Sami Sawalmeh

Sami Sawalmeh is a Ramallah-based investigative journalist and writer.

Recent Articles
Israeli soldiers inspect a Palestinian car in the West Bank city of Hebron, August 13, 2024. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
Under Israel’s watch, Palestinian gangs are sowing chaos in the West Bank
By turning a blind eye to armed criminals while constraining Palestinian police, Israel is ‘engineering lawlessness’ to deepen its control over the territory.
By Sami Sawalmeh August 25, 2026
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