Kaouther Ben Hania, the director of last year’s Oscar-nominated docudrama “The Voice of Hind Rajab” — about the killing of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza by Israeli forces — has rejected the news that Israel is launching an investigation into Rajab’s death, describing it as “a smokescreen.” On Wednesday, the Israeli military admitted that
Israel captured the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East War. It annexed East Jerusalem in 1980, in a move not recognised by the vast majority of the international community. Opponents of the E1 project have warned that it would effectively block the establishment of a Palestinian state because it
Locarno became the latest film festival to see protests at the continuing situation in Gaza and Palestine‘s Occupied Territories. While music from the Campari Lounge boomed into the evening, approximately 100 demonstrators unwound a shroud bearing the names of 60,000 people who have been killed in Gaza since the beginning of the war two and
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected US President Donald Trump’s 15-point plan for Gaza, stating that no military pull-out will happen until Hamas is “genuinely” disarmed. Trump’s Board of Peace said last month it had reached an agreement for the “complete disarmament” of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. But Hamas said handing
In the remains of the Roman theatre, Israeli activist Alon Arad – who heads Emek Shaveh, an Israeli group that aims to ensure that the ancient heritage of the region belongs to all communities – says that the Israeli authorities have bypassed consultation with the local administration and residents of Sebastia. “The thing is that
Israeli prosecutors have charged a settler over the killing of a Palestinian activist in the occupied West Bank who helped film Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land. Yinon Levy was charged with reckless manslaughter over the July 2025 shooting of Odeh Hathaleen, according to Israel’s Southern District Prosecutor’s Office. Israeli rights group B’Tselem said it was