Waterparks bring Palestinians summer relief from bleak reality of Israeli occupation
Bethan McKernan & Sufian Taha
The Observer / August 5, 2023
Despite strict limits on its water supply, the West Bank city of Jericho/Ariha has seen a surge in aqua parks, bringing in money, creating jobs and boosting holiday home construction
The occupied West Bank city of Jericho, north of...
Shooter kills Tel Aviv policeman in Israel; suspect gunned down
Al-Jazeera / August 5, 2023
Suspected shooter, believed to be from the Palestinian village of Jenin, was later killed by a responding police officer.
A gunman opened fire in central Tel Aviv and killed an Israeli police inspector before he was shot dead by a responding officer.
Amateur video circulated...
US State Department says it wants to see $75M in food aid for Palestinian...
Middle East Monitor / August 5, 2023
The US State Department said Friday that it is in talks with Congress as a pair of Republican lawmakers continues to block the dispersal of some $75 million in food aid for Palestinian refugees in hopes of seeing the funds released, Anadolu reports.
"The...
A progressive Jewish organization ditches the Conference of Presidents over Israel (at last)
Michael Arria & Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss / August 4, 2023
In an important dissent, the Workers Circle has resigned from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations over its failure to condemn Israel's judicial reform.
There’s news of an important dissent inside the Jewish establishment over support for...
How do people with disabilities cope when Israel bombs Gaza ?
Khaled al-Hissy
The Electronic Intifada / August 4, 2023
Emad Qudeih was sitting with his friends on the road close to his house in Khan Younis when a loud explosion shook the area. It was May 2016, and he was only 13. Everyone panicked and fled, leaving him alone.
“I attempted to...
I witnessed firsthand how Jewish settlers steal Palestinian land
Sam Stein
Mondoweiss / August 4, 2023
Israel's High Court evicted families from Masafer Yatta in May 2022 after declaring the area a "firing zone" for exclusive military use. Jewish settlers have since established herding outposts there on the army's watch.
On May 4, 2022, the Israeli High Court ended...
Jewish settlers kill Palestinian in latest West Bank rampage
Fayha Shalash
Middle East Eye / August 5, 2023
Two villagers also wounded in shooting as armed Jewish settlers torch cars and attack residents near Ramallah.
Jewish settlers shot and killed a Palestinian man during an attack on an occupied West Bank village late on Friday.
The Palestinian health ministry identified him as 19-year-old Qusai Jamal...
Christians come under attack as Israel’s far right gets more brazen
Lily Galili
Middle East Eye / August 4, 2023
Emboldened by an ultranationalist government promoting Jewish supremacy, young Israelis are increasingly targeting Christians in the holy land with hate crimes.
Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, was taken by surprise when he learned that Pope Francis elevated him to the high...
UN documents 591 Jewish settlements-related incidents in Occupied Palestinian Territory in 1st half of...
Middle East Monitor / August 4, 2023
The number of Jewish settler-related incidents in the Occupied Palestinian Territory reached 591 in the first six months of 2023, the UN said on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports.
"That's an average of 99 incidents every month and a 39 per cent increase compared with...
Two Palestinians killed by Israeli army, Jewish settlers in West Bank violence
Al-Jazeera / August 4, 2023
Mahmoud Abu Sa’an, 18, killed during an Israeli raid in Tulkarem, while Jewish settlers later kill Qusai Matan, 19, in Burqa.
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during one of their daily pre-dawn raids into the occupied West Bank, before another Palestinian...
