The National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine pleads for Western churches to take a stand: “As we meet this month in Bethlehem in occupied Palestine, we are still suffering from 100 years of injustice and oppression…we need you and we need you now more than ever. We need your costly solidarity…This is no time for shallow diplomacy Christians. We urge you to hear our call.”
Israeli historian Ilan Pappe documents in detail what Palestinian writers have previously described – even from its earliest days Israel was not a democracy. Even the socialist kibbutzim coveted Palestinian land…
May 18 – 24, 2017: Israeli forces killed two Palestinian children, injured and arrested dozens, including children, and punished Palestinian prisoners on their fifth week of hunger strike.
The Palestinian Authority is asking the U.S. to intervene while the International Committee of the Red Cross stated that it is “neutral” institution that “neither supports nor advocates against a hunger strike.” Yet it was the ICRC that cut Palestinian family visits from twice a month to once.
Amplify their voices by contacting your Congressional rep, calling Amnesty International and Red Cross, writing letters to media, attending a rally, and educating others on social media.
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians and one Jordanian, injured and arrested dozens, including children, and refused to negotiate with Palestinian hunger strikers on their fourth week of hunger strike.
Over one in three Palestinian men have been imprisoned by Israel since 1967. They are sentenced by a court system run by the Israeli military. 99.74 percent of the cases heard in military court end in conviction…
IAK INVESTIGATION: For two decades, some Israeli officials and partisans have worked to embed a new, Israel-focused definition of antisemitism in institutions around the world, from international bodies and national governments to small college campuses in heartland America. This effort is now snowballing rapidly. As a result, advocacy for Palestinian rights is well on the way to being curtailed and even criminalized as “hate.”
During Israel’s “war of independence,” over 750,000 Palestinians were driven from their homes, never to be allowed to return. Hundreds of towns were razed; villagers were massacred. Their very existence on the land was nearly wiped from history as Israel built new towns over the ruins and gave them Hebrew names.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights documents crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territories in weekly reports. We summarize their reports and stories from other news agencies with the goal of informing Americans of the ongoing violence that Palestinian families face each day under Israel’s occupation of their ancestral lands. The Israeli government receives $3 billion per year in direct military aid from U.S. taxpayers. May 4, 2017…