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A poster remembering Hind Rajab, seen in Washington DC on October 20, 2024 [Diane Krauthamer / Flickr]

The Voice of Hind Rajab: film backed by global stars earns the longest standing ovation

In January 2024, a tragic event in Gaza captured global attention: a young Palestinian girl, Hind Rajab, was trapped in a car under fire and made an emergency call to the Palestinian Red Crescent pleading for rescue. Over hours, she stayed on the line, saying “please come, I am scared,” until…

A young man and his mother drive a donkey cart through the streets of Jabalia camp, Gaza on June 10, 2025 [Mohammed Ibrahim / Unsplash]

UN confirms famine in Gaza – a moral and legal turning point

The United Nations has officially confirmed what Palestinians and humanitarian workers have been warning for months: famine is now present in Gaza. The announcement, issued yesterday by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) – the global standard for famine analysis – marks the first time famine has been declared…

Protestors in London holding the sign "I oppose Genocide. I support Palestine Action" during a mass civil disobedience sit-in on August 9, 2025. Support for Palestine Action was proscribed by the UK's Labour government in July 2025 [HudaAmmori / X]

Palestine Action: From proscription to defiance in the streets

On 7 July 2025, the UK government officially proscribed Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 – making membership, support, or even public expressions of solidarity a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison. Founded in 2020, the direct-action network built its reputation on non-violent but disruptive…

"Gas the Arabs" painted on the gate outside a Palestinian home in Hebron by Israeli settlers. It is signed "JDL" (Jewish Defence League) [Magne Hagesæter / Wikimedia]

Remembering the Dawabsheh family and the systemic violence against Palestinians

Today, we pause in reflection on the anniversary of the brutal arson attack in Duma that killed the Dawabsheh family – baby Ali, aged just 18 months, and his parents, Riham and Saad – in July 2015. On July 31, 2015, a group of Israeli settlers stormed the Palestinian village…

Palestinian embroidery at Al-Hanin Centre, Palestinian refugee camp, Lebanon, February 2016.

Palestinian refugees and the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war

As we mark the anniversary of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war, it’s vital to remember the plight of Palestinian refugees who were caught between the conflict’s violence and its lingering trauma. At the time, around 300,000 Palestinian refugees – whose families were originally forced out of Palestine in 1948 – found…