Israeli authorities released a Palestinian director of the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land." Hamdan Ballal tells the AP he was beaten by three Israeli settlers in the West Bank while another filmed the attack. apnews.com/article/israel…

"Their attorney, Lea Tsemel, said they spent the night on the floor of a military base while receiving only minimal care for their injuries from the attack." Julia Frankel for The Associated Press apnews.com/article/israel…

Israeli authorities released an Oscar-winning Palestinian director, Hamdan Ballal, who was detained by the army after being attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank. He said they beat him in front of his home while they filmed the assault.

Told to fix notorious prison, Israel just relocated alleged abuses, detainees say w/Julia Frankel apnews.com/article/israel…

The AP has no corporate owner and no shareholders. If we don’t step up to defend Americans’ right to speak freely, who will? Today the U.S. government wants to control the AP’s speech. Tomorrow it could be someone else’s.    nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

"Nineteen months of media blackout is far too long. We urge Israel to uphold its stated democratic ideals and to let us in." Important editorial today by Foreign Press Assoc. board Joe Federman Tania Kraemer Jeremy Diamond haaretz.com/opinion/2025-0…

Israel and Iran trade strikes for a third day as nuclear talks are called off Jon Gambrell | جون Melanie Lidman Julia Frankel apnews.com/article/israel…

A woman tried to call her mom in #Iran. A robotic voice answered the phone Farnoush Amiri Sarah El Deeb apnews.com/article/iran-i…

عاجل | تحقيق لأسوشيتد برس: المتعاقدون الأمريكيون الذين يحرسون مواقع توزيع المساعدات بغزة يستخدمون الذخيرة الحية

The testimonies & videos offer a rare glimpse inside the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the newly created, American organization backed by Israel to feed Gaza's population w/Julia Frankel apnews.com/article/palest…

US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza. apnews.com/article/palest…

We spoke with 2 contractors for UG solutions, the shadowy US outfit manning aid sites in Gaza. They say guards are firing live ammo and stun grenades as Palestinians seek food. One said the org is sharing info with the Israeli military. W/ Sam Mednick apnews.com/article/palest…

Important story by Julia Frankel and Sam Mednick

Today, GHF denied our The Associated Press report that US contractors fire live ammo on Gaza aid sites & said the gunshots in the videos we published were fired by Israeli troops. That’s as Israel’s military spokesperson told us no troops are stationed in/near the sites. apnews.com/article/gaza-c…

US contractors guarding GHF sites in Gaza are using live ammo and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, the The Associated Press reports. Contractors said staff were often unqualified, unvetted, and seemed to have open license to do whatever they wished. apnews.com/article/palest…

The UN had clearly warned that routing crowds of hungry Palestinian aid seekers through land controlled by the IDF could lead to troops using gunfire as “crowd control”. The GHF opened its sites regardless, as Palestinians were gunned down repeatedly. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…

#Israel outlines plans to pack #Gaza's population into a closed border zone. Here's a closer look ⁦Julia Frankel⁩ apnews.com/article/israel…

5 children starved to death at a Gaza hospital. “This is the beginning of a population death spiral,” predicted Dr. John Kahler, a pediatrician who has volunteered there. Essential read, by ⁦Sarah El Deeb⁩ ⁦Lee Keath⁩ & Wafaa Shurafa apnews.com/article/gaza-p…

Mariam Dagga, killed in an Israeli airstrike today, had chronicled the stream of wounded and dead that flowed daily into southern Gaza’s main hospital. She followed doctors as they struggled to save starving children. This is a gallery of her photos: apnews.com/photo-gallery/…