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![Palestinians try to extinguish a fire set by Israeli settlers in the West Bank on August 2, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0822-west-bank-400x300.jpg)
West Bank Settlers Cause Displacement Wave — After ICJ Rules Settlements Illegal
In recent weeks, Israeli settlers have caused the largest displacement wave since October, a humanitarian group reports.
![Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest at Union Park as the Democratic National Convention takes place on August 21, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0822-pro-palestine-400x300.jpg)
Spurned by the DNC, the Uncommitted Movement Is Staging a Sit-In for Palestine
If Democrats won't let a Palestinian speak at the convention, it's futile to expect a policy shift, said a spokesperson.
![Protestors demonstrate at the March for Reproductive Rights organized by Women’s March L.A. on April 15, 2023, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0822-abortion-400x300.jpg)
Arkansas Supreme Court Disqualifies Abortion Amendment From November Ballot
The state has one of the strictest abortion bans in the US, with abortion care allowed only in medical emergencies.
![Police stage near Pro-Palestine protesters demonstrating near the Consulate General of Israel during the second day of the Democratic National Convention on August 20, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0822-dnc-police-400x300.jpg)
Hundreds of Police Smother Palestine Solidarity Protests Outside DNC
Police have managed to make dozens of arrests despite protests remaining largely peaceful.
![A banner reading Boycott, Disinvestment, Sanctions and Against apartheid, boycott Israel is is displayed during a protest in Toulouse, France, on May 18, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0822-bds-400x300.jpg)
Insurance Company AXA Divests From Israel’s Banks and Largest Arms Manufacturer
Organizers for the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement celebrated but urged the campaign to keep pressure up.
![A Palestinian girl carries water at a makeshift displacement camp along the roadside in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on August 13, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0822-gaza-water-400x300.jpg)
Israel Is Evacuating Palestinians From Safe Zones With Critical Water Wells
Israel’s ground assault is now so widespread that Palestinians have no escape from the front line.
![People hold a pro-Palestine protest outside the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 21, 2024, the third day of the Democratic National Convention.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0822-dnc-pro-palestine-400x300.jpg)
DNC Tells Uncommitted Delegates There Won’t Be Any Pro-Palestinian Speaker
Uncommitted called it a betrayal of the party platform that claims it values “Israelis and Palestinian lives equally.”
![Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives a keynote speech during the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center on July 26, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0822-rfk-400x300.jpg)
Report: RFK Jr. Expected to End Presidential Bid and Endorse Trump
It’s unclear how the anticipated suspension of Kennedy's campaign and his endorsement of Trump will affect the race.
![Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz arrives to speak on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0822-tim-walz-400x300.jpg)
As Walz Accepted VP Nom, Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Staged a Sit-In
Walz talked about his life and background, laying out his progressive credentials against Trump and Project 2025.
![Palestinian children play near building rubble in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, August 20, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0821-gaza-k-400x300.jpg)
Israel “Systematically” Uses Gaza Children as Human Shields, Rights Group Finds
Israeli troops have forced children to strip and walk in front of Israeli tanks to avoid getting targeted.