African refugees in Israel treated like infiltrators
Thousands of Sudanese asylum seekers - most have been in Israel for years - hold no-benefit visas and live in slums or detention centers. Interior…
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Israel’s 11th Commandment: shoot, then confiscate
The death of Hamdy Na’asan, shot in the back, was not an unexpected or isolated event. Amira Hass reports: "Land that is hard to…
25 years after an Israeli massacred 29 Palestinians, victims are still being punished
Today marks the 25th anniversary of Israeli settler Baruch Goldstein's massacre of 29 Palestinians as they prayed. Israeli soldiers blocked Palestinians who tried to…
Meet Netanyahu’s new allies, followers of an FBI-designated terrorist
Netanyahu is affiliating with an extremist political party named "Jewish Power" whose leaders were disciples of an FBI-designated terrorist... one JP leader referred to…
Israel says “No” to clean running water for Palestinian villages
On February 13, 2019, Israeli forces arrived near the village of a-Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills. The forces used excavating equipment to unearth…
Israel: “father isn’t sick enough” for son to travel from Gaza to West Bank
Mohammed suffered a stroke, but Israel says he's not ill enough for his son to get a travel permit to visit him. He needs…
Yemen’s War Is a Mercenary Heaven. Are Israelis Reaping the Profits?
Ha'aretz reports that Israeli fingerprints are all over the war in Yemen, from cyber spyware to hitmen; Americans are also deeply involved, as well…
Israel Still Holding Palestinian Lawmaker Indefinitely as Political Prisoner
Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar has been incarcerated in an Israeli jail without a trial for 20 months. Another period of ‘administrative detention’ will soon…
“He can’t breathe”: a Palestinian Eric Garner
As Palestinians in Hebron navigate life without the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) observers, it is worth looking back on how oppressive and…
This is Israeli politics: killer Elor Azaria is one candidate’s ally
Elor Azaria, the Israeli soldier charged with manslaughter after shooting a wounded Palestinian in the head, now has a paid position on the political…