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.
Watch what’s happening in Gaza, but keep one eye on the West Bank – Israel has Palestinians there in its crosshairs too, and covets the land for itself.
The complete weaponization of humanitarian aid; wildfires that Israel brought on itself; Int’l Court of Justice v. Israel, Day 4; Israel plans to demolish 106 West Bank buildings; secret ceremony to honor possible war criminals in Israel; US claims it wants resumption of aid to Gaza
Israeli Border Police who came to a quiet West Bank village to oversee two house demolitions mercilessly beat the members of one family, not sparing even the elderly
Netanyahu is doing what his government promised all along: level the West Bank just as it did Gaza. The program looks like yet another Nakba.
A few hundred meters from the new neighborhood being built in Dimona, roughly 500 Bedouin live in the unrecognized village of Ras Jrabah. That village was built before the state was founded.
Advocates say Israel is using the conflict in Gaza to distract from its accelerated drive for full annexation of the West Bank.
Rafah incursion begins under the radar; famine has begun, will spread quickly without ceasefire; Al Shifa hospital attack, US State Dept’s non-response; Marwan Barghouti in danger; home demolitions in West Bank; 2 most extremist Israeli officials threaten to quit in the event of an unsuitable hostage deal; Biden knew all along about deficiencies in Israel’s war plans; more
Hamas resistance releases report; large numbers of refugees, babies at risk; more support for Palestinian sovereignty; news on Houthis and shipping; CAIR demands action; Israel withholds money due Palestinian Authority; West Bank home demolitions, and more
New research has uncovered an Israeli military operation commanded by Moshe Dayan whose goal was to forcibly remove Bedouin Palestinians from their lands. The documents reveal an orderly state expulsion plan, which continues today… Israel has evicted the Bedouin from the Negev village of Al-Arakib dozens of times, but they keep coming back. Israeli forces then demolish their homes again