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Palestinians at the rubble of a destroyed building after an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 29, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

Khan Younis camp is full of dreams. But every bomb turns them into nightmares

With thousands of newly displaced Palestinians and constant Israeli airstrikes, the refugee camp where I grew up is straining to provide for all its people.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer November 7, 2023

The scene of the deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, on February 8, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Are Palestinians prepared for a major earthquake of their own?

Experts warn that Israeli planning restrictions, a weak health system, and a lack of awareness pose serious risks in the event of a large-scale disaster.

By Vera Sajrawi February 24, 2023

Jordanian-Palestinian olympian Ahmad Abu Ghosh who won the gold medal in Taekwondo at the 2016 Olympics. (Salem Khamis/CC BY-SA 4.0)

No, there is nothing ‘Israeli’ about Jordan’s gold medal olympian

A number of Israeli websites preferred to forget the fact that Palestinian-Jordanian olympian Ahmad Abu Ghosh’s family comes from a village conquered by Zionist forces in 1948. How much nonsense can go into a single news item? The answer is, unfortunately, a lot. Nothing has angered me recently quite like an article published by the news…

By Samah Salaime August 24, 2016

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Palestinians stand in front of the entrance of Remal Elementary UNRWA School which is used as a temporary shelter for people from the northern part of the Gaza Strip, Gaza City on July 13, 2014. People from northern Gaza left their homes after Israel dropped leaflets warning them to evacuate. Israeli attacks have killed at least 166 Palestinians, including 30 children. (Photo by Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

UNRWA funding crisis puts 500k Palestinian children at risk

A budget deficit of $101 million threatens to delay the start of the academic year in UNRWA schools. At a time of rising extremism, such an outcome could have consequences for states across the Middle East, the agency says. UNRWA, the UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees, is facing a budget deficit of $101 million…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland August 3, 2015

Palestinians throw stones at an Israeli military jeep during a Nakba Day protest in the village of Al-Walaja. (photo: Activestills.org)

Palestinian man killed by IDF jeep, soldiers shoot Gaza man

Abdullah Iyad Ghanayim, 22, was shot in the lower back during clashes before the jeep flipped on top of him and left him dead. A Palestinian man was killed on Sunday when Israeli soldiers struck him with their jeep during clashes in Kafr Malik, a village near Ramallah. Palestinian officials stated that the incident took place…

By Edo Konrad June 14, 2015

Palestnians carry Mohammad Qasem Hamamreh, after he was injured in the head with a tear gas canister at the early morning of July 23, during clashes with the Israeli army in the West Bank village of Husan, 2014. Mohammad, 19 years old, died in the hospital the day after (Mustafa Bader/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Ten killed across West Bank in Gaza solidarity protests

Photos by: Mustafa Bader, Oren Ziv, Ahmad Al-Bazz, Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org Text by: Keren Manor In the last four days, Israeli forces have killed ten Palestinians across the West Bank during protests in solidarity with Gaza. More than 600 have been wounded, and several remain in critical condition. The biggest protest took place on Thursday night with at least…

By Activestills July 27, 2014

A letter to the IDF soldiers at Sabra and Shatila

On the 30th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre, a Jewish American nurse who provided humanitarian aid in a Beirut hospital recalls her first encounter with IDF soldiers. Today, she asks them to take a few moments during the Jewish New Year to remember. By Ellen Siegel To the IDF soldiers who were at Sabra and Shatila,…

By +972 Magazine September 14, 2012