ISRAEL has been asked to stop demolishing Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, with the United Nations saying that Tel Aviv is in breach of international law.
Lynn Hastings, UN humanitarian co-ordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, reported on a recent visit to the northern Jordan Valley, where she said that Israelis were forcing Palestinians out of their homes.
“I visited the community of Humsa al-Baqai’a, which is situated some hundreds of metres into a firing zone in the northern West Bank… The homes and belongings of the families living there were demolished or confiscated five times by the Israeli authorities since the beginning of February,” she said.
For those who lived in Yanoun, its disappearance is not just a local tragedy, but a stark symbol of escalating violence, displacement and impunity across the occupied West Bank, says JANE HARRIES
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was based on evidence of a pattern of violence and hatred targeting Arabs and Muslims, two communities that have a large population in Birmingham — overturning the ban was tacit acceptance of the genocidal ideology the fans espouse, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE


