Israeli activist Reut Mor on board a 2012 flotilla to Gaza. Mor was detained by the “Shin Bet,” Israel’s General Security Service, upon her return from a vacation in Greece earlier this week.

Shin Bet Detains Hadash Spokeswoman to Glean Intelligence on Gaza-Bound Flotilla

Israel’s “Shin Bet” (General Security Service) detained Reut Mor, a peace activist and spokeswoman for Hadash during the 2015 election campaign for the Knesset, at Ben-Gurion Airport earlier this week upon her return from vacation in Greece. Mor’s detention was apparently an attempt to glean information about Israelis planning to join the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla…

Palestinian journalists demonstrate against last summer's deadly war in Gaza.

Trauma Training for Palestinian Journalists in Gaza

This week, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) will conduct their third workshop in trauma training for journalists since last summer’s war in the Gaza Strip. The workshop will take place at the headquarters of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Gaza City. Designed to allow journalists to…

Buildings destroyed during Israel's "Operation Protective Edge" in the Gaza Strip, summer 2014. Israeli airstrikes destroyed everything from family homes to fishermen's boats; water systems to health centers.

B’Tselem Report: Israeli Government Unlawfully Bombed Residential Buildings in Gaza

On Wednesday, January 28, B’Tselem, one of the Israel’s leading human rights organization, released a report in which it alleges that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet persisted in an unlawful policy of bombing residential buildings in Gaza during last summer’s war (“Operation Protective Edge”). The report blasts the country’s civilian leadership, and specifically Prime Minister…

International Criminal Court Opens Probe into War Crimes against Palestinians

On Friday, January 16, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) prosecutor opened an initial probe to determine whether war crimes have been committed against Palestinians, including during last year’s Gaza war. “Today the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, opened a preliminary examination into the situation in Palestine,” her office announced in a statement,…

Hussein Wael al Najjar, 14, in front of the shelter he currently lives in with his family in the village of Khuza'a, November 16, 2014. The family’s home was destroyed during the Israeli attacks on their village in the Gaza Strip. Hussein’s family includes eight children.

UN Doubles Estimate of Homes Destroyed in Gaza

On Thursday, December 19, the UN warned it was running out of funds to house families in Gaza, after having doubled its estimate of the number of homes damaged or destroyed in this summer’s war with Israel. “Unless the situation changes urgently, we will run out of funds in January, meaning we will not be…