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Erased Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West BankScroll downCredit: Avishay Mohar, B'TselemHagar ShezafShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppThese images appear again and again – from the ground, from the air, and on maps: dozens of Palestinian communities wiped off the landscape, while illegal Israeli settler outposts continue to spread across the West Bank.Since October 7, 2023, this phenomenon has intensified significantly. Unlike the war in Gaza, there is no discussion in Israel about ending this parallel campaign of dispossession.
The writing appears to be on the wall for Sir Keir Starmer, and Labour desperately needs a leader who can see off the dual threats of the Greens and Reform UK. asks whether the ‘King of the North’ could be the party’s knight in shining armour, even if there’s a by-election in his way
The SpaceX founder is among the dozens of top business leaders who travelled with Donald Trump to China this week.
Matti Friedman and Dan Senor on how Nicholas Kristof’s ‘New York Times’ column reflects a press corps that increasingly sees activism as its core mission.
Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI made their closing arguments in the blockbuster federal trial on Thursday. Nine jurors are set to begin deliberations next week.
The Russkaya Obshina group stages raids to look for activities contravening "traditional Russian values".
Members of radical Jewish groups scuffle with Palestinian residents, with both sides throwing chairs until being separated by policeIsraeli nationalists chanted “Death to the Arabs”, “May your villages burn” and “Gaza is a graveyard” in a state-sponsored march through Jerusalem to mark the anniversary of the city’s capture and annexation.The annual assertion of Jewish control over Palestinian East Jerusalem has grown more extreme in recent years, and Thursday’s event culminated with the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, unfurling an Israeli flag in front of the al-Aqsa mosque, the holiest Islamic site in the city.
Thursday’s vote was one of many in Southern states following the Supreme Court’s recent decision to weaken the Voting Rights Act.
Israel launches 'defamation' suit after Nicholas Kristof article detailing alleged sexual violence by Israeli forces.
All it took was two Facebook posts to turn an online mob against Apeel Sciences and its booming business of keeping food fresh longer.
The secrets of one of the architects of the religious right are being revealed. One of the secrets is that they weren’t really secrets.
At the Africa Forward summit in Nairobi, France’s president sought to reset French influence on the continent.
HSBC has slammed the brakes on its $4bn (£3bn) shadow banking drive amid fears of a crisis in the unregulated sector. The bank said in early June last year that it would invest billions into its own asset manager’s range of private credit funds.
Investors expected to accept $1.75tn valuation, weak shareholder rights and billionaire’s sci-fi business vision
A victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse has revealed she was raped by the disgraced financier while he was under house arrest after avoiding prison time for prior sex crimes. The woman, identified only as Roza, spoke publicly for the first time alongside a number of Epstein’s victims at a field hearing convened by Democratic politicians in the US.
Celeste Calocane says she feels she was ‘left alone’ before her son killed three people
Trump will shrug off humiliation over Taiwan warnings and ignore China’s expansion elsewhere – and that’s dangerous, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley
The gift shop on a quiet street in Jerusalem’s Old City stocks Jewish items amongst its religious souvenirs. But that did nothing to deter a mob of about 30 Israeli teenagers and children smashing it to pieces, leaving the interior little more than a bomb site and its Palestinian owner shaking with anger and fear.
Lamine Yamal waved a Palestinian flag at Barcelona’s title parade on Monday
The 31-article regulation outlines rules governing the dissolution of marriages under a wide range of religious and legal conditions.
Timeline: How One Palestinian West Bank Community Was ErasedAbby Seitz12.05.2026 | 22:22Share in TwitterGift this article SaveSave article to reading listSend in e-mailSend in e-mail Share in FacebookShare in Twitter Send in e-mailSend in e-mail Go to comments4 Print article SaveSave article to reading list Zen ReadShare in TwitterGift this article SaveSave article to reading listSend in e-mailSend in e-mail Share in FacebookShare in Twitter Send in e-mailSend in e-mail Go to comments4 Print article SaveSave article to reading list Zen ReadAbby SeitzMay 12, 2026 | 22:22Get email notification for articles from Abby Seitz FollowMay 12, 2026 | 22:22Abby SeitzMay 12, 2026 | 22:22Get email notification for articles from Abby Seitz FollowMay 12, 2026 | 22:22On the day that the last families fled Ras Ein al-Auja in the Jordan Valley, only four of the village's roughly 200 schoolkids went to school. They were all Deif Jahalin's kids.
