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Still no evidence of UNRWA employees’ participation in October 7th – Day 198

contact@ifamericansknew.org April 22, 2024 Amnesty International, Columbia, emerson, Gaza, Israel, khan younis, mass grave, mit, netzah yehuda, Rafah, tufts, unrwa, West Bank, yale

Months after allegations, no proof from Israel that UNRWA employees were part of October 7th attacks; baby girl delivered after mom killed in Rafah; mass grave in Khan Younis contains at least 283 bodies; thousands of Gazans missing following Israeli military withdrawal; bread and baby formula at last in northern Gaza; increased drone activity worries Rafah residents; new report from Amnesty; West Bank devastation, death; Netzah Yehuda battalion’s very bad reputation; campuses across US show solidarity with Columbia’s pro-Palestine students, more

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Amnesty International: A Template for Futility

contact@ifamericansknew.org November 6, 2023 Amnesty International, Gaza

Israel engages in these attacks every four or five years; it calls them “mowing the lawn operations”. Amnesty issues press releases & reports, then blames “both sides”…. A blatant double standard covers up Israel’s crimes against humanity… Amnesty was founded by an Israel partisan…

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Washington Post, NYT, LA Times are erasing Palestine

contact@ifamericansknew.org February 16, 2022 Amnesty International, apartheid South Africa, Associated Press, CAMERA, ihra definition of anti-semitism, israeli apartheid, Los Angeles Times, new york times, washington post

Journalists on major papers are blocked from truth-telling about Palestine and the apartheid practices of Israel. Such censorship in top American newspapers is troubling – and not unprecedented.

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Challenge to Israel’s Supporters: Tell Me What’s Untrue in Amnesty’s Report on Israel

contact@ifamericansknew.org February 7, 2022 Amnesty International, antisemitism, apartheid, Gideon Levy

Israel and its partisans want to ignore the new Amnesty Int’l report on Israeli apartheid, claiming it’s “antisemitic.” Gideon Levy insists, “What is written in the report does not stem from antisemitism, but will help strengthen it. Israel is the greatest motivator of antisemitic urges in the world today.”

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ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt: supporters of Palestine = ISIS

contact@ifamericansknew.org February 5, 2022 ADL, al qaeda, al qeada, Amnesty International, anti fefamation league, antisemitism, isis, Jonathan Greenblatt

Jonathan Greenblatt insists that Israel is innocent of the crime of apartheid, and that the US should not employ supporters of Palestine in public office.

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Israel, a Vengeful Democracy

contact@ifamericansknew.org March 30, 2021 Amnesty International, freedom of movement, Laith Abu Zeyad, shin bet

Israeli journalist Amira Hass calls out Israel’s unjust treatment of a young Palestinian man with an otherwise promising future – false accusations and “secret evidence” keep Laith Abu Zeyad from a position with Amnesty International in London, and also from seeing his mother on her deathbed.

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Israel’s ‘secret evidence’ serves as my chains, lock, and key

contact@ifamericansknew.org March 5, 2021 Amnesty International, detention, freedom of movement, Laith Abu Zeyad, secret evidence, travel ban

This Amnesty International worker shares his thoughts about clinging to hope while under the brutal, often indiscriminate and frivolous restrictions Israel imposes on Palestinians like himself.

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Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated)

contact@ifamericansknew.org September 5, 2019 Amnesty International, btselem, Christian Aid, Defense for Children International, excessive force, gaza crisis, Great March of Return, Human Rights Watch, humanitarian crisis, Israeli human rights violations, kerem shalom crossing, ocha, Palestine, Physicians for Human Rights, rafah crossing, Red Cross, reporters without borders, unicef, West Bank

Each month, numerous NGOs produce reports on the humanitarian situation in Israel-Palestine, but US media rarely report on them. See this compilation of reports by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, National Lawyers Guild, Red Cross, Christian Aid, B’Tselem, Defense for Children International, and others…

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Israeli soldiers beat youth, Injure 66, abduct 400, demolish homes, etc

contact@ifamericansknew.org August 5, 2019 Addameer, Amnesty International, Great March of Return, home demolitions, Jamal Ali al-Ghoul, kufur qaddoum, Ofer Prison, palestinian prisoners, PCHR, silwan, water

The latest news from the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Israeli soldiers abduct hundreds of Palestinians, injure dozens, use water as a weapon, demolish homes, wells, etc…

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Israel targets Gaza’s children, say witnesses

contact@ifamericansknew.org October 28, 2018 Ahmad Abu Habil, Amnesty International, Faris al-Sarsawi, Gaza, Great March of Return, Islam Musbah, Jabaliya, Maher Zaqoul, Muhammad al-Dura, Muhammad al-Hawm, Nasir Musbah, Return March, Saleh Higazi, Sama Musbah, Shujaiya, Yasser Abu Khater

Electronic Intifada reports that every Friday 11-year-old Nasir insisted that he accompany his two older sisters to the Great March of Return. Both women are medics; Nasir would carry their first aid bags. An Israeli sniper shot him in the head. Israeli forces have killed 1,600 Gazan children since 2000… “An Israeli soldier deliberately killed Faris,” Zaqoul said. “The Israeli soldier said on a loudspeaker ‘you, with the white T-shirt, I’ll shoot you’ – pointing at Faris…”

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