Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank face escalating settler violence, including land seizure, destruction of property, and displacement. Activists and locals report a state-backed campaign of ethnic cleansing, with settlers, often linked to sanctioned individuals like Neria Ben Pazi, using extra-legal force to drive out communities.
Britain, Australia, and Canada have launched a £3m joint peace fund to support grassroots projects advocating for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, focusing on youth, civil society, and women.
Amnesty International released a 149-page report accusing Israel of orchestrating 'ethnic cleansing' in the West Bank through state policy, aiming for annexation. The report details forced displacement of Palestinians, with UN data showing over 100 villages emptied and thousands displaced since Jan 2023.
Western nations imposed sanctions on Israeli settlers and far-right ministers, but critics argue the measures are 'too little, too late,' failing to address systemic state complicity in the occupation of Palestinian territories and leaving key architects of the expansion untouched.
A UN inquiry reports Palestinian civilians in Gaza and the West Bank face systematic rights violations from both Israeli forces/settlers and Hamas' rule, highlighting a state of mass atrocities and brutal governance.
A UN inquiry finds Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank face systematic rights violations from Israeli forces and settlers, as well as oppressive rule by Hamas, with both sides deliberately inflicting suffering on civilians.
Rahul Gandhi criticizes the Great Nicobar development project, claiming it prioritizes commercial interests over ecology and local communities, suggesting expansion of INS Baaz instead.
George Forster, a naturalist who traveled with Captain James Cook, championed human rights and critiqued racism and philosophers like Kant. His life, marked by exploration and intellectual defiance, also brought personal hardship.
Palestinian children in the southern West Bank are regularly attacked and insulted by Israeli settlers while going to school. Settlers have illegally blocked a path, forcing students to take a longer, more dangerous route.
Palestinian children in the southern West Bank are regularly attacked and insulted by Israeli settlers while going to school. Settlers have blocked a path, forcing children onto a longer, more dangerous route, with some students reportedly too traumatized to attend.
A Harvard University study used DNA from 49 17th-century Maryland colonists to identify over 1.3 million living genetic relatives, revealing ancestral links to western England, Wales, and Ireland, and migration patterns.
The unanimous decision by the European Union, agreed to on Monday, was sparked by growing outrage over the devastation in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war.
The EU's foreign policy chief said "extremism and violence carry consequences", while Israel branded the move "arbitrary".
"Extremisms and violence carry consequences," EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas said.
The sanctions — which include asset freezes and travel bans and will also target Hamas members — come amid growing international criticism of Israel’s settlement expansion and escalating violence in the occupied territories.
The breakthrough comes days after Péter Magyar replaced Viktor Orbán as Hungary’s prime minister.
The relatives of Hussein Asasa described to NPR how they were forced to exhume and rebury their father when Israeli settlers interfered with his grave.
The UN human rights office condemns incident as "'appalling and emblematic of the dehumanisation of Palestinians" in the West Bank.
Israeli settlers continue to push Palestinians from their homes and land where many have lived for generations. In East Jerusalem, the government uses archaeological claims to justify its orders.
A study published in Nature reveals that some Indigenous South American populations carry genetic ancestry remarkably similar to Indigenous populations in Australia and Pacific Islands. Researchers concluded this ancestry did not come from the Americas' earliest settlers, pointing to an ancient "ghost population" that contributed genes to Amazonian groups. The findings challenge the decades-old theory that the Americas were populated through two major migration waves beginning roughly 15,000 years ago via the Bering Strait land bridge.
Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank echoes attacks on Jews during the Holocaust, a former Mossad chief says Read Full Article at RT.com
Anzac Day holds meaning for every Australian, but for Marie Carman and Lorelei King, it is another reminder of their deeply personal mission to uncover the forgotten stories of the soldiers who helped build their town.
Two Palestinians, including a teenage boy, were killed when Israeli settlers and soldiers attacked al-Mughayyir village in the occupied West Bank near a school. The Israeli military said soldiers opened fire after stones were thrown at an Israeli car carrying civilians. The incident is the latest in what the UN calls a surge in settler violence, with at least 10 Palestinians killed and 385 injured since the start of 2026.
Israeli soldiers and settlers are allegedly using sexualized violence to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank Read Full Article at RT.com
