As Israeli government takes ‘bold’ extremist steps, some in U.S. call for sanctions

Philip Weiss Mondoweiss  /  January 4, 2023 The new Israeli government’s defiant statements and actions further humiliating Palestinians and stripping them of rights are spurring calls for concrete...

The international court of last resort

Alex Kane Jewish Currents  /  January 4, 2023 Human rights groups are pressuring the International Criminal Court to prosecute war crimes in Israel/Palestine. Last tuesday, ten of the...

Religious dissent in Israel at Ben-Gvir’s Al-Aqsa compound storming [for strict religious reasons in...

Middle East Monitor  /   January 4, 2023 Leading ultra-Orthodox Jewish figures supporting Israel's coalition government on Wednesday criticized the storming by a far-right Minister to a flashpoint...

Palestinian villagers in Masafer Yatta face immediate expulsion

Zena al-Tahhan Al-Jazeera  /  January 4, 2023 Palestinian residents of Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank, have been told they will be displaced imminently. The Israeli...

Netanyahu ushers in the most anti-Palestinian government in Israel’s history

Marjorie Cohn Truthout  /  January 4, 2023 The new government will annex the West Bank, expand illegal Jewish settlements and discriminate against LGBTQ people. Benjamin Netanyahu has...

Explained: Why Jewish worship at Al-Aqsa Mosque is controversial

Alex MacDonald Middle East Eye  /  January 4, 2023 Praying at the Jerusalem holy site is problematic for Muslims and many Jews. Here’s why. Incursions by ultranationalist Israeli settlers at occupied...

The menace lurking in Palestine’s beautiful green spaces

Jalal Abukhater Al-Jazeera  /  January 4, 2023 Jewish Settlers are violently blocking Palestinians from accessing the green spaces of the occupied West Bank. To the northwest of...

What a ‘not guilty’ verdict in Palestine Action’s first crown court case really means

Joely Thomas Mondoweiss  /  January 4, 2023 The acquittal of five activists in Palestine Action’s first crown court case shows that the British public support direct...

UAE, China call for UN meeting over Ben-Gvir’s Al-Aqsa visit

Al-Jazeera  /  January 4, 2023 The UN Security Council is expected to convene on Thursday, according to diplomats. The United Arab Emirates and China have called...

Archbishop says desecration of Jerusalem cemetery a ‘hate crime’

Al-Jazeera  /  January 4, 2023 Anglican Archbishop Hosam Naoum says Israel is facing ‘religious radicalism’ as Christian graves are vandalized. Jerusalem’s Anglican Archbishop Hosam Naoum has...