Israeli President Isaac Herzog will speak to Congress on Wednesday and repeat the same fictions his father, Chaim, uttered before Congress in 1987. But the story his father told will not work again this time.
The Jenin Brigade has condemned the Palestinian Authority’s continued arrest of resistance fighters. As tensions rise, the camp enters the most dangerous phase of the counterinsurgency effort to eradicate it.
Isaac Herzog’s upcoming trip to Washington is highlighting the growing rift within the Democratic party over Israel, and the fissures were on display this weekend as Rep. Pramila Jayapal walked back comments describing Israel as a racist state.
Palestinian journalist Khalid Amayreh died on July 12 at the age of 66. He is remembered as a steadfast voice for the Palestinian cause. His daughter, Azhaar Amayreh, pays tribute to his written legacy.
Francesca Albanese’s June report to the UN Human Rights Council says Israel uses physical, bureaucratic, military, and surveillance means to “de-Palestinianize” the occupied territory, threatening “the existence of the Palestinians as a people.”