Tayseer Arouri (second from left) with residents of the Jordan Valley occupied by Israel

Birzeit Event Commemorates the Legacy of Dr. Tayseer Arouri

Friends, family, and comrades of the Marxist thinker and leader Dr. Tayseer Arouri commemorated his legacy on Tuesday, April 11, at Naseeb Aziz Shaheen Auditorium at Birzeit University, where his work spanning more than five decades was witness to his various public involvements. The ceremony started with the launch of the book TAYSEER: Recounting an…

Joint List leader, MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash) during last year’s Nakba commemoration near Tirat HaCarmel in northern Israel

Police Deny Permit to Hold Annual Nakba Day March of Return

Police have refused to grant a permit for this year’s annual March of Return on Israel’s Independence Day, organized by Arab-Palestinians in Israel to commemorate the Nakba, or “catastrophe,” referring to the mass expulsion of Palestinians from their homes and villages during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that established the state. Police claimed that the permit…

Polluted beach in Gaza City, June 2016

Gaza: Shortage of Sanitation Infrastructure Raises Severe Health and Environmental Concerns

In recent years, the longstanding shortage of adequate sanitation infrastructure in the Gaza Strip has resulted in the discharge of around 90 million liters of untreated or partially treated sewage into the sea every day, posing serious health and environmental hazards. Development of water and sanitation infrastructure has been severely impacted by the import restrictions…