Gaza fisherman battles poverty with plastic-bottle boat
"When life gives you lemons": Muath can't make a living as a house painter in Gaza, but he can make ends meet by selling…
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Israel’s New Nation-State Law: Codifying Apartheid – Podcast interview with Alison Weir
Burt Cohen interviews Alison Weir about Israel's new law... Cohen: "At least it’s now out in the open. All Israelis who are not Jewish have…
Mail Call! Sacks of Mail Reach the West Bank, 8 Years Late
Here is yet another example of Israel's obsession with controlling every aspect of Palestinian life: for 8 years, it has been hoarding mail, and…
New Low? Israel Bars Gaza Mother From Accompanying 3-year-old Son to Chemotherapy
With many thanks to the Goldin family - whose son's remains are being held by Hamas - Israel is withholding humanitarian exit permits, especially…
Why we urgently need alternative news sources
Israel has discerning taste in news: it prefers headlines that make Palestinians sound like instigators and terrorists - and when they don't, a few…
Israeli forces abducted 520 Palestinians in July
There are many aspects of Palestinian daily life that U.S. media reports rarely cover. One of them is the fact that every day Israeli…
Heart-wrenching firsthand account of Israeli water criminality
Israeli water policy is diabolical: the water table beneath the West Bank is being siphoned off by Israel and rationed to Palestinian farmers, sold…
The luxury of evacuation: a form of Jewish privilege based on the myth of Israeli vulnerability, while Gazans suffer and die
Evacuation is another form of Jewish Israeli privilege, based on the myth of vulnerability (Israel's borders are secure) and existential threat (Israel has one…
Gazan shot by Israeli forces dies, 80% of cancer medications depleted In Gaza hospitals
Another Gazan shot by Israeli forces while participating in the Great March has died... meanwhile, Gaza cancer patients suffer and die as Israel prevents…
Gunshot Gaza: hospitals struggle to treat surge in firearms injuries
Medical work in Gaza is impeded by the unmanageable number of wounded, the complex injuries that will require multiple follow-up procedures, and the shortage…