Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem reports: On 19 March 2017, around midday, eight-year-old Sufian Abu Hitah was wandering barefoot outside his house in Hebron looking for a toy he had lost, when a group of at least 15 soldiers seized him. Two soldiers grabbed the boy by the arms and dragged him to the al-Harika…
Video shows Israeli policeman beating Palestinian truck driver [Video]
![Video shows Israeli policeman beating Palestinian truck driver [Video]](https://israelpalestinenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PolicemanBeats-431x410.jpg "Video shows Israeli policeman beating Palestinian truck driver [Video]")
The Jerusalem Post reports that a video shows an Israeli policeman beating an East Jerusalem truck driver…
Telesur: US Furious Over Another Scathing UN Report on Israeli Abuses
Telesur reports that just days after a U.N. report accusing Israel of apartheid was pulled because of Israeli and U.S. pressure, another U.N. agency issued a scathing report charging Israel with “subjugation of humanity” in Palestine…
Support Palestine and oppose AIPAC in Washington DC, March 25-26! [Video]
![Support Palestine and oppose AIPAC in Washington DC, March 25-26! [Video]](https://israelpalestinenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/prisoners.children-323x410.jpg "Support Palestine and oppose AIPAC in Washington DC, March 25-26! [Video]")
AIPAC is having its national convention to flaunt its power. Three groups have organized events to demonstrate that we want our elected representatives to support justice, not oppression; human rights, not militarism; equality not racism! Join one or all three of these – or demonstrate independently – the main thing is to be there and show your support for justice, peace, and Palestine!
FREE bumper sticker on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
If Americans Knew is offering free bumper stickers to mark International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21.
Powerful resignation letter by UN’s Rima Khalaf about removal of UN apartheid report
Khalaf writes that the UN report on Israeli apartheid was removed due to pressure by states who violate the rights of people going through a period of suffering unparalleled in their modern history… the flood of catastrophes today is the result of a stream of injustices that were either ignored, plastered over, or openly endorsed by powerful governments…”
Alison Weir: Israel’s New Travel Ban [video]
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Israel recently banned foreigners who support boycotts against Israel from being allowed to enter Israel. People have objected in outrage to the law, particularly Westerners with family in Israel. Alison Weir writes on Dissident Voice that she also objects, but for a different reason: She’s not trying to visit Israel, she wants to go to Palestine…
Trump’s “America First” budget would slash State Dept budget, Israel only country to escape cuts
Israel to continue getting more aid than any other nation. Most of the cuts are unlikely to be sustained since the Israel lobby opposes them. Pro-Israel groups, which support US interventionism in the Middle East, call for continued funding to international programs…
Ha’aretz: Israeli Students Undergo Right-wing Indoctrination Before Going on School Trips Abroad
Israel’s Ha’aretz newspaper reports: ‘The messages are simple and repetitive,’ a mother of an 11th grade student says. ‘All the Arabs hate us, in fact almost the entire world hates us.’
UN group takes down report finding Israel guilty of apartheid following Israeli & US complaints
Following Israeli & US pressure, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres forced a UN agency to remove a report that found “on the basis of scholarly inquiry and overwhelming evidence, that Israel is guilty of the crime of apartheid.” The chief of the agency that published the report resigned over the censorship…