Occupation

Breaking the individual to break the collective - opinion

Occupation does not begin at a border. It begins inside the human mind. That is why sexual violence has remained such an effective weapon across centuries.

 Demonstrators hold signs against what they describe as international silence over sexual violence perpetrated against Israeli women during the attack by Hamas on southern Israel on October 7, at a protest in Jerusalem, November 27, 2023.
JEWS AND Arabs take part in a demonstration against Israeli settlements in the West Bank and to mark the anniversary of the Six-Day War in Haifa, northern Israel, June 6, 2026.

Man arrested for waving Palestine flag at joint Jewish-Arab anti-government protest

Exterior view of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

The EU-ICC assault - opinion

Palestinians throw stones at Jewish settlers as they establish a pastoral outpost at the site where Jewish settler Yehuda Sherman was murdered, near the village of Beit Mirin north of Nablus in the West Bank.

‘Settler violence’: A buzzword used to single out Israel - opinion


Should Israel refer to Australia as occupied Aboriginal territory? - opinion

Australia’s Labor Party government ought to take a look in the mirror before hurling false and insulting accusations at Israel.

 AUSTRALIAN PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a NATO summit in Vilnius, last month.

Israel is responsible for Palestinians killing Israelis - opinion

The placing of the blame on incitement is a clear strategy of successive Israeli governments to remove legitimate Palestinian claims from the public sphere.

 SUPPORTERS OF Hamas and Islamic Jihad take part in a rally last year in the southern Gaza Strip to celebrate a deadly shooting attack in Tel Aviv.

Australia will refer to West Bank as ‘occupied Palestinian territories'

Australia stopped referring to the West Bank as occupied in 2014, now they plan to revert to this terminology.

 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Palestinians must fight to stop Israel-Saudi normalization - opinion

Israeli-Saudi peace is a good thing, but only when it also includes ending the occupation and reaching Israeli-Palestinian peace.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in separate photographs.

80% of Palestinians say PA President Abbas should step down

The results of the second quarter of 2023 indicate a decline in the popularity of Fatah and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas holds up a photograph during his address to the 77th United Nations General Assembly, September 23, 2022.

Israel files written submission to ICJ against its ‘occupation’ hearing

Israel’s government argued that its hold on the West Bank cannot be considered an occupation, because the territory historically belonged to ancient Israel.

Members of the International Court of Justice attend a hearing for alleged violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity between Iran and the U.S., at the International Court in The Hague, Netherlands August 27, 2018.

Facing reality: Beyond the state of denial in Israeli-Palestinian relations - opinion

I tried to explain that just like us, almost all Palestinians want to control their own destiny and they do not want to live under the oppression and humility of occupation.

 PALESTINIAN RESIDENTIAL buildings and a mosque are seen beyond Israel’s separation wall surrounding the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem.

Susie Becher: Israeli activist who never stops fighting the 'occupation'

“We no longer believe it’s possible to convince the majority of the Israeli public to accept our positions,” Becher said, “so our mission is to advocate overseas for international intervention.” 

 Becher at a demonstration against judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv in January.

Potential ovarian cancer risk for professionals exposed to 18 chemicals agents

Hairdressers, beauticians and related workers were the jobs most frequently exposed to 13 agents, including ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, organic dyes and more.

 A barber gives a client a haircut. (illustrative photograph)

'Occupation' is making a comeback: The legal overhaul's ripple effect - opinion

One of the direct benefits of this change is the return of the word “occupation” to our discourse, a word that over the years has almost turned into a mockery. 

 PLACARDS AT a protest against the judicial overhaul include one which reads: ‘The occupation has succeeded, the state has died,’ near the prime minister’s home in Jerusalem, earlier this year