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‘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….
A French, a Palestinian, and a black woman all wade into a pool
Simone Manuel’s gold medal win in the Rio Olympics is no minor feat, and not just in the athletic sense. As Manuel herself acknowledges, her achievement is a slap in….
Arab students in Jerusalem get less than half the funding of Jewish counterparts
Municipality transfers less to East Jerusalem schools than the budget provided by the Education Ministry.
Samidoun international coordinator denied entry to Palestine, interrogated about BDS and prisoner solidarity
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network international coordinator Charlotte Kates was denied entry to Palestine at the King Hussein Bridge crossing from Jordan to occupied Palestine on Monday, 15 August, as….
Berkeley divests from torture profiteer G4S
The city of Berkeley, California, has adopted a resolution to divest from private prison firms, including G4S, a provider of services to Israeli jails where Palestinians are routinely tortured. In….
Thirsty Gaza
Pollution, salinity and rationing are threatening Gaza’s water supply
Israeli university, arms company hold hasbara hackathon in Haifa
According to a report in The Jerusalem Post, the Technion-hosted event was also held in collaboration with arms company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, as well as “the Student Union and the Entrepreneurship Centre of the Technion.”
Light in the Kafkaesque sanctuary of Israel’s Supreme Court
It’s enough for our judges to know why a journalist is detained without trial.