family unification

Young men seen with their backs to camera embrace with Israeli flags waving above them. One is wearing a black T-shirt showing the Star of David with a rifle in the middle.

Taking apartheid to new extremes

Maureen Clare Murphy 14 January 2023

Fanatic settlers are playing a central role in Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest government. Read more about Taking apartheid to new extremes

Officer holds paper while standing next to woman and young girl with other travelers in the background

"Racial engineering" behind Israel's new West Bank entry restrictions

Maureen Clare Murphy 26 September 2022

Procedures applying to foreigners will disrupt family life for thousands of Palestinians. Read more about "Racial engineering" behind Israel's new West Bank entry restrictions

Man holds Arabic-language banner and Palestinian IDs during protest

Israel doubles down on apartheid

Maureen Clare Murphy 11 March 2022

Tel Aviv reinstates racist ban on Palestinian family unification. Read more about Israel doubles down on apartheid

A young woman in a bridal grown sits in front of protesters holding signs

How Israel makes Palestinians foreigners in their own land

Maureen Clare Murphy 26 February 2019

Personal choices like marriage are “based on the constraints of Israeli policies and practices.” Read more about How Israel makes Palestinians foreigners in their own land

Landscape view of Jerusalem with golden Dome of Rock in center

In Jerusalem, insurance becomes extortion

Joharah Baker Jerusalem 28 November 2016

New regulations require thousands of Palestinians to back pay for medical coverage never received. Read more about In Jerusalem, insurance becomes extortion

Forced to divorce by Israel

Maram Humaid Gaza Strip 1 November 2016

Hebron woman was blocked from cancer treatment because her husband had been in prison. Read more about Forced to divorce by Israel

When Israel turns houses into jails

Budour Youssef Hassan Jerusalem 3 February 2016

Minors in house arrest often prove so taxing and expensive an experience for families that some prefer prison. Read more about When Israel turns houses into jails

Thwarted hopes on Gaza's border with Egypt

Isra Saleh el-Namey Rafah 18 December 2015

Egypt has kept the Rafah crossing almost hermetically sealed in 2015. Read more about Thwarted hopes on Gaza's border with Egypt

Life of limbo for Palestinians denied IDs by Israel

Isra Saleh el-Namey Gaza Strip 23 November 2015

Palestinians without papers struggle to access education and health care. Read more about Life of limbo for Palestinians denied IDs by Israel

Israel tore Fadi Alloun's family apart; then it killed him

Budour Youssef Hassan Jerusalem 8 October 2015

The mother of a teenager slain by Israel on Sunday was banned from reuniting with him and his father in Jerusalem. Read more about Israel tore Fadi Alloun's family apart; then it killed him