News & Analysis

Gaza artist mixes beauty with pain in her ballet paintings
Nidal Al-mughrabi, Reuters

Gaza artist mixes beauty with pain in her ballet paintings

Palestinian artist Abeer Jebril's dark-coloured paintings show ballerinas chained in barbed wire, dancing on rocks, or facing barricades to mirror what she calls the "ticking bomb" reality of women in Gaza.

on September 21, 2021
Why the climate movement must support the Palestinian cause
Gabriel Polley, Middle East Eye

Why the climate movement must support the Palestinian cause

The occupation's settlement-building has been devastating for the environment, yet activists seem reluctant to criticise Israel and back climate justice for Palestinians. This must change

on September 21, 2021
What fate awaits the rearrested Palestinian prisoners?
Zena Al Tahhan, Al Jazeera

What fate awaits the rearrested Palestinian prisoners?

Lawyers say prisoners likely to face additional years on their initial sentences as well as harsh punitive measures.

on September 13, 2021
PPS: Israel bans family visit for Palestinian prisoners
WAFA News Agency

PPS: Israel bans family visit for Palestinian prisoners

Israel has banned family visits for Palestinian prisoners until the end of the month, according to the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS).

on September 9, 2021
Israel lashes out against Palestinian prisoners after Gilboa Prison breakout, arrests family
The New Arab

Israel lashes out against Palestinian prisoners after Gilboa Prison breakout, arrests family

Israel is reportedly denying prisoners food and access to outside space follow a daring escape by six Palestinian men from Gilboa Prison on Monday.

on September 9, 2021
Israel arrests family members of Palestinian jail escapees
Agence France-Presse

Israel arrests family members of Palestinian jail escapees

Israeli troops have arrested at least five family members in the occupied West Bank of the Palestinians who escaped from a high-security jail this week, a Palestinian prisoners' group said Wednesday.

on September 9, 2021
Arna’s Children Film
Juliano Mer-Khamis

Arna’s Children

Zakaria Zubeidi, one of the imprisoned Palestinians who escaped this week, was featured in the documentary Arna's Children when he was a boy. The film, available here, showcases the grim reality of children’s life under Israeli occupation.

on September 9, 2021
West Bank: Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian man near Ramallah
Middle East Eye

West Bank: Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian man near Ramallah

39-year-old killed after returning from work in Israel, village residents say

on September 1, 2021
Gaza: Disabled or dead, many young victims of Israeli strikes won’t return to school
Maha Hussaini, Middle East Eye

Gaza: Disabled or dead, many young victims of Israeli strikes won’t return to school

Among the hundreds of Palestinian children injured in Israel's May campaign on Gaza, many now face a life without education and few prospects

on September 1, 2021