The ICJ’s ruling that international law protects the rights of Palestinians, and they need not negotiate with their oppressors for those rights, dealt a definitive blow to decades of Western efforts to situate Israel outside the reach of the law.
The story of a family whose house is demolished doesn’t end after the demolition is reported but only starts. As a Palestinian journalist, my job is to tell their whole story.
Pro-Israel prosecutor Wesley Bell defeated incumbent Cori Bush in Missouri’s 1st District primary. He got $9 million worth of help from AIPAC.
On August 4, the Israeli army bombed a group of tents inside the compound of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, killing three people. The bombing caused a number of tents to catch on fire, resulting in the injury of dozens of displaced civilians.
Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate for November. Walz was chosen over Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro, who had been criticized for his attacks on pro-Palestinian student protesters.
Israel has claimed that it is fighting “human animals” in Gaza. But now, Israeli society’s own monstrous sadism, deriving from a deep hate of Palestinians, is on display for the rest of the world to see.
Since October 7 Israel’s crackdown on the West Bank town of Tulkarem has intensified. Raids are almost daily, have been more destructive and lethal, and have transformed the lives of more than 8,000 Palestinians living in the city’s refugee camps.
A growing international coalition is fighting to prevent vessels carrying military fuel to Israel from docking in the Mediterranean Sea.
As Israel awaits Iran’s and Hezbollah’s responses to assassinations carried out last week, Israeli forces bombed three shelters in Gaza, killing 47 Palestinians, and escalated attacks in the northern West Bank, killing 12.