https://sagire.online/topic/palestine/ Palestine: articles and notes where the country is a central actor. en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:40:00 -0300 https://sagire.online/rafah-fechamento-cessar-fogo/https://sagire.online/rafah-fechamento-cessar-fogo/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 21:54:00 -0300Israel suspended the Rafah crossing without prior notice on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, stopping aid, fuel and commercial cargo from Egypt. The October 2025 agreement set the number of trucks but never a floor on what must enter, and the 33.4 percent that arrived since then measures what that permission is worth.IsraelPalestineGazaEgypt https://sagire.online/wire/70a5d868/https://sagire.online/wire/70a5d868/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 16:23:00 -0300Retired Indian judge Srinivasan Muralidhar, chair of the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, said the panel’s unequivocal conclusion was that Israeli security forces continued to commit “war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of genocide” a year after the October 2025 ceasefire brokered by the United States. The report says more than 75,000 Palestinians across the Occupied Palestinian Territory have been killed since October 7, 2023, including at least 21,500 children and 11,000 women. The document was presented by Muralidhar to the UN General Assembly on October 26; according to The Hindu, he could not present the report in person because the United States denied him a visa. The report calls on UN member states to “employ all means” to prevent the genocide, investigate and prosecute suspects, and establish clear rules for the use of artificial intelligence in conflicts.PalestineIsraelInternational justiceUnited NationsHuman rights https://sagire.online/wire/9dd97323/https://sagire.online/wire/9dd97323/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:22:00 -0300Britain’s highest court on Wednesday heard an appeal against the ban on Palestine Action, which the British government classifies as a terrorist organization, as police moved to arrest protesters outside. A lawyer for the group’s founder argued that only three of 385 acts by the organization cross the legal threshold of terrorism. Twenty-five protesters were arrested outside the Supreme Court on suspicion of expressing support for a proscribed organization, according to the Metropolitan Police. The court heard that more than 3,000 people have been arrested since the ban came into force, and that the High Court found the ban unlawful in February, a ruling overturned by the Court of Appeal in June.United KingdomPalestineHuman rightsProtests https://sagire.online/wire/6fbd4bd6/https://sagire.online/wire/6fbd4bd6/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:22:00 -0300Dozens of Palestinian families returned to their homes in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Monday after the Israeli army announced the end of its 11-day military operation. Approximately 537 families, comprising nearly 3,300 people, had been forced to leave their homes since the operation began, according to the Support and Relief Committee in Hebron Governorate. Residents reported the theft of gold jewelry, cash and personal belongings, as well as broken doors and damaged household contents. Hebron Mayor Yousef al-Jabari estimated damage to municipal facilities and utility networks at around six million shekels (around $1.9m), and Abdo Idris, head of the Hebron Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said daily losses exceeded 12 million shekels (about $3.8 million), with infrastructure damage surpassing six million shekels. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the operation after Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers at a Hebron checkpoint on October 23, according to Reuters, in a text republished by The News.PalestineWest BankIsraelHuman rights https://sagire.online/wire/0e914a31/https://sagire.online/wire/0e914a31/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 04:22:00 -0300According to Middle East Eye, the World Medical Association faces strong criticism for refusing to suspend the Israeli Medical Association despite documented allegations of complicity by Israeli doctors in the torture of Palestinian detainees and abuses in Gaza; a petition by 6,500 medical personnel from the IMA Out! campaign was presented to the General Assembly in Rotterdam last month calling for expulsion; the last suspension came in 1976, when South Africa was blocked from two assemblies over doctors’ complicity in torture under apartheid; and the Hind Rajab Foundation asked the International Criminal Court last month to investigate Israeli doctors, the IMA and officials from the health and defense ministries.IsraelPalestineGazaHuman rightsGlobal health https://sagire.online/wire/003cd86a/https://sagire.online/wire/003cd86a/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 04:21:00 -0300Israel’s Shin Bet and police arrested senior Balad activist and journalist Abed Abu Shehadeh in Jaffa on Wednesday over suspected security violations — an arrest Balad chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh called a “grave crime,” accusing Netanyahu of trying to hijack the election result. Around 15 security personnel, some masked, stormed the house at midnight and arrested him in front of his two children, seizing electronic devices and books, in a case under the Tel Aviv Central Unit and the Shin Bet with a court publication ban as a security-related investigation; the Central Elections Committee certified the result on Wednesday with no evidence of irregularities undermining the election’s integrity.IsraelPalestineHuman rightsElections https://sagire.online/wire/5d51526a/https://sagire.online/wire/5d51526a/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 02:22:00 -0300Surgeon Adam Hamawy, who volunteered in Gaza, won New Jersey’s 12th congressional district and will become the first Muslim and the first Egyptian-American to represent the state in Congress, according to Middle East Eye. Hamawy’s campaign was centered on Palestine, healthcare and economic inequality.United StatesPalestineElections