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

Israel's Election: 5 Takeaways

JERUSALEM  The results of Israel's fifth election since 2019 may not be confirmed until Friday, but the vote already demonstrates profound political and social shifts in Israel.Should the current results stand, Mr. Netanyahu will re-enter office at the helm of one of the most right-wing governments in Israeli history.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

Netanyahu Holds Slight Lead in Israeli Election, Exit Polls Show

JERUSALEM  Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing alliance may have won a narrow lead in Israel's fifth election in less than four years, exit polls suggested on Tuesday night, giving him a chance of returning to power at the helm of one of the most right-wing governments in Israeli history.Three broadcasters' exit polls indicated that Mr. Netanyahu's party, Likud, would finish first and that his right-wing bloc was likely to be able to form a narrow majority in Parliament.
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1 year ago
World politics

3 Palestinians Killed in Shootout With Israeli Forces, Palestinians Say

RAMALLAH, West Bank  Three Palestinians were killed during a firefight with Israeli security forces who had entered a flash point city in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said.One of the men who died was unarmed, according to Palestinian health and security officials, who said several Palestinian gunmen were also wounded.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

A Deadly Shooting at an Israeli Checkpoint Sets Jerusalem on Edge

Surging violence claimed the lives of four Palestinians and an Israeli soldier over the weekend, raising tensions on the eve of a Jewish holiday.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

4 Palestinians Killed in West Bank During Israeli Raid

The militants were among more than 90 Palestinians and two Israeli security officials killed in the territory in 2022, as violence continues to surge.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Killing of Young Gunman Highlights Shifts in Fast-Changing West Bank

The life of Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, the son of a Palestinian security official, reflects some of the dynamics at play as leaders jockey to succeed Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Air War Between Gaza Militants and Israel Enters Second Day

Israeli-Palestinian Tensions
No cease-fire appeared imminent, despite early mediation efforts by international actors, including the United Nations.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Israel Hits Gaza, Prompting Rocket Barrage and Ending Relative Calm

In by far the biggest escalation of violence in Gaza since the end of a war in May 2021, Israeli airstrikes killed a militant leader and at least nine others, according to Palestinian officials.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

A New Palestinian Leader Rises in the West Bank. He's Very Unpopular.

Hussein al-Sheikh is considered a possible successor to Mahmoud Abbas, 87, the Palestinian Authority president.But as a liaison to Israel, some critics call him a "spokesman of the occupation."
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Israel's New Prime Minister, Yair Lapid, Played the Long Game to Power

Israeli Government Collapses
Once mocked for his inexperience and perceived arrogance, Israel's caretaker premier taught voters a lesson in political maturity and humility.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Unilever Sells Ben & Jerry's Business in Israel, Defusing Dispute

Ben & Jerry's, the American ice cream maker owned by Unilever, angered many Israelis last year when it pledged to discontinue sales in the occupied West Bank.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

'Cold-blooded' killing and funeral chaos leave West Bank in turmoil

Nahed Araf Imran and her husband Jamal were exhausted but excited on Wednesday morning: Nahed was in labour with their third child at a local hospital in Nablus, in the north of the occupied West Bank.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Shireen Abu Akleh killing: 'She was the voice of events in Palestine'

hireen Abu Akleh, the Al Jazeera correspondent who has been shot and killed in Jenin in the West Bank, was a veteran observer of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, renowned across the Arab world as an authoritative voice on the region's most contested story.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Israeli and Palestinian killed in separate West Bank shootings

Palestinian gunmen killed an Israeli guard at the entrance to a settlement in the occupied West Bank and Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in clashes nearby, officials said on Saturday.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Palestinian man stabs Israeli police officer and is shot dead in Ashkelon

A Palestinian man stabbed a police officer with a kitchen knife and was shot dead in the Israeli port city of Ashkelon.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Israeli troops raid town of Palestinian gunman who killed three in Tel Aviv

Israeli troops on Saturday raided the home town of a Palestinian who carried out a deadly shooting in Tel Aviv, causing a gun battle in the occupied West Bank that left at least one Palestinian militant dead, according to Israeli and Palestinian accounts.
the Guardian
2 years ago
World news

Israel: at least five dead in Tel Aviv shooting

Israeli paramedics have said at least five people were killed in a shooting attack in a Tel Aviv suburb.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Al Jazeera Journalist Is Killed During Clashes in West Bank

JERUSALEM - A journalist for Al Jazeera was fatally shot in the West Bank city of Jenin early Wednesday during clashes between Israeli military forces and Palestinian gunmen, the news organization and the Palestinian health minister said.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Israel Captures 2 Palestinian Suspects Linked to Deadly Ax Attack

JERUSALEM - Israeli security forces captured two Palestinians on Sunday who were suspected of perpetrating an ax attack that killed three Israeli Jews in the central town of Elad on Thursday night.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Live Updates: 3 People Reported Killed in Attack in Israel

The surge in terrorist attacks in Israel, the deadliest wave of violence since 2016, has been framed by Palestinian parties and militant groups as a logical consequence of the entrenchment of Israel's 55-year occupation of the West Bank, of Israel's control over sensitive religious sites in Jerusalem, and of the dwindling commitment from some key Arab leaders to the creation of a Palestinian state.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Rare Overlap of Holy Days Shows Jerusalem's Promise and Problems

In its Old City, a Christian, a Jew and a Muslim marked Easter, Passover and Ramadan.To some, it's a "symphony."To others, a reminder of division.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Israeli Police Stop Muslim Worshipers From Entering Holy Site

JERUSALEM - Israeli police stopped Muslim worshipers from entering the Aqsa Mosque compound early Sunday morning and brief clashes broke out in nearby side streets, two days after violence erupted at the holy site.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

'We're Exhausted': Palestinians Decry Israeli Raids as Collective Punishment

At least 14 Palestinians have been killed in a widespread Israeli military operation in the West Bank, launched in response to a string of attacks in Israel that killed 14 people.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Israeli-Palestinian Clashes Erupt in Jerusalem as Holidays Converge

JERUSALEM - Clashes between Israeli riot police and Palestinians erupted at one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem early on Friday, the first day of a rare convergence of Ramadan, Passover and Easter, culminating weeks of escalating violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank.
Nytimes
2 years ago
World politics

Palestinians Threatened With Eviction Can Stay in Their Homes - for Now

Israel's high court stayed the eviction of four Palestinian families from their East Jerusalem homes.The eviction threat had stoked tensions that led to war in Gaza.
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