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Apr 15, 2026

Second Class Citizens
Kevin Walsh, July 6, 2016 A 2009 study of the legal status of Israel’s occupation…
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Israeli Court Rules to Keep Palestinian Clown in Jail Without Trial
Mohammed Abu Saha’s arrest sparked an international campaign by circus performers for his release. Though…
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Amira Hass: I Went to See the Plight of the Dried-out Settlements. I Found a Pool
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Amira Hass: Israel Incapable of Telling Truth About Water It Steals From Palestinians
Water is the only issue in which Israel (still) finds it difficult to defend its…
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Amira Hass: Israel Admits Cutting West Bank Water Supply, but Blames Palestinian Authority
Israel says region’s intense heatwave combined with Palestinian Water Authority’s refusal to approve additional infrastructure…
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40 Holocaust survivors condemn ‘massacre’ of Palestinians, call for BDS against Israel
Alex Kane, Mondoweiss, August 26, 2014
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Why Gaza Must Suffer Again
JONATHAN COOK, November 19, 2012
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Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian, 65, in His Bedroom
Afterward they asked for his identity card Subhiya Awad al-Qawasmeh placed a picture of her…
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Palestinians Fear Two-Tier Road System
“There is already a separate legal system in the territories for Israelis and Palestinians,” said…
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2008.04.03: Amira Hass in Madison
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 7:30 pm Pyle Center, UW Campus Amira Hass is a world-renowned…
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Catastrophe at Rafah Crossing: More Than 35 Dead—and Counting
Mohammed Omer, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, September/October 2007 PERCHED ATOP A suitcase and…
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Amira Hass: What a Strange ‘Abroad’
Amira Hass, Haaretz, Feb 14, 2007 The Gaza Strip is ‘abroad’ in a strange way.…
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Elliott Abram’s Uncivil War
Is the Bush administration violating the law to provoke a Palestinian civil war? Conflicts Forum,…
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B’Tselem: Israeli Security Forces Killed 660 Palestinians During 2006
Haaretz Service, Dec 28, 2006 Report: Threefold increase in number of Palestinians killed compared to…
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The Ludicrous Attacks on Jimmy Carter’s Book
NORMAN FINKELSTEIN, Truthdig, DECEMBER 28, 2006
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Jimmy Carter: Israel’s ‘Apartheid’ Policies Worse Than South Africa’s
Former president stands by new book despite criticism, says it is meant to stimulate debate…
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A Black Flag
From: Jennifer Loewenstein Subject: Resuming Emails: Gideon Levy – A Black Flag Date: Mon, 3…
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The [Israeli] government is losing its reason
Haaretz Editorial, 30 Jun 2006 Bombing bridges that can be circumvented both by car and…
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A Lobby, Not a Conspiracy
TONY JUDT, New York Times, April 19, 2006 IN its March 23rd issue the London…
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Amira Hass: Strangled in Gaza
1.5 million Arabs under Israeli siege Amira Hass, Haaretz, Mar 22, 2006 In the elections,…
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Amira Hass: The Remaining 99.5 Percent
For the sake of about half a percent of the population of the Gaza Strip,…
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The Shame of it All
Jennifer Loewenstein, CounterPunch, August 17, 2005
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Amira Hass: Khan Yunis / No Compensation for Arabs Losing Their Jobs in Katif
Amira Hass, Haaretz, 14 Aug 2005 Today is Omar’s last day of work for his…
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No Peaceful Solution
Despite his innocent appearance, Avi Shlaim knows that he is a sort of enemy of…
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No Letup to the Occupation
Will Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza free it from the burden of the occupation? The answer…
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Amira Hass: What Business Is It of Chirac?
The Jordan Valley, the settlement blocs that continue to merge into each other, the monumental…
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Amira Hass: Fooling the High Court of Justice and the Hague
The legalistic deception of the Israeli Civil Administration: “It is all Israel” Amira Hass, Haaretz,…
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Twilight Zone: They said they’d kill me
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, July 10, 2005 Here he is – the survivor. His head and…
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The reflection in the mirror
Two weeks later, I was at the Aaskar refugee camp, near Nablus. That day, the…
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Amira Hass: There’s a Settler in Every Israeli
Amira Hass, Haaretz, July 6, 2005 The hunting season is at its height, and the…
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They Broke the Public’s Heart
For years, the news media ignored the injustices the settlers inflicted on their neighbors. Gideon…
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Amira Hass: Using the Holocaust to Ward Off Criticism
The pilgrimage to Jerusalem of so many European leaders shows that they are not deterred…
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Donating to Apartheid
If the donor states now finance the upgrading of Palestinian roads, they will be providing…
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Hilarity from Gaza
9/8/2004 Dear Jennifer, I hope you are fine. I was reading the news on haaretz…
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Some of the bodies were put two to a box
Amira Hass, Haaretz, 5/20/04 RAFAH — Suddenly there was a shout from outside: “Leave…
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Rafah and Gaza emergency
Gila Svirsky, May 18, 2004 Friends, We need your help. There is an emergency situation…
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Victory of Brutality
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, Mar 14, 2004 A new species of officer is achieving greatness in…
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Sharon is not the Problem
Ghadi Karmi, CounterPunch, February 20, 2004
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And the twins died
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, 1/9/04 The twin girls died one after the other. The first to…
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The killing fields of Rafah
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, Nov 30, 2003 Quietly, far from the public eye, Israeli soldiers…
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Amira Hass: Explaining the occupation to the occupier
Allen Ruff, Palestine-Israel Peace and Justice Alliance (PIPAJA), 12 Oct 2003 Amira Hass, the author…
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