Bethan McKernan
The Guardian
Lebanon
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Recent articles by Bethan:
Ukrainian spouses in Palestine suffer from double conflict
Women who relocated to Gaza are unable to visit or contact family, and face similar problems in their adoptive home → Read More
‘The land beyond the road is forbidden’: Israeli settler shepherds displacing Palestinians by stealth
There are 77 Israeli farms and shepherding outposts across the West Bank, part of an explosion in settlement growth in recent years → Read More
Israeli court finds Gaza aid worker guilty of financing terrorism
Mohammad El Halabi convicted of diverting aid to Hamas despite UN concerns over lack of evidence in six-year-long case → Read More
Palestinian reporter’s death highlights weakness of Israeli army investigations
Fatal shooting of Shireen Abu Aqleh in May raises fresh concerns over military inquiries into deaths of Palestinians → Read More
Life in the firing zone: the occupation of Masafer Yatta
After decades trying to resist eviction, the Palestinians living in Masafer Yatta have lost their case in the Israeli supreme court. Bethan McKernan on the controversial decision and the people determined to stay in their homes. → Read More
A year after ousting, Israel’s Netanyahu gets ready for a comeback
Analysis: the ex-prime minister is eager to exploit the weakness in the fraying coalition that replaced him → Read More
The bread of ancient Israel is baked again for modern tables
When baker Hagai Ben Yehuda wanted to create something new, he turned to the past → Read More
Life in the firing zone: the occupation of Masafer Yatta – podcast
After decades trying to resist eviction, the Palestinians living in Masafer Yatta have lost their case in the Israeli supreme court. Bethan McKernan on the controversial decision and the people determined to stay in their homes → Read More
Israel’s coalition on brink of collapse after losing settler law vote
Nationalist party New Hope threatens to exit arrangement after vote on West Bank settlers → Read More
Impact of Israeli strike in Gaza akin to chemical weapons, NGO report finds
Shells fired at agrochemical warehouse created toxic plume that has left residents with health problems → Read More
Clashes in Jerusalem ahead of rightwing Israeli flag parade
Tensions are high ahead of the contested annual march that last year helped spark an 11-day war → Read More
In the firing zone: evictions begin in West Bank villages after court ruling
Palestinians in Masafer Yatta – or Firing Zone 918 to the Israelis – vow to rebuild as homes are bulldozed → Read More
‘I miss them every day’: the boy who lost his whole family to an Israeli airstrike
Omar Abu al-Ouf’s father, mother, brother and sister were all killed in the attack on their apartment building last May → Read More
Shireen Abu Aqleh: ‘Cold-blooded’ killing and funeral chaos leave West Bank in turmoil
World criticism mounts over the shooting of journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh as dispute over chain of events grows → Read More
Shireen Abu Aqleh: thousands attend state memorial in West Bank
Palestinians line streets in Ramallah as journalist’s coffin travels through, after shooting in Jenin on Wednesday → Read More
Israel approves 2,700 housing units in illegal West Bank settlements
Slew of approvals for construction in occupied areas comes weeks before planned visit by US president → Read More
Al Jazeera accuses Israeli forces of killing journalist in West Bank
Israel has said Shireen Abu Akleh may have been hit by Palestinian fire → Read More
Israeli police arrest two Palestinians over independence day attack
Pair suspected of killing three Israelis caught outside town of Elad after massive manhunt → Read More
Three people killed and at least four injured in attack in Israeli town of Elad
One or two unidentified assailants, carrying a firearm and an axe, attacked passersby on Thursday night → Read More
Israeli court paves way for eviction of 1,000 Palestinians from West Bank area
Land to be repurposed for military use in one of the biggest expulsion decisions since 1967 occupation → Read More