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New buildings under construction in the Israeli settlement of Aliyah, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, May 21, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

UK settlement sanctions are an opening gambit. Here’s what should follow

After decades of empty rhetoric, Britain and like-minded allies must now push for a comprehensive strategy to end Israel’s occupation.

By Hugh Lovatt September 14, 2026

Francesca Albanese, July 27, 2024. (Rafael Medeiros/CC BY-SA 2.0)

‘Impunity won’t last forever’: What gives Francesca Albanese hope

The UN Special Rapporteur points to the way out of the current crisis facing international law, while responding to criticism over her stance on October 7.

By Samah Salaime January 21, 2026

A patient at the European Hospital near Khan Younis after the Israeli army ordered an evacuation of the facility, in the southern Gaza Strip, July 2, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

The deadly cost of Israel’s restrictions on foreign doctors in Gaza

Denied entry or medical supplies after Israel's takeover of Rafah, volunteer physicians describe a policy designed to prevent their life-saving work.

By Patricia Martinez Sastre January 30, 2025

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Palestinians at the site of a destroyed home from an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 22, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Even without a UN veto, Gaza remains hostage to American power

The downplaying of the Security Council’s ceasefire resolution shows why the world can no longer look to Washington as the arbiter of a rules-based order.

By Samer Badawi April 2, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 71st UN General Assembly debate at the UN headquarters in New York City, September 22, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Israel shirked accountability for decades. Is the ICJ breaking its armor?

From Ben Gurion to Ben Gvir, Israel's dismissiveness of international sanctions has held strong. But the ruling at The Hague may be cracking that impunity.

By Meron Rapoport February 5, 2024

Bethlehem Municipality employees raise a South African flag in support of their lawsuit against Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, January 16, 2024. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

ICJ case ‘opens new era between the Global North and South,’ says UN expert

Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese discusses South Africa’s charge of genocide in Gaza and the power struggle playing out in the legal arena.

By Alba Nabulsi January 23, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a government conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, September 27, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Netanyahu and Raisi are more alike than they’ll admit

Smearing anti-gov't protesters as 'joining forces with the PLO and Iran' is just one of the things making Bibi a grotesque reflection of the Iranian president.

By Orly Noy September 28, 2023

A mural in the Jenin refugee camp, West Bank, October 10, 2006. (Anne Paq/Activestills)

Dispelling the myths about Palestinian refugees — in Jenin and beyond

With Israel's Jenin invasion sparking a new round of misinformation, here are the truths behind five hasbara tropes on Palestinian refugees.

By Anne Irfan July 9, 2023

People hold a Palestinian flag during a pride event under restrictions following the spread of the coronavirus, in Tel Aviv, June 28, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

A Palestinian trans woman’s story peels away Israel’s pinkwashing veil

From oppressive institutions to social prejudices, MC's ordeal embodies the dark reality of LGBTQ Palestinians who thought they could find safety in Israel.

By Sharona Weiss June 8, 2023

Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories. (Courtesy)

UN expert: ‘Apartheid is in front of your eyes everywhere you go’

Francesca Albanese discusses the recent attacks against her, defining Israel's occupation as settler colonialism, and using international law to dismantle it.

By Meron Rapoport February 6, 2023

Israeli authorities installing a new section of the wall around Qalqilya, occupied West Bank, replacing the existing fence which has several holes created by Palestinians for crossing into Israel for work, January 10, 2021. In 2004, the International Court of Justice stated that the West Bank wall is "illegal and must be dismantled." (Keren Manor/Activestills)

After years of diplomatic inertia, what can the ICJ offer Palestinians?

The UN’s vote to request a ruling on the occupation is an indictment of the failure to hold Israel accountable — and carries risks and opportunities alike.

By Hugh Lovatt January 1, 2023

A Rhodesian soldier questioning villagers near the border of Botswana in the fall of 1977. (J. Ross Baughman)

When Israel supported boycotts against a white supremacist regime

Israel not only boycotted Rhodesia in the 1960s, it fully backed the armed liberation movement that would eventually overthrow its white-led regime.

By Eitay Mack March 10, 2021

Nickolay Mladenov, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process seen during a visit of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (unseen) at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem August 28, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

For UN Mideast envoy, ‘peace’ meant placating apartheid

By playing to Israel's interests and ignoring power asymmetries, Nickolay Mladenov helped to normalize the oppressive regime ruling over Palestinians.

By Inès Abdel Razek January 22, 2021