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  1. "Ceasing fire in #Gaza means continuing oppression by other means. Vocabulary is managed like territory, unilaterally. #Israel, once again, is making an ostensibly temporary situation into one of stable degradation – relative stability for Israel, further depredation for Gaza."

    lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/august/mea
    #Palestine #oPt #colonialViolence " #BoardOfPeace "

  2. #israel #palestine : #gaza / #opt / #humanrights / #water

    „Most of the population across the occupied Palestinian territory lacks sufficient access to water, #sanitation and #hygiene, UN humanitarians said Tuesday.

    More than 1.3 million people – more than half of the population – have access to less than 6 liters of water per person per day for drinking and cooking, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( #OCHA ).“

    news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-12/

  3. #israel #palestine : #gaza / #opt / #humanrights / #water

    „Most of the population across the occupied Palestinian territory lacks sufficient access to water, #sanitation and #hygiene, UN humanitarians said Tuesday.

    More than 1.3 million people – more than half of the population – have access to less than 6 liters of water per person per day for drinking and cooking, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( #OCHA ).“

    news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-12/

  4. #israel #palestine : #opt / #westbank / #gaza / #detainees / #humaneights / #termsofdetention

    „Israel has confirmed, nearly 2 years after the fact, that a Palestinian detainee from Gaza died in detention, according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.

    (...) Palestinian officials say the case fits a broader #pattern of Israel concealing the fate of detainees held since its genocidal war on Gaza began.“

    aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/10/i

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  5. #israel #palestine : #opt / #westbank / #gaza / #detainees / #humaneights / #termsofdetention

    „Israel has confirmed, nearly 2 years after the fact, that a Palestinian detainee from Gaza died in detention, according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.

    (...) Palestinian officials say the case fits a broader #pattern of Israel concealing the fate of detainees held since its genocidal war on Gaza began.“

    aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/10/i

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  6. "In this Zeteo town hall, Mehdi Hasan sits down with Haifa-based lawyer Diana Buttu, independent journalist Jasper Nathaniel and Palestininan human rights campaign Fadi Quran to discuss the rise of violence in the occupied #WestBank, including sexual violence against Palestinian women, U.S.-backed settlements and Israeli impunity under Biden and Trump."

    youtube.com/watch?v=E969pOjI6y8
    #Palestine #Israel #oPt #colonialViolence

  7. #israel #palestine : #westbank / #opt / #religion / #emigration

    „Palestinian Christians call themselves “living stones” and say they have lived continuously in the Holy Land for the last 2,000 years. Maybe not for much longer, believes Reverend Mitri Raheb. (…)
    Faced with growing uncertainty over economic and security conditions, hundreds of Christians have left since the war in the Gaza Strip began nearly three years ago.“

    japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/

  8. #israel #palestine : #opt / #westbank / #gaza / #identity / #culturalheritage / #archiving / #literature

    „A new book documents efforts to preserve millennia of culture, refusing to surrender to the enclave’s #destruction while laying foundations for its future.“

    972mag.com/archiving-gaza-cult

  9. #israel #palestine : #opt / #westbank / #gaza / #identity / #culturalheritage / #archiving / #literature

    „A new book documents efforts to preserve millennia of culture, refusing to surrender to the enclave’s #destruction while laying foundations for its future.“

    972mag.com/archiving-gaza-cult

  10. #israel #palestine : #opt / #religion / #provocation

    „Six Jewish Israelis were filmed spitting at the entrance to Saint James Monastery and throwing rocks at an Armenian resident in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israeli police later arrested the suspects.“
    aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2

  11. #israel #palestine : #opt / #religion / #provocation

    „Six Jewish Israelis were filmed spitting at the entrance to Saint James Monastery and throwing rocks at an Armenian resident in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israeli police later arrested the suspects.“
    aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2

  12. Trump admin may impose a $100K fee on OPT (the pathway foreign grads use to work in the US after graduating). What has been the importance of OPT for foreign students in the US? How will this impact Indian students in the US? Today's HT Number Theory explores in detail.

    Read on HT app: hindustantimes.com/editors-pic

    #Trump #OPT #Migration #MastIndia #India #DataViz

  13. Trump admin may impose a $100K fee on OPT (the pathway foreign grads use to work in the US after graduating). What has been the importance of OPT for foreign students in the US? How will this impact Indian students in the US? Today's HT Number Theory explores in detail.

    Read on HT app: hindustantimes.com/editors-pic

    #Trump #OPT #Migration #MastIndia #India #DataViz

  14. #israel #palestine #gaza #westbank #opt #socialpsychology #youth #zionism #narratives #traumata

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    … largely ignored by the Israeli media. "I'm glad I opened my eyes, but it came at a cost: discovering that this country is toxic. Today, I think that [a different government] wouldn't change anything. This country is too deeply rooted in fanaticism. It's irreversible."«

  15. #israel #palestine #gaza #westbank #opt #socialpsychology #youth #zionism #narratives #traumata

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    … largely ignored by the Israeli media. "I'm glad I opened my eyes, but it came at a cost: discovering that this country is toxic. Today, I think that [a different government] wouldn't change anything. This country is too deeply rooted in fanaticism. It's irreversible."«

  16. #israel #palestine : #gaza / #westbank / #opt / #socialpsychology / #youth / #zionism / #narratives / #traumata

    »"I grew up in a family that saw Baruch Goldstein [who perpetrated a massacre of 29 Muslim worshippers at the Hebron mosque in 1994] as a hero. Then I discovered that he was a terrorist criminal. It broke my heart to realize that I had been raised to believe lies." She said she read the foreign press to stay informed about topics she felt were …

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    lemonde.fr/en/international/ar

  17. #israel #palestine : #gaza / #westbank / #opt / #socialpsychology / #youth / #zionism / #narratives / #traumata

    »"I grew up in a family that saw Baruch Goldstein [who perpetrated a massacre of 29 Muslim worshippers at the Hebron mosque in 1994] as a hero. Then I discovered that he was a terrorist criminal. It broke my heart to realize that I had been raised to believe lies." She said she read the foreign press to stay informed about topics she felt were …

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    lemonde.fr/en/international/ar

  18. Amid tight Israeli restrictions, new remote research is starting to make visible the scale of toxic fallout across the #Gaza Strip.

