Rights and Accountability

Violence prevents food aid to Yarmouk, where refugees live on one meal per day

Maureen Clare Murphy 31 January 2015

United Nations says it has been unable to successfully deliver aid since 6 December.

Death of arms salesman in Saudi Arabia casts suspicions on Israeli company Elbit

Jimmy Johnson 30 January 2015

Family has said it does not buy the company’s story that Christopher Cramer committed suicide.

Palestinian Authority arrests student for lampooning sports official on Facebook

Patrick Strickland 29 January 2015

Bara al-Qadi has been repeatedly harassed for his “critical opinions,” says his sister.

Steven Salaita sues Univ. of Illinois, donors for firing over Israel criticism

Ali Abunimah 29 January 2015

Lawsuit alleging a wide range of illegal conduct will be a test of whether fundamental notions of free speech in the United States pertain even to critics of Israel.

French police question 8-year-old on suspicion of “defending terrorism”

Ali Abunimah 28 January 2015

Child was reported to police by school principal after allegedly refusing to take part in a minute of silence for Charlie Hebdo victims.

Investigators: Israel fired on Gaza civilians carrying white flags

Charlotte Silver 28 January 2015

Only one team of medical experts has been allowed to enter Gaza to assess the harm inflicted after summer assault.

Jerusalem light rail suspended service to help Israeli army invasion

Adri Nieuwhof 27 January 2015

Light rail operator Veolia facilitates arrest of ten-year-old Palestinian boy in occupied East Jerusalem.

Israel defender Alan Dershowitz has long history of attacking sex abuse victims

Rania Khalek 27 January 2015

As rape allegations against Alan Dershowitz intensify, his bellicose denials, steeped in brazen hostility towards rape victims, reflect a shockingly overlooked history of hysterical misogyny and rape trutherism.