Jocelyn Qassis _ July 2026 Forced displacement and ethnic cleansing represent the most severe violations of international humanitarian law and constitute crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Yet these terms, while legally precise, often fail to capture the human reality of displacement, the sudden loss of home, the trauma […]
Jocelyn Qassis _ June 2026 Culture as a Site of Struggle The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has never been solely about territory and military power. From its inception, it has been fundamentally a struggle over narrative, history, and identity. The establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 required not only the military conquest of Palestinian territory […]
Jocelyn Qassis – June 2026 The health system in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, particularly in the Gaza Strip, is experiencing an unprecedented catastrophic collapse, while Palestinians in the West Bank face increasing restrictions on access to basic healthcare. This crisis is not a result of natural circumstances or a temporary shortage, but rather a product […]
David Smith – June 2026 Today was my big day in Jerusalem. We visited the holy sites — in particular the Al Aqsa Mosque — which has been at the centre of many of the conflicts in Jerusalem and indeed in the whole region. I have never much wanted to visit the holy sites, but […]
David Smith I arrived in Jordan on the 17th. I have not been posting since then for fear of being turned back at the crossing from Jordan. However, it went uneventfully. I had prepared all manner of stories… including telling them that my grandfather was an English Jew named Friedman who moved to Canada and […]
Jocelyn Qassis – May 2026 Settlement Expansion and the Forced Displacement of Palestinians in the West BankHow Settler Colonial Policies Are Reshaping Geography, Demography, and Palestinian Existence Israeli settlement expansion in the Occupied West Bank has evolved into one of the clearest manifestations of systematic territorial annexation in the modern era. What was once presented […]
Jocelyn Qassis – May 2026 Escalating Conflict as Political Cover The widening conflict across the Middle East has created a dangerous political environment in which violations against Palestinians are increasingly unfolding under weakened international scrutiny. What initially appeared as parallel regional crises has evolved into a broader geopolitical landscape that disperses global attention, fragments diplomatic […]
Jocelyn Qassis – May 2026 Palestinian journalists, amidst the ongoing conflict, face extremely dangerous conditions that extend beyond mere professional challenges to systematic targeting aimed at silencing the voice of truth and obscuring global awareness of the continuous violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This policy, which takes various forms from direct killing to arbitrary […]
Jocelyn Qassis _ April 2026 In recent days, the areas of Harasa and Ush al-Ghurab in Beit Sahour have witnessed a disturbing surge in settler gang activity, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing violence against Palestinian communities. These acts of aggression, ranging from the destruction of agricultural livelihoods to direct attacks on homes, are […]
Jocelyn Qassis / April 2026 Khallet Al-Nu’man, a small Palestinian village located east of Bethlehem, has become increasingly isolated in recent years due to movement restrictions, lack of services, and repeated settler attacks. The village is home to around 150 residents, including approximately 40 children. Although it was annexed by Israel in 1967 into what […]
– March 2026 – The Green Olive Collective strongly condemns the recent approval by the Israeli Knesset of legislation enabling the execution of Palestinian prisoners. This decision marks a dangerous and unprecedented escalation, not only in its legal implications but in what it represents: the normalization of state-sanctioned killing under the guise of law. It […]
