Israeli soldiers shot and killed Ahmad Samir Abu ‘Obeid, 19, with a live bullet to the head during an invasion into the West Bank. The invasion was carried out by twenty-two armored military vehicles and two bulldozers. It appears that the killing of Obeid was random; soldiers were searching for a different man.
Israel has begun to tax churches and UN properties in occupied East Jerusalem – reversing a policy that has been in place since 1967. (This will not apply to buildings used for worship.) The government imposed restrictions on the bank accounts of evangelical, Armenian and Roman churches on the grounds of non-payment of property taxes. Trump’s decision last month to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has encouraged the Israeli government to annex large swathes of the city and force its laws on it…
Treating Israeli waste outside Israel, with less stringent regulations, lower costs, and higher risks: just another example of Israel’s ongoing exploitation of a powerless occupied population.
Bjørnar Moxnes, a member of the Norwegian Parliament, has nominated the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for this year’s Nobel Prize.
Association France Palestine Solidarité, one of 20 orgs banned from Israel, has just found its PayPal account for accepting donations abruptly shut down with no explanation. Meanwhile, Paypal denies its service to Palestinians – though not Israeli settlers – in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Two articles…
Defense for Children International – Palestine’s 2017 report: Israeli forces caused 14 child deaths & at least 961 child injuries, used excessive force, there was little to no accountability, an average of over 300 Palestinian children were in the prison system each month, 75% are abused, many face solitary confinement… In the US some positive legislation has been introduced…
Laith Haitham Abu Na’im, 16 died from a live bullet to the head on January 30. He is the 4th Palestinian child to be killed in 2018.
Posters and yard signs call for Israel to free 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi. Below are the facts about Ahed and other Palestinian prisoners, including a video about Ahed. U.S. taxpayers give Israel $10 million per day, which gives Americans the need to become informed on this issue and to speak out when we disagree with how…
Two young Palestinian men, Abdul-Khaliq Burnat and Mohammed Tamimi, had their day in (Israeli military) court last weekend. They have much in common: they both come from prominent nonviolent activist families, both are victims – along with their families and entire towns – of collective punishment, and it looks like neither young man will be going home anytime soon.
Israel, that “beacon of democracy,” is repressing free speech as it imprisons – and re-imprisons – young Palestinian activists. (Since the beginning of Israel’s occupation of Gaza & the West Bank, it has arrested more than 800,000 Palestinians, almost 20% of the total and about 40% of male Palestinians in the occupied territories.)