Photo courtesy of Jeanne Celestine Lakin Jeanne Celestine Lakin survived the Rwandan genocide in 1994

And today Arab Nationalism is really a very weak reed – you know, Arafat gone in Palestine; Boumédiène per cent of the population; the Sunnis of Iraq, 20 per cent of the population; and also the Jews of Palestine either fled or were driven out of Palestine. In Lebanon, for example, the Israel-Palestine conflict exerted a very significant influence, since you had a large Palestinian refugee community and the PLO was based there, etc.

Key allies including Paul Eric Kingue, Celestin Djamen, Michelle Ndoki – who were jailed alongside Kamto

Faith, Abel Daniel, Young Winner, Pepper White, Freedom (Kekeboy), Obinna Ekechukwu, Adonai Uwakwe, Celestine

Middle East & North Africa Israel/Palestine Israeli PM Netanyahu in meeting with Egyptian President In interview published 1 Sept, U.S. ambassador to Israel described occupation of Palestine as “alleged ”; Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said statement “unacceptable”. Palestinian authorities 3 Sept confirmed death of Palestinian youth from wounds incurred early Aug during Interpol 27 Sept voted to accept Palestine as member despite Israel’s efforts to block move.

seen as an effort to muzzle the judiciary, prompting the resignation last week of Justice Minister Celestin

The law as written will be exclusively applied to Palestinians. Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza will be prosecuted in military courts. Palestinians may be sentenced to death. Israelis will not be subject to capital punishment. Palestinian defendants are almost always convicted for violating orders issued by Israel. military courts have a longstanding record of discrimination against Palestinians.

The law as written will be exclusively applied to Palestinians. Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza will be prosecuted in military courts. Palestinians may be sentenced to death. Israelis will not be subject to capital punishment. Palestinian defendants are almost always convicted for violating orders issued by Israel. military courts have a longstanding record of discrimination against Palestinians.

By Talia Sasson The prickly pear cactus, a widely recognized symbol in Palestinian culture, representing That effort includes the uncontrolled surge in violence by settlers against Palestinians in the occupied Settlers have raided Palestinian villages, setting fire to homes and vehicles, harming livestock and In February and March alone, settlers reportedly killed eight Palestinians. According to data from the United Nations, 36,000 Palestinians were displaced from their homes in the

In a June 2025 report, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Systems among a number of companies profiting from “the ongoing genocide” in Gaza, where more than 70,000 Palestinians The drones, she wrote, provide surveillance of Palestinians and intelligence on targets. control, urban warfare, facial recognition and targeted killing, tools that are effectively tested on Palestinians A Palestinian man walks past destroyed houses along a street in Al Shatea refugee camp amid a ceasefire

of Hezbollah and Hamas, and advocacy of murder of Jews everywhere on Iranian financed media such as Palestinian Palestinian Authority television carried a Friday sermon calling for the butchering of all Jews everywhere Suppose that Iran demands that Israel pull back to its 1967 borders and allow all Palestinians to return

in Gaza, Palestinian women face compounded and life-threatening consequences that have materialized In its March 2025 report, the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory The Ministry of Health in Gaza recorded the killings of 630 Palestinians, including 202 children, 89 However, restrictions and uncertainty over aid access persist with devastating effects on Palestinians especially Palestinian women in Gaza.