Palestinians

Dialysis patient Basel Al-Dahdouh in his family's tent on Al-Shuhada Street in central Gaza City, August 13, 2026. (Hussain Al-Jerjawi)

Gaza’s sick wait for treatment that may never come

As medicine runs out under Israel's blockade and care is routinely disrupted, dialysis and cancer patients in the enclave are left to die slowly.

By Ahmed Dremly August 14, 2026

Israeli soldiers patrolling through the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, 4 July 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

‘Like walking into a cage’: Israel tightens its grip on Hebron

By taking over planning jurisdiction, unilaterally modifying religious sites, and erecting new checkpoints, Israel is accelerating its annexation of the Old City.

By Basel Adra July 14, 2026

Pope Leo XIV during his inauguration, in Vatican City, the Holy See, May 18, 2025. (Mazur/cbcew.org.uk)

What Pope Leo won’t say about Gaza is testing the Catholic Church

Leo XIV has embraced his predecessor’s ethic of empathy. But across the Church, many are demanding he speak out more clearly against Israel's crimes.

By Paola Caridi July 10, 2026

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Young Palestinians march from Sakhnin to Deir Hanna during a Land Day rally, northern Israel, March 30, 1983. (GPO)

Fifty years on, does Land Day still matter for Palestinians in Israel?

Sociologist Nabih Bashir reflects on the enduring legacy of the 1976 uprising against land confiscation, at a time of war, fragmentation, and political impasse.

By Noor Dadosh March 30, 2026

Funeral for three Palestinians killed by Israeli forces west of Gaza City, at Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, March 8, 2026. (Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills)

‘The war is between Israel and Iran. Why should people in Gaza pay the price?’

After closures of Gaza’s crossings drove up food costs and stalled medical evacuations, ongoing Israeli strikes raise fears of a renewed large-scale assault.

By Ahmed Dremly and Ibtisam Mahdi March 10, 2026

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference with Israeli settler leaders, at the Finiance Ministry, in Jerusalem, September 3, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Has Israel crossed the annexation threshold in the West Bank?

Six ‘game-changing’ recent cabinet decisions may push the occupation past a tipping point toward permanent Israeli rule, says Yesh Din director Ziv Stahl.

By Dikla Taylor-Sheinman February 18, 2026

Palestinian and Jewish citizens of Israel attend a protest against rising violent crime in Palestinian society, in Tel Aviv, January 31, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Why a Palestinian protest in Tel Aviv exposed the limits of Israeli solidarity

A mass demonstration against organized crime showed that Palestinian suffering can be acknowledged — so long as it is stripped of any political meaning.

By Samah Watad February 4, 2026

The author at Maynooth University, Ireland. (Courtesy)

Diary of a homesick Gazan abroad

In Ireland, I am alive and safe. But survival feels hollow without the people, places, and routines that once sustained me.

By Abdallah Aljazzar December 26, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ministers at the Knesset, March 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Legislating apartheid: How Israel entrenched unequal rule during Gaza war

In a two-year blitz, Israeli lawmakers passed over 30 laws curtailing Palestinians' rights and punishing dissent, a new report shows.

By Orly Noy December 2, 2025

Palestinians watch smoke rising after a vehicle is set on fire by Israeli settlers during an attack on the first day of the olive harvest in the West Bank village of Beita, October 10 2025. (Avishay Mohar/Activestills)

Settler terror devastates West Bank olive harvest

Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this year’s crop.

By Oren Ziv and Basel Adra October 24, 2025

Right-wing Israelis protest near the Gaza border in support of the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in the Strip, in southern Israel, July 30, 2025. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Israel is waging a holocaust in Gaza. Denazification is our only remedy

The deadly ethno-supremacy inherent to Israeli society runs deeper than Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, and Smotrich. It must be confronted at its root.

By Orly Noy September 18, 2025

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference announcing his plans to approve more than 3,000 housing units in the E1 settlement project between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim, August 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

As the world recognizes a Palestinian state, Israel’s E1 plan moves to bury it

The long-frozen settlement project would sever East Jerusalem from the West Bank, fragment Palestinian communities, and advance permanent annexation.

By Shatha Yaish September 12, 2025

Palestinians rush to the site where parachuted aid packages land, in the Nuseirat area of the central Gaza Strip, August 8, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

With chaotic airdrops, Israel’s engineered starvation of Gaza enters new phase

Israel has only allowed a trickle of aid to enter the enclave, as Gazans describe risking their lives for a sack of flour or moldy bread.

By Ibtisam Mahdi and Ahmed Dremly August 15, 2025