Yechiel Leiter, a rightwing publicist and government aide, is also a longtime backer of settlements in the West Bank Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed a hardline supporter of the war in Gaza and longtime backer of settlements in the West Bank as his ambassador to the US as Israel prepares for the incoming administration of […]
Read MoreAlmost unparalleled suffering’ in Gaza as UN says nearly 70% of those killed are women and children
Head of the Norwegian Refugee Council calls for peace process to begin as new figures reveal civilians have borne the brunt of the war Nearly 70% of the people killed in the war in Gaza are women and children, according to a UN analysis of verified deaths that highlights the heavy civilian toll of the […]
Read MoreCaged and dismembered: Israel’s “Unchilding” policy for Palestinian children
23 December 2023, Pearls & Irritations, Helen McCue: The object is to indoctrinate these children with learned helplessness. The military arrest and detention experience suffocates a child’s sense of agency. They can miss a school year, end up being in classes one year younger than their friends, and often have unhealed trauma.
Read More‘A hidden universe of suffering’: the Palestinian children sent to jail
This is an edited extract from A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story, published by Allen Lane on 3 October and available at guardianbookshop.com Huda Dahbour was 35 years old when she moved with her husband and three children to the West Bank in September 1995. It was the second anniversary […]
Read MorePalestine Wins Six Medals in Arab Chess Championship
Palestine won six medals in the Arab Chess Championship, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The competitions, organized by the Syrian Chess Federation and supervised by the Arab Chess Federation, were attended by 22 Palestinian players from the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the diaspora. The player Randa Sedar was crowned with the gold […]
Read MorePalestinians say 7-year-old boy died as he was chased by Israeli forces in West Bank
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Bethlehem on Friday for the funeral of a 7-year-old boy who died after allegedly being chased by Israeli troops in the town of Taquo, south of Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank.
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