Palestine

“Arresting children here is becoming normal,” one human rights activist said. A few weeks ago, a Palestinian teenager was shot and seriously injured by Israeli soldiers as he attempted to flee their custody — despite that fact that he was already handcuffed a…

To the Editor: Re Anti-Zionists Deserve Free Speech (column, April 16): Michelle Goldberg eloquently shatters taboos about the B.D.S. movement (boycott, divestment, sanctions) for Palestinian rights, opening space for debate. But her depiction of my opinion…

A man holds the Palestinian national flag during a protest in Gaza. (AP / Adel Hana) EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch. …

Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-and-law and senior advisor charged with delivering a Middle East peace plan on Tuesday told the Time100 Summit that his plan would not focus on a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. That approach, “failed”…

Shortly before the start of World War II, Albert Einstein, perhaps the world's most famous theoretical physicist, wrote a letter to a colleague detailing his thoughts on the "power of the resistance" of the Jewish people. And now that letter is set to go up f…

April 22, 2019 10 min read Tara Chklovski had the weight of her family on her shoulders. Growing up in India in what she calls a lower-middle-class family, it was difficult not to notice the poverty around her -- especially the pivotal role chance plays i…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) Israel's U.N. ambassador said Wednesday he believes his government will take no action on annexing Jewish settlements in the West Bank until after the Trump administration releases its long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. Danny Da…

Apartheid is alive and well and thriving in occupied Palestine. Palestinians know this. South Africans know this. Many Israelis have accepted this as part of their political debate. Americans are coming to terms with this, with new voices in Congress and NGO…