An Israeli Defense Forces soldier has been sentenced to 18 months in jail on a manslaughter conviction for shooting a Palestinian man in the head after he had already been disarmed and injured by other soldiers. The Independent lists Palestinian children who have received longer prison sentences for throwing stones than Elor Azaria did for killing the unarmed man.
Palestinians’ formative years are scarred by what they witness and experience living under the Israeli military occupation of their lands that has been in place 50 years: Israeli settler violence against them in their homes, destroying their property, theft of their land and burning of their crops… even some instances in which Israeli extremists have burned Palestinians in their homes while they were sleeping.
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Rothschild said the way the declaration was procured was extraordinary: “It was the most incredible piece of opportunism.” HIs cousin Dorothy de Rothschild connected Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann to the British establishment. Dorothy “told Weizmann how to integrate, how to insert himself into British establishment life, which he learned very quickly…”
2016 was the deadliest year in the past decade for Palestinian children in the West Bank. Some were killed on their way to class, or coming home from. Several were shot dead while protesting the occupation. A brother and sister were killed in their home when their neighborhood was hit in an Israeli airstrike. See their photos and learn the details.
Israel is the only country in the world that does not recognize its own nationality. Why? Because a common national identity would sabotage Israel’s carefully veiled system of segregation
Beloved Gazan pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is being held without charge by Israel, and needs our help before it’s too late.
Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya says deaths caused by collapse of territory’s health system now exceed those due to Israeli airstrikes
Israel is planning to settle Gaza ■ Update on Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya ■ Headlines from West Bank ■ Things aren’t going well for Netanyahu, Ben Gvir ■ More
This archive contains graphic footage of war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank — violence, death, and serious injury — collected for documentation and accountability. Viewer discretion is advised.
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