Just 42% of Gazans were allowed to travel to Israel for medical treatment last December. Cancer rates among Palestinian children have increased by 40% since 2008, but their parents are sometimes told by Israel to become informants if they want their children to cross the border for treatment. Appointment delays for Palestinian patients are the highest they’ve ever been recorded.
(Jerusalem, March 1, 2017, Human Rights Watch) – Israel has been detaining Palestinian residents of Gaza under an obscure law that strips away meaningful judicial review and due process rights, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch said today. Israel has detained 18 Palestinian residents of Gaza under the Internment of Unlawful Combatants…
Intensified Israeli attacks against Gaza are reminiscent of the leadup to its previous wide-scale invasions of Gaza, most recently “Operation Protective Edge.” Human rights groups calls on the interntional community to prevent it.
The Nation reports that as anti-war politics gain ground, Weiss’s Free Press is pushing to remove Trita Parsi from the US. She has spent her career suppressing opposing points of view, especially on the issue closest to her heart, Zionism.
Dr. Mazen Al-Rantisi is widely known throughout Palestinian cities, towns, and villages as “Doctor of the Poor” because of his long-standing commitment to treating low-income patients. Israeli authorities have not announced the reasons for his arrest or disclosed where he is being held.
Hillel Neuer describes how the Israel lobby has harmed a woman whose job it is to protect the lives and human rights of Palestinian men, women, and children
Powerful members of Congress make comments that could keep the war for Israel going – Cruz, Cassidy, Wicker, Schumer, Warren, Markey
Recent intensive Israeli air strikes in Lebanon, which killed at least 83 people & injured 141 others, including children & women, highlight a pattern of targeting civilians. These attacks demonstrate a blatant disregard for multiple ceasefire agreements and international humanitarian law
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces pressure to continue a military campaign in Lebanon, current and former U.S. officials said.
Mona Khalil was beloved for her work to protect turtle nesting sites in Lebanon; Ahmed Wishah was a cameraman for Al Jazeera in Gaza. Israeli attacks killed them both. Ahmed’s brother, a journalist, was killed in April.