The story of the Bedouin village Sa’wa in the Naqab is the story of Palestine, from the West Bank to Jerusalem and beyond. Palestinian homes are being demolished and Palestinian families are being expelled to make way for the Israeli settler population.
Activists in Haifa prevented a construction crew from beginning to destroy the Muslim cemetery in Balad a-Sheikh, but fears remain the bulldozers may return soon.
Adan Alhjooj tells the story of Sa’wa, a Naqab (Negev Desert) Bedouin village in southern Israel. Last week, Adan, along with people of all ages from her Naqab Bedouin community, protested against a resurgent Jewish National Fund (JNF) forestation campaign on Sa’wa’s land.
The struggle to save the al-Qassam cemetery in Haifa is one of the major issues that unites the Palestinian community. It is an effort to defend the community’s rights, and reconnect with its pre-Nakba past. The Palestinian community has succeeded so far to prevent its destruction. But now, facing new plans to build on the cemetery, the struggle is entering a new phase.
Prevented from traveling due to the coronavirus, Jewish Israelis flocked to Nazareth and Haifa this holiday season with many saying it was like “going abroad.” It is time for the Israeli public to face the fact that it is in the Middle East, and remove the barriers – both physical and mental – that keeps them from doing so.
Three Palestinian young people share the tremendous challenges they face due to the Israeli occupation.
UK Ambassador to Israel Neil Wigan rightfully apologized to Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar over accessibility issues at COP26, but he should also apologize to Palestinian citizens of Israel for his government’s lack of support.
Palestinian students are forced to leave the mixed Israeli city of Nof Hagalil to attend school in nearby Nazareth. Why? Because local schools refuse to accommodate Arab students, which reflects the vision of local leaders — a town devoid of an Arab population whatsoever.
The new two-state bill in the House promoted by progressive Congresspeople describes Israel as the “national home of the Jewish people.” This language is “unacceptable” to Palestinians, says Jafar Farah of the Mossawa Center in Haifa, because it prolongs discrimination embodied by the fact that Palestinians are not permitted to build a university in Nazareth over 40 years of demanding that right.
Leading Israeli human rights attorney Michael Sfard responds to South Africa’s Chief Rabbi Zeev Warren Goldstein, who recently argued that the term “apartheid” should only apply to South Africa.