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An ancient Palestinian town in the West Bank may soon no longer exist – because Israel plans on stealing it

The Roman-era ruins in Sebastia on Land Day, March 30, 2021. (Photo: Shadi Jarar'ah/APA Images)The ancient Palestinian town of Sebastia in the northern West Bank is a testament to 5,000 years of Palestinian history. Israel announced that it plans to seize the village and its archaeological sites.

Palestinians in Gaza are dying as the Israeli siege turns harsh winter weather deadly

A three-month-old baby, Taym al- Khawaja, froze to death in a tent in the Shati refugee camp, December 12, 2025. (Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images)Severe weather conditions in Gaza have claimed the lives of 13 people, including babies who froze to death, as Israel continues to block the entry of aid that could provide shelter to 1.5 million Palestinians living in worn-out tents.

New Israeli settlement in West Bank town near Bethlehem threatens the Christian presence in Palestine

Israeli soldiers and police officers at the former Israeli military base, Ush al-Ghurab, at the edge of Beit Sahour outside of Bethlehem in February 2010. (Photo: Najeh Hashlamoun/APA Images)Israeli settler groups have begun bulldozing Palestinian lands in the town of Beit Sahour to make way for a new settler outpost. The settlement threatens the existence of the largest remaining Christian community in the West Bank, residents say.

Palestine activists conducting a historic hunger strike in Britain need our international solidarity

London Irish Brigade activists protest outside the Houses of Parliament in support of the hunger strikers' demands, on December 5, 2025. (Photo: Steve / London Irish Brigade)Eight people detained for allegedly protesting in support of Palestine are currently undertaking the largest hunger strike in UK prisons in over 40 years. The strikers need international solidarity to show the world they are not alone.

Israel’s military chief says the ‘Yellow Line’ dividing Gaza will be Israel’s new border. Palestinians say this is a ‘second Nakba.’

Displaced Palestinian families sheltering inside the UNRWA-run Malak School in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis, find themselves suddenly located within the newly designated "yellow line" after the Israeli army repositioned the yellow concrete blocks used to demarcate the so-called "temporary withdrawal line" inside Gaza, December 9, 2025. (Photo: Tariq Mohammad/APA Images)Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir says Israel views the "Yellow Line" dividing Gaza as its new border. Palestinians in Gaza report widespread demolitions east of the line, reshaping Gaza's landscape through force in what they call a “second Nakba.”

New U.S. military funding bill includes measure to oppose global arms embargoes on Israel

Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-35I "Adir" stealth multi-role fighter jet (Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act includes a U.S. commitment to counter arms embargoes on Israel as the country's isolation deepens due to the Gaza genocide.

Inside the Israel lobby’s lesser-known tool for influencing Congress: free travel

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy arrives in Israel at the head of a 20-member bipartisan delegation of lawmakers on April 30, 2023. (Photo: Noam Moshkowitz/Knesset Spokesperson)This year, Israel will account for nearly one-quarter of all free travel gifted to Congress members, and AIPAC is overwhelmingly setting the agenda.

YouTube and big tech censorship threatens global accountability, Palestinian rights groups say

After the U.S. imposed sanctions, YouTube took down over 700 videos from prominent Palestinian human rights groups. Rights advocates say this censorship goes beyond Palestine and affects the future of international justice and accountability.

‘Genocide is not an Oakland value:’ inside Oakland’s grassroots campaign to end military shipments to Israel

Protesters from the Oakland People’s Arms Embargo at Oakland International Airport. (Photo: Saman Qadir)Oakland International Airport has become a key hub for transporting military cargo to Israel during the Gaza genocide. Now, over 30 groups and thousands of Oakland residents have come together in the Oakland People’s Arms Embargo to stop it.

Liberation Is Not Integration: On liberal Zionism, one-state fantasies, and what Palestinians actually want

Palestinians block Israeli soldiers during a protest against the expansion of Jewish settlements, on April 28, 2023, in the West Bank village of Beit Dajan, east of Nablus. (Photo: Mohammed Nasser /APA Images)The left's view of Palestine’s future often reduces to vague terms like “one-state solution” or “equal rights for all” but few address the tough questions they raise, especially: how can Palestinians live with those who carried out the Gaza genocide?

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