In the meantime, the newspaper has published seven opinion columns that took a clear position against the Palestinian-led boycott movement, including two during the month of March. One is titled “Why Israel Is Nothing Like Apartheid South Africa.”
A different take on David Friedman, Trump’s new ambassador to Israel
Ynet News op-ed: If David Friedman, the settlers’ own flesh and blood, is capable of changing direction, his words will carry more weight when he comes to the settlements and says there is no other solution apart from two states.
Book review of Alison Weir’s “Against Our Better Judgment” – by Ziad Hafez
By Ziad Hafez, Contemporary Arab Affairs — This short book is quite powerful and displays historical accounts and analyses supported by a solid documentation showing scholarly knowledge and objective reporting. It is an indispensable tool for any researcher on the root cause of Middle Eastern turmoil, and contains explosive, meticulously documented information about the Zionist movement in the United States, Europe, and Palestine…
Israeli sniper shot photographer Tom Hurndall in the head 17 years ago
Fourteen years ago this month, Tom Hurndall, a 22-year old student and photographer, was shot in the head by an Israeli sniper in Gaza as he tried to rescue small Palestinian girls from Israeli gunfire.
Ben & Jerry’s: Stop selling ice cream in illegal Israeli settlements! [ACTION ALERT]
Phone Ben & Jerry’s Vermont headquarters this week at (802) 846-1500 (8:00 am to 4:00pm EDT) to demand an immediate stop to the marketing and sales of its “peace & love” ice cream in illegal, Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
New book describes how Zionist terrorism created the modern state of Israel
State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern Israel by Thomas Suarez explains how violence and terror were used by Zionist militias against Arabs and the British to transform Arab Palestine into a Jewish state.
Palestinian-American professor brutally attacked by Jewish Defense League members in D.C. [VIDEO]
The attackers were not charged with hate crimes. The JDL has a history of plotting and executing acts of violence against Arabs and has been classified by the FBI as a “right-wing terrorist group.”
Ha’aretz: American Jewish groups court Hispanics to create allies for Israel
Dani Dayan, Israel’s consul general in New York, says that building relationships with the Latino community is his “number one non-Jewish priority” because “Israel will not be able to maintain the level of support it has in American society if it neglects a third of society.”
Israel prevents Gazans from traveling for medical treatment, including children with cancer
Just 42% of Gazans were allowed to travel to Israel for medical treatment last December. Cancer rates among Palestinian children have increased by 40% since 2008, but their parents are sometimes told by Israel to become informants if they want their children to cross the border for treatment. Appointment delays for Palestinian patients are the highest they’ve ever been recorded.
Protesters come from around the world to support Palestinian-led rally against AIPAC
People from Palestine, Norway, Australia, France, Britain and Ireland joined activists from around the US to support Palestinian rights and protest AIPAC last weekend. The rally was organized by Al-Awda chapters and International Answer and included people of all ages, races, ethnicities, religions…