Diana Abu Daraz and her 1-year-old daughter, Siwar, were killed in an Israeli strike on the Mawasi “safe zone” in Khan Younis. Survivors say the Israeli army didn’t wait after giving them notice of the strike, dropping bombs on the tent city.
Israel is stoking a financial crisis in the West Bank by withholding funds from the PA. Among the sectors most affected is education, where teachers’ salaries have been cut, and classes have been shuttered. The impacts might last a generation.
Hebron’s Palestinian municipality held planning authority over the city for nearly 30 years. Israel revoked it this month, then swiftly approved a yeshiva in the Old City — redrawing who controls the city’s land and future.
Mamdani-backed candidates swept New York City’s Democratic primaries. What do these wins tell us about Palestine’s place in the Democratic Party, and will they help shape the upcoming primaries?
The American order that gave Israel stability now constrains Israel’s expansion. In response, Israel is dismantling U.S. hegemony in the region, turning allies Turkey and Egypt into enemies, and working to end the U.S.’s ability to restrain it.
In a UK first, a judge sentenced four Palestine Action activists to terrorism charges for a direct action protest against an Elbit Systems factory. The move sparks fears the ruling could set a dangerous precedent for those opposing Israel’s genocide.
U.S. lawmakers are joining Benjamin Netanyahu in pushing for closer integration of the Israeli and U.S. militaries. Critics warn this will give Israel dangerous leverage over U.S. foreign and defense policy.
FIFA promised to investigate illegal Israeli settlement clubs, then allowed them to play on. This decision deepens FIFA’s complicity in the Israeli occupation. There are now 10 operating in the occupied West Bank, and they are getting bigger.
Mohsen Rezaei, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader and former IRGC Commander, says Tehran will not separate Lebanon from any deal with Washington, including a nuclear deal, as Iran seeks to redefine the terms of negotiations with the U.S.