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A Palestinian youth, wearing black jeans and a black sweatshirt, carries an umbrella past piles of rubble

Israel tortures Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, extends arbitrary detention

Nora Barrows-Friedman 14 February 2025

Israeli army forcibly displaces 40,000 Palestinians in occupied West Bank. Read more about Israel tortures Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, extends arbitrary detention

A boy holding an umbrella looks at another boy who is carrying boxes on his shoulders

Israel obstructing aid deliveries into Gaza, rights groups warn

Nora Barrows-Friedman 7 February 2025

Medical devices and essential equipment needed to resume hospital operations, such as MRI machines, have not yet arrived. Read more about Israel obstructing aid deliveries into Gaza, rights groups warn

A family walks on a street between destroyed buildings

Palestinians return to homes in Gaza as UNRWA ban looms

Nora Barrows-Friedman 31 January 2025

Two weeks of siege in occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Israel attacks Lebanon despite extended ceasefire. Read more about Palestinians return to homes in Gaza as UNRWA ban looms

Amidst tents of displaced families, a boy points a stick at a rainbow arching across the sky.

Israel's genocidal war orphaned 40,000 children

Nora Barrows-Friedman 24 January 2025

Israeli forces besiege Jenin, settlers attack Palestinians across occupied West Bank. Read more about Israel's genocidal war orphaned 40,000 children

Listen: Refaat Alareer's voice from the archives

Nora Barrows-Friedman 21 January 2025

Interviews with the beloved writer, professor and poet from 2014, 2015 and 2018. Read more about Listen: Refaat Alareer's voice from the archives

Two young children walk through the rubble of a destroyed house

Israel escalates airstrikes on Gaza in lead-up to ceasefire

Nora Barrows-Friedman 17 January 2025

Six Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli attacks. Read more about Israel escalates airstrikes on Gaza in lead-up to ceasefire

Palestinian children and a man step over the destroyed remains of fabric and plastic tents.

Oxfam director: Conditions in Gaza "apocalyptic"

Nora Barrows-Friedman 10 January 2025

Israel kills aid workers, empowers armed gangs to loot food, fuel in starved Gaza. Read more about Oxfam director: Conditions in Gaza "apocalyptic"

Exposing ties between MIT and Israel's army

Nora Barrows-Friedman 4 January 2025

MIT graduate student Prahlad Iyengar and professor Michel DeGraff fight repression over opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Read more about Exposing ties between MIT and Israel's army

A man wearing a dark orange coat prays over two tiny bodies in white shrouds. A crowd of mourners is behind him.

Israel destroys Gaza hospital, abducts director Hussam Abu Safiya

Nora Barrows-Friedman 1 January 2025

Five Palestinian newborns die of hypothermia under Israeli siege. Read more about Israel destroys Gaza hospital, abducts director Hussam Abu Safiya

Day 439: Questions and answers

Nora Barrows-Friedman 19 December 2024

Israel kills four journalists in Gaza, carries out massacres of school shelters. Read more about Day 439: Questions and answers

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Nora Barrows-Friedman is a staff writer and associate editor at The Electronic Intifada, and is the author of In Our Power: US Students Organize for Justice in Palestine (Just World Books, 2014).

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