‘We’re on the edge’: Palestinians terrified by Israeli settler violence Mobs of Israeli settlers attacked West Bank Palestinian villages recently, raising people’s fears for their safety. Houses are damaged houses and vehicles burn after a raid by Jewish settlers on Mughir near Ramallah on April 12, 2024. Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are living…
The Israeli state is actively encouraging settler violence against the Palestinians as part of its long-standing policy of displacement. On February 8, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian shepherds who were out grazing their herds in the Sadet a-Tha’leh community, near Hebron in the occupied West Bank. They expelled the Palestinians from the pasture and used drones to…
Having long endured threats to their own existence, the Indigenous Sami community is protesting Israel’s war on Gaza. Fosen Peninsula, Norway – A herd of reindeer running through thick, white snow sounds a bit like thunder. It is a spectacle that has been replayed for at least the past 10,000 years on eastern Norway’s Fosen Peninsula…
As corporate America pivots to AI, consumers rejected for loans, jobs Unfortunately, that was not the case for Rachel. As soon as she pressed the submit button she was deemed ineligible by the artificial intelligence software the company uses. Puzzled about the outcome, Rachel got in touch with the company’s customer service team. After all,…
Nagham and Mohammad lost their parents and are taking care of their siblings as fear of an Israeli attack ratchets up. Rafah, Gaza – In a little tent in Rafah, 15-year-old Nagham al-Yaziji and her brother Mohammad, 14, are holding down the fort as best they can, keeping house and caring for their seven younger siblings,…
Formerly a one-way route going north, it’s now a two-lane highway with some traffic coming from France in the south. The route that used to be a one-way street is now a two-lane highway, and some people are using it. Tenere Fafa feels liberated in her clothes, since long scarves and abayas cover her entire…
Syrian couples who can’t have children are fostering, jofully embracing life as parents Idlib, Syria – Nearly a year ago, Nader Mohammed Al-Bakri, 43, and his wife, displaced people from the southern Idlib countryside, met their little girl Jouri. Nader and his wife of 22 years, who have lived in the town of Sarmada since 2013,…
Renowned Roma activist Gelu Duminică discusses dispelling myths and revising the definition of the term “gypsy” in dictionaries. The stench of burnt human flesh is the most vivid recollection Gelu Duminică had from his research in Romania while studying sociology. “After the fall of communism, there were bloody times back then, in the ’90s and…
Human rights organizations claim that Sikhala and other opposition activists are the focus of Zimbabwean authorities that “weaponize the law.” Zimbabwe’s Harare – The previous 17 months that Job “Wiwa” Sikhala has been detained in pre-trial custody at Zimbabwe’s Chikurubi maximum-security prison represent the longest period of time an opposition politician has been detained in…
