Ruth Bader Ginsburg is spunky and progressive, but she has blinders on when it comes to Palestine. See this detailed analysis…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: at 84, where does she get her PEP (Progressive Except Palestine)?
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Speaking about the unspeakable crime – 3 pieces on the killing of Ibrahim Abu Thuraya
The Israeli army sharpshooter couldn’t target the lower part of his victim’s body — he didn’t have one. The 29-year-old, who worked washing cars, lost both legs in an Israeli airstrike during Israel’s 2008 invasion of Gaza. He used a wheelchair to get around. On Friday the army finished the job: A sharpshooter aimed at his head and shot him dead…
Global watchdog World Medical Association ignores Israeli doctors’ complicity in torture
For more than 20 years Israeli doctors have worked with Israeli security forces in practices that violate medical ethics. The global medical ethics watchdog World Medical Association looks the other way…
Israeli demolition of entire Palestinian villages continues with no end in sight (includes videos)
Stories keep pouring in of Israel demolishing Palestinian villages; many of the buildings destroyed were donated by EU organizations; schools have been razed; residents are often required to pay tens of thousands of dollars for the destruction of their own homes; nearly 160,000 Bedouins live in “unrecognized” villages built before 1948 that Israel has designated “illegal” and threatens with demolition…
Free Birthright Extension When You Volunteer with Extremist Rabbi
100s, if not 1000s of young Americans have extended their Birthright visits to do “service projects” in settlements and outposts that are illegal even under Israeli law…
Israeli soldiers take ‘selfie’ with Injured Palestinian prisoners
After handcuffing and beating two brothers, one a teenager, Israeli soldiers took a “selfie” with the injured prisoners, a common practice. Israeli forces conducted 196 search and arrest operations across the West Bank, including nine children, between October 10 and October 23…
The Two Elie Wiesels
Elie Wiesel became a spokesman for the world’s voiceless oppressed. But when it came to Palestinians, he had nothing to say.
Forget the ‘slippery slope’ — Israel already is an apartheid state
Three former Israeli prime ministers, a winner of the Israel prize, two former heads of the Israeli internal security service Shin Bet, and one of Israel’s principal newspapers have warned that the Jewish state is becoming, or already is, an apartheid state…
PLO Condemns Israeli Plans to Build 4,000 Illegal Settlement Units
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) condemns Israeli plans to build around 4,000 housing units in illegal settlements throughout the occupied West Bank.
Israeli Army Abducted 400 Palestinians, Including 55 Children, In September
The Palestinian Center for Detainees’ Studies has reported that Israeli soldiers have abducted more than 400 Palestinians, including 55 children and eight women, in September.