Category: Features

  • Remembering Awdah Hathaleen

    Remembering Awdah Hathaleen

    A friend of his from primary school said to me “I can’t believe it… really, it’s like he will come bouncing out of a door any minute, hopping out of a car with his big grin on his face. Any moment we could wake up from this terrible dream”. For those of us who knew…

  • For immediate release: Forcible displacement continues in the Jordan Valley

    For immediate release: Forcible displacement continues in the Jordan Valley

    July 2, Jordan Valley, West Bank – Israeli settlers, with the support of Israeli forces, are displacing once again families in Khirbet Samra, in the Northern Jordan Valley.   On June 22, settlers threatened one of the families in the hamlet (who chose to remain anonymous fearing further retaliation) telling them they have eight days to leave their land. These settlers come…

  • Unlawful escalation towards forcible displacement and ethnic cleansing in Masafer Yatta

    Unlawful escalation towards forcible displacement and ethnic cleansing in Masafer Yatta

    On behalf of Youth of Sumud, we urgently alert you to a dangerous and unlawful escalation in Masafer Yatta, specifically within Firing Zone 918 in the occupied West Bank. On 18 June 2025, the Higher Planning Council issued a directive for the Firing Zone 918 to all its subcommittees authorizing the rejection of demolition objections…