Jenin refugee camp has been turned into a “liberated area” by armed resistance factions. Now the resistance hopes the Jenin model will spread to other parts of the West Bank.
As part of our monthly poetry series BEIT, Mosab Abu Toha reflects on the legacy of the Palestinian harvest.
Musab Nofal is the 197th Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces this year. His death comes amid rising settler attacks in the West Bank and the continuation of Operation Break the Wave.
Israel declares victory in Nablus, but where it has assassinated armed resistance members it has failed to eliminate resistance.
Nadim Bawalsa’s new book helps us rethink the right of return to encompass Palestinians who were prevented from returning to their homes by the British Mandate’s policies, well before the Nakba. In doing so, the book adds a new layer to our understanding of Palestinian dispossession, which began long before 1948.
This week Israel held national elections for the fifth time in three years. Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party was triumphant and will forming the next government with the help of the real winners of this latest round – the messianic, fascist Religious Zionist Party that electrified the electorate, and is terrifying Israel’s supporters in the United States.
After initial statements of concern about the inclusion of the racist/fascistic Religious Zionism party in Israel’s next government, the Israel lobby has congratulated Netanyahu on his inevitable return to power and rationalized the presence of the ultra-right wing faction personified by Itamar Ben-Gvir. Separating Ben-Gvir from the Israeli government and doing business as usual will be a “huge achievement” for Israel, says David Makovsky.
The New York Times’ Thomas Friedman condemns the incoming Israeli government, with “outright racist, anti-Arab Jewish extremists” set to become cabinet ministers.
H.R. 2590 is a critical piece of legislation that will hold the government of Israel accountable for the abuse and cruel treatment of Palestinian children by Israeli military forces.