US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has landed in Israel for two days of meetings with officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Army Radio reported. The National Security Adviser also has planned meetings with Netanyahu’s war cabinet and President Isaac Herzog, amid efforts by the White House to pressure Israel to dial back its “indiscriminate”…
The Israeli bombardment is forcing Palestinians into ever-smaller areas in the south of the Gaza Strip. A makeshift camp in the desert in Rafah is growing by the day. But there’s nothing there – no shelter, no food, no aid and no toilets. And to get there, Palestinians must make a dangerous journey down a…
Berlin-based lawyer Nadija Samour and her colleagues fight against the suppression of Palestinian voices in Germany. Throughout 2023, they have defended constitutional rights in the face of growing prejudicial policies and bans on all things Palestinian. Since October 7, 2023, authorities have further clamped down on Palestinian activism in Berlin but Nadija will not give…
University of Maryland professor Shibley Telhami says US President Joe Biden is making his decisions on Palestine and Israel “based on personal beliefs, personal preferences, personal emotions,” and “not necessarily driven by a considered assessment of American interests at stake”. Telhami tells host Steve Clemons that Biden’s “inability to show empathy” for the Palestinians is…
Antony Loewenstein, author of the Palestine Laboratory, says that Israel is using Gaza as “a key testing ground for new weapons”. “Sometimes deadly, sometimes also just surveillance,” Loewenstein told Al Jazeera. “So what we’ve seen in the last two months is really huge amounts of new technology, in particular drones, quadcopters, so to speak, which…
Bethlehem in December is usually packed with thousands of foreign tourists who come to celebrate Christmas at the birthplace of Jesus Christ. The war on Gaza means this year they’ve stayed away. Palestinian business owners who rely on income during the Christmas season say they’re suffering more than ever. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports from…
The US is taking increasingly assertive steps in trying to limit settler violence. First, the demand was made for Israel to control "extremist" violence. Following that, a visa ban was imposed last week on some individuals linked to this violence. Now, the shipment of 27,000 military-style rifles, initially destined for the Israeli national police, has…
Ibrahim was at school in Syria when war changed his life. Like thousands of his fellow Syrians, he was forced to leave and take refuge in Iraq. The UNHCR refugee camp in Duhok provided shelter and security for Ibrahim, who was able to complete high school and was awarded an undergraduate scholarship to study computer…
In the border city of Rafah, relatives are mourning the deaths of at least 27 Palestinians killed in Israeli military strikes on two houses. Rescuers have spent hours trying to find as many as four people trapped under the rubble. Gaza’s health ministry says 18,600 Palestinians have been killed since October 7. Israeli forces have…
Pakistan has ordered hundreds of thousands of Afghans to leave, in a major push against undocumented migrants. Islamabad says the campaign is not targeting Afghans specifically, although they make up most of the foreigners in the country Some are leaving willingly, while others are being forced out. It is a major push against illegal migrants,…