A blistering account of Israeli abuses against Palestinian children during the first three months of 2022 and before – adding to the growing library of reports on Israel’s human rights violations.
Category: Israeli governmental policies
Ahmad Al-Manasra: A Palestinian Child Who Grew up Behind Israeli Bars
Ahmad Al-Manasra has been in Israeli prison since age 13, and suffers from prison-related mental illness. A hearing to review the now 21-year-old Manasra’s case is being held today.
Israel Prevented 15 Terror Attacks, but How Many Did It Cause?
An Israeli journalist notes that Israel’s efforts to thwart Palestinian resistance simply create grounds for more resistance. Only ending the occupation will end the resistance.
53,000 Palestinian children detained by Israel since 1967
April 5 is Palestinian Child Day. Today we acknowledge that Israel has arrested over 53,000 Palestinian minors since 1967. Many are tortured.
Israel on the hook for death of one-year-old Fatma Jalal al-Masri
A baby girl has died after Israel denied her permission to leave Gaza to get medical treatment in Jerusalem. This is a breach of international law, but sadly not an uncommon event.
Gideon Levy: Terror Is the Only Way Open to the Palestinians
Violence is always brutal and immoral – and not just the violence of a lone Palestinian attacker with a knife. The state-sanctioned, uniformed violence that Palestinians endure daily. “The terror attacks are the punishment” for Israel’s crime of not dealing with the ongoing injustice.
From The Nation: In Every Corner of Palestine, There Is a Story of Dispossession
March 30th is Land Day, an annual commemoration of those killed protesting Israeli theft of Palestinian lands 46 years ago. But even now, there is a Nakba everywhere you look.
Israeli soldiers required to gather personal data on 50 Palestinians a day
The Israeli occupation has always been invasive, but new instructions place Israeli soldiers in a competition to see who can gather personal information from the most Palestinians.
Israel ‘top priority’ is to discredit UN, Rapporteur says Israel commits apartheid
UN Special Rapporteur reports that Israel’s actions amount to apartheid… Israel is planning a campaign to discredit a UN investigation, concerned that it will refer to Israel as an “Apartheid state” and its findings could damage Israel’s reputation among progressives in the West…
Mike Pence and the (alarming) company he keeps
Former VP Mike Pence recently visited Israel, where he spent time with Israeli extremists associated with a banned terrorist movement and meeting with mega-donor and Israel hawk Miriam Adelson, who is willing to pay big bucks for policymakers’ loyalty.