As a Palestinian Christian, the image of an Israeli soldier smashing a Jesus statue in Lebanon reinforces my lived experiences and what I’ve learned about Israeli Jews’ attitudes. But Western outrage at Jewish attacks on Christians must also extend to attacks on Muslims
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Palestinian Christians are often referred to as ‘Living Stones’, as the descendants of the original Christians who have remained and kept their faith throughout the land’s turbulent 2,000 years of history. They are an embodiment of the Palestinian concept of sumud (steadfastness) and are salt and light to their communities.
A Drop Site investigation reveals the highest paid employees of the Israeli group running the infamous pro-Israel doxxing site.
Khalil and another journalist were on assignment when they had to take shelter from Israeli bombing and called for help. The Lebanese President called on the Red Cross & others to rescue the two… Israel bombed the house… The Red Cross was eventually granted limited access but then forced to withdraw…
The al-Nabulsi roundabout is now known for being the site of a massacre in which Israeli forces killed at least 118 Palestinians and injured 750 more. That day, as thousands gathered to await aid trucks in the pre-dawn hours, Israeli forces opened fire on the crowds of starving people
“It does feel like if a group of Palestinians with machine guns broke into an Israeli school and shot a bunch of children, it would be breaking news in every outlet on Earth,” said one reporter.
The lawsuit brings to the forefront that these organizations aren’t trying to fight antisemitism, they are propaganda, at best, and at worst, something more sinister an attempt to harm people who are speaking out about the rights of Palestinians and of the oppression that Israel has inflicted on them.
Israeli soldiers and settlers are using gendered violence and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, human rights and legal experts say.
“We did some practice runs on what it would look like to look into [bombing Iran], because that may have had to happen under our watch as well.” Hochstein, a senior adviser to Biden, was born in Israel and formerly served in the Israeli military.