Palestinian poet and Israeli citizen Dareen Tatour was sentenced to 5 months in prison for posting a poem titled ‘Resist, my people resist them’ on social media.
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Flotilla update: most participants in prison; grave concern for their safety, cargo
Israeli passenger says 1st Freedom Flotilla vessel was captured with some violence in int’l waters; passengers’ safety in question. Israel must be held accountable.
Senate about to vote on bill to give $38 billion to Israel, largest aid package in US history
Although the media isn’t telling Americans, a bill to give Israel a massive aid package is before Congress. The Senate, where it has 72 sponsors, is expected to vote on it this week. The bill also mandates that NASA work with Israel’s space agency, despite charges of Israeli espionage…
Analysis: Ahed Tamimi and Her Family: Israel’s Ongoing PR Disaster
August 28, 2015: Palestinian women and youth scuffle with an Israeli soldier in the West Bank. Tamimi is seen on the left. Credit: AP By trying to make an example out of Ahed Tamimi’s arrest, Israel helped transform her into an anti-occupation poster child by Allison Kaplan Sommer, Ha’aretz Over the past eight months, anti-Israel protests…
Palestinian icon Ahed al-Tamimi tastes freedom
Ahed Tamimi slapped an IDF soldier in Dec 2017, was arrested & pled guilty to 1 count of assault in a plea bargain, & is free after 8 months in prison.
Israeli soldiers kill two, including 11-year-old, injure 246, in Gaza
On Friday Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians in the head, one 11 years old. They also injured 246 others, including women, children, medics, and a journalist
Tell Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Stand By Your Principles — Stand With Palestine!
A petition by Jews for Palestinian Right of Return asking New York Congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to stand by her defense of Palestinian rights…
Gaza ِِAmputees Form First Ever Football Team in Hope to Join World Championships
Some of Gaza’s 2,500 lower-limb amputees have created a football (soccer) team, and they have their sights set on the World Championship.
Israeli Army Self-Investigates: No Violations During Gaza Border Protests (excerpts and commentary)
Self-scrutiny by Israel’s “world’s most moral army” reveals: Gazan demonstrators were shot as a result of ‘operational mishaps’ and not intentionally targeted.
Watch: Congressman Gus Savage exposes the Israel Lobby’s illicit tactics
In 1990 Illinois Congressman Gus Savage gave an hour-long speech in Congress in which he detailed how AIPAC subverts the democratic process on behalf of Israel. “The purpose of AIPAC is to promote a foreign nation, not in America’s interest, an organization operating within America composed of Americans, in the interest of a foreign nation interfering in the internal affairs and the elections of this Nation…”