Winter essentials are simple things most of us take for granted. A warm layer. A dry place to sleep. Protection from rain and cold winds. For families in Gaza, these essentials are often missing.

Doctors demanded an ambulance for a Palestine Action-linked prisoner on hunger strike experiencing chest pain

All of us at Drop Site News are deeply disturbed by the reports of inhumane and abusive treatment of nonviolent activists and journalists detained by the Israeli military while on board the Global Sum...

Why is this important? Because U.S. taxpayer money is being used to kill civilians. We have the power, the legal mechanisms and the legal obligation, to stop it. I recently worked in Gaza as an emerge...

<article data-history-node-id="427773" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/microsoft-fires-staff-who-protested-its-role-israels-gaza-genocide" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/microsoft-fires-staff-who-protested-its-role-israels-gaza-genocide" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Microsoft fires staff who protested its role in Israel’s Gaza genocide</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="501" data-start="298">Microsoft has sacked two employees who staged a sit-in at company president Brad Smith’s office to protest its collaboration with Israel as it wages a genocidal war on Gaza and ongoing apartheid in the occupied West Bank.</p> <p data-end="875" data-start="503">The workers, Anna Hattle and Riki Fameli, were among seven protesters arrested on Tuesday after occupying Smith’s office.</p> <p data-end="1080" data-start="877">“We are here because Microsoft continues to provide Israel with the tools it needs to commit genocide while gaslighting and misdirecting its own workers about this reality,” Hattle said in a statement.</p> <p data-end="1467" data-start="1082">No Azure for Apartheid has called for Microsoft to sever all business with Israel and compensate Palestinians.</p> <p data-end="1467" data-start="1082">Investigations by The Guardian, +972 Magazine and Local Call have revealed that Israel’s surveillance apparatus relies heavily on Microsoft’s Azure cloud to store vast quantities of intercepted phone calls and data from Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Being stopped by police is a stressful experience that can go bad quickly. Here we describe what the law requires and also offer strategies for handling police encounters. We want to be clear: The bur...