Displacement and violence haunt Palestinian Bedouins, forced from their homes repeatedly since the Nakba of 1948.
Cartel insiders say that in exchange for bribes and political support they were allowed to operate in Sinaloa state with near total freedom.
Hate speech against religious minorities in India rose last year. Experts say far-right RSS is doing 'damage control'.
Flávio Bolsonaro, Brazil’s leading rightwing presidential hopeful, caught on tape asking banker for millionsFlávio Bolsonaro, Brazil’s leading rightwing presidential hopeful, has been caught on tape asking a banker accused of corruption for $26.8m (£20m) to fund a film about his father, the former president Jair Bolsonaro.The leaked voice memos and text messages were on Wednesday by the Intercept Brasil, and later acknowledged by Flávio Bolsonaro, a far-right senator who is tied in polls with president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ahead of October’s election.
If state’s house passes bill, redrawn map could could give state Republicans a 5-1 congressional majorityOn Thursday, the state senate voted 27-10 to pass a new congressional map that would eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black House districts. The resulting map could give Louisiana a 5-1 congressional majority.The supreme court’s recent decision in Louisiana v Callais, a case that centered on the state’s congressional maps, severely weakened the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The fallout from the decision was swift, with several other southern states calling special sessions to pass redistricting maps that would limit Black voting power.
Quebec College of Physicians member Louis Roy has been condemned by a lobbying group after a comment he made during a 2022 parliamentary committee resurfaced.
Aviation and risk experts said the Denver runway collision represents a clear security failure
Hundreds of people were deported on 245 removal flights to 38 countries in April, report finds
Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and more are pushing to eliminate Democratic districts after supreme court rulingUS southern states are rushing to redraw congressional maps to eliminate Democratic districts and dilute the influence of Black voters in electing candidates, a bare-knuckled blitz occurring even in some states where voting in congressional primaries has begun, and prompted by the US supreme court’s decision of the Voting Rights Act.Tennessee Republicans , carving up the majority Black city of Memphis into three different congressional districts to get rid of the state’s lone Democrat in Congress. Louisiana, the state at the center of the supreme court’s Voting Rights Act decision, of implementing a new map that would eliminate the seat of one of the state’s two Black Democrats in Congress. Alabama petitioned the US supreme court to allow it to eliminate a district currently represented by a Black Democrat. Instead, it will use a map this cycle that a court previously ruled was intentionally drawn to discriminate against Black voters.
‘Chud the Builder’ goes viral by walking up to black people and using racial slurs. He was just arrested for shooting someone. How did we get here?
The death toll included three children, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy saidFinland and Latvia were both forced to step up their air defences last night after early alerts about potential drone incursions into their territory, but no incursions were eventually reported.The Latvian army issued , with Nato Baltic air policing mission fighters scrambled to respond to the incident – just hours after the country’s government effectively collapsed over the previous incursion.
The administration has said DACA isn’t a right to stay in the United States “indefinitely.” One man with DACA was detained and deported to Mexico in a matter of days.
One of the biggest financial policy fights Congress has seen in years is set to come to a head this morning in the Senate Banking Committee.
An internal Pentagon email outlined options to punish Nato allies deemed to have not supported Donald Trump’s war in Iran
A federal appeals court ruling against the Food and Drug Administration would have restricted access by mail to mifepristone.
