Janat al-Atar only knows her dad from photographs and stories told by her mom. The girl has long been prevented by Israel from visiting him in prison. Four-year-old Janat was born after Husam, her father, was jailed. Israel has used that fact as a pretext to deny Husam the right to see his own daughter. […]

BDS organizers and activists for justice in Palestine organized dozens of international actions calling for a boycott of Puma on Saturday, 15 June. After Adidas dropped its sponsorship of the Israeli Football Association in 2018 after being presented with over 16,000 signatures of protest, Puma took up the sponsorship. This means that the global German athletic manufacturer […]

Palestinian prisoners are threatening to launch a hunger strike in Ashkelon prison after Israel failed to implement concessions from the last protest. This comes as prison authorities moved some 80 prisoners to Ramon prison in the southern Naqab region of Israel on Monday, where jamming devices block phone reception in certain wings to prevent Palestinians […]

Congresswomen Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib have signed a bill to stop U.S. aid to Israel. Congresswomen Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) said they would be signing a bill to stop funding Israel due to its abuse of Palestinian children by detaining them. The bill was introduced by Minnesota Congresswoman Betty […]

A number of lawmakers have come out in support of legislation that seeks to end Israel’s military detention practices against Palestinian children, including New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar. H.R.2407-the Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act, was introduced by Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) in April. The […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — When Palestinian preschooler Aisha a-Lulu came out of brain surgery in a strange Jerusalem hospital room, she called out for her mother and father. She repeated the cry over and over, but her parents never came. Instead of a family member, Israeli authorities had approved a stranger to escort Aisha from the […]

Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi grew up protesting the Israeli occupation. She took part in her first rally when she was eight, and a decade later, she doesn’t believe in reasoning with Israel. Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian resistance icon at just 18 years of age, told RT Sputnik host George Galloway that she believes young Palestinians […]

Dozens of accounts, pages and groups operated by private firm peddling fake news were deleted, tech giant says Facebook said Thursday it banned an Israeli company that ran an influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries and has canceled dozens of accounts engaged in spreading disinformation. >> Subscribe for just $1 now Nathaniel […]

West Bank teenager will join MPs including Diane Abbott in march demanding Israel be held accountable for violations of international law Prominent Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi is set to join pro-Palestinian protests in London on Saturday demanding Israel be held accountable for violations of international law. Ms Tamimi, 17, became a symbol of resistance in the occupied West Bank […]

“I don’t believe in caging kids,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said while defending her stand on cutting military and economic aid to Israel. United States Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) reiterated her position Wednesday for the U.S. to cut military and economic aid to Israel to combat the country’s policy of imprisoning Palestinian kids. On Sunday the Congresswoman she said that […]