Ha’aretz: Israel Reportedly Providing Direct Aid, Funding to Syrian Rebels
Israel has been secretly providing aid to Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights for years with the goal of maintaining a buffer zone of…
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How is Israel spending our money?
American taxpayers give Israel $10 million per day, so it's important to be well-informed about its spending habits. For example, Israel’s Interior Minister, Aryeh…
Senate passes Israel lobby bill to impose new sanctions on Iran
Both AIPAC and J Street lauded the passage, by 98-2, of a Senate bill to impose new sanctions on Iran. Voting against it were…
This week in Palestine: Israeli forces kill girl in West Bank, father in Gaza
June 1 - June 7, 2017: Israeli soldiers killed a teenage Palestinian girl as well as a young father in Gaza. Israeli forces demolished…
Kafr Qasim killing shows police threat to Palestinian citizens of Israel
An Israeli security guard shot and killed 28-year-old Mahmoud Mahmoud Salim Taha, at the police station in Kafr Qasim on Monday night. This is…
Israeli Chief Rabbis Endorse Ethnic Cleansing, Palestinian Servitude
Israeli chief Sephardic rabbi Yitzhak Yosef preaches that non-Jews should be expelled from Israel, or serve essentially as slaves and servants. He also exhorted his followers…
This week in Palestine: Prisoners hunger strike ends, Gaza without electricity
May 25 – May 31, 2017: A thousand Palestinians being held in Israeli jails ended their hunger strike after 40 days without food. Palestinians…
Ilan Pappe, Jacobin: No, Israel Is Not a Democracy – And Never Was
Israeli historian Ilan Pappe documents in detail what Palestinian writers have previously described – even from its earliest days Israel was not a democracy.…
This week in Palestine: Israelis kill two Palestinian children, punish hunger strikers
May 18 – 24, 2017: Israeli forces killed two Palestinian children, injured and arrested dozens, including children, and punished Palestinian prisoners on their fifth…
Ma’an News: Palestinian prisoners’ committee: 80% of hunger strikers’ demands met by Israel
Hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons suspended a 40-day mass hunger strike on Saturday following 20 hours of negotiations. A Committee of Palestinian…