A Voice of the Unheard Wednesday, August 26, 2026
In the midst of the devastating toll of the Israel/Gaza war, NPR journalist Carrie Kahn recently posed a poignant question to Israeli military officer Major Doron Spielman, reflecting the collective yearning for an alternative to escalating cycles of violence. Spielman’s response, “If anyone has a better idea, I think we would love to hear it,”...
NEW YORK: Israel reportedly cancelled a dinner reservation for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after learning Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would be eating at the same restaurant. Netanyahu’s team had booked tables at New York’s high-end Italian restaurant Serafina Always where PM Nawaz was dining “but decided not to proceed after learning the Pakistani politician would...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to set up a joint team of both the countries as Moscow ramps up its military support for Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, who is losing ground to Islamist militants in country’s bloody civil war. Israel has set up a joint mechanism with the...
US activist Rachel Corrie was ‘accidentally’ crushed to death by an army bulldozer during a Pro-Palestinian protest in 2003, an Israeli court has ruled. In a lengthy ruling, the judge concluded that 23-year-old Rachel Corrie died in a “regrettable accident”. Corrie’s family filed the civil lawsuit in the city of Haifa in 2005, accusing Israel...
The UN and NGOs denounced Friday ”record” of Palestinians displaced in the West Bank. That follows the destruction of 63 buildings in the area by Israeli authorities. 132 Palestinians, including 42 children find themselves homeless. Demolitions “that destroy chances for peace”, is the statement by the UN following the destruction by Israel of infrastructure, and the...
Searching at one home and the next, the Israeli government have started a mass deportation program by rounding up refugees to send them back home. The decision comes after a court in Jerusalem legalised the policy of transferring all 1,500 South-Sudanese migrants in Israel back to their native country. Planned by the Interior Minister Eli...
British Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned Israel’s announcement which authorises new settlement units across the West Bank. He said that while appreciating the Israeli government’s efforts to avoid damaging legislation in the Knesset by voting against a bill to legalise West Bank outposts, the decision to move settlers from an illegal outpost by creating housing...
Many protest groups are running an active campaign against the Habima Theatre Company performance as part of the Globe’s Shakespeare Festival. The boycott is the answer to the Palestinian call to boycott all Israeli cultural institutions which “continue to serve the purposes of the Israeli colonial and apartheid regime”. The campaign has the support of...
A Palestinian national footballer is critically ill in hospital after a prolonged hunger strike. Mahmoud Sarsak, 25, has been refusing food ever since 24 March; protesting at his detention without being charged by Israel. Sarah Colborne, the Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: “All that the prisoners on hunger strike are demanding are that their...
Thousands of people in Israel, Jordan and Turkey watched a spinning ‘UFO’ making spiral movement in the sky. The residents of these countries got panicked at the incident as white glowing light spun round and round in the atmosphere. Various theories suddenly came off with some people claiming it to be missile tests while the...