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Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians – Amnesty International
Amnesty International, 1 February 2022
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Born of war: How a Palestinian woman responds to trauma through art
Indlieb Farazi Saber, Middle East Eye, 5 January 2022
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‘I thought I was a free man’: the engineer fighting Texas’s ban on boycotting Israel
Erum Salam, The Guardian, 7 Dec 2021
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#GazaIsPalestine
U.S. tax dollars continue funding the horror that Palestinians in Gaza face daily. We have…
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Gaza Is Still Under Attack — but You Wouldn’t Know It From the Media
A young medical student speaks out about life in the besieged Strip, the persistence of…
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Black-Palestine solidarity is making its way to Capitol Hill
Alex Kane, +972 Magazine, June 16, 2021
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Israel launches air strikes on Gaza putting fragile ceasefire in jeopardy
Middle East Eye, 16 June 2021
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How a West Bank Trip Turned This Congressman Into One of Israel’s Strongest Critics
Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan tells Haaretz why he welcomes a new Israeli government, even one…
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Barbara Olson and Tsela Barr: Let’s stop funding Israel’s campaign of oppression
TSELA BARR AND BARB OLSON, The Cap Times, May 15, 2021
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Israeli warplanes destroy 12-story residential building in Gaza
Anadolu Agency, May 11, 2021
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Israeli Strikes on Gaza: 3 Civilians wounded and Buildings Damaged
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, December 27, 2020 Three Palestinian civilians, including a child, were…
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Palestinians report 1st cases of coronavirus in Gaza Strip
Workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus, at the main…
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The U.N. once predicted Gaza would be ‘uninhabitable’ by 2020. Two million people still live there.
The shoreline in Gaza City during strong winds on Christmas Day (Mohammed Abed-AFP-Getty Images) Hazem…
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ICC’s Pursuit of War Crimes Probe in Palestine
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams, December 31, 2019
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‘Blinding the truth’: Israeli snipers target Gaza protesters in the eyes
Tareq Hajjaj and Pam Bailey, The New Arab, 20 December, 2019
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Security forces make deadly use of crowd control weapons in Gaza
B’Tselem, 06 August 2019 From the beginning of the Great March of Return protests on…
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On the 69th Great March of Return
66 Civilians Injured by Israeli Forces: 28 Children, 2 Journalists, and 4 Women, Including a…
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First Anniversary of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 50/2019, March 30, 2019
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Death of Detainee Fares Baroud: An Example of Deliberate Negligence
Palestinian Center for Human Rights Ref: 16/2019, February 7, 2019
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Palestinian artist brings Japanese origami to Gaza
In this January 16, 2019 photo Palestinian artist Ahmed Humaid, 29, works on one of…
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