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Israel in US visa waiver program Rights groups denounce Israel’s entry into US visa waiver program 

Many have pointed to the continuing Israeli discrimination against Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims with regard to travel and called the US decision tantamount to an endorsement of Israeli policies

Khader Adnan Palestinian prisoners death Palestinian administrative detainee Khader Adnan dies while on hunger strike

Adnan was arrested and placed in administrative detention in February this year, soon after which he launched his hunger strike. He was on hunger strike for 87 days

Israel strikes in Gaza, Lebanon following rocket fire in response to Al-Aqsa violence

For the last four days, Israeli security forces have been invading the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and unleashing violence on Palestinian worshippers

Daily Round-up | Israeli forces kill Palestinian fighter, children in occupied West Bank & more

In this episode, we bring you stories of Israeli attacks on the West Bank, Turkish shelling inside Syria, protests by Indigenous people in Brazil, and an upcoming strike in the UK

UNSC talks on Gaza UN Security Council holds emergency meeting to discuss Gaza amid fragile truce 

Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland reported during the meeting that in three days, Israel had carried out 147 airstrikes which killed 46 Palestinians, including 16 children, and injured 360 more

Fatah celebrates its 57th foundation day amid Israeli threats

Fatah launched its first attack against Israeli occupation in Palestine on January 1, 1965 which marked the official beginning of Palestinian armed resistance.

Israel-BDS-south-africa Lawyers, activists file petition seeking revocation of Israel’s observer status at African Union

Israel was admitted to the African Union (AU) as an observer state in July this year, a decision that came as a shock to several member countries, given Israel’s sustained and ongoing repression of the Palestinian people

Recaptured Palestinian prisoner Zakaria Zubeidi admitted to hospital

Zubeidi, one of the six Palestinians who escaped Gilboa’s high-security Israeli prison last week and along with three others, was recaptured on Friday and Saturday. He was allegedly beaten and tortured by the Israeli security forces after being recaptured

Israel re-captures four of the six escaped Palestinian political prisoners amid mass protests

Palestinians across West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem organized protests on the third consecutive day on Friday demanding the end of “collective punishment” measures carried out by the Israeli authorities since the escape

Israeli academic institutions Academics ask EU to stop funding Israeli universities complicit in violations of international law

Signatories to the letter have urged the EU to extend its rules prohibiting granting of research funds to Israeli institutions in the occupied Palestinian territories to include those inside the state of Israel, calling them equally complicit “in Israel’s violations of Palestinian human rights”

UN Human Rights Council forms commission to probe rights violations in Palestine; Israel won’t cooperate

The commission will investigate violations of all humanitarian and human rights laws in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel over the past two months

Court declares anti-BDS law in State of Georgia unconstitutional

A district court delivered the judgement on a case filed by journalist Abby Martin who was not allowed to speak at an event at Georgia Southern University after she refused to sign an undertaking agreeing to distance herself from the BDS movement