It is common practice for Israeli forces to demolish the homes of Palestinians who are suspected of carrying out attacks on Israelis in the West Bank – a practice Israeli rights groups have criticised as collective punishment. Netanyahu likened the operation to previous operations in Palestinian refugee camps in the north of the territory, when
Five Israelis have been wounded and two suspected Palestinian attackers killed by Israeli security forces following a shooting in the occupied West Bank, Israeli officials say. Unverified footage shared on social media shows an intense gun battle between soldiers and the gunmen, at a military checkpoint at the entrance to the city of Hebron. The
A man has been convicted of attempted murder for shooting three students of Palestinian descent in the US state of Vermont nearly three years ago, with the jury rejecting his insanity claims. Lawyers for Jason Eaton, 51, said he believed he heard instructions from the CIA and Mossad over the radio to shoot someone before
A jury on Monday convicted a Vermont man of attempted murder in the shootings of three Palestinian college students who were walking near his home, rejecting an insanity defense rooted in his claims that he was acting on orders from the CIA and Mossad. Jason Eaton, 51, faces up to life in prison in the
Macklemore says he’s been kicked off Ed Sheeran’s tour because Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the NFL’s New England Patriots, took issue with his comments about the Palestinian territories. Macklemore had made the comments onstage while opening for Sheeran at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium earlier this month. The singer Pink then reshared criticism of
“I came because it makes the children feel their parents are with them, that they are safe, it gives them a kind of security,” said Haroon Bishara, whose boys are in the first and second grades. “We fear for our children more this year,” he told me. “We know the situation is not safe at
