Just as a new school year is getting underway, Israeli forces demolish a brand-new Palestinian kindergarten, citing, as usual, “lack of permit” in the context of an occupation that only rarely dispenses permits to non-Jews.
Israeli Soldiers Kill Four Palestinians In Jenin
Israeli soldiers entered the Palestinian West Bank town of Jenin and its refugee camp on Monday, allegedly to arrest a Hamas member. Instead, they killed 4 Palestinian young men.
‘They Choose One Person to Kill, and Then the Protest Is Over’
Imad Duikat was the sixth Palestinian to be shot dead by Israeli troops during recent protests against the settler outpost of Evyatar, and the 40th to be killed in the West Bank since May.
Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism ignores Palestinian rights, narrative
A new, “improved” definition of antisemitism still fails to acknowledge the history of Palestinian dispossession, preferring to focus on Israeli Jews’ desire to just live their lives, liberated from any obligation to provide Palestinians with actual equality or dignity.
At Risk in Israel’s Backlash Against Ben and Jerry’s? The Right to Protest.
Much has been written about Israel’s relentless offensive against the ice cream company. But less has been said about the consequences for Americans’ right to protest if our constitutional right to boycott is gutted per Israel’s demands…
Deconstructing AP report on Israeli ‘suffering’ in Sderot
A recent article by AP bureau chief Josef Federman on Israeli difficulties, to which we’ve added some essential facts, images, and videos that the story omitted….
No, the Bible doesn’t command Christians to “stand with Israel”
The common evangelical Christian cry to “support Israel no matter what” has zero basis in Scripture – in fact, that is the opposite of what the Bible says.
Patrick Buchanan: A Tonkin Gulf incident in the Gulf of Oman?
Israel has long targeted Iran as an enemy to be taken down. Author/analyst Patrick Buchanan is not alone in suspecting that the recent strike on the Israel-linked MT Mercer Street tanker could be a false flag incident intended to cause an attack on Iran…
African Union members oppose Israel’s presence as “observer”
When the African Union chairperson unilaterally granted observer status to Israel, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called the move “appalling,” citing Israel’s recent bombardment of Gaza and attacks in Jerusalem. Other AU members also objected.
Israeli troops shoot Palestinian dead in occupied West Bank
Imad Dweikat had been shot with ‘a live bullet to the chest’ in Beita, south of Nablus, the health ministry says. He’s the 8th Palestinian killed by the IDF in a little over a month