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Palestinian Authority schools praise martydom, use October 7 attack in math lessons

Beyond reducing October 7 to a math exercise, the nine-year-olds were also praised by their teacher in written feedback for writing questions relating to martyrdom, including child martyrdom.

A child's drawing shown here says: "In Gaza City at least 150 children die as Martyrs [daily]. How many child Martyrs are there in nine days?"
The logo of Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international non-governmental organization.

‘Behind closed doors’: 70+ NGO staffers allege antisemitism, lack of accountability in new report

 DR. SHMUEL HARRIS (L) and Rosensweig, authors of ‘Nafshi Bish’elati: The Halachot of Mental Health.’

West Bank settlements are Israel's forward position, and its first line of defense - opinion

The New York Times building in Manhattan, New York City, pictured September 16, 2025; illustrative.

How Israel’s and America’s enemies weaponize the New York Times’ prestige - opinion


Israeli forces likely killed Al Jazeera journalist - UN rights office

Israeli and Palestinian officials have exchanged recriminations over the incident, which has heightened tensions.

 picture of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed by Israeli army gunfire during an Israeli raid, according to the Qatar-based news channel, is displayed in Al-Jazeera headquarter building in Doha, Qatar, May 11, 2022.

Terrorist attacks unsurprising given Palestinian suffering - EU envoy

“What do you think a child who sees the houses of their parents, their brothers and sisters demolished?"

 Palestinians burn a representation of an Israeli flag during a protest over tensions in Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Jerusalem Day, on May 29, 2022.

The Nakba, the flag and responsibility - opinion

I have experienced first-hand the rage of the Israel Police to the site of the Palestinian flag at demonstrations in which I have participated in Sheikh Jarrah.

PROTESTERS HOLD a giant Palestinian flag in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip.

Has Temple Mount caused a new rift in Jordan-Israeli ties? - analysis

Islamic violence has become the Temple Mount status quo. This is the “status quo” that Western leaders wish to preserve?

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG shakes hands with Jordan’s King Abdullah II during his visit to Amman on Wednesday.

Nides: Israeli settlement growth infuriates me, calls it 'stupid things'

It is impossible to avert "every single house" built in the West Bank, US ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides explains to Peace Now.

 US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides on December 2, 2021

The disingenuous attempt to link Ukraine with Palestinians - analysis

The Ukraine crisis and the Palestinian cause are not remotely the same – and attempts to link the two are disingenuous.

 People rallying in Washington, D.C. in support of Ukraine, February 27, 2022.

UN appoints arbitration committee to probe Israeli apartheid

The UN has appointed an arbitration committee to probe Palestinian Authority charges that Israel committed acts of apartheid.

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas arrives to delivers a speech during the United Nations Human Rights Council on February 27, 2017 in Geneva

Israel not apartheid state, but must uphold int'l law, UK says

An Amnesty International report laid out a long list of its allegations of Israeli human rights abuses, including inequitable access to land, housing and citizenship. 

Israel Apartheid Week at Columbia University.

US expects 'full accountability' from IDF for Palestinian-American death

The United States called for 'full accountability' from the IDF over the death of an elderly Palestinian-American who died of cardiac distress after he was briefly detained by army soldiers.

 US State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during daily press briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, February 22, 2021

ADL, Jewish orgs denounce ‘terrorism’ by extremist Jewish settlers

The letter, signed by a total of 7 organizations, was addressed to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett as well as Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz.

 Palestinians extinguish a fire in a field around the village of Burin, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli settlers from the settlement of Yitzhar set it ablaze, according to eyewitnesses from the village council, Jun. 29, 2021.