"The image should be familiar to every person with even the slightest bit of knowledge about Palestine. Hundreds of middle-aged men huddled together at ungodly hours, waiting in interminable lines in corridors enclosed by concrete walls, turnstiles, guard towers, and armed soldiers. Young boys mill about selling Arabic coffee in miniature disposable cups as the men lurch forward, one by one."

"Gaza's health ministry has made an urgent appeal for help amid an ongoing fuel crisis in the coastal territory, warning of a "catastrophic situation" in its hospitals, including a children's facility. Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman of Gaza's health ministry, said five hospitals in the Palestinian territory would stop operating within hours, because generators were unable to operate due to the fuel shortage."

There was a veritable buffet of BDS victories in 2018. In fact, these days, there are so many successful BDS campaigns, it’s hard to keep up. By Asa Winstanley, Middle East Monitor.

Ongoing moves by Zionist lobby groups and American legislators to define anti-Semitism as criticism of Israel is an assault on free speech everywhere, writes Professor Stuart Rees.

Highlights from AFOPA’s activities in 2018.