A film director, historian and Holocaust survivor speak to Al Jazeera as opinions shift. Stephen Kapos and Gillian Mosely at the London screening of Planet Israel [Beardvoyage] London, United Kingdom – The lights come up slowly inside a cinema in London’s buzzy Soho district, but nobody rushes for the exit. As the credits roll, one woman lowers her face into her hands. A couple sit motionless. In the row ahead, someone exhales and says “Free Palestine”. This screening of Plan

Israeli settlers set fire to two vehicles and a Bedouin tent south of Nablus in one attack last month [Credit: EPA] The twenty-seven foreign ministers of the European Union approved new sanctions on Monday on Israeli settlers over rising violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. There has been a surge in attacks by settlers since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, the UN has recorded. Settlements - illegal under international law - are built on Israeli-

Leaked remarks by Maj Gen Avi Bluth describe fatal shootings of stone-throwers and different treatment for Jewish settlers Palestinians throwing stones at Israeli forces during a military raid in the West Bank. Photograph: Majdi Mohammed/AP The Israeli army chief in the West Bank has said his troops were “killing like we haven’t killed since 1967”, including fatally shooting Palestinian stone-throwers, according to an Israeli report of his comments. The remarks by Maj Gen Avi

Hillel International posted a map that says everything they won't say out loud. Hillel International’s Yom Ha’atzmaut map depicting Israel as stretching from the river to the sea. Credit: Hillel International/Facebook Last week, Hillel International, the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, celebrated Israel’s Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut) by posting an illustrated map of Israel—which is not, in itself, unusual. What was unusual was the map they chose: one tha

Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez [Credit: Yeni şafak] Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has urged the European Commission to activate the Anti-Coercion Instrument to protect the International Criminal Court and the UN. Sanchez warned that sanctioning defenders of international justice endangers the entire human rights system, adding that the EU cannot remain silent amid ongoing persecution. Spain’s leader has called on Brussels to take concrete action safeguarding inte

Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in 2025. Credit: PA Media The government has defended its ban on Palestine Action under anti-terrorism legislation, two months after the High Court ruled it was unlawful. A rare five-judge panel at the Court of Appeal is considering whether February's decision to reject Palestine Action's proscription should stand. Opening a three-day defence of the home secretary's proscription of the group, barristers told the Cour

One of the two settlements is Efrat, which has a large number of US citizens among its residents | AFP The US is preparing to start offering passport services in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank for the first time. A statement posted on Tuesday to the US embassy's X account said consular officers "will be providing routine passport services" to US citizens in the settlement of Efrat on Friday. It names another settlement, Beitar Illit, as the location for a simil

As Israel Prison Service serves settlers lunch in its facility, Palestinian prisoner rights groups warn of ongoing starvation amid Ramadan

The Palestinian Authority has delivered little improvement to the lives of Palestinians | EPA With Israeli settler violence surging in the occupied West Bank, al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah, has found itself on the frontline. It faces regular incursions by the Israeli army and has seen farmland seized by settlers who have built new outposts. Marzoq Abu Naim from the village council says the settlers aim to force out Palestinians. "They're doing it silently, not openly,

Exclusive: 15 Congress members write to Marco Rubio about nine-month detention of Mohammed Ibrahim [Mohammed Ibrahim| Obtained by The Guardian] Fifteen members of Congress have written to Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, demanding to know what steps the United States has taken in response to the mistreatment of a Palestinian-American teenager who spent nine months in Israeli detention. The letter , led by Senator Peter Welch and first seen by the Guardian, is centere