48 Palestinian politics

Palestinian students at Salem School in Nablus, West Bank wear eye patches in solidarity with journalist Moath Amarnih, who was wounded and lost sight in one eye during clashes with the Israeli army in the village of Surif. November 18, 2019. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Partially blinded by an Israeli bullet, Palestinian journalist turns into icon

Palestinian journalists and students join a broad campaign to highlight the dangers faced by West Bank and Gaza reporters in the field, who are regularly targeted by Israeli security forces with little fear of punishment.

By Ami Kaufman and Mya Guarnieri Jaradat

America’s long history of tolerating Israel’s illegal expansion

America’s long history of tolerating Israel’s illegal expansion

The United States has never treated Israeli settlements as illegal, with expansion moving ahead with little resistance from Washington. Still, Pompeo’s recent declaration will likely become the new normal.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at an 'emergency' Likud rally in Tel Aviv, November 17, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

By labeling Arabs an ‘existential threat,’ Bibi invokes a terrifying history of ethnic violence

The prime minister organized an emergency Likud gathering Sunday night, in which he accused Israel’s Arab citizens of supporting terror and wanting to destroy the State of Israel. We know how this kind of thing can end. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a bitter struggle to prevent his challenger from establishing a government with support from the Arab-led Joint List party, has…

By Amjad Iraqi, Cafe Gibraltar and Dimi Reider

Latest

Israeli police carry away documents and computers from offices of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement, November 17, 2015. (Photo by Israel Police Spokesperson)

The real danger of outlawing Palestinian political movements

Banning and persecuting political groups like the Islamic Movement and Balad has the effect of disengaging Palestinian citizens of Israel from the state and its political system. That is very, very dangerous. The Israeli government has done very few things that worry me more than its ongoing assault on the country’s Palestinian citizens’ political representation.…

By Noam Sheizaf November 18, 2015