Gaza and Khan al Ahmar have made the news recently. But nothing newsworthy from the West Bank. What does a typical week look like there? Here’s a glimpse.
An ordinary week in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
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The Moral Decadence of Zionism
Professor Jeremy Salt writes: “Israel is by far the worst settler-colonial experience in history,” a state that makes murderers into heroes, and “based not on morality, justice, and law but brute force.” Because, Zionism.
A letter to General Convention regarding Justice in the Holy Land
Archbishop Tutu & other leaders urge the Episcopal Church’s General Convention to support BDS & end the Church’s complicity in Israeli injustice & profiteering.
The plight and blight of home demolition in Israel and Palestine
Khan al Ahmar is just the latest example of dispossession & demolition by Israel. Racist laws enable “legal” expulsion of Palestinians from any land the Zionist project needs.
The ‘ultimate deal’ that Jared Kushner is proposing for Palestine would strip the people of all their dignity
Jared Kushner is ignorant, or apathetic about Middle East peace. After 70 years of resistance, Palestinians have no intention of selling out to “the ultimate deal.”
Abudullah is one of a great cloud of witnesses
Abdullah, 13, lost a leg to an Israeli sniper bullet. He’s not a cute kid who had a tragic accident. His story is the horror that Gaza has become for nearly every family.
How Israel became a hub for surveillance technology
Israel’s cyber sector is the star of its economy; many of its leaders originally trained with Unit 8200, a top Israeli intelligence unit. Palestine is their “testing lab.”
Youngsters “disabled for life” by Israel’s shoot-to-cripple policy in Gaza
The number of dead is outrageous; the number injured – especially gunshot victims, and particularly victims of “butterfly bullets” – is unconscionable. These young protesters will need multiple, complex surgeries (or amputation) and intensive rehabilitation, in a region where medical facilities and staff are already stretched beyond their limits. We can only hope for an authentic investigation via the UN Human Rights Council.
Israeli Supreme Court hears petitions, “apartheid” accusations against Settlements Law
The Settlement Law is under scrutiny in the Supreme Court, accused of “breach[ing] an international convention on Apartheid”. If it stands, it may put Israel on track to annex the West Bank.
Gaza Palestinians plan for mass protests to end the blockade and occupation; call for supporters around the world to mobilize in solidarity
Gaza Palestinians plan for mass protests to end the blockade and occupation; they call for supporters around the world to mobilize in solidarity on June 5 and June 8.