ISABEL DEBRE | Delta Democrat-Times

Home

An empty classroom is seen in a school in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, March. 28, 2023. Palestinian public schools across the occupied West Bank have been shuttered since Feb. 5, in one of the longest teachers' strikes in recent memory against the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority.(AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

AP
premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

Palestinian teachers' strike grows, reflecting deep crisis
By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press
Wed,03/29/23-12:53AM , 379 Reads
AL-AZZA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — In schools across the world, children are halfway into their second semester. But in a Palestinian refugee camp south of Jerusalem, kids wake up at 1 p.m. They kick soccer balls, hang out in barbershops and aimlessly scroll through TikTok.
Click Here to Read More

Israeli police officers on horseback disperse demonstrators blocking a highway during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

AP
premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

Israeli defense minister calls for halt to judicial overhaul
By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press
Sat,03/25/23-1:22PM , 419 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's defense minister became the first ally in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition to break ranks on Saturday as he called for an immediate halt to the far-right government's contentious plan to overhaul the country's judiciary.
Click Here to Read More

Palestinian militants take part in a military parade during a memorial ceremony commemorating their late comrades Ezzeddin Hamamrah, 24 and Amjad Khleleyah, 23, who were killed during an Israeli army raid on Jan. 14, 2023, in the West Bank village of Jaba, near Jenin, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Across the West Bank, small independent groups of disillusioned young Palestinians are taking up guns against Israel's open-ended occupation, defying Palestinian political leaders that they disdain as Israeli collaborators. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

AP
premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

With West Bank in turmoil, new Palestinian militants emerge
By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press
Fri,03/03/23-12:44AM , 342 Reads
JABA, West Bank (AP) — The stuttering blasts of M-16s shattered the quiet in a West Bank village, surrounded by barley fields and olive groves. Young Palestinian men in Jaba once wanted to farm, residents say, but now, more and more want to fight.
Click Here to Read More

Former Israeli Prime Minister and the head of Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara gesture after first exit poll results for the Israeli Parliamentary election at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Netanyahu and his allies on Thursday denounced protesters as "anarchists" after they massed outside a Tel Aviv salon where his wife was getting her hair done, a chaotic end to a day of demonstrations against the government's plan to overhaul the judiciary. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

AP
registered content - login required to view
Click to register / login

Why Sara Netanyahu's hair salon trip ended with riot police
By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press
Thu,03/02/23-10:34AM , 386 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — The scene signaled a grave national emergency — dozens of riot police charged through the streets of Tel Aviv as crowds of anti-government protesters howled and roared. Their mission: to rescue Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife from a swanky salon where she was getting her hair done.
Click Here to Read More

Subscribe to ISABEL DEBRE