Judith Sudilovsky

Judith Sudilovsky is a freelance journalist who has covered Israel and the Palestinian Territories for over 25 years.

Recent Articles
Christian pilgrims take part in the traditional Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives, occupied East Jerusalem, March 28, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The new national park threatening Jerusalem’s Christian community
Concerns are building that Israel's new government will revive controversial plans to take over Palestinian- and church-owned land on the Mount of Olives.
By Judith Sudilovsky January 23, 2023
One Climate members Mor Gilboa (left), Muna Shaheen (center), and Ya'ara Peretz (right). (Oren Ziv)
‘We want to make the climate movement in Israel-Palestine much more political’
For the Palestinian and Israeli activists of One Climate, the only way to fight climate breakdown is to tie it with the struggle against the occupation.
By Judith Sudilovsky July 12, 2021
Palestinian citizens of Israel protest against violence, organized crime, and recent killings in their communities, in the Arab town of Majd al-Krum, northern Israel, October 3, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)
‘No one cares’: Palestinian citizens decry Israeli inaction on gun violence
With casualties rising, Palestinian citizens of Israel say the police are refusing to address the root causes of crime and violence in their communities.
By Judith Sudilovsky September 29, 2020
Palestinians arrive to cross into Gaza at the Erez Crossing between Israel and Gaza on September 3, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
For Gaza patients, uncertainty over Israeli permits is a matter of life and death
Israel's permit regime has become even more arduous for Palestinian patients since the PA halted coordination, with rights groups trying to fill the vacuum.
By Judith Sudilovsky August 4, 2020
A Palestinian shepherd near the Israeli settlement of Efrat. March 22, 2017. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
Israel’s ‘strangling’ of Bethlehem tightens as world debates annexation
West Bank settlements are expanding around Bethlehem despite annexation pushback, cutting off Palestinians from their land and from each other.
By Judith Sudilovsky June 18, 2020
Magen David Adom medical workers seen at a drive-through site to collect samples for coronavirus testing near the separation wall on April 16, 2020, Shuafat Refugee Camp, East Jerusalem. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
East Jerusalem scrambles to prevent COVID-19 outbreak before Ramadan
Israel had weeks to help prevent the spread of coronavirus in East Jerusalem. Instead, it dragged its feet in helping Palestinian hospitals, closed down testing sites, and blocked the PA from stepping in.
By Judith Sudilovsky April 22, 2020
Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian man as Israeli bulldozers operate on land near the West Bank city of Nablus, March 1, 2020. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
Israel’s coronavirus lockdown is blocking human rights work, but not abuses
Rights groups warn Israel's emergency directives are making it more difficult to monitor and protect Palestinian rights during the pandemic.
By Judith Sudilovsky March 31, 2020
A Palestinian police officer wears a mask to protect himself from coronavirus stands outside the closed Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, March 8, 2020. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
‘A virus that doesn’t respect borders’: Life under lockdown in Bethlehem
With the outbreak of COVID-19 in Bethlehem, an Israeli-imposed lockdown has left the city's streets and stores deserted at the height of tourist season.
By Judith Sudilovsky March 10, 2020
Malek Issa at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Malek was shot in the eye by a sponge-tipped bullet fired by an Israeli police officer in Issawiya on Feb. 15. (Sharona Weiss/Activestills.org)
Israel is trying to ‘break’ this East Jerusalem village — with brutal results
Malek is the latest child in occupied Issawiya to lose an eye from a rubber bullet as Israeli police intensify repression of Palestinian residents.
By Judith Sudilovsky February 25, 2020
Adla Ayad, a worker at the 'Mevashlim Bishvilech' factory in the industrial zone of the West Bank settlement of Mishor Adumim, seen during a workers solidarity meeting, December 5, 2019. (Activestills.org)
Exploited and underpaid, Palestinian women are fighting back in the workplace
Subject to below minimum wage jobs, no pay slips, and arbitrary layoffs in Israeli settlements, Palestinian women under occupation are learning more about their rights and are beginning to unionize.
By Judith Sudilovsky December 8, 2019
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  2. Six months after October 7, a lament for the paths not chosen
  3. Why human agency is still central to Israel’s AI-powered warfare
  4. Campus protests for Gaza are proliferating — and so is the repression
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  2. ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
  3. Even without a UN veto, Gaza remains hostage to American power
  4. Six months after October 7, a lament for the paths not chosen
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