The world marks World Press Freedom Day on Saturday — a day to reaffirm the importance of a free and independent press. For Palestinian journalists, however, it serves as a grim reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices and grave dangers they face simply for doing their jobs.

While the world is focused on global economic issues and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, Israel’s recent harsh policies in East Jerusalem mark an alarming new chapter in a long-standing campaign to eliminate any form of organized Palestinian political or civic presence in the city.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might think he can convince the world of the validity of his approach on Gaza but — as it has now become known even to most Israelis — no one is buying Bibi’s used goods.

When I read about the recent direct talks between an official representative of the US and a high-level Hamas official, it jogged my memory back to the time of the First Intifada.

One of the strangest situations taking place in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict today is the Israeli and, to a certain extent, international attitude regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza.