We don’t just live through one home demolition — we live through them all
Awdah Hathaleen
+972 Magazine / November 18, 2021
When you're witnessing a demolition, it feels as if the destruction is carrying on for hours. In reality, it takes only a few minutes to dismantle our lives.
Our long history of demolitions in Palestine has taught us two things: violence is...
Israeli spyware: What you read could make you a target
Marc Owen Jones
Middle East Eye / November 18, 2021
From monitoring a target’s actions, to creating models about their likelihood for dissent, we move ever closer to securitizing people’s political beliefs, especially those that resist imperialism or authoritarianism.
Another spyware scandal highlights Israel’s key role in attempts to silence or...
Unregulated Israeli spyware is a global threat, experts warn
Umar al-Farooq
Middle East Eye / November 18, 2021
Israeli surveillance companies and use of spyware tools should be further regulated following reports of hacking of several aid workers' phones, experts say.
Israel's surveillance of Palestinians and the hacking of several aid workers' phones have highlighted the transnational threat of unregulated Israeli spyware,...
Israel-Palestine: How food became a target of colonial conquest
Joseph Massad
Middle East Eye / November 17, 2021
Many Arabs are rightfully outraged at the rebranding of Palestinian dishes as 'Israeli' cuisine in western countries.
A few years ago, I was incensed that an upscale, hip restaurant/bar I frequented in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village listed something they called “Israeli couscous”...
Keir Starmer has said he is a friend to Palestinians – but his latest...
Richard Burden
The Independent / November 18, 2021
Sir Keir was right to signal once again that there is no place whatsoever for antisemitism. But I was disappointed by other statements in his address to Labour Friends of Israel (LFI).
In his speech to the annual lunch of Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) this...
Israel handed US ‘edited intelligence file’ to justify bombing Gaza Tower
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / November 18, 2021
Israel's internal intelligence had edited a dossier, stressing Hamas activity, to convince Americans that the bombing of Al-Jalaa Tower was necessary.
Israel’s internal intelligence agency, the Shin Bet, reportedly edited and altered a dossier handed to officials in the United States...
[Video] Palestinian kids lined up for photo in Israeli raid
Tia Goldenberg
AP / November 18, 2021
TEL AVIV — A video has emerged showing an Israeli soldier lining up school-aged Palestinian children and photographing them in a nighttime raid on their home. The video shines a light on the military’s tactics in the occupied West Bank, which activists...
Palestine NGOs call for boycotting meetings with US envoy
Middle East Monitor / November 18, 2021
Palestinian NGOs yesterday called for boycotting American envoy to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield over her decision not to meet with representatives of the six Palestinian NGOs banned by Israel, a statement said.
This came as Al-Quds al-Arabi reported an American official saying: "Thomas-Greenfield will not meet...
Jordan Valley: Kindergartens facing Israeli threats give vulnerable communities hope
Atef Daglas
Middle east Eye / November 18, 2021
A development initiative seeks to promote local education in the occupied Jordan Valley to protect the Bedouin communities from the threat of expulsion.
On securely built modern swing sets, made of hard plastic and metal, Yaqeen and his classmates were playing...
Palestinian prisoner from Gaza dies in Israeli custody
Zena al-Tahhan
Al-Jazeera / November 18, 2021
Sami Umour, 39, died at Soroka Hospital in the Naqab from heart problems and medical negligence, prisoner groups say.
Ramallah, Occupied West Bank – Palestinian prisoner Sami Umour (39) died in Israeli custody at Soroka Hospital in the Naqab on Thursday.
Imprisoned since 2008, Umour...
