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The large-scale Israeli assault on Jenin occupied West Bank, lasted 48 hours after Israeli forces withdrew from their positions in the city's camp late on Tuesday.

The land and air assault involved more than 3,000 Israeli soldiers, dozens of armoured bulldozers and drone strikes.

The Israeli army said one of its soldiers died, while 12 Palestinians had been killed and dozens were injured.

Last week, the UK government’s “anti-BDS” bill was introduced to parliament and passed its first reading to becoming law – posing a chilling threat to protests and criticisms of Israeli occupation of Palestine and the associated human rights abuses against Palestinians.

Israel launched its biggest raid on Jenin in years on Monday, with six Palestinians killed in the assault.

The Israeli army reportedly used helicopter gunships to bomb Palestinian targets in the surroundings of the refugee camp – something that has not been seen in the West Bank since 2002, during the eight-day-long battle of Jenin in April of that year amidst the Second Intifada.

Greek coastguard officials are pursuing a grim search for survivors after a fishing boat overloaded with refugees and migrants capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea.

At least 79 people have so far been confirmed dead, and at the time of writing 104 people have so far been rescued. None of those rescued had safety equipment such as life jackets, the coastguard said.

In news surprising no one – especially the people of Lebanon – the Lebanese parliament has once again failed to appoint a president, preventing the country from forming a new government as it enters its fourth year of economic crisis.

This was the 12th attempt in which Lebanese politicians sought to elect a new president. Lebanon has been without a president for almost eight months, after Michel Aoun’s term ended in October.

A graduation speech from two weeks ago that was approved beforehand at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law is now facing backlash, over what some critics are calling “hate speech” due to criticism of Israel.

Fatima Mousa Mohammed, a Yemeni American, took to the stage in her graduation ceremony to present a speech in which she criticised systems of oppression – including against Palestinians – and extolled the virtues of free speech in resisting these systems.

The first Sudanese film to be selected to feature at the Cannes Film Festival has stolen the spotlight – and for good reason.
 

"We need to move. We are not safe here."

Josephus, from Sierra Leone, is one of over 100 migrants from Sub-Saharan African countries in a refugee camp outside the IOM offices in Tunis, asking for help from UN bodies to be evacuated from Tunisia.

Josephus spoke to The New Arab last week about the racist attacks he and other Black migrants have experienced in Tunisia, including torture, confiscation of private property, arbitrary detention, and imprisonment by authorities, as well as frequent harassment and assault by Tunisian civilians.