UN report claims Israel enabling West Bank settler violence
The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory on Tuesday released a report accusing Israeli…
Israeli settlers clash with Palestinians in West Bank over alleged sheep theft
Multiple clashes were reported between a group of Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank town of Huwara,…
Future Israel (Part III): Confronting Israel’s societal challenges
This is the third of a three-part series. In Part I, I suggested implementing broad parameters to create…
Europe Is Sanctioning Israeli Settlers. Next it Must Confront Israel Itself
In addition to simply seizing territory, Israel has also taken significant steps to bring settler violence itself under…
Police open investigation into animal abuse and abuse of woman, child
Police in the West Bank opened an investigation on Wednesday into an incident in Masafer Yatta in which…
For 2nd time in days, settler filmed striking dog during raid of Palestinian village
A young Israeli settler was filmed on Wednesday repeatedly striking a dog during a raid of a Palestinian…
The EU-ICC assault on Israel
Last week, we saw a subtle, yet meaningful escalation in the attempt to negate the idea of the…
ICC’s possible sanctions on Bezalel Smotrich more notable than 2024’s Benjamin Netanyahu warrant
In hindsight, from the moment that Israel partially lost the US’s backing for the war over the invasion…
Jerusalem Day violence exposes dangerous culture of impunity in Israel
On Thursday, May 14, as violence by far-right thugs was raging against Arabs around the now infamous Jerusalem…
As West Bank conditions grow dire, Palestinian despair hasn’t curdled into violence, yet
For the past two and a half years, rarely a day has gone by that Bashar Eid has…
EU sanctions on violent Israeli settlers are barely a half measure
For years, the European Union’s policy on Israeli occupation has been a masterclass in deflection: statements expressing half-hearted…
‘Settler violence’: A buzzword that singles out Israel
Violence by hooligan groups, religious factions, political mobs, or any other group is illegal, cannot be excused, and…