2016 was the deadliest year in the past decade for Palestinian children in the West Bank. Some were killed on their way to class, or coming home from. Several were shot dead while protesting the occupation. A brother and sister were killed in their home when their neighborhood was hit in an Israeli airstrike. See their photos and learn the details.
Israel refused to meet with NGO before ban; more flooding on the way to Gaza?; headlines that summarize the latest from the region
Israel’s war on Gaza continues in 2026 in all but name, as Trump’s support for Israel remains high and popular support in US continues to decline.
There are no official statistics on the number of homes seized in the occupied West Bank, but it has clearly been escalating since October 2023.
The World Council of Churches has called on the European Union to impose sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel over what it described as a war of genocide in the Gaza Strip and violations against Palestinians in the West Bank.
Deaths on New Year’s Day in Gaza – mostly children; the real reason for the NGO ban, and Israel’s lies; 2 Palestinian deaths in West Bank; Israeli takeover of Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque; startling headlines from Israeli news
Gaza’s population drops by over 10%; Israel’s destruction in 2025, by the numbers; Israel seizes Palestinian homes, turns them into military outposts; headlines that expose Israel; World Council of Churches calls for sanctions on Israel
Sentiments among many conservative Jewish groups lean toward demanding restrictions on free speech in order to curb “antisemitism” (i.e. criticism of Israel): “absolutely no doubt that people need to go to jail.”
At least 25 people, including six children, have died as a result of harsh weather conditions in Gaza, authorities say
Hepatitis A, gastroenteritis in Gaza; “Palestinians do not negotiate their own extinction”; Israeli forces kill a Palestinian in West Bank; Israel, US set two-month deadline for Hamas disarmament; Palestinian detainees; Netanyahu whitewashes settler violence on Fox interview; Area B expulsions