    "In the decades to come, an epidemic of cancer, lung disease, and brain damage caused by this fallout could come to rival in lethality the war’s bombs and bullets."

    nybooks.com/online/2026/07/22/
    archive.ph/FuBKq
    #warOnGaza #oPt #Palestine #GazaGenocide #GazaEcocide #environment

  19. Amid tight Israeli restrictions, new remote research is starting to make visible the scale of toxic fallout across the #Gaza Strip.

    "In the decades to come, an epidemic of cancer, lung disease, and brain damage caused by this fallout could come to rival in lethality the war’s bombs and bullets."

    nybooks.com/online/2026/07/22/
    archive.ph/FuBKq
    #warOnGaza #oPt #Palestine #GazaGenocide #GazaEcocide #environment

  20. #israel #palestine #gaza #westbank #opt #domesticpolicy #election #politicalparties #electionplatform

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    … particularly evident on the Palestinian issue, where most remain reluctant even to articulate support for a two-state solution or an end to the occupation.“

  21. #israel #palestine #gaza #westbank #opt #domesticpolicy #election #politicalparties #electionplatform

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    … particularly evident on the Palestinian issue, where most remain reluctant even to articulate support for a two-state solution or an end to the occupation.“

  22. #israel #palestine : #gaza / #westbank / #opt / #domesticpolicy / #election / #politicalparties / #electionplatform

    „One of the enduring enigmas of Israeli politics is that, despite Netanyahu’s unprecedented failures during his longest period in office, the principal opposition parties struggle to offer a clear policy alternative.

    In many areas, they promise to pursue broadly similar objectives but with greater competence. This is …

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    chathamhouse.org/2026/07/israe

  23. #israel #palestine : #gaza / #westbank / #opt / #domesticpolicy / #election / #politicalparties / #electionplatform

    „One of the enduring enigmas of Israeli politics is that, despite Netanyahu’s unprecedented failures during his longest period in office, the principal opposition parties struggle to offer a clear policy alternative.

    In many areas, they promise to pursue broadly similar objectives but with greater competence. This is …

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    chathamhouse.org/2026/07/israe

  24. #israel #palestine : #gaza / #westbank / #opt / #genocide / #uno / #advocacy / #peace / #interview

    „Talking to the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian Territories about #genocide, standing up to the hatred of the establishment, and ending war.“

    thenation.com/article/world/fr

  25. #israel #palestine : #gaza / #westbank / #opt / #genocide / #uno / #advocacy / #peace / #interview

    „Talking to the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian Territories about #genocide, standing up to the hatred of the establishment, and ending war.“

    thenation.com/article/world/fr

  26. #netherlands #israel #palestine : #opt / #occupation / #tradesanctions

    (Go on!)

    „The Netherlands is set to impose trade sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and the Golan Heights, the government said on Tuesday, in a move aimed at pressuring Israel over its #settlementpolicy.“

    news.cgtn.com/news/2026-07-22/

  27. #israel #palestine : #gaza / #westbank / #opt / #detainees

    „Israeli Environmental Protection Minister I. Silman has reclassified crocodiles (…) to be used for security purposes, including to deter prison escapes.

    Far-right National Security Minister I. Ben Gvir – who reportedly proposed in December surrounding a prison for Palestinian detainees with crocodiles, a la Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention facility – welcomed the decision.“

    scmp.com/news/world/middle-eas

  28. #israel #palestine : #gaza / #westbank / #opt / #detainees

    „Israeli Environmental Protection Minister I. Silman has reclassified crocodiles (…) to be used for security purposes, including to deter prison escapes.

    Far-right National Security Minister I. Ben Gvir – who reportedly proposed in December surrounding a prison for Palestinian detainees with crocodiles, a la Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention facility – welcomed the decision.“

    scmp.com/news/world/middle-eas

  29. #israel #palestine #gaza #westbank #opt #violence #statehood #nonviolence #dailylife #peace #foreignpolicy #film

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    … analysts and decision-makers to look at the polls and conclude that the »peace camp« on both sides is a minority. The reality, however, is more complex.“

  30. #israel #palestine #gaza #westbank #opt #violence #statehood #nonviolence #dailylife #peace #foreignpolicy #film

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    … analysts and decision-makers to look at the polls and conclude that the »peace camp« on both sides is a minority. The reality, however, is more complex.“

  31. #israel #palestine : #gaza / #westbank / #opt / #violence / #statehood / #nonviolence / #dailylife /#justice / #peace / #foreignpolicy / #film

    „For many Israelis and Palestinians, »peace« has become a contested notion – not because they reject a just and sustainable solution for both peoples, but because the language of peace can feel detached from the violent reality on the ground, as well as the pain, fear, and loss people carry. It is easy for …

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    m.youtube.com/watch?mc_cid=109

  32. #israel #palestine : #gaza / #westbank / #opt / #violence / #statehood / #nonviolence / #dailylife / #justice / #peace / #foreignpolicy / #film

    „For many Israelis and Palestinians, »peace« has become a contested notion – not because they reject a just and sustainable solution for both peoples, but because the language of peace can feel detached from the violent reality on the ground, as well as the pain, fear, and loss people carry. It is easy for …

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    m.youtube.com/watch?mc_cid=109