Is Israel singled out for rebuke on the world stage? Quite the opposite: it has enjoyed a free ride until the current war with Gaza.
Fact or Fiction: Is Israel Unfairly Singled Out for Global Condemnation?
Category: History
For more information on the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict, please see IfAmericansKnew.org
Why Gaza’s Death Toll Is Probably Higher Than Reported
Starvation, unsanitary conditions, and bodies beneath the rubble have almost certainly contributed to a death toll much higher than what we have heard.
Long History of Jewish Dissent Over Israel’s Treatment of Palestinians
In “Our Palestine Question,” Geoffrey Levin, assistant professor of Middle Eastern and Jewish studies at Emory University, recovers the voices of those Jews who first called for an honest reckoning of the plight of Israel’s Palestinian population.
The Right of Return to Free Palestine
76 years later, Palestinian return to the homes and lands we were expelled from in 1948 is feasible and, of course, legal. To Palestinians, it is also sacred and inevitable.
Israeli anti-Zionist academic Ilan Pappe interrogated by FBI in Detroit
This highly respected scholar was subjected to hostile questioning by US intelligence officers – including “do you support Hamas?” and “do you think what’s happening in Gaza is genocide?” Also find here Pappe’s comments on the West’s “sinister” denial of the unfolding events in Palestine
New! English translation of eyewitness Red Cross account of 1948 Deir Yassin massacre
Jacques de Reynier, Red Cross representative in Jerusalem in 1948, is considered the most prominent eyewitness to the Deir Yassin massacre, part of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians to make way for Israel. Here is his account, translated from the French.
Banning Arab and Anti-occupation Films, This Censorship Agency Shaped Israel for Decades
A look at the history of Israel’s Film and Theater Review Board reveals its major role in shaping the cultural image of the young state – and our worldview too
Hamas’s 2017 Charter: Full Text
Israel and its partisans frequently emphasize Hamas’s 1988 charter, while failing to mention that Hamas issued a new document in 2017…
Israeli rapes of Palestinian women and children, past & present
Israeli soldiers have raped & sexually assaulted Palestinian women & girls from Israel’s 1948 founding war through the present – see multiple reports, including video testimony by Israeli historian Ilan Pappé
Falk: Israel used Oct 7 attack as a pretext for its plan to expel Palestinians
Indications are that Israel used the October 7 attack as a pretext for the preexisting master plan to get rid of the Palestinians whose presence blocks the establishment of Greater Israel with sovereign control over the West Bank and at least portions of Gaza… Hamas had publicly and by back channels pushed for a 50-year cease-fire with Israel