Accused of attending a protest, Shadi has never confessed to any wrongdoing and endured 41 court sessions spanning three years of legal persecution, epitomizing a system that instrumentalizes law as a tool of political repression.
Gazans wonder how to survive without aid; Israel steals West Bank revenue; UN says “apartheid”; headlines for our TLDR readers
In a two-year blitz, Israeli lawmakers passed over 30 laws curtailing Palestinians’ rights and punishing dissent, a new report shows.
Israel scales back troops in Gaza, but manages to kill at least 59; Global March To Gaza stalled; Iran-Israel update; bomb shelter apartheid in Israel
Palestinian lives are blighted by illegal settlements, and 22 more have just been approved. Unless Israel is held to account, Palestinians will be erased.
On 5 June, Palestinians mark Naksa Day, commemorating the forced displacement of about 300,000 Palestinians during the June 1967 war. The Naksa is still going.
Israel fails to secure humanitarian aid deliveries; Palestinians die in prison, assassinated in West Bank; freedom of religion takes a hit in Israel; Israel’s illegal plans for the West Bank; more.
Joint letter argues the UN General Assembly should suspend Israel as it did apartheid South Africa in 1974
Witness testimonies from northern Gaza show that Israel is using facial recognition technology to organize how it conducts mass arrests and forcible displacement. Some Palestinians say the technology is also being used to carry out field executions, causing widespread terror.
Few people are aware of the religious intolerance that motivates the ultra-Orthodox Jewish settlers on the West Bank. Consider the statement of one of their heroes, the former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel: “The only reason for the existence of non-Jews is to serve Jews.”