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Israeli volunteers with Humans Without Borders transport young, critically ill Palestinian children from the West Bank to and from Israeli hospitals, where they receive care that is not available by the Palestinian healthcare system, every week. The Palestinian Authority covers medical expenses, but not for transport. Many patients are too weak and some cannot pay the bus fare
Due to cultural pressures to stay at home to raise their family as well as a lack of educational options in the Israeli-annexed Palestinian sector of East Jerusalem, more than three-quarters of Palestinian women there are unemployed. Hebrew is not a language that many Palestinian women can use professionally. They are now being turned to beekeepers through a new scheme, which includes hives on their rooftops
After three days of fierce fighting, an apparent cease-fire between Israel and the Islamic Jihad appears to be holding. The 2 million Palestinians who live there continue to confront difficulties, as evidenced by the most recent fighting in Gaza. 95% of the water is undrinkable, and unemployment and poverty are also rampant
Tons of electronic waste pass through the West Bank’s border with Israel every week. The copper inside the waste, which is primarily cables, is extracted by burning it, and Israel is then sold the copper. The scrapyards are the sole source of income for thousands of Palestinian households. However, the health of the residents is being severely harmed by the burning
Amnesty International said that President Joe Biden must keep his promise to place human rights at the forefront of his first trip to the Middle East and North Africa since taking office and exert all of his influence to push for rapid and significant change
Young extreme Jewish settlers have been attacking Palestinian farmers and Israeli peace activists in the West Bank in recent months, according to Palestinian farmers and Israeli peace activists. Hundreds of peace activists helped plant olive trees in the Palestinian town of Burin two weeks after Israelis attacked and injured seven Palestinians
A group of Arab and Jewish women in Israel’s Galilee collaborate to make and sell fair trade olive oil. They claim to be working from the ground up to bring about change, with all profits going to promote Arab women’s education and economic opportunity
In Israel, there’s a saying that if you spit, you’ll hit an archaeological discovery. According to the Christian Gospels, this is what happened in the northern Israeli village of Migdal on the Sea of Galilee, the birthplace of Mary Magdalene, a disciple of Jesus Christ. The Israeli government intended to widen a major route, but officials had to make sure that no archaeologically significant sites were paved over beforehand
According to a survey released on Wednesday, Tel Aviv is the most expensive city in the world to live in, as increasing inflation has driven up living costs worldwide
A community of 11,000 Bnei Menashe, Hebrew for “Children of Menashe,” just arrived in Israel from northeastern India. They have kept Jewish practises for 2,700 years and are said to be descendants of one of Israel’s lost tribes