Settlers set light to agricultural land south of Nablus Israeli settlers set light to agricultural land south of Nablus, Wafa news agency is reporting, citing local sources. According to the sources, the settlers attacked and set fire to Palestinian-owned agricultural land in the village of Burin, igniting several olive trees. They reported that the settlers further obstructed Palestinian Civil Defence crews from reaching the area to extinguish the fire.
Opinion: Ben Gvir's crocodiles are the latest weapon in Israel's animal warfare on Palestinians Earlier this month, Israel 's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir announced that Israel would use Nile crocodiles as prison guards for Palestinian political prisoners. The programme will begin at Ketziot Prison, Israel's largest, in the Naqab (Negev) desert. The prison served as a concentration camp where thousands of Palestinians were incarcerated between 1988 and 1995 during the First Intifada.
Ben Gvir's crocodiles are the latest weapon in Israel's animal warfare on Palestinians Submitted by Joseph Massad on Thu, 07/30/2026 - 17:34 From Herzl's colonial writings to attack dogs, wild boars and crocodile-moat prisons, animals have long been enlisted in the Zionist project to terrorise Palestinians Dozens of crocodiles lie stranded at an abandoned farm near the illegal Israeli settlement of Petzael in the occupied Jordan Valley on 18 January 2021 (Menahem Kahana/AFP) Off Earlier this month, Israel 's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir announced that Israel would use Nile crocodiles as prison guards for Palestinian political prisoners. The programme will begin at Ketziot Prison, Israel's largest, in the Naqab (Negev) desert. The prison served as a concentration camp where thousands of Palestinians were incarcerated between 1988 and 1995 during the First Intifada.
Supreme Court will allow appeal hearing over Palestine Action ban The co-founder of Palestine Action has been granted permission to challenge the Home Office's decision to ban the direct action group as a terrorist organisation. The UK proscribed the group in July 2025 and since then its co-founder Huda Ammori has fought to overturn the decision. In June, the Court of Appeal quashed a High Court ruling which found the ban to be unlawful.
‘I am dying slowly’: Gaza professor blocked from cancer treatment by Israel’s siege Submitted by Maha Hussaini on Thu, 07/30/2026 - 11:14 Israel’s restrictions on medicines and medical evacuations leave thousands of cancer patients without life-saving treatment Kholoud Abu Sahmoud says she is slowly dying from cancer as Israel continues to severely restrict medical evacuations (Hani Abu Rezeq/Middle East Eye) Off In a cramped space beneath the staircase of a school-turned-shelter in southern Gaza, university professor Kholoud Abu Sahmoud is slowly losing her battle with cancer. After 15 rounds of chemotherapy, the 33-year-old Palestinian mother of two was told she could no longer continue treatment because the drugs available in the war-ravaged enclave were not suitable for her type of cancer. “I was first diagnosed with liver cancer immediately after giving birth to my daughter, about nine months ago.
Photo of Israeli soldiers posing next to blindfolded Palestinian fuels anger online A viral photo of two Israeli soldiers posing next to a blindfolded Palestinian has sparked widespread anger online. The image was shared on Tuesday among a series of photos on the personal Instagram account of Nikol Stelmashvski, an Israeli who appears to have recently completed her military service. It shows two female soldiers smiling while posing next to an unidentified young Palestinian who is sitting on the ground with his head down.
Photo of Israeli soldiers posing next to blindfolded Palestinian fuels anger online Submitted by Dalia Anis on Wed, 07/29/2026 - 13:05 The Israeli army 'revel in depravity and no one is holding Israel to account', said one social media user Viral photo shows two female Israeli soldiers posing next to a blindfolded young Palestinian (Screengrab/Instagram/@nikol. stel) Off A viral photo of two Israeli soldiers posing next to a blindfolded Palestinian has sparked widespread anger online. The image was shared on Tuesday among a series of photos on the personal Instagram account of Nikol Stelmashvski, an Israeli who appears to have recently completed her military service .
Iran backs Volker Turk reappointment to UN rights chief Iran has signalled its support for Volker Turk to be reappointed as the UN human rights chief for a second term despite US, Israeli and Russian opposition. In a post on X, Iran's diplomatic mission to Geneva said that "we remain confident in the High Commissioner’s continued efforts to confront the gravest international crimes, including genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity". Turk has been critical of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
UN report: hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza lack access to a functioning school A new mapping by the United Nations Satellite Centre (Unosat) has found that Gaza’s temporary schools are failing to keep pace with needs, leaving hundreds of thousands of children without access to a functioning school. The analysis found that, as of 30 June, only 613 temporary learning spaces have been built to serve roughly 770,422 children across Gaza, with just 432,701 currently enrolled. North Gaza, Gaza City and parts of Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah showed the most strain due to dense populations of displaced Palestinians far outstripping available classroom space.
UN expert urges immediate trade and arms embargo on Israel Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, has renewed her demand for governments to halt trade with Israel and stop supplying it with weapons. Albanese said states should have acted when others first warned them about Israel’s conduct. She was responding to a former Israeli ambassador to France who urged the public to recognise that there are “genocidaires” in the Israeli government.
London council set to cut Haifa ties over Israel's apartheid against Palestinians Submitted by Elis Gjevori on Tue, 07/28/2026 - 12:19 Hackney’s Greens say maintaining civic relations with Haifa contradicts the north London borough’s values An Israeli flag is flown from a car in Hackney, north London, on 13 October 2023 (Daniel Leal/AFP) Off A Green-led London council in the UK is set to end the borough of Hackney’s 56-year twinning agreement with the Israeli city of Haifa over Israel’s occupation , apartheid and genocide against Palestinians . Councillors will vote on the proposal on Tuesday, fulfilling a Green Party election promise to sever relations with Haifa. The party took control of the north London council in May and holds 42 of its 57 seats, making the measure almost certain to pass.
