IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding

Massacres as a weapon of ethnic cleansing during the Nakba

A detailed history of the events leading up to Israel's ethnic cleansing campaigns in 1948, when over 400 Palestinian towns were destroyed and 700,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their land.

Police Investigating Hebron Settlers Attack on Palestinian, Israeli Soldier

Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians are nothing new. But this one was caught on camera and now suspects are facing assault charges. These attacks will continue to rise if Israel pushes forward with plans to illegally annex more Palestinian land.

Israel approves funding for new ‘Trump Heights’ settlement

Last year, Netanyahu promised to name an illegal settlement in the annexed Golan Heights after Donald Trump. This week, he got the funding to do it. Meanwhile, Palestinians towns and villages are being wiped off the map to make room for Israel's expansion.

As Israel Vows Annexation, Palestinian Leaders Embark On Risky Form Of Protest

Palestinians from Gaza to the West Bank and the diaspora are refusing to remain silent in the face of Israel's illegal annexation plans, which could begin as early as July 1. They're making it clear: "Annexation is an existential threat for our future."

Tibi demands police turn over al-Hallak footage: What are they afraid of?

"Why are they hiding it...What are they afraid of?" Joint List member, Ahmad Tibi, is demanding Israeli police release footage of the murder of Iyad al-Hallak. Iyad was chased and shot dead by Israeli police in Jerusalem earlier this month.

Explainer: 5 Things to Know About the Trump-Netanyahu Apartheid Map

Solidarity means fighting for Black lives

Palestinian scholar and activist Nada Elia offers words of advice on how Palestine solidarity activists can and should stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

If It Had Been My Son, I’d Find It Hard to Go on Living

Israeli writer Rogel Alpher on Israel's killing of Eyad Hallaq: "Is there anything lonelier than an autistic person cowering and trembling in fear in a garbage shed, not understanding what is going on...while policemen empty a magazine of bullets into him"

Stop Calling Israel a Jewish Democracy

Netanyahu's annexation plan has brought to the fore a defining question. What is more important to Israeli society: ideals of democracy or the colonization of Palestine?