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This article, titled "Israel's Colonial War on Palestinians," provides an overview of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. It focuses on a recent operation by Hamas that breached Israel's siege of the Gaza Strip, resulting in a prisoner exchange. The article criticizes Israel's colonial regime, highlighting its use of violence and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians. It also discusses the devastating impact of Israeli bombings on Gaza, including civilian casualties, infrastructure destruction, and displacement. The text further explores the struggles faced by Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including violence and displacement caused by Israeli settlers, as well as discrimination faced by Palestinian citizens of Israel. The article concludes by emphasizing the global response to these issues, with protests occurring worldwide in support of the Palestinian cause, and the need for international action to address violations of international law and protect the Palestinian people. [Extracted from the article]

The article titled "Israel's Achievements in Gaza: Making Gaza Unliveable" by Ida Audeh discusses the devastating impact of Israel's actions in Gaza. The International Court of Justice found that Israel has committed acts that violate the Genocide Convention in Gaza and ordered Israel to take immediate measures to stop the commission of genocide and ensure humanitarian aid and basic services for Palestinians. Israel has ignored this finding and continues to commit war crimes, including killing noncombatants, attacking hospitals, and desecrating the dead. The article also highlights the environmental damage caused by Israel's attacks, the destruction of Gaza's infrastructure, and the deliberate starvation of the population. The author argues that Israel's actions demonstrate a colonial logic and pose an existential threat to Palestinians and the region. [Extracted from the article]

An interview with Jamal Jumá, coordinator of the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, is presented. Jumá said the campaign's goals include stopping the wall's construction, tearing sections already built and returning properties to previous owners. He stated that popular resistance had a big role in the wall's completion delay. On the boycott of Israeli goods, he said there are groups who go to stores and commercial areas and speak to owners not to stock them.

An interview with Mazin Qumsiyeh, an activist for Palestinian human rights, is presented. When asked about his views on the evolution of perceptions of the Palestinian question and advocacy efforts over the 29 years in which he lived in the U.S., he states that things have changed over the years since more people became informed and educated. He notes that people should be talking not about occupation but about colonization which started before 1967. He adds that Israel is now the biggest exporter of conflicts in the world and has surpassed even the U.S.

The article focuses on the impact of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land on the farmers and residents of Jayyus, a village northeast of West Bank town of Qalqiliya. Farmers in the occupied territories find it difficult to access their lands, 75% of which are located on the other side of the wall which was erected by Israel. Special permits were imposed by Israeli soldiers in order to cultivate their own lands, as well as harvest and sell their crops. Legal and extra-legal means used by the farmers to demolish the wall are described.