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…
Category: Human Rights
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 –…
Iyad Burnat: ‘My youngest son has seen nothing but violence’
Palestinians are routinely prosecuted in an Israeli military court system that lacks basic and fundamental guarantees of due process.
Mapping Israeli occupation
Israel and Hamas have declared a ceasefire, but that's not the end of the dispute between Israel and the Palestinians – not by a…
In Gaza, grief, destruction and ‘all the anger of the universe’
Gazans, raised amid generations of trauma, are dealing with a cascade of calamities. The territory was still rebuilding after the devastation of 2014, before…
Israeli forces kill 5 Palestinians in 5 days in West Bank – one a teenager
While the world focuses on Gaza, the Occupied West Bank has seen a surge in violence, with Israeli forces using live fire against Palestinians,…
Chris Hedges: Israel, the Big Lie
Israel is not exercising “the right to defend itself” in the occupied Palestinian territories. It is carrying out mass murder, aided and abetted by…
Israel kills children, doctors in horrific nighttime massacre
The massacre early Sunday was “one of the most horrific crimes” Israel has committed during its ongoing war against the people of Gaza, according…
Israel Knowingly Bombed AP Office in Gaza
An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets on Saturday. Reposted…
Palestinian Refugees Deserve the Right to Return Home. Jews Should Understand.
Prominent commentator Peter Beinart writes in NY Times: Jewish people cling to their right of return, but deny Palestinians the right to do the…