A nation behind bars: Why has Israel imprisoned 10,000 Palestinians?
For every Palestinian Israel freed in the ceasefire deal, it apprehended 15 more. The number of political prisoners in its jails has doubled since…
Category: Human Rights
Leahy Law bars US aid to violators of human rights, except Israel
On December 17, 2024, a group of Palestinian and Palestinian-Americans filed a complaint against the State Department with one simple ask: That the Department…
Inside Israel’s ‘torture’ jails where Palestinians held without charge tell of brutal treatment
A special investigation by The Independent's chief international correspondents reveals allegations of brutal treatment of Palestinians in Israeli facilities including rape, torture, medical neglect and…
Weaponizing starvation, Israel seeks full control over Gaza aid distribution
Israel’s decision to halt all humanitarian aid to Gaza as a means of pressuring Hamas to release the remaining hostages without any commitment from…
Interview: ‘Not A Far-Off Goal’ – Salman Abu-Sitta on the Right of Return
Dr. Salman H. Abu-Sitta, a Palestinian academic, is renowned for his extensive work documenting Palestine’s land and people. He has created a practical plan…
A third option for Gazans: Return to their original land
As some support Trump's plan to move Gazans elsewhere, and others oppose such an expulsion almost no one mentions the third option – the…
In This Story, the Killing of Two Innocent Palestinians by Israeli Troops Was Just the Beginning
Haartez reported earlier on an unauthorized raid in Balata refugee camp, in which the IDF shot dead an 80-year-old woman on the street and…
How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza
In 2024, the U.S. State Department faced sharp criticism for supplying arms to Israel amid allegations of human rights abuses in Gaza. Internal dissent…
Israel’s Judaization Policy Replaces Arab Towns with Synagogues
A few hundred meters from the new neighborhood being built in Dimona, roughly 500 Bedouin live in the unrecognized village of Ras Jrabah. That…
Israel is redrawing the West Bank, cutting into a prospective Palestinian state
Israeli land grabs, settlement expansion and demolitions in Palestinian communities mark the most significant territorial changes in the West Bank in decades.