Category: Regional News

Last-minute land theft: Israel released plans for for 2,500 new settler homes hours before inauguration

January 20, 2021

According to watchdog Peace Now, Israel issued tenders for 2,500 new illegal settler homes on Palestinian land, hours before the inauguration of US President…

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Israeli court wants to ban film about Israel’s 2002 massacre of Palestinian refugees

January 20, 2021

“Jenin, Jenin” documents a deadly Israeli assault on a Palestinian refugee camp that left hundreds of civilians dead and over fifteen hundred wounded, and…

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Balloons: A rudimentary weapon of Palestinian desperation

January 19, 2021

The use of incendiary balloons and kites from Gaza started during the Great March of Return protests and as a response to Israel’s use…

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Headlines from Palestine that Israel doesn’t want you to read

January 19, 2021

Israel and its military trample Palestinian human rights on a daily basis. Here are just a few headlines from the last week that U.S.…

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The bizarre case of Mohammad El-Halabi displays Israeli “justice”

January 14, 2021

Mohammed El-Halabi's experience as a Palestinian prisoner in Israel is unique only in its magnitude of injustice – its essence is common to thousands…

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This is apartheid: Jewish supremacy from the River to the Sea

January 13, 2021

B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories – believes that "apartheid" is the only word to describe the…

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Illegal settlement expansion: Israel approves 800 new units in final days of Trump admin

January 12, 2021

Just days before US President-elect Joe Biden (who disapproves of settlements) is set to take office, the Israeli government approved a settlement expansion plan:…

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The COVID-19 vaccine: another ugly face of Israeli apartheid

January 12, 2021

The apartheid system under which Israel operates inside the occupied territory could not be better displayed than in the case of the COVID-19 vaccine…

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Israeli Settlers Severely Beat 78-Year-Old Palestinian Man

January 10, 2021

During a weekend of settler violence in the land of caves, Israeli settlers beat a 78-year-old Palestinian farmer with clubs. Then they came back…

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Israeli forces kill 24-year-old, injure, abduct Palestinians, uproot 1,000 trees, Jan. 4-6

January 6, 2021

News reports about Israeli actions in the Palestinian Territories January 4-6, 2021... Israeli forces shoot teenagers, abduct civilians, destroy property, etc

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