'It feels like hell': Gaza families battle suffocating summer heat in tents Submitted by Maha Hussaini on Tue, 07/28/2026 - 07:33 With little water, electricity or shade, residents face rising health risks inside makeshift shelters amid ongoing Israeli siege A girl fills containers with water drawn from the leftovers of underground pipes at a camp for people displaced by war in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City on 6 July 2026 (Omar al-Qattaa/AFP) Off When Middle East Eye met Rajaa Jendiya in January, she described Gaza's winter as the harshest she had endured in nearly two years of displacement. Now, the rain has stopped, but the same tent that failed to protect the Palestinian widow and mother of three from the winter cold has become a trap for stifling heat under Gaza's summer sun. "It's exactly like living in a greenhouse.
'I lost my baby': Ambulance delay by Israeli army ends in tragedy for Palestinian mother Submitted by Fayha Shalash on Tue, 07/28/2026 - 06:27 As Israel’s military lockdown paralyses movement around Nablus, medics race through checkpoints to save lives, but not every patient survives A Palestinian ambulance is seen in front of Israeli soldiers during a military raid in the Rafidia neighbourhood of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on 12 July 2026 (Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images via Reuters) Off When the pain became unbearable, Rana* rushed to a clinic in Qaryut, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, just before dawn on Monday. After examining the 34-year-old Palestinian mother of two, doctors told her she had gone into premature labour. She was six months pregnant.
'Something broke': Italy's Arab communities increasingly fearful of police violence Submitted by Dalia Ismail on Tue, 07/28/2026 - 08:54 Two deaths of North African men within days have reignited concerns over racialised policing in Italy, feeding a sense of insecurity and exclusion among Arab communities A demonstrator gestures while holding a flyer during a protest following the death of Abderrahim Fakir in Bologna, Italy, 20 July 2026 (Michele Lapini/Reuters) Off Recent deaths involving North African men during police operations have sparked renewed fears over excessive force by police, discrimination and political neglect affecting people from Middle Eastern and North African backgrounds in Italy, intensifying anxiety across the community. On 19 July, Abderrahim Fakir, a 42-year-old Moroccan born man, died after being restrained by two police officers and a civilian in Bologna. Police had been called by a resident as Fakir, in a state of psychological distress, was claiming he was in mortal danger and kicking garage doors.
Palestinian woman delivers stillborn baby after Israeli checkpoint delay, medics say Palestinian health workers said a woman delivered a stillborn baby in an ambulance after the vehicle was reportedly delayed by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Monday, AFP reported on Monday. The 28-year-old woman was six months pregnant and unconscious when medics collected her from her home in the village of Qaryout, south of the city of Nablus, medic Bashar Qaryouti told AFP. "She was suffering from very heavy bleeding and her condition was extremely critical," Qaryouti said, adding that the ambulance was heading to Rafidia hospital in Nablus via Awarta checkpoint, where the Israeli soldiers stopped the ambulance.
UN experts urge Iran to halt death sentences of 10 men UN experts on Monday called on Iran to cancel the death penalties given to 10 young men over anti-government protests that rocked the country in January. Twelve men, aged between their late teens and early twenties, were sentenced and two were executed on 19 July. "Sentencing 12 people to death in one hearing, in a closed courtroom and without clarity as to each defendant's individual responsibility violates established fair trial standards," the experts said.
UK Supreme Court says no state immunity for Bahrain in surveillance case Submitted by Alex MacDonald on Mon, 07/27/2026 - 14:12 Pro-democracy campaigners hail victory as court rules lawsuit against kingdom can proceed A picture shows a sign outside the Supreme Court in central London on 1 August 2025 (Niklas Halle'n/AFP) Off Bahraini pro-democracy campaigners have hailed a decision by the UK Supreme Court not to grant state immunity to Bahrain over a hacking case. Two Bahraini dissidents in the UK say their laptops were targeted by spyware installed by Manama in 2011 which allowed them to monitor their activities abroad as well as those of other critics of the ruling Khalifa family. Saeed Shehabi and Moosa Mohammed launched the case at London's High Court in 2020, seeking damages for "psychiatric harm".
Israel to release 60 Palestinian detainees in largest release since October Israel is expected to release 60 Palestinian detainees to the Gaza Strip on Monday, the Israeli military and Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office said, according to Haaretz. This would be the largest release of Palestinian detainees since October's ceasefire deal. Unlike those released as part of the October agreement, the detainees being freed now are not considered “terrorists”, the Israeli army said.
Palestinian woman delivers stillborn baby as Israeli soldiers delay ambulance at West Bank checkpoint A Palestinian woman delivered a stillborn baby in an ambulance after the vehicle was delayed by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Monday. The 28-year-old woman was six months pregnant and unconscious when medics collected her from her home in the village of Qaryout, south of the city of Nablus, Palestinian medic Bashar Qaryouti told AFP. "She was suffering from very heavy bleeding and her condition was extremely critical," Qaryouti said.
Karim Khan dared to hold Israel to account - and that's why he was brought down Submitted by David Hearst on Mon, 07/27/2026 - 10:51 Khan's name will be linked forever to the arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Galant, which remain the most serious response the international community has made to Gaza genocide International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan, attends a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York City on 27 January 2025 (AFP) On There was a revealing post in the welter of reaction that followed the all too predictable dismissal of the Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday. It was made by Danny Danon, Israel ’s ambassador to the UN, who warned New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani . Mamdani had just called the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal who should be arrested the next time he arrives on US soil, although Mamdani admitted he did not have the powers to do so.
