Gideon Levy: Israel Can’t Imprison Two Million Gazans Without Paying a Cruel Price
Israeli journalist Gideon Levy reflects on the Israeli arrogance that allowed it to think it could ignore horrible injustices toward Gazans forever, and get…
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In Gaza, she now inhabits a solitary space between life and death
When bombs are dropping all around you, do you embrace your wretched life, or pray for death? From Gaza, Horea shared her heart.
Israelis went through what Palestinians have experienced for decades
Jewish Israeli journalist Amira Hass, who has for years criticized Israel's oppression of Palestinians, reminds us, "Ongoing oppression and injustice explode at unexpected times…
Gaza Seized the Initiative: Might vs Willpower
A Palestinian writer describes recent events as "raiding the prison posts" where Israel has kept Palestinians locked up – literally and figuratively – for…
What Americans Need to Know about Gaza and Israel Right Now
Most Americans know little or nothing about the people of Gaza – or Palestinians in general. Here is a small step toward closing that…
Gaza-Israel: Latest news and statistics (the first 25 days)
New info and stats about the ongoing situation – updated regularly – also provides background & history. (This is pinned to the top -…
Prominent Israeli Settler Says Spitting on Christians ‘Ancient Jewish Custom’
Israeli settler activist Elisha Yered, suspected of involvement in the killing of Palestinian teen Qosai Mi'tan, made the comment amid a rise in incidents…
Israeli snipers bring bloodshed to Gaza border…again
Israel resumed the deliberate use of excessive and lethal force against Palestinian protesters in Gaza, killing one and injuring eight
Israel kills six Palestinians in two days
Tuesday and Wednesday saw Israeli military violence in several regions of the occupied Palestinian territories, causing many Palestinian deaths and injuries.
This year, Israel denied life-saving health care to ‘two Palestinian children a day’ in Gaza
Almost 400 sick children from Gaza were deprived the chance to leave the besieged enclave for health care in the West Bank in six…