Overnight Tuesday Israeli special forces killed two Palestinian men who were suspected of kidnapping and slaying three Israeli youths abducted in June while hitchhiking in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc of the West Bank. Amer Abu Aisha, 32, and Marwan Qawasmeh, 29, had evaded Israeli forces for over 100 days hiding out in their home city of Hebron no more than five miles from the site of where the remains of Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, 16, were discovered over the summer.

The recent decision of the Israeli Supreme Court of March 11, authorizing the purchase of…

The Herbawi Textile Factory in Hebron is the only producer of the original keffiyeh in all of Palestine. “The keffiyeh is a tradition of Palestine and it should be made in Palestine. We should be the ones making it,” says Izzat Herbawi.

Another sign that the wheels are coming off the cart. Years ago we learned that…

November 6, 2010, Samu’a, West Bank Another good day, as good days go in south…

Two weeks ago, Jeff Halper, the human rights activist, drove me south through the West…

Two days ago I visited the occupied Hebron area with Jeff Halper and Salim Shawamreh…

Every now and then in life, and maybe just when you want it, god throws down a thunderbolt. It happened to me on Friday in Hebron, in the Occupied Territories. A group of seven Israelis and I were sitting in…