West Bank on the brink as Israel and Palestinian Authority attempt to crush resistance
Israeli officials threatened to turn the occupied West Bank into another Gaza as the first week of 2025 marked an escalation in resistance operations in retaliation for the non-stop Israeli crimes against Palestinians.
Palestinian Authority security forces kill female journalist in Jenin
Shatha al-Sabbagh was shot in the head by a sniper a day after interviewing victims of the Palestinian Authority’s security campaign in the Jenin refugee camp.
In collaboration with the US, Israel, Palestinian Authority escalates crackdown on resistance in West Bank
Former Palestinian prisoner Mr. Omar Assaf told Peoples Dispatch that by cracking down on resistance in the West Bank, the PA is believed to be entreating Israel and the US to appoint it to rule post-war Gaza.
Hamas announces first official death toll of Israeli captives in Gaza as ceasefire talks resume in Egypt
Pressure has been exerted by different actors to subjugate Hamas and push it towards accepting a compromising deal which would undermine resistance in the Gaza Strip.
After 13 years, Palestine renews attempts to become full member of the UN
Though 140 out of 193 UN members already recognize Palestinian statehood, it will depend on the UNSC to finally decide the fate of Palestinian membership bid
La asfixiante ocupación de Palestina ahora es una serie de crímenes de guerra
Israel ha violado flagrantemente el derecho internacional humanitario en las últimas tres semanas de bombardeos incesantes sobre Gaza, todo ello con el respaldo político y financiero de Estados Unidos.
The suffocating occupation of Palestine is now a series of war crimes
Israel has grossly violated international humanitarian law in the last 3 weeks of incessant bombing of Gaza, all with the political and financial backing of the US
2023 is already the deadliest year on record for Palestinians in occupied West Bank, says UN envoy
The UN’s Middle East envoy, Tor Wennesland, said over 200 Palestinians have been killed in the Occupied West Bank this year. He blamed “unilateral acts” by Israel, including increased settlement expansion, demolition of Palestinian homes and other structures, and settler violence
The proposed law will allow illegal settlers to rebuild and re-occupy settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled in 2005 as a part of Israel’s so-called unilateral Disengagement plan
Israeli bill advocating death sentence in ‘terror’ cases passes first reading in Knesset
The bill mandates the death penalty in cases where an Israeli citizen is killed in a ‘terrorist act’ by a Palestinian, but will not apply to an Israeli citizen committing the same crime against a Palestinian. Israel classifies resistance acts against its occupation as terrorism
Alumni, students condemn Harvard Kennedy School’s denial of fellowship to former HRW chief Kenneth Roth
Former Human Rights Watch head Kenneth Roth was initially was offered a position at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. The offer was the withdrawn, reportedly due to the HRW’s “anti-Israel bias” and his social media posts critical of Israel
Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir storms Al-Aqsa mosque compound
Ben-Gvir, who has stormed the mosque compound several times in the past, ignored warnings from both his colleagues in the Israeli parliament and Palestinians who called it an act of provocation
- Farmers in Pakistan mobilize to demand fair prices and agrarian reform
- Moroccan dockworkers call for boycott of Maersk’s arms shipment to Israel
- Trump’s immigration authorities arrest US citizen
- Health systems in Europe are running on overtime
- Jordan says it foiled plot that threatened national security
