by Roots and Resistance Resistance | May 16, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Five people have been reported killed and many wounded in Israeli attacks overnight on Gaza, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have reported. Three people, including a child, were killed in the bombing of house on al-Sahaba Street in Gaza City that left several...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | May 16, 2024 | Palestine Updates
In 2013, Elias Khoury, the renowned Lebanese novelist and public intellectual, delivered a speech from Beirut via Skype to a group of 250 Palestinian activists. The activists had just established an encampment in the E1 area of the occupied West Bank, located between...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | May 16, 2024 | Palestine Updates
For months, revelations have emerged about the nightmarish transformation of Israel’s Sde Teiman army base, located near the southern city of Be’er Sheva/Bir al-Saba, into a detention center. Stories of the abuse of Palestinians detained by Israeli forces in Gaza echo...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | May 16, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Netanyahu’s assertion that there is no humanitarian crisis in Rafah is likely to be met with skepticism, especially considering the longstanding challenges faced by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Rafah, a city in southern Gaza near the Egyptian border, has been...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | May 16, 2024 | Palestine Updates
The forcible dispersal of a pro-Palestine student encampment at Geneva University by Swiss police highlights the tensions surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and freedom of expression. The incident underscores the challenges of balancing the right to peaceful...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | May 16, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Israel will send a legal team to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to attend hearings scheduled for Thursday and Friday in response to a genocide lawsuit filed against Tel Aviv by South Africa, according to Israeli media, Anadolu Agency reports. An...