https://sagire.online/wire/dca9008a/https://sagire.online/wire/dca9008a/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:21:00 -0300Voters in Providence, Rhode Island, approved a ballot measure that could lead the city to divest public funds from Israel. With 81 of 82 polling locations partially reported, the state elections board tallied 75% voting in favor and 25% against. The result is preliminary: with 79 of 82 polling locations reporting, the Rhode Island Board of Elections count stood at 74.99% in favor. The text does not mention Israel and calls on the city to refrain from investing in foreign countries conducting ethnic cleansing, apartheid, illegal military occupation or genocide. The vote makes Providence the largest US municipality to approve some form of Israel divestment, following Somerville, Massachusetts, whose voters approved a nonbinding measure last year.United StatesPalestineElectionsHuman rights https://sagire.online/wire/1be91fa4/https://sagire.online/wire/1be91fa4/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:21:00 -0300The United Kingdom Supreme Court began hearing the appeal on Wednesday from Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori against the government’s designation of the group as a terrorist organization. The hearing is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. Permission to appeal was granted only on the argument that the proscription is compatible with Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR); the argument on the interpretation and application of the Home Secretary’s policy was refused. The proscription was announced to Parliament on June 23, 2025, and came into effect on July 5, 2025, under the Terrorism Act 2000. More than 300 supporters of the group were arrested by London police on Saturday for displaying placards bearing the now-prohibited slogan. The defense argues that only three of the 385 actions undertaken by the group over five years were assessed as meeting the definition of terrorism.United KingdomPalestineJusticeHuman rights https://sagire.online/wire/888b9074/https://sagire.online/wire/888b9074/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 23:24:00 -0300Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said what was happening was “an attempt to crush democracy and steal the election with the help of government plants in the security system” and called it “a direct threat to our democracy,” urging state institutions to stand firm and a government to be formed as quickly as possible. The remarks came amid reports that Shin Bet chief David Zini sought to question three Palestinian party leaders over suspected foreign interference in the election, and that authorities found no evidence for the claims. Palestinian-led parties won 19 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, which kept Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot from reaching the 61 needed to form a government.IsraelPalestineElectionsPolitical crisis https://sagire.online/wire/032b2e5e/https://sagire.online/wire/032b2e5e/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:23:00 -0300Al Jazeera journalist Montaser Nassar was detained in raids near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, according to the network itself.PalestineWest BankIsraelPress freedom https://sagire.online/wire/63cf3552/https://sagire.online/wire/63cf3552/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:22:00 -0300Israel informed the United Nations (UN) and the Egyptian committee on Monday evening that it is imposing a “complete and comprehensive” closure of the Rafah crossing, blocking humanitarian aid, commercial shipments, food, fuel and cooking gas entering Gaza through the Egyptian route, according to Drop Site News. The route handles 50 to 60 trucks a day, and fuel and gas come entirely through it, according to the outlet. The October 2025 ceasefire agreement calls for 600 aid trucks a day in Gaza, but Israel had been allowing an average of around 200.GazaPalestineIsraelConflictHuman rights https://sagire.online/wire/befc3cf2/https://sagire.online/wire/befc3cf2/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:24:00 -0300Israeli forces accompanied by heavy machinery raided the Haska Road area northwest of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and demolished five Palestinian-owned commercial businesses, local sources said. Nearly 750,000 Israeli settlers live in 156 illegal settlements and around 360 outposts across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, according to Palestinian figures.West BankPalestineIsraelHuman rights https://sagire.online/wire/cb2a3e22/https://sagire.online/wire/cb2a3e22/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:23:00 -0300United Nations (UN) spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday that partners supporting the collection of solid waste in Gaza warn that only half of their vehicle fleet is operational. According to him, persistent Israeli restrictions on the entry of enough engine oil and spare parts required to keep the vehicles running are increasing public health risks, as only some of the trash can be collected. He called for a wider range of critical supplies to be allowed into Gaza, with less red tape and more crossings open for deliveries.GazaPalestineUnited NationsHealth https://sagire.online/wire/6a36164d/https://sagire.online/wire/6a36164d/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 11:24:00 -0300The Palestinian Prisoners Society and the fiancée of detainee Hassan Salameh, Ghufran Zamel, said Israeli prison guards shot him nine times last month. According to them, the assault came after National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir stormed his cell and filmed himself threatening to kill him. The type of ammunition used and the precise circumstances of the shooting remain unclear. According to Zamel, three days after the assault Salameh was taken to have his injuries photographed and was then returned to his cell without medical treatment and given only painkillers. In 1996, Israel convicted Salameh of orchestrating several bombings that killed and wounded scores of Israelis, and he was sentenced to 48 life terms. He has spent 14 years in solitary confinement since his imprisonment 30 years ago.IsraelPalestineHuman rights