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The Olympics: Do Only Israeli Victims Matter?

Alison Weir July 27, 2021 football, Israeli athletes, Munich Olympics, Palestinian athletes, soccer

The Olympics opening ceremony featured a moving commemoration for Israeli athletes who tragically and needlessly died half a century ago (when the Israeli prime minister refused a prisoner exchange), but failed to highlight a tragedy going on now that the world could stop: the desperate plight of Palestinian athletes who have been shot, maimed, & sometimes killed by Israeli forces… The ceremony also ignored the hundreds of men, women, and children killed by Israeli forces in the lead up to the tragic 1972 event, and the hundreds more killed by Israeli forces the following day…

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Messi, Barcelona boycott occupied Jerusalem in solidarity with Palestine

[email protected] July 16, 2021 barcelona, beitar, boycott, messi, racism, sports

The Spanish club refuses to play in Jerusalem, following calls by Palestinian leaders to boycott the match against Beitar – a team known for its openly racist fan base.

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To distract from Gaza slaughter, Israel lobby manufactures antisemitism freakout

[email protected] June 1, 2021 antisemitic attack, false antisemitism, hate crime, media bias, new antisemitism

The Israel lobby needs to turn our attention away from the slaughter in Gaza. Its strategy: deceptively edited videos and dubious allegations of “antisemitism” against Palestine solidarity activists. Thanks to dubious ADL claims and unquestioning media coverage, Jewish Americans supplant Gazan children as victims.

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Liberal rabbi calls on US Jews to stand up for Israeli ‘siblings’ against a hostile press

[email protected] May 21, 2021 Gaza, Gideon Levy, israel lobby, Maura Resnick, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, Shira Efron

Rabbi Rick Jacobs of the Union for Reform Judaism said the moral issues here are simple, & it’s time for American Jews to show “solidarity and love” with Israel by countering that bad press from its bombardment of Gaza…

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Israel Approves Annexation of Palestinian Lands Near Bethlehem

[email protected] April 23, 2021 de facto annexation, fourth geneva convention, land appropriation

In yet another land grab, Israel has approved the annexation of prime Palestinian land near Bethlehem. Palestinians have no say in the matter.

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Sir Alan Duncan blasts pro-Israel lobby over ‘disgusting interference’ in British politics

[email protected] April 12, 2021 Conservative Friends of Israel, Jeremy Corbyn, Pro-Israel Lobby, Sir Alan Duncan

Former British Minister also said that Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) went “ballistic” and blocked him from taking on a new post covering the region’s affairs…

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Yet another Palestinian protester killed as Israel steals his land

[email protected] March 30, 2021 Atef Haneisheh, beit dajan, israeli settler, peaceful protest, police brutality

The incident is all too common: Palestinians gather on a Friday to protest the theft of their land; Israeli soldiers respond with live fire, killing a protester and enabling the land grab to go on, unhindered.

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When Israel demolishes Palestinians’ homes, they live in caves

[email protected] March 9, 2021 area c, Hebron, home demolitions, masafer yatta

Masafer Yatta lies in a remote area of the West Bank, where Israeli soldiers are routinely, ruthlessly demolishing Palestinian homes – and preventing activists from filming their illegal actions. Thousands of demolition orders have been served here, but residents refuse to leave their ancestral lands.

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Indisputable facts about Israel and the International Criminal Court

[email protected] March 5, 2021 fourth geneva convention, icc, international criminal court, sanctions, war crime

Israel complains that other countries are committing “worse atrocities” and that it is simply practicing “self-defense” – but the International Criminal Court (ICC) has good reasons for dismissing these claims.

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This is Mays Abu Ghosh, one of 10,000 Palestinian women arrested by Israel

[email protected] February 15, 2021 collective punishment, detention, occupation, torture, Women

Mays Abu Ghosh and her family have suffered for years at the hands of Israel. Here she tells the story of her baseless arrest, imprisonment, and torture.

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