New Israel Supreme Court ruling gives further backing to use of torture
Israeli security agency Shin Bet admitted to the use of torture on Palestinian prisoner Fares Tbeish, but claimed the actions were necessary; Israel's Supreme…
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Increase in settler attacks on Palestinians has Israel worried – about Israelis, not Palestinians
Israeli settler violence against Palestinians is increasing, and exasperated Palestinians have begun organizing neighborhood watch groups. Israeli officials worry that these groups may endanger…
Israeli settlers, with IDF complicity, have destroyed 800,000 olive trees since 1967
Palestinians who rely on olive harvests for their livelihood have been terrorized by Israeli settlers since the beginning of the occupation in 1967. Settlers…
Bethlehem: Hundreds mourn the killing of Palestinian nurse at Israeli checkpoint
Israel used live fire as a first resort when a Palestinian male nurse lost control of his car near a checkpoint, mildly injuring 3…
Palestinian village denied basic human rights, now faces imminent demolition
Residents of Khan al-Ahmar have been fighting for their existence since 1951, seeking nothing more than basic human rights. Israeli authorities say the village…
VIDEO: History suppressed: Censorship in Israel’s archives
Troves of looted Palestinian books, documents, photographs and films from as early as the 1930s are sealed in Israel’s archives and libraries. Palestinians see…
Israel demolishes Palestinian homes, shops in Palestinian East Jerusalem
A succession of Israeli demolitions this month has left dozens of Palestinians homeless - with winter approaching - or without work. Let's make our…
UN Special Rapporteurs to Israel: 60 days to respond to ‘deep concerns’ re Jewish Nation-State Law
Four Special Rapporteurs express 'deep concern' that Nation-State Law is 'discriminatory in nature and in practice against non-Jewish citizens and other minorities and does…
Naftali Bennett: “the state of Israel stopped winning”
Two right-wing ministers criticize Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for not "acting like a real right-wing government" by being too soft on Gaza, Hamas,…
Israel can’t leave well enough alone, goes from ceasefire to killing 14 Palestinians overnight
The past week has seen the promise of peace shattered, first by an Israeli incursion into Gaza (7 Palestinian, 1 Israeli dead), then Gaza's…