Palestinian detainee dies of medical negligence in Israeli prison

January 13, 2025

Mera Aladam

Palestinian rights groups have accused Israeli authorities of committing a "medical crime" following the death of a Palestinian prisoner who was denied treatment. 

 

 MLA Members for Justice in Palestine lead a die-in during the Modern Language Association Delegate Assembly in New Orleans on January 11, 2025. (Photo: MLA Members for Justice in Palestine)

In Syria’s war-scarred Yarmouk Camp, Palestinians begin long path to recovery

January 10, 2025

Santiago Montag

In 2017, as Syrian regime forces besieged the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in the southern outskirts of Damascus and food grew scarce, six Palestinian sisters devised a unique strategy for surviving the civil war: a small garden. Filled with flowers and vegetables, the garden provided sustenance, as well as camouflage for the house within the camp’s narrow alleyways. But just as importantly, it provided a much-needed affirmation of life, and a symbol of their connection to the land.

 

Trump, Iran and the Obama strategic blueprint

January 13, 2025

Alastair Crooke

Like a smashed antique clock – with its elaborate cogs, ratchet wheels and innards splayed out from the casing – so the mechanics of the Middle East lie similarly exposed and broken. All the region is in play – Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt and Iran.