UN, Palestinian ministry condemn Israeli settler siege of West Bank homes | Israel-Palestine conflict News

UN, Palestinian ministry condemn Israeli settler siege of West Bank homes | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The United Nations human rights agency and the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates have condemned a days-long Israeli settler siege of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra. The two statements were issued on Thursday, as dozens of Israeli settlers continue to besiege three Palestinian families in the Ras al-Ain…

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‘Torture isn’t new to Palestinians’: How Israel learned from colonialism | Israel-Palestine conflict

‘Torture isn’t new to Palestinians’: How Israel learned from colonialism | Israel-Palestine conflict

Warning: This story includes descriptions of sexual assault that some readers will find disturbing. A companion essay to Al Jazeera’s Bodies of Evidence: Israel’s Darkest Weapon, directed and executive produced by Awad Joumaa. He was in the next room. The walls were thin. The door between the rooms was open. He could hear everything. In…

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Who is Adam Hamawy? Doctor who served in Gaza is on the path to US Congress | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Who is Adam Hamawy? Doctor who served in Gaza is on the path to US Congress | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Adam Hamawy, a plastic surgeon, army veteran and conflict-zone medical worker, has won a crowded Democratic primary for an open seat in the United States House of Representatives. The Egyptian-born doctor’s victory puts him on track to represent New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District, a Democratic stronghold. He will face off with Republican Gregg Mele on…

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Mahmoud Khalil calls for deportation to be halted in light of new evidence | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Mahmoud Khalil calls for deportation to be halted in light of new evidence | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student targeted for deportation by the United States government over his pro-Palestine advocacy, have called on an immigration appeals court to reopen and terminate his case. The latest legal appeal points to new evidence, some of which was documented in media reports, that Khalil’s lawyers said it…

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