The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights resisted pressure to adopt an Israel-centric definition of antisemitism that Israel and its partisans have been embedding in institutions around the world…
Fifteen days into 2023, thirteen Palestinians have been killed by Israel. The latest victim, Ahmad Kahala, was shot Sunday at point-blank range, and medics were blocked from saving his life.
Saturday, Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians, Ezzeddin Hamamra, 24, and Amjad Khaliliyya, 23; the same day, Yazan Ja’bari, 19, died from wounds inflicted by Israeli soldiers earlier this month.
Israel has one of the most powerful armies in the world.
Yazan Samer Jabari’s death brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire in the first fourteen days of 2023, to ten, including three minors.
On Wednesday and Thursday Israeli troops invading Palestinian towns killed three teens, a 25-year-old, and a father trying to defend his son, bringing Palestinian deaths in the first 12 days of 2023 to 9.
Israel’s newly sworn-in government includes some shockingly extremist figures who have wasted no time implementing their agenda. Peruse a few excerpts from articles describing their recent escapades.
2022 was a deadly year for Palestinians under Israeli occupation. If Americans Knew brought you crucial information – and will continue in 2023.
Following a deadly 2022, the new year has already seen Israeli forces kill three Palestinians – a 15-year-old from Bethlehem, a 17-year-old, and a young man of 22. Two other Palestinians in their twenties were also killed in the last days of December.
For former residents of Iqrit, where Israeli forces leveled everything but the church in 1951, religious rituals bind them to a place from which they were expelled.
Video by If Americans Knew. All the clips in this video took place in Bethlehem. Read more…
The “little town of Bethlehem” that we sing about at this time of year is far different from what many of us imagine it to be.