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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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A Jewish Reflection on Israel’s Crimes and Israeli Hubris

[email protected] July 20, 2021 gaza war, hubris, jewish homeland, sheikh jarrah

Jewish author Michael Lesher – who blogs for the Times of Israel, among other outlets – muses on many Jewish leaders’ responses to the recent attack on Gaza: “trust in God and believe in Jewish infallibility.” Lesher suggests that instead, they should “devote their efforts toward restraining the Israeli war machine,” and consider the consequences of “[building a] future on a foundation of stolen property and murdered children.”

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Israeli Firm Helped Governments Target Journalists, Activists with 0-Days and Spyware

[email protected] July 19, 2021 candiru, cyber attack, google chrome, hacking, mstic

Identified by Google, an Israeli spyware company has enabled government hacking of social media and email accounts of over 100 journalists, activists, and others.

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False antisemitism insulates Israel and hurts the movement for justice

[email protected] June 9, 2021 antisemitism, false antisemitism, hate crime, IHRA definition, israel lobby, palestinian rights

A Jewish American exposes the often-used tactic of deflecting criticism of Israel by viewing it falsely through a lens of antisemitism. Even some supporters of Palestinian rights miss the sleight-of-hand that casts this negative light on their own movement and have mistakenly attacked longtime activists…

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Chris Hedges: Israel, the Big Lie

[email protected] May 17, 2021 AIPAC, benny gantz, Israel, israel lobby, Jeremy Corbin, Netanyahu, Norman Finkelstein, Palestinians, sheikh jarrah, US Congress

Israel is not exercising “the right to defend itself” in the occupied Palestinian territories. It is carrying out mass murder, aided and abetted by the U.S.

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Dancing While Palestinian

[email protected] April 11, 2021 administrative detention, Ata Khattab, cultural apartheid, dabke, El-Funoun danv troupe, israeli prison, Muhammad Ata Khattab

Dancing while Palestinian can be a source of joy and unity, a celebration of culture, and a form of defiance against the Israeli occupation – that’s why it’s so dangerous.

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Another win for Palestinian rights and BDS

[email protected] April 1, 2021 BDS, boycott, frivolous lawsuit, jewish national fund, jnf, us campaign for palestinian rights, uscpr

In the second important win for Palestinian rights and BDS this month, a federal judge has dismissed a Jewish National Fund lawsuit that targeted the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights for alleged terror connections over its support for BDS.

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Report: in 2020, Israeli human rights violations escalated against Palestinians

[email protected] March 13, 2021 Al Haq, home demolition, human rights, Israeli occupation, settler violence

A new report from Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq details the numerous human rights violations that Israel perpetrated against Palestinians in 2020 — in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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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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Israel’s pattern of broken vaccine promises to Palestinians – is it genocide?

[email protected] March 8, 2021 coronavirus, covid-19, genocide, medical apartheid, pandemic, vaccine

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Israel’s government has occasionally committed to helping to the Palestinians under its occupation – but consistently failed to follow through. Could this be considered genocide?

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