Ethnic cleansing

There is no ethnic cleansing in Israel and the West Bank - this is why - opinion

Statistics show the opposite, with an Arab population boom prevalent in the West Bank.

Greek Orthodox clergymen walk in a procession in the Manger Square outside the Nativity Church complex in Bethlehem in January.
BULLDOZERS DEMOLISH a Palestinian building in Kafr Akab, near Jerusalem in the West Bank, in June 2026.

Jerusalem: The jewel in the crown - opinion

 High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell looks on as he leaves on the second day of the G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Fiuggi, Italy, November 26, 2024.

Borrell: Israel ethnically cleansing Gaza to create 'splendid holiday destination'

 A man receives a blanketed child from another crossing the Nahr al-Kabir river, forming the border between Syria's western Latakia province and northern Lebanon in the Hekr al-Daher area on March 11, 2025, as families from Syria's Alawite minority enter Lebanon to flee from sectarian violence

Alawite Syrians to 'Post': We need Israel's help from jihadist atrocities - exclusive


Former defense minister Ya'alon: 'We are being dragged into ethnic cleansing in Gaza'

Ya'alon said a majority of Israelis don't want annexation in Gaza but rather separation and blamed the government for dragging the public down a path it doesn't favor.

  Moshe 'Bogie' Ya'alon seen over an image of a Hezbollah flag and the Yarkon River (illustrative)

The war on Syrian Kurds and the little-known axis of ethnic cleansing - opinion

Local and global rights groups have raised alarms about these crimes, but the perpetrators continue their campaign, unrestrained by the international community. 

 Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) gather to celebrate Nowruz, which marks the arrival of spring, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 17, 2024.

Scholz evokes Nazi era as he urges Germans to reject far right

Hundreds of thousands of people protested across Germany against the AfD after a report that two senior party members had discussed plans for mass deportation of citizens with foreign backgrounds.

 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz talks with citizens during an event in Magdeburg, Germany, August 25, 2022.

Expulsion is a war crime, not ‘the solution’ - opinion

A lot of ideas went out the door on October 7, but human rights can’t be one of them.

 The entrance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague March 3, 2011.

How ‘decolonization’ became the latest flashpoint in the discourse over Israel

As many Palestinians and their supporters tend to do, denying any Jewish connection to the land — “will never get us closer to peace and reconciliation,” wrote Rachel Z. Feldman.

 Protesters holding a pro-Palestinian banner. Mayday Revolutionary March, Berlin, 2021.

Noa Tishby slams Rashida Tlaib for 'from the river to the sea' claim

From the river to the sea is not a slogan of death, destruction, or hate, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib claimed on X.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) listens as Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on "Trump Administration's Child Separation Policy" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 18, 2019

Armenia urges EU to sanction Azerbaijan, warns of further attack

Armenian officials say they have reason to believe that Azerbaijan may strike inside Armenia, despite denials.

 Protesters gather near the government building, after Azerbaijan launched a military operation in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Yerevan, Armenia, September 19, 2023

UK Immigration minister refuses meeting with border inspector over antisemitism

A reference was flagged by the UK Home Office officials flagged for fears of antisemitism. 

 Britain's Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Robert Jenrick walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain, September 30, 2020

More than 100,000 Nagorno-Karabakh refugees arrive in Armenia

"The situation often involves families arriving with children so weak that they have fainted in their parents' arms," an aid representative said.

 Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh arrive in Kornidzor

Ethnic Armenians will leave Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan says it will guarantee their rights and integrate the region but the leadership of the Armenians in Karabakh stated that they would leave.

 Protesters gather near the government building, after Azerbaijan launched a military operation in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Yerevan, Armenia, September 19, 2023