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The war that canonized America’s hasbara playbook
The defensive line taken by the American-Jewish establishment during the 1982 Lebanon invasion solidified many of the methods that are deployed when Israeli violence makes headlines today.
Not a « vibrant democracy ». This is apartheid.
The right to vote and run for office is fundamental to democracy. Without it, there is no democracy worthy of its name. This right is enshrined in the Universal Declaration….
We must acknowledge that Israel’s policies against Palestinians amount to the crime of apartheid, say former European foreign ministers
Five former European foreign ministers have written calling for the acknowledgment that Israeli policies against Palestinians, amount to the crime of apartheid. In their piece (originally in French in Le Monde), Mogens Lykketoft, former Foreign Minister and UN General Assembly President, (Denmark), Erkki Tuomioja, former Foreign Minister (Finland), Ivo Vajgl, former Foreign Minister (Slovenia), Hubert Védrine, former Foreign Minister (France) and Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, former Cabinet Minister and Foreign Office Minister for the United Nations, Human Rights and the ICC (United Kingdom), denounce human rights violations against Palestinians and call on the international community to hold the Israeli government to account.
Coverage can also be found in Le Monde in French and in English, and in Delo in Slovenian.
Anatomy of a scandal: Unraveling the myth of ‘Jewish-free zones’ at UC Berkeley
The manufactured controversy surrounding a student group pledge underlines the dangers of legal attempts to conflate anti-Zionism and antisemitism.
16-year-old Palestinian boy succumbs to Israeli gunshot wound
16-year-old Mohammad Fadi Hani Nouri is the seventh Palestinian child killed by Israeli forces in October this year. (Photo: Courtesy of the Nouri family)
Israeli soldiers detain 8- and 10-year-old at Hebron checkpoint for over 5 hours
On Monday, 12 September 2022, at around 12:30 P.M., two soldiers stationed at Checkpoint 160 (Diwan a-Rajabi) in central Hebron detained Palestinian brothers Hamam (8) and Ghazi (10) Maharmeh, who….
Israel’s Worst Kept Secret of Armed Drones and the Shadow of Military Censorship
Israel recently revoked its controversial decades-long policy of censorship with regard to the use of armed drones by its defence forces and their exports executed in collaboration with private military equipment manufacturers.
Commission of Inquiry finds that the Israeli occupation is unlawful under international law
New York (20 October 2022) — There are reasonable grounds to conclude that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is now unlawful under international law due to its permanence and….
Shadi Khoury – an additional victim of the Occupation; when will Israeli human rights violations stop?
Shadi Khouri, 16, is the son of two prominent Palestinian personalities, Suhail Khoury and Rania Elias. Khoury directs the Edward Said National Conservatory based in Birzeit, north of Ramallah, while Elias directs the Yabous Cultural Center in East Jerusalem. Both were briefly detained by Israel two years ago.