Hala used to work for ActionAid in Gaza. She had a rewarding job, a comfortable home, a husband, four children and a host of relatives living in her neighbourhood. Suddenly, when Israel began bombing the Strip, she, like many...
by Anna Violante
This week has seen a wave of house demolitions in Bedouin villages and towns in Israel’s Negev desert. The most significant took place yesterday morning, when 600 police entered the unrecognised village of Wādī al-Khālīl using a...
by Anna Violante
Two days after the US Congress voted for billions of dollars in new aid to Israel and announced sanctions against far-right settlers and the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion for alleged abuses in the West Bank in 2022,...
by Ambra Visentin
On 6 February 2023, two devastating earthquakes measuring 7.8 and 7.5 struck the region bordering Turkey and Syria. The United Nations described it as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of both countries and...
by The Guardian, OtherNews
The scale and sheer horror of the war in Gaza has rightly captured the world’s attention. But surging violence in the occupied West Bank should sound the alarm too. Last year was the bloodiest since 2005....
by Raffaele Crocco
It is very simple. Until November 2023 it took 28 days to bring an Italian apple to India. It was picked, loaded onto a ship and that apple, along with others of course, crossed the Mediterranean, slipped...
Text and photos by Matthias Canapini* – Unimondo**
This fifth episode is set in Calais, France (read previous episodes here: first, second, third, fourth)
Delia did not budge an inch. Bar Hobbit remained in place, despite the pressure. “The numbers are down....
by Alice Pistolesi
“We are facing a geyser, the area is boiling and we can only hope that the worst will not happen.” This is how Alberto Bradanini, a former diplomat, summarizes the current situation in the Middle East; among...
by Anna Violante
On Friday 26 January, the International Court of Justice finally ruled on South Africa’s case against Israel. Joan E. Donoghue, President of the Court, stated that the Court cannot determine whether Israel has committed acts of genocide,...
by Chris Stein * - OtherNews, The Guardian US
The eruption of gunfire in Sudan’s capital on 15 April was not a complete surprise to Mohamed Eisa, a gastroenterologist living in Pittsburgh who had returned to Sudan to bury his father. He...
