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Israel Demolishes 70 More Palestinian Apartments in East Jerusalem
Jeff Halper, a leader of the anti-demolitions movement, discusses the destruction of Palestinian homes, along with the history and politics that allows this violation of international law to continue (Inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Breaking the Silence about Israel’s occupation of Hebron
Ido Even-Paz switched on his body camera as his tour group decamped from the bus in Hebron. The former Israeli soldier wanted to document any trouble we might encounter in this, the largest Palestinian city in the occupied West Bank. It was not Hebron’s Palestinian residents who concerned him. He was worried about Israelis –… Continue reading
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Video: Trump’s Jerusalem Embassy Move Was Long in the Works
President Trump will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the American embassy there. Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada says years of US policy set the stage. (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Video: Trump's Jerusalem Embassy Move Was Long in the Works
President Trump will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the American embassy there. Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada says years of US policy set the stage. (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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PCHR: 10 Palestinian Civilians Killed and 187 Civilians Wounded, Including 27 Children, Physician and Turkish Journalist, by Israeli Forces in the oPt…
Using excessive force, on Friday, 9 October 2015, Israeli forces killed seven Palestinian civilians, and wounded 67 civilians, including 17 children and a Turkish photojournalist, in five locations near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. Israeli forces opened fire at hundreds and young men and children who demonstrated in protest against attacks by… Continue reading
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Anonymous warns Israel: ‘No one cuts Gaza internet on our watch!’
The hacktivist group Anonymous is angry at Israel, and not just for launching deadly airstrikes on Gaza. Members say the Israeli government “crossed a line in the sand” when it threatened to sever internet and other telecommunications in Gaza. Continue reading
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As In Serbia And Elsewhere, U.S. And NATO Target Media In Libya
This is not the first time that NATO and the U.S. have targeted journalists and media outlets. Other incidents included the deliberate targeting of journalists in occupied territories in the Middle East, the NATO bombardment of Radio Television Serbia (RTS) in Belgrade in 1999 and the American army bombing in Kabul and Baghdad of Al… Continue reading
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Palestine’s ‘last village’ faces the bulldozers: Lifta to make way for Jewish vacation homes By Jonathan Cook
Although most Israeli drivers barely notice the buildings, this small ghost town — neglected for the past six decades — is at the centre of a legal battle fuelling nationalist sentiments on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide. Continue reading
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Israel hides behind ‘armed conflict’ By Julia Romasevych
The Israeli military failed to investigate the killings of hundreds of Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories between 2006 and 2009, according to a report by an Israeli human rights group. Continue reading
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Settlement trade in the spotlight By Simon Natas
The acquittal this week of four London-based activists for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) raises profound issues for traders in products which originate from illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The case also poses challenging questions for the UK authorities, who have failed to confront the legal and moral problems surrounding settlement… Continue reading
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Settlement trade in the spotlight By Simon Natas
The acquittal this week of four London-based activists for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) raises profound issues for traders in products which originate from illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The case also poses challenging questions for the UK authorities, who have failed to confront the legal and moral problems surrounding settlement… Continue reading
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) welcomes landmark EU court ruling, calls for intensifying grassroots BDS
According to the Fourth Geneva Convention, all Israeli colonies are illegal and constitute war crimes. The BNC calls on all 27 member states of the European Union to implement the court’s findings in full and without delay, as a first step towards a full ban on Israeli colonies’ products. We also urge the citizens and… Continue reading
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Israeli troops ‘ill-treat kids’
A former Israeli military commander has told the BBC that Palestinian youngsters are routinely ill-treated by Israeli soldiers while in custody, reports the BBC’ s Katya Adler from Jerusalem and the West Bank. “You take the kid, you blindfold him, you handcuff him, he’s really shaking… Sometimes you cuff his legs too. Sometimes it cuts… Continue reading
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Peace Now: Israel planning to construct 73,300 (illegal) housing units in the West Bank
An examination of the data available on the Israeli government that contains maps and information from the Ministry of Housing, reveals that in plans for the West Bank at least 15,000 housing units have already been approved, and plans for an additional 58,000 housing units are yet to be approved Continue reading
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David Parker: Palestine: the Architecture of Apartheid
According to Weizman, the natural and built features of the landscape function as weapons and ammunition for the conflict. The Occupied Territories have become a series of layers and territories, each manipulated by the Israeli authorities. Borders are porous for Israelis but solid for Palestinians. Checkpoints are a source of humiliation. Continue reading
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Michael Bahl, Haaretz : Elderly Palestinian couple evicted from East Jerusalem home despite U.S. protest
In a pre-dawn operation in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of predominantly Arab East Jerusalem, scores of police officers and IDF troops Sunday evicted an elderly Palestinian couple from their home, despite protests by the United States, other countries, and human rights groups. Continue reading
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Jonathan Cook: Mamilla Cemetery – A Travesty Of Tolerance On Display
The Israeli Supreme Court’s approval last week of the building of a Jewish Museum of Tolerance over an ancient Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem is the latest in a series of legal and physical assaults on Islamic holy places since Israel’s founding in 1948. Continue reading
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Media Lens: CHILDREN IN THE CROSSHAIRS
3 November, 2008 Media Silent On Evidence Of Israeli Targeting Of Youngsters <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media On the afternoon of Thursday 28 February, 2008, a group of <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>Palestinian boys were playing football on some open ground near their homes in the <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>Gaza Strip. At around Continue reading
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Locked in the Hebron Ghetto 18 October, 2008
Israeli soldiers in Hebron refuse to let Palestinians return to their homes. Volunteers with the Christian Peacemaker Team try to intervene, but they and the Palestinians are threatened with arrest. An Israeli soldier loads and cocks his automatic weapon to threaten unarmed civilians. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 