Water and freedom are commodities that Palestinians are sorely lacking. Israel is building barricades in the sea, shooting at fishermen, and denying access to fresh water.
Gaza desperately needs power for fresh water production. The EU donated a new solar energy field to do the job, but Israeli restrictions keep it from being used.
It’s not just Palestinian houses that are demolished by Israel. This week it was irrigation pipelines. No warning – just a bulldozer accompanied by Israeli army.
A river of sewage water runs through Palestinian farmland: a story of sabotage, land theft, and violence.
In Jenin in the Palestinian West Bank, Israel is building the first (illegal) permanent military base in Area A since the Oslo Accords in the 1990s. Tens of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank remain displaced from their homes, with no legal justification offered for blocking their return.
Israel ramps up attacks on Gaza ■ Israeli pressure on West Bank Palestinians coming from all directions ■ Expect US boots on the ground in Lebanon, Israel, says official ■ Surprise! Israel already breaking promise to Lebanon
Israeli forces closed a major charitable association in Nablus, confiscating aid and drawing accusations of systematically targeting Palestinian civil institutions.
Shady dealings from Gaza “Board of Peace,” secret clauses in Lebanon deal ■ Demands for settlements in Gaza, Area A of West Bank ■ Huckabee: “We’re not that stupid” ■ Syria heating up ■ More
The Declaration of Independence & Constitution celebrated separation of powers—a structural bill of rights to prevent executive branch tyranny. The crown jewel was the exclusive monopoly of the war power by Congress, assigning the war power to Congress, not the president, to prevent chronic wars from obliterating liberty and the march of the mind
Opposing the steps needed to make negotiations succeed is an argument for returning to the very strategy that produced war.