Video: Going to school under Israeli occupation
The Electronic Intifada / September 5, 2019
https://youtu.be/GGvDeMIVTWQ
Omar Hajajleh is a local school bus driver in the occupied West Bank village of al-Walaja. Al-Walaja lies between the city of Bethlehem and occupied East Jerusalem.
In 2015, Israel built its separation wall directly through Hajajleh’s land, cutting off his family home from...
Occupation good for Palestinians, says Israeli opposition chief
Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada / September 10, 2019
Benny Gantz, chief of the Israeli army during Israel’s 2014 massacre in Gaza, is borrowing apartheid South Africa’s talking points to boost his election campaign.
Gantz heads the allegedly center-left opposition coalition hoping to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel’s elections later this month. In a...
The Palestinians resisting Israel’s threats of detention and death
Asa Winstanley
Middle East Monitor / September 11, 2019
Political prisoner Amir Makhoul has been released after almost a decade in an Israeli dungeon. He has given his first interview to the anti-apartheid activist, Adri Nieuwhof, who has been corresponding with him in prison all these years.
Makhoul was the director of a Ittijah,...
Ziada case against Israeli Generals for Gaza war crimes heard in The Hague 17...
On the day of Israel's elections 17 September 2019 a Dutch court will be discussing the charges of war crimes against the opposition contender Benny Gantz, who was army Chief of Staff during the Gaza onslaught of 2014, as well as charges against then Air Force chief Amir Eshel.
Ziada...
Palestinian with cancer dies in Israeli detention
Tamara Nassar
The Electronic Intifada / September 9, 2019
Palestinian prisoner Bassam al-Sayih died in Israeli detention on Sunday after years of medical neglect. Al-Sayih, 46, from the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, died at the Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center in Tel Aviv but was held at the Ramle prison clinic...
The apartheid system in Hebron persecutes and subjugates Palestinians
Settlers openly brandish assault rifles while Palestinians can receive decades-long prison sentences for even carrying a knife.
Jake Batinga
Truthout / September 8, 2019
There are two roads leading to the Abraham Mosque in Hebron, Palestine. The roads are side by side, separated only by a fence and barbed wire. One of...
How Israel is sowing the seeds of war in South Sudan
Suraya Dadoo
Middle East Monitor / September 6, 2019
In 2015 – two years after a devastating civil war broke out in South Sudan that pushed millions to the brink of starvation – the South Sudan government launched a multi-million dollar agricultural project called Green Horizon. The aim of the project...
The legacy of Israel’s first refuser
Alasdair Soussi
The Electronic Intifada / September 4, 2019
Joseph Abileah is considered as the first person in Israel to go on trial for refusing to join its military.
Appearing in a Haifa court a few months after Israel was founded in 1948, the violinist made clear that he would play no...
Netanyahu repeats pledge to annex Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank
Middle East Monitor / September 1, 2019
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Reuters reported him as saying on Sunday, reiterating an election promise made five months ago but again giving no timeframe.
Settlements are one of the most heated issues in the...
Gantz vows Israel will keep West Bank settlement ‘blocs’ and Jordan Valley
Middle East Monitor / September 3, 2019
Benny Gantz, chair of the main Israeli opposition alliance Blue and White (Kahol Lavan), declared yesterday that he would not pursue a unilateral withdrawal from occupied West Bank territory.
According to the Times of Israel, Gantz made the remarks at a conference held by the...
