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Haidar Mustafa, Terrorism and the Question of Humanity By Brenda Heard On 15 November, The New York Times published an article entitled “Beirut, Also the Site of Deadly Attacks, Feels Forgotten.”  It highlights the disparity between the global solidarity expressed for Paris following the deadly 13 November attacks and the lack thereof expressed for Beirut after it too was attacked the day prior.  But the headline suggests a petulant attitude from Lebanese who “feel forgotten,” as though they were a bratty child or a snivelling spouse. Granted The Times expresses a degree of compassion for Beirut’s victims, who like those in Paris “were killed at random, in a bustling urban area, while going about their normal evening business.”  But...

Obaida Akram Abdurrahman Jawabra, 17, was shot dead by Israeli forces with live ammunition today around 8 p.m. local time in Al-Arroub refugee camp located near the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron. (Photo: DCIP / Matthew Cassel) Obaida Akram Abdurrahman Jawabra, 17, was shot dead by Israeli forces with live ammunition today around 8 p.m. local time in Al-Arroub refugee camp located near the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron. (Photo: DCIP / Matthew Cassel) Ramallah, May 17, 2021—Israeli forces shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian boy today in the southern West Bank.  Obaida Akram Abdurahman Jawabra, 17, was shot dead by Israeli forces with live ammunition today around 8 p.m. local time in Al-Arroub refugee camp located near the southern occupied West ...

Israeli police detained 11-year-old Bassam Mazen Bassam al-Kiswani outside of his home in occupied East Jerusalem’s Beit Hanina neighborhood after Israeli settlers accused the child of throwing stones on May 24. (Photo credit: Screenshots from video footage posted on YouTube) Israeli police detained 11-year-old Bassam Mazen Bassam al-Kiswani outside of his home in occupied East Jerusalem’s Beit Hanina neighborhood after Israeli settlers accused the child of throwing stones on May 24. (Photo credit: Screenshots from video footage posted on YouTube) Ramallah, May 25, 2021—Israeli police detained an 11-year-old Palestinian boy yesterday in occupied East Jerusalem even though he is below the age of criminal responsibility under Israeli law. Bassam Mazen Bassam al-Kiswani, 11, was pla...

Nazi military court judge approved a new four-month administrative detention order against 17-year-old Amal Nakhleh on May 20. (Photo courtesy of the Nakhleh family) An Israeli military court judge approved a new four-month administrative detention order against 17-year-old Amal Nakhleh on May 20. (Photo courtesy of the Nakhleh family) Ramallah, June 3, 2021—Israeli authorities decided last month to imprison a 17-year-old Palestinian boy without charge for an additional four months despite the boy’s rare autoimmune disorder. An Israeli military court judge at Israel’s Ofer military court, located near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, approved a new four-month administrative detention order against 17-year-old Amal Nakhleh on May 20, 2021, according to information collected by ...

Another casualty was added to the death toll of the recent Nazi aggression in the West Bank and Gaza Strip from May 10 – 21, when the Palestinian Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced the death of the young man Fadi Sadiq Mousa Washha (34 years). Fadi had been shot in the head by Nazi soldiers two weeks ago while participating in a protest in solidarity with the people of Gaza, where bombs were raining down, killing whole families crushed under the rubble of their homes. He was near the northern entrance to Al-Biereh, in the Ramallah district, when Nazi soldiers invading the village shot him twice in the head. He was rushed to the hospital and into surgery, and was in the intensive care unit until his death on Wednesday June 2nd. After the Nazi soldiers shot Fadi in the head...

In the early morning hours on Wednesday, Nazi forces invaded a number of West Bank cities and towns and snatched 17 Palestinian men and boys from their homes as they lay sleeping. These pre-dawn raids occur on a nightly basis throughout the West Bank, and those who are abducted are forced through Israeli military court where they are not told the charges against them or even allowed access to counsel, in most cases. Children abducted in this manner are often interrogated in brutal and inhumane ways without any notification of their parents. In Hebron, in the southern West Bank, Nazi troops abducted Sanad Muhammad Ibrahim Muqbel (13 years), from Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and the two brothers, Baha Al-Din Muhammad Al-Nahnoush (22 years), Omar (15 years), and Muha...