Attacked on all fronts in the West Bank

This article first appeared in Volume 54, Issue 2 of our print edition of Index on Censorship, titled Land of the Free?: Trump’s war on speech at home and abroad, published on 21 July 2025.

When Diala Ayesh was arrested last year, her first thought wasn’t for her own safety – it was whether anyone would inform her loved ones of her whereabouts.

“Even though there was nothing against me, as Palestinians we always expect to leave home and not return,” she told Index.

On 17 January 2024...