Columbia University to open learning center in Israel amid faculty backlash
Columbia University’s plans to open a learning center in Israel is being criticized by faculty members.
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Trash Israel’s Regime-approved Civics Textbook
The right has put control over civics classes at the top of its agenda over the past decade. The religious and extreme nationalist right homed in on civics lessons as the main vehicle for changing the minds of generations of students and future voters. The subject, which is meant to serve as a foundation for democratic life, has been gutted and neutered in a gradual, methodical process intended mainly to satisfy the regime.
Israel’s One-State Reality
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s return to power in Israel with a narrow, extreme right-wing coalition has shattered even the illusion of a two-state solution. Members of his new government have….
Israeli Soldiers Vandalize Disabled Palestinian Woman’s Car
The army claims that the soldiers had intelligence that a weapon belonging to a wanted man was stored in the car, and only broke into it after the father refused to give them the keys. The father, however, says the soldiers did not contact him beforehand, and hit him after he tried to stop them from damaging the car which is used to transport his disabled daughter
Israeli forces shoot, kill 17-year-old Palestinian boy near Jericho
17-year-old Mohammad Fayez Mohammad Awadat (Bilhan) is the 18th Palestinian child killed by Israeli forces in 2023, according to evidence collected by DCIP. (Photo: Courtesy of the Awadat family)
My family survived the Deir Yassin massacre. 75 years later, we still demand justice.
On this day 75 years ago, my grandmother and her family survived the Deir Yassin Massacre in 1948. I inherited my family’s memories, the scars that come with them, and the duty never to forget.
How the ‘Poor People of Galicia’ Defeated an Elderly Palestinian Couple
Nura Gheith Sub Laban has lived in the same home in the Muslim Quarter since she was born. From 1967, she’s been on a Kafkaesque journey paved with lawsuits and harassment with only one goal: to kick her out
Human Rights and other Civil Society Groups Urge United Nations to Respect Human Rights in the Fight Against Antisemitism
(New York) – The United Nations should respect human rights in its efforts to combat antisemitism, 60 human rights and civil rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, said in an open letter to Secretary-General António Guterres and the High Representative for the UN Alliance of Civilizations Miguel Ángel Moratinos.
The groups said that antisemitism is pernicious, poses real harm to Jewish communities around the world, and requires meaningful action to combat it. However, the UN leadership should ensure that its efforts to combat antisemitism “do not inadvertently embolden or endorse policies and laws that undermine fundamental human rights, including the right to speak and organize in support of Palestinian rights and to criticize Israeli government policies,” the groups said. The groups urged the UN not to endorse or adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. As also reported by former Special Rapporteur on Racism E. Tendayi Achiume, this definition has been misused to falsely label some criticism of Israeli government policies and/or advocacy for Palestinian rights antisemitic, the groups said. They noted that there are at least two other definitions that a number of scholars say are less open to being misused: the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism and the Nexus Document.
In addition to Human Rights Watch, signatories include the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Palestinian human rights group Al Haq, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and dozens of other organizations, including AURDIP.
‘I am proud of my work’: the women pushing boundaries in Gaza
Palestinian women are fighting back, despite personal losses and scarcity of opportunities in the conservative territory
Jerusalem: Israeli forces kill Palestinian at Al-Aqsa Mosque gate
Eyewitnesses say 20 gunshots were heard being fired in less than a minute shortly after Tarawih prayer in the evening