Rights violations exposed in LA prison sting

Al Jazeera English
The FBI's arrest of 18 current and former Los Angeles prison staff in a sting operation earlier this month casts light on alleged "brutality" and civil rights violations in some

Israeli land claims: Archaeology and ideology

Al Jazeera English

Jerusalem – The Holy Basin – containing Jerusalem’s Old City and its surrounding territories – may be the most contested piece of property in the world.

Sacred to Jewish, Christian

Oktoberfest in Palestine

Vice

On a fall Sunday in Ramallah, the courtyard in the $60 million Movenpick Hotel swarmed with hundreds of drunk Palestinians.

On a stage at one end of the crowd, the

Palestine’s fast and furious females

Al Jazeera English

Ramallah, Occupied West Bank – Hundreds of people have gathered along a closed-off street on a Friday morning to watch a street racing event.

Among the drivers are four women

Meeting the Female Street Racers of Palestine

Vice

I’m driving around the streets of Ramallah, Palestine, with Noor Dawood, the celebrated Palestinian street racer and the only female drifter in the Middle East.

Noor is one of four

Access denied: Phone politics in Palestine

Al Jazeera

He was greeted with posters saying, “Dear Barack Obama: Don't bring your smartphone to Ramallah. You won't have mobile access to the Internet.

make sure to only do as instructed,

This Palestinian Taxidermist’s Stuffed Animal Zoo Is Kind of Heartbreaking

Vice

Dr Khader lives in the Palestinian city of Qalqilya. It’s a place that’s seen its fair share of hate.

Since 2003, the 40,000 or so people who live there have

Prisoners for Peace

Counter Punch

On Tuesday August 13th, 26 “low risk” Palestinian prisoners were released to their families by the Israeli government, a “gesture of good faith” made by Israeli Primer Minster Netanyahu to

A Second Nakba?

Counter Punch

August 1, 2013: Thousands gathered throughout Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories in protest of the Prawer Plan and the displacement of approximately 40,000 Bedouin in the Negev region of

Day of rage’ over Bedouin displacement plan

Al Jazeera

At least four protesters were arrested on Thursday near East Jerusalem’s Old City at a demonstration against plans to displace tens of thousands of Bedouin from their ancestral lands in