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![People walk through the rubble that was once a residential street](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0703-Palestine-attacked-400x300.jpg)
Israel Launches Largest Aerial Attack on West Bank in Nearly Two Decades
At least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens more injured, drawing alarm from human rights groups and the UN.
![A surveillance camera is pictured at a checkpoint in the Palestinian city of Hebron on November 9, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1236459531-400x300.jpg)
Israel Is Already Weaponizing AI — But Not in the Ways It Claims to Be
Israel claims to be a leader in AI tech, but its main innovations are lax industry ethics and widespread surveillance.
![Palestinian Bilal Hijaz carries his luggage out of his home, which was set on fire by Israeli settlers the day before, in Turmus Ayya near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, on June 22, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1258929845-400x300.jpg)
Progressives Slam Continued US Military Aid for Israel Amid Settler Violence
"This is a pogrom," wrote Rep. Ilhan Omar after hundreds of settlers rampaged through Palestinian towns.
![From Drone Strikes to Settler Attacks, Israel Intensifies Effort to Completely Take Over Palestine](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/SEG2-GUEST-Palestine-SPLIT-400x300.jpg)
Israel Escalates Attacks on Palestinians, From Drone Strikes to Settler Attacks
Palestinian journalist Mariam Barghouti calls the attacks “an intensification to completely take over Palestine.”
![President Joe Biden departs a celebration marking Jewish American Heritage Month in the East Room of the White House on May 16, 2023, in Washington, D.C. The event focused on the Biden Administration's efforts to combat rising antisemitism.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0616-biden--400x300.jpg)
The White House’s Strategic Plan on Antisemitism Is Fatally Flawed
Those concerned with antisemitism must understand what it truly means to challenge it as part of movements for justice.
![Member of the Knesset and leader of the far right Zionut Datit (Jewish Zionism) party, Bezalel Smotrich, visits the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah of the Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem on May 10, 2021, in Israel.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0613-israel-400x300.jpg)
Human Rights Defenders Slam Israel’s Planned West Bank Settlement Expansion
Netanyahu's government reportedly informed the U.S. of plans to build thousands of new Jewish-only settler homes.
![Smoke rises after Israeli warplanes strike headquarters of the Qatari Red Crescent Society in al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza, on May 17, 2021. According to QRCS, the attack killed two Palestinians, including a child, and injured 10 others.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0609-israel-400x300.jpg)
Was Israel’s Latest Attack on Gaza Manufactured to Divert “Democracy” Protests?
Scholars Richard Falk and Stephen Zunes discuss the intricacies of the situation and unpack Netanyahu's motivations.
![PayPal President & CEO Dan Schulman speaks on stage at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta on December 13, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-1448900602-400x300.jpg)
PayPal Upholds Its Discriminatory Ban on Palestinians Amid Pressure Campaign
Israeli settlers in the West Bank have access to PayPal, but their Palestinian neighbors are barred from the service.
![A child pulls his destroyed bike out of rubble that was once an apartment](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/2023_0523-palestine-child-400x300.jpg)
“There Is No Safe Place in Gaza”: Palestinians Speak Out During Israeli Assault
In a vicious five-day assault, Israeli occupying forces killed 33 Palestinians in Gaza.
![Protesters gather during a Palestinian demonstration east of Gaza City on May 18, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-1255803548-400x300.jpg)
Historic New York Bill Aims to End Funding of Illegal Israeli Settlements
While praised by human rights organizations, the bill is already facing backlash from pro-Israel lawmakers.