As Eid al-Fitr celebrations loom, Palestinian women and girls are relying on their prayer robes to help them face the most catastrophic moments of conflict. Known as both an “isdal” and “toub salah” amongst Muslims, the prayer cover-up can be a singular piece of material that covers the whole body during prayers, not including the … Read more
“They were all dead. Their father took them and left me behind,” said Rania Abu Anza, a 29-year-old grieving mother in Gaza. After trying to conceive for 10 years, including three rounds of in vitro fertilisation (IVF), Rania gave birth to twins in October last year. But at just five months old, babies Naeim (male) … Read more
This week, the World Food Programme announced that it was forced to pause “life-saving” food deliveries to the north of the Gaza Strip. The humanitarian organisation said that it was forced to pause its deliveries after its aid convoys had endured “complete chaos and violence due to the collapse of civil order”. The agency said … Read more
Tami Elashvili, who created a methodology for analysing people through facial features, recently declared that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “terribly emotionally and mentally scattered”. While speaking to the Israeli news outlet Maariv, a sister publication to The Jerusalem Post, Elashvili compared two pictures of the prime minister. The images of Netanyahu were taken … Read more
Bassem Eid is a Palestinian Human Rights Activist and Founder of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group who lives in the West Bank. Since October 7, Eid has been criticised for using his social media platforms and presence in the US to call for Hamas’ removal. Eid has also been slammed for refusing to support … Read more
A new restaurant in Jordan has sparked outrage after it revealed its name is October 7. The restaurant was slammed for celebrating Hamas’ on-the-ground massacre and capture of Israelis, which resulted in more than 1,200 people being killed, hundreds of women being raped and around 250 civilians being kidnapped. The new establishment, which also revealed … Read more
Yesterday, more than 23 Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) soldiers were killed by Hamas, marking the deadliest day of conflict for Israel. The proscribed terrorist group launched an attack on the IDF while they were setting up explosives in a complex of buildings along the Gaza-Israel border. According to the initial IDF account of events, Israel’s … Read more
Appearing in a televised conference on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked outrage when he rejected the US’s call for a “revitalised” Palestinian Authority in Gaza. The White House, Israel’s closest ally, also urged Israel to reduce the intensity of its catastrophic bombardment of the Gaza Strip. As the death toll continues to mount … Read more
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Friday mourned the presumed death of an American-Israeli man believed to have been killed during militant group Hamas’s initial attack on Israel, which sparked the ongoing war in the region. “Jill and I are heartbroken by the news that American Gad Haggai is now believed to have been killed by … Read more
HERZLIYA, ISRAEL — After seven weeks held hostage in the tunnels of Gaza, they are finally free to laugh and chat and play. But some of the children who have come back from captivity are still reluctant to raise their voices above a whisper. In theory, they can eat what they want, sleep as much … Read more
