Bassel al-Araj: An icon for a lost generation
12 October 2020
The killing of Bassel al-Araj turned a young intellectual and activist into a symbol of the Palestinian story. Read more about Bassel al-Araj: An icon for a lost generation
Sheerin al-Araj
In photos: al-Walaja village faces “slow death” as Israel takes its land
24 March 2014
The construction of the wall, which began in 2007 in spite of an ongoing legal battle and protests, constitutes the latest chapter of the ongoing history of dispossession of al-Walaja. Read more about In photos: al-Walaja village faces “slow death” as Israel takes its land
International Crisis Group: craving approval from a blood-soaked elite
24 June 2012
Financed by oil and mining firms that propped up white minority rule in South Africa, it’s no surprise that the International Crisis Group’s latest article fails to describe Israel as an apartheid state. Read more about International Crisis Group: craving approval from a blood-soaked elite
How Abu Dis' hills were stolen in the night
18 May 2012
Stories from Abu Dis, a suburb which found itself suddenly cut off from Jerusalem by Israel’s wall. Read more about How Abu Dis' hills were stolen in the night
"Present absentee" keeps fighting against Israel's wall in al-Walaja
al-Walaja 18 April 2012
Sheerin al-Araj, a resident of al-Walaja village, is fighting tooth and nail against Israel’s encroaching settlement projects and the wall, which both continue to rapidly confiscate more village land. Read more about "Present absentee" keeps fighting against Israel's wall in al-Walaja
Israeli court rejects al-Walaja's appeal against wall
29 August 2011
Residents of the occupied West Bank village of al-Walaja are undaunted by a setback in their fight against home demolitions, the confiscation of land, the expansion of the nearby Jewish-only settlements of Gilo and Har Gilo and construction of a new Israeli settlement called Givat Yael. Read more about Israeli court rejects al-Walaja's appeal against wall