Site provides little in the way of actual support for pregnant women – but does direct them to deceptive pregnancy centersOn the website’s landing page, a photo of a heavily pregnant white woman is cropped below the head, so that she is faceless, anonymous, cradling her massive belly underneath the skirt of her yellow dress. She appears to be standing in a field of tall grass, the kind you can get ticks in. The photo is flanked on either side by chubby infant footprints – one pair in pink, another in blue – a clear nod to the anti-abortion movement’s of what they call “”. A banner at the top declares that the site, “”, which was , offers “Resources, Information, and Help for New and Expecting Mothers”, and advertises that it is “addressing the needs of mothers and fathers who face difficult or unexpected pregnancies” – that is, those who would often seek abortions. In fact, the site does little besides link to Option Line, a referral network of Christian anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers run by the anti-abortion group Heartbeat International.The launch of Moms.gov was accompanied by an uncomfortable Oval Office press conference on Monday, in which members of the Trump administration and some of the more aggressively anti-choice Republican members of Congress gathered to tout the new website and cheer on the Trump administration’s pronatalist stance. Dr Mehmet Oz, the wellness influencer and one-time television personality who now holds a position in the Trump health department as the administrator for Medicare and Medicaid, lamented that Americans are, in his creepy personal parlance, “under-babied”. “One in three Americans are under-babied,” . “That means that you either don’t have any children or you have less children than you would normally want to have.” Oz asserted that the fertility rate has fallen below 1.5 (a indicates that it is in fact a bit higher, and that the US population is not shrinking) and predicted a coming wave of “Trump babies”.
Few Democrats acknowledge what most Americans believe: Tolerance should be far lower for crimes committed by people who entered the country illegally.
Annual Jerusalem Day march fuels tensions with shouted slogans and violence against Palestinian residents.
Gary Lineker called it possibly the worst VAR decision he has seen. Celtic’s win against Motherwell is another reason to ditch the systemThis moment was inevitable. One when observers from Gorgie to Guadalajara ponder how Scottish football got itself into such a tangle with the video assistant referee system. Sadly for Hearts, the incident in question may prove fatal in their push to make history. Sadly for Celtic, it will be a key reference point in the event of a successful title defence.Gary Lineker played for Tottenham in a 1-1 draw at Tynecastle in 1990, that has never appeared to fuel a lasting affection for Hearts. Lineker is untainted by the Old Firm’s suffocating tribalism. He passed the neutrality test with flying colours. Lineker used social media to amplify the cries of disgust as Celtic were awarded a late, late penalty to win at Motherwell. “This might be the worst VAR decision I’ve seen (and there’s a lot of competition),” Lineker said. “Extraordinary given the significance.”
Not so long ago, the stock image of someone from the far-Right was easily summoned: they’d be male, obviously, and very probably bald, with steel-toe boots and questionable tattoos. Times, however, have moved on: this week, it was reported that the Government had banned seven “far-Right agitators” from entering the country to attend a Tommy Robinson rally on Saturday.
As Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in China and agreed the Strait of Hormuz must stay open, Iran , one of Beijing's closest allies, is causing fresh chaos in the vital passageway.
For every standing ovation there’s a riotous backlash – the film festival’s history is littered with boos, protests, furious rows and career-defining disastersPart of the appeal of Cannes is its sense of old-school glamour. It is, however, a shame that the glamour often comes at the expense of logic and practicality. In 2015, a group of women were barred from the gala screening of Todd Haynes’ historical lesbian romance Carol for not adhering to the rule that women must wear high heels. The same happened to producer Valeria Richter, even though part of her left foot had been amputated. A year later, Julia Roberts made her displeasure about this known by walking the red carpet barefoot.
I’m always shocked when I see statistics about childhood obesity in this country, but the latest data is horrifying. New NHS England figures show around 6,000 children are being treated for extreme obesity complications every year.
Athletes have always been targets for criminals hoping to profit from their wealth. But a new wave of dangers has cropped up in recent yearsWith exorbitant ticket, travel and hotel prices making fans desperate to find an affordable way of attending this summer’s World Cup, it’s no surprise that security and law enforcement are warning that fans are at significant risk of becoming fraud victims.While major tournaments are moments of heightened vulnerability for supporters, players themselves are increasingly attractive year-round targets for cybercriminals who can use AI to mount ever more sophisticated attacks.
West Bank home described as ‘ideal for outdoor gatherings’ is among 41 listed rentals in illegal Israeli settlements Some of Mohammad al-Sbeih’s fondest childhood memories are of his small farm in the hills south of Bethlehem, where three generations of his family grew wheat and barley.“It was a hard plot to farm as it was on a hillside with terraces, but it was so beautiful,” Sbeih remembers.
A Philippines senator wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) reportedly fled from Senate, sparking political controversy
The critical challenge is to build institutions that protect us from tech companies and the state
A Tennessee man who goes by the moniker Chud the Builder and is known for posting racist videos is charged with attempted murder