Israel

What is happening in Israeli prisons can no longer be read as a series of isolated abuses or as circumstantial deviations inherent to a prolonged conflict. The accumulated reports of Palestinian, Israeli, and United Nations organizations describe a coherent, progressive,…

David interviews Dr. Alon Ben-Meir, retired professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies, for a wide-ranging conversation on the Davids Campaign and the urgent need to renew nonviolent strategies in the Middle East. The campaign seeks to support individuals…

Amnesty International has called on Knesset members to vote against a series of bills containing controversial amendments that would allow Israeli courts to expand the use of the death penalty through arbitrary application against Palestinians. The call was made on…

B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights organization, has published a new report on the state of Israeli prisons, entitled “Living Hell,” on its website. “Living Hell” follows B’Tselem’s August 2024 report “Welcome to Hell.” Building on the in-depth research and analysis…

Strong allegations have been reflected in the public sphere concerning extra-judicial executions, forced displacement, bombing of civilian settlements and urban infrastructure, arbitrary detention, torture and other forms of ill-treatment during the operation launched by HTS against the neighbourhoods of Sheikh…

Warning to the reader. This article deals with a sensitive subject that may offend contemporary Western sensibilities. If you believe that criticism and debate are essential achievements and forms of emancipation, you will find little of interest in the story…

2026 January 08 –  As the world welcomes the New Year, 1,000 Civil Society Organizations and Grassroots community groups in over 90 countries are also gearing up for the annual celebration of International Zero Waste Month, amplifying the call for more…

Over 50 activists from the Mesarvot Network and Yesh Gvul are demonstrating outside Military Prison No. 10 in central Israel, where Yuval Peleg has been imprisoned for 130 days and A’ is serving a first 30-day sentence, both for refusing…

In the shadowed streets of Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, Israeli police stormed the UNRWA headquarters on December 8, 2025, lowered the blue United Nations flag, and hoisted the Israeli one—seizing property and cutting off communications. This was no mere raid:…

Only international pressure can stop Israel, as it stopped apartheid in South Africa. And if governments are complicit, who will put pressure on them? You and I, we, the people, starting with young people like Ella and Iddo of Mesarvot,…