Palestine: UN rapporteurs give witness to injustice of Israeli occupation
Hilary Wise
Middle East Eye / March 19, 2023
In an important new book, three former UN special rapporteurs share their experiences of documenting Israeli human rights abuses.
From 2001 to 2022, three eminent scholars of international law were charged by the UN with monitoring the situation in...
Netanyahu urges military chief to contain reservist protest
Tia Goldenberg
AP / March 19, 2023
TEL AVIV, Israel – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the military’s chief of staff on Sunday to contain a wave of protest from within the ranks over a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary.
Netanyahu’s remarks come as Israel...
What the Saudi-Iran deal means for Palestine, Israel, the U.S., and the Mideast
Mitchell Plitnick
Mondoweiss / March 18, 2023
The Chinese-brokered deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore relations has the potential to shake up regional and global politics for the Palestinians' benefit.
In a surprising development last weekend, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore normal relations, reopen embassies...
Palestinians observe strike to protest Israel killings in latest raid on Jenin
Middle East Monitor / March 18, 2023
Palestinians across the Occupied Territories have launched a full-day strike today to protest Israel's military raid, which resulted in four deaths and 20 injuries among Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
The Israeli occupation's military stormed the...
Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian man in latest bloodshed
Al-Jazeera / March 18, 2023
At least 84 Palestinians have been killed so far in 2023, putting this year on track be one of the bloodiest.
Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian man who they claim was approaching them with a knife drawn, the latest killing...
The Israeli protests have opened a crack in apartheid – our job is to...
Rachel Beit Arie
Mondoweiss / March 18, 2023
The limits of the protest movement in Israel have been frustrating for those of us focused on ending Palestinian oppression. But it has also created an opportunity to destabilize apartheid. We have to take up this challenge.
For over two...
Undocumented in Gaza struggle without Israeli-issued IDs
Aseel Mousa
The Electronic Intifada / March 17, 2023
Ahmed Abu al-Ayneen, 27, is mourning his father’s passing.
“There will be no grief deeper than the loss of my father,” he said.
In February, Nabil Abu al-Ayneen died at the age of 53 of cardiac arrest after a long...
Palestinians enraged after Israeli forces shoot prone militant in head in Jenin
Ben Lynfield
The Guardian / March 17, 2023
Nidal Hazem among three men and a boy killed in ‘intelligence-based counter-terrorism activity’.
The shooting in the head of a motionless Palestinian militant during an Israeli raid on Jenin in which three other people were killed has enraged Palestinians as...
French court throws out Israel-instigated ban on Palestine event
Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada / March 17, 2023
In an important victory for free speech and human rights in France, a court in the eastern city of Nancy overturned a government order banning an event featuring Salah Hammouri, the Palestinian French lawyer and former political prisoner expelled...
Gallup poll: support for Palestinians continues to grow among Democratic voters
Michael Arria
Mondoweiss / March 17, 2023
For the first time, Democratic voters sympathize more with Palestinians than Israelis, according to an annual Gallup poll.
For the first time, Democratic voters sympathize more with Palestinians than Israelis, according to Gallup’s annual poll on U.S. attitudes toward the Middle East.
56% of...
