Israel’s Newest Army Recruits: the Ultra-Orthodox
The journalists spent six months following the journeys of three ultra-Orthodox men who had been drafted. They weren’t supposed to fight. At Israel’s founding in 1948, the new nation’s leaders…
Israeli settlers attack village in Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank
Masked Israeli settlers armed with clubs and batons attacked a village in Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank. The plight of residents was the subject of a film that…
Why are Israeli tanks in the occupied West Bank?
Israel is signalling a new escalation in its attacks on the West Bank, expelling tens of thousands of people from their homes. Israel has deployed tanks into the occupied West…
Arab countries reject attempt to displace Palestinians from Gaza, West Bank
Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Palestinian Authority (PA), and the Arab League (AL) stressed in a joint statement on Saturday the rejection of any…
‘It will devastate people’: Palestinians despair at looming Unrwa closure
Nobody knows what will happen when Israel’s ban on UN agency that provides vital services across Gaza, East Jerusalem and the West Bank comes into force on 1 February Pressing…
‘A constant state of panic’: how war in Gaza triggered new wave of depression and insomnia among Palestinian refugees from 1967 war
The stress of seeing the destruction of their homeland sent rates of mental illness soaring in Jordan’s Jerash camp – and the ceasefire has brought scant relief SuThaslima Begum and…