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A Palestinian man inspects burnt scrap cars after an attack by Israeli settlers in the town of Huwwara in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 21, 2025. (Photo: Mohammed Nasser/APA Images)
Opinion

Why we shouldn’t call colonial Israeli settlers ‘terrorists’

By Inès Abdel Razek August 25, 2026 1

We need to collectively rethink describing Israeli settlers as “terrorists.” The label was designed to serve imperial interests, and it implies that settler violence is an aberration, not a systemic part of Zionist settler colonialism.

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Israeli forces move Palestinian shepherds off their land to make way for Jewish Israeli settlers to farm the land near the Israeli settlement of Maaon, just south of the Palestinian village of Yatta, in the southern West Bank, April 21, 2012. (Photo: Mamoun Wazwaz/APA Images)

Israel is exporting its West Bank land seizure model to colonize new territory in Syria, using 140 cattle to do it

By Hudda Mattar August 25, 2026 0

Israel’s use of so-called “shepherding outposts” to seize Palestinian land through settler herders is now being exported to Syria, as an Israeli settler, supported by the state, occupies Syrian pastureland in Wadi Toemm with a herd of 140 cattle.

Israeli forces prevent Palestinians from planting olive trees on their land on Palestinian Land Day in the village of Qusra, March 30, 2022. (Photo: APA Images)

Israel just took another major step towards West Bank annexation

By Qassam Muaddi August 24, 2026 2

As settlers besiege Palestinian families in Qusra, Israel’s government responds by handing settlement security to the police of hardline minister Ben-Gvir- a move seen to further entrench Israeli annexation of the West Bank.

April 2024 Golden Gate Bridge protest (Photo credit: Fran De Sena)

Power & Pushback: 7 protesters sentenced to jail over Golden Gate Bridge Gaza protest

By Michael Arria August 25, 2026 1

A San Francisco judge has sentenced seven pro-Palestinian activists to 30 days in county jail over a 2024 Gaza protest on the Golden Gate Bridge.

A Palestinian man inspects burnt scrap cars after an attack by Israeli settlers in the town of Huwwara in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 21, 2025. (Photo: Mohammed Nasser/APA Images)

Why we shouldn’t call colonial Israeli settlers ‘terrorists’

By Inès Abdel Razek August 25, 2026 1

We need to collectively rethink describing Israeli settlers as “terrorists.” The label was designed to serve imperial interests, and it implies that settler violence is an aberration, not a systemic part of Zionist settler colonialism.

Israeli forces move Palestinian shepherds off their land to make way for Jewish Israeli settlers to farm the land near the Israeli settlement of Maaon, just south of the Palestinian village of Yatta, in the southern West Bank, April 21, 2012. (Photo: Mamoun Wazwaz/APA Images)

Israel is exporting its West Bank land seizure model to colonize new territory in Syria, using 140 cattle to do it

By Hudda Mattar August 25, 2026 0

Israel’s use of so-called “shepherding outposts” to seize Palestinian land through settler herders is now being exported to Syria, as an Israeli settler, supported by the state, occupies Syrian pastureland in Wadi Toemm with a herd of 140 cattle.

Archive photo of Israeli forces at Kalandia Training Centre on July 27, 2026. (© July 2026 UNRWA Photo)

How Israel’s efforts to expel UNRWA from Jerusalem and crack down on West Bank refugee camps are connected

By Qassam Muaddi August 24, 2026 4

As Israeli forces move to take over remaining UNRWA facilities in Jerusalem, residents of Qalandia and Shufaat refugee camps fear the assault on the UN agency is linked to the ongoing Israeli military crackdown on the camps.

Israeli forces prevent Palestinians from planting olive trees on their land on Palestinian Land Day in the village of Qusra, March 30, 2022. (Photo: APA Images)

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As settlers besiege Palestinian families in Qusra, Israel’s government responds by handing settlement security to the police of hardline minister Ben-Gvir- a move seen to further entrench Israeli annexation of the West Bank.

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By James Ray August 22, 2026 5

The arrest and detention of Philadelphia resident Hussein Jabarin is one example of the broader escalation of violence Palestinians are facing across the occupied West Bank.

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Israel executes prominent ‘father of martyrs’ Fathi Khazem in his home in Jenin

By Shatha Hanaysha August 21, 2026 5

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April 2024 Golden Gate Bridge protest (Photo credit: Fran De Sena)

Power & Pushback: 7 protesters sentenced to jail over Golden Gate Bridge Gaza protest

By Michael Arria August 25, 2026 1

A San Francisco judge has sentenced seven pro-Palestinian activists to 30 days in county jail over a 2024 Gaza protest on the Golden Gate Bridge.

Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, attends the flag parade in Jerusalem, May 18, 2023. (Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa via ZUMA Press/ APA Images)

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By Hudda Mattar August 25, 2026 0

Israel’s use of so-called “shepherding outposts” to seize Palestinian land through settler herders is now being exported to Syria, as an Israeli settler, supported by the state, occupies Syrian pastureland in Wadi Toemm with a herd of 140 cattle.

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How Israel’s efforts to expel UNRWA from Jerusalem and crack down on West Bank refugee camps are connected

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Israel just took another major step towards West Bank annexation

By Qassam Muaddi August 24, 2026 2

As settlers besiege Palestinian families in Qusra, Israel’s government responds by handing settlement security to the police of hardline minister Ben-Gvir- a move seen to further entrench Israeli annexation of the West Bank.

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A Palestinian man inspects burnt scrap cars after an attack by Israeli settlers in the town of Huwwara in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 21, 2025. (Photo: Mohammed Nasser/APA Images)

Why we shouldn’t call colonial Israeli settlers ‘terrorists’

By Inès Abdel Razek August 25, 2026 1

We need to collectively rethink describing Israeli settlers as “terrorists.” The label was designed to serve imperial interests, and it implies that settler violence is an aberration, not a systemic part of Zionist settler colonialism.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on election day (Mamdani campaign Instagram)

The real reason Netanyahu added Mamdani to his ‘enemies list’

By Mitchell Plitnick August 23, 2026 8

Netanyahu’s campaign billboard lumps Zohran Mamdani with Iran and Hezbollah as an “enemy”, an admission that he’s losing America, and that no successor will fix Israel’s underlying apartheid problem.

Israeli soldiers patrolling Roman-era ruins in the Palestinian town of Sebastia, March 30, 2021. (Photo: Shadi Jarar'ah/APA Images)

An American citizen was abducted by Israeli forces. His release doesn’t mean the violence stopped.

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The arrest and detention of Philadelphia resident Hussein Jabarin is one example of the broader escalation of violence Palestinians are facing across the occupied West Bank.

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