HRW: Facebook, Instagram restrictions facilitate Israel’s abuses of Palestinians
Facebook's faulty content moderation, plus Israel's "requests" to the social media company to take down online content, results in unfair restriction on free speech…
Category: Human Rights
Human Rights Watch: apparent war crimes by Israel during May attack on Gaza
Human Rights Watch investigated several Israeli attacks that resulted in particularly high numbers of civilian casualties – with no evident military target – and…
Israeli Prison Service accused of beating Palestinian who died in detention
After his arrest by Israeli forces on Sunday for a traffic violation, Abdo Yousef al-Khatib was heard screaming in his prison cell. The Israel…
A Jewish Reflection on Israel’s Crimes and Israeli Hubris
Jewish author Michael Lesher – who blogs for the Times of Israel, among other outlets – muses on many Jewish leaders' responses to the…
Messi, Barcelona boycott occupied Jerusalem in solidarity with Palestine
The Spanish club refuses to play in Jerusalem, following calls by Palestinian leaders to boycott the match against Beitar – a team known for…
New poll: 25% of Jewish Americans think Israel is an apartheid state
A quarter of Jewish voters polled by the Jewish Electorate Institute said they believed Israel is an apartheid state. This number rises to 38%…
The Stolen Childhood of Palestinian Kids
Sujoud's story is unique in its details, but many Palestinian children in the West Bank have had similar haunting experiences with Israeli settlers, soldiers,…
Israel makes childhood in Gaza a living hell
Childhood in the Gaza Strip is unlike anywhere else in the world. Here, thanks to Israel, a ten-year-old has already experienced the violence of…
False antisemitism insulates Israel and hurts the movement for justice
A Jewish American exposes the often-used tactic of deflecting criticism of Israel by viewing it falsely through a lens of antisemitism. Even some supporters…
What happened in the Israeli police ‘torture room’ in Nazareth?
Multiple sworn affidavits from the past few weeks testify to rampant, systemic Israeli police attacks and brutal beatings of Palestinian citizens of Israel –…