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Intensifying injustice: capital punishment in Israel

[email protected] November 10, 2018 Addameer, administrative detention, ahed tamimi, avigdor lieberman, capital punishment, death sentence, Elor Azaria, IDF, injustice, military court, military order 101, secret evidence, zionism

As Israel considers adopting the death sentence for Palestinians, it is worth recalling that under occupation, Palestinians already face harsh injustice and that such a law would be illegal according to international law. The examples of Elor Azaria’s 9-month prison term for killing an unarmed, injured Palestinian at point-blank range, and Ahed Tamimi’s 8-month sentence for slapping an IDF soldier, indicate that the Israeli “justice” system is already severely lopsided.

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Israeli Government Provides Financial Safety Net for Investments In Settlements

[email protected] November 8, 2018 gadi camp, Hebron, jerusalem 2050, jiflik, ma'ale adumim, rajavim, settlement, zionism

Recently released Israeli documents show that Israel secretly funded an insurance company for settlers, in addition to planning for 20,000 new units in Ma’ale Adumim worth 3 billion shekels (over $800 million), an East Jerusalem settlement built on confiscated Palestinian land.

In addition, settlement activity in Hebron continues, and Israel is trying to have international human rights observers removed.

Other troubling new governmental actions and policies have also been adopted.

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Snowden: Israeli technology may have helped Saudis kill journalist

[email protected] November 7, 2018 edward snowden, herzliya, jamal khashoggi, nso group, pegasus softward, ram ben barak, zionism

Fugitive NSA leaker Edward Snowden, speaking via video link to a group in Tel Aviv, lambasted Israel’s cyber-surveillance industry for the creation of “digital burglary tools that are being actively currently used to violate the human rights of dissidents, opposition figures, and activists,” possibly including Jamal Khashoggi. Ram Ben-Barak, former deputy director of the Mossad who now works in the surveillance industry, then justified the development of such software because Israel uses it to thwart “40 terror attacks a month” in Palestine/Israel.

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Untold stories of everyday Israeli brutality

[email protected] November 5, 2018 abduction, Gaza, Hebron, IDF, IMEMC, settler, settler violence, West Bank, zionism

Israeli soldiers and settlers terrorize Palestinians every day. Stories from November 4-5 (that won’t appear in mainstream media) include 2 Palestinian deaths, at least 14 abductions – some of them children, a settler free-for-all in Hebron, and an injured infant.

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For Justice, Not Apartheid, in Palestine

[email protected] October 15, 2018 apartheid, bantustan, BDS, David Friedman, edward said, jason greenblatt, john kerry, Martin Indyk, nation-state law, oslo accords, PLO mission, rashid khalidi, two-state solution, unrwa, village demolition, zionism

The Nation magazine reports that a quarter-century after the Oslo agreement, Israel is consolidating its domination by cruel and illegal means—but the global resistance movement is growing.

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My grandfather Nelson Mandela fought apartheid. I see the parallels with Israel

[email protected] October 11, 2018 apartheid, BDS, children, discrimination, Nakba, occupation, prisoners, segregation wall, solidarity, south africa, zionism

While my country has long been free from racist minority rule, the world is not yet free of the crime of apartheid. I see the eerie similarities between Israel’s racial laws and policies towards Palestinians, and the architecture of apartheid in South Africa. We South Africans know apartheid when we see it. In fact, many recognise that, in some respects, Israel’s regime of oppression is even worse.

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Shattered Limbs, Broken Dreams: Life for Gaza Athletes after Surviving Israeli Bullets

[email protected] September 6, 2018 boxing, butterfly bullet, exploding bullet, gaza blockade, gaza march, Great March of Return, sniper, surfing, volleyball, zionism

3 young men in Gaza: a surfer, a boxer, and a volleyball player, whose dreams were destroyed by snipers’ bullets as they stood watching or helping the injured at the Great March of Return.

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Just another Manic Monday in the West Bank

[email protected] September 4, 2018 apartheid, Hebron, home demolition, nablus, occupation, olive trees, settler violence, zionism

Ever have one of those days? In the Occupied Palestinian Territories, you never know whether your house, or your car, or your family members will be there when the day is done.

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NY State Senator Jeff Klein, you have some ‘splaining to do

[email protected] August 31, 2018 alessandra biaggi, american studies association, BDS, boycott, jeff klein, new york state senate, operation pr, SAFE act, zionism

NY State Senator Jeff Klein seems torn between two viewpoints: one says “all people are created equal, with certain unalienable rights – life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” The other, incompatible with the first: “Israel, right or wrong.”

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Israeli Racism – Legalized and Running Rampant

[email protected] August 31, 2018 apartheid, eggs, institutional racism, nation-state law, potatoes, racism, soft transfer, tobacco, voluntary emigration, zionism

Israel’s new Nation State Law, just over 1 month old, has emboldened right-wing Israelis and removed all protection from Palestinians living in Israel. Laws forbid them from growing or selling certain crops, picking certain herbs, and applying for many jobs; besides this, many factories are closing or moving to Jordan. It is clear that institutional racism is no longer in the shadows, and Israel wants Palestinians to leave.

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