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Fact Sheet: Dual use technology – how Europe funds Israeli military companies trough Horizon 2020
EU research funds have been a very important source of funding for Israeli academics, corporations, and state institutions. Although Israel is not an EU country, since 1995 Israeli applicants have….
The “S” in BDS: Lessons of the Elbit Systems Campaign
Overview Israel’s biggest military companies last year rang alarm bells over a decline in international contracts, citing smaller budgets, more competition, and less desire for Israeli-made products as among the….
Palestinian civil society condemns Turkey’s rapprochement with Israel
Occupied Palestine, 31 August 2016 – While strongly supporting the aspirations of the people of Turkey to restore and enhance democracy and respect for human rights and international law, the….
#PayPal4Palestine campaign urges PayPal to serve Palestinians, not just Israelis
PayPal refuses to do business with Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, but allows Israelis and Israeli settlers to use their digital payment service. After PayPal ignored their….
The Malevolence of Occupation
Boycott is, as many proudly recall, an Irish invention. The first boycott targeted a notorious land agent, the eponymous Captain Charles Boycott, for attempting to evict tenants. Inspired by the….
Israeli army commander: I will make all the youth of Al-Duheisha camp disabled
An Israeli army commander has repeatedly threatened to make “all youth in the [Al-Duheisha] camp disabled”, reports have said. BADIL, the Resource Centre for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, reported….
After Israeli military clears soldiers of killing families in Gaza, Palestinians call on Hague to investigate
Israel’s military cleared soldiers of criminal wrongdoing in alleged human rights violations committed during the 2014 summer war in Gaza, according to [an army report published yesterday PDF]. Investigations closed….
‘Why do you have Arabic in this notebook?’: 17-year-old American student strip searched and interrogated in Ben Gurion airport
I am a 17-year-old American girl. I grew up in a small town in Massachusetts. My mother is from the U.S. and my father is a U.S. citizen born in….
Israel’s war on open discourse: State censorship now reaches into international news sources and social media
Since the beginning of this year, Israel’s attempts to control what people can read and write within the country and in occupied Palestinian territories have increased, reaching into new areas….