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Conscientious objector: ‘I don’t want to wear a uniform that symbolizes violence and pain’
Oren Ziv, +972 Magazine, September 1, 2021
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What Happens to a Palestinian Who Protects His Land
Home Invasions and False Arrests: Aref Jaber defies settlers’ attempts to take over his plot…
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Israeli aircraft strike Hamas sites in Gaza as hostilities escalate
The Guardian, 21 Aug 2021
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Israeli soldiers killed an 11-year-old Palestinian boy
YUMNA PATEL, Mondoweiss, JULY 29, 2021
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2021.05.15 Update: ‘Palestine Can’t Breathe’ Protest
And a Facebook video Reshaping Madison Together Event Occupation is a CRIME! Right now, near…
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An Army Like No Other — How the Israel Defense Forces Made a Nation
Verso Books, May 15, 2021
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National Lawyers Guild Urges Biden to Align US Israel-Palestine Policy With International Law
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams, May 03, 2021
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Increasingly Bold Israel Begins Building Settlements In Downtown Albuquerque
The Onion, January 27, 2021
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Why Was Harun Abu Aram Shot?
Help Harun Abu Aram Heal Rebuilding Alliance is organizing this fundraiser and will be working…
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What Comes First, an Israeli Army Firing Zone or Palestinian Villages?
Amira Hass, Haaretz, 03/08/2020 Next Monday the justices of the High Court of Justice will…
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The knee-on-neck, long a staple of Israel’s occupation of Palestine
TRT World, 30 May 2020
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Youth of Sumud Remembers Tom Hurndall
Youth of Sumud, a group of Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills, believes and is…
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Regeni murder: If only Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall had been Italian
Kamel Hawwash, Middle East Eye, 21 April 2016
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ICC’s Pursuit of War Crimes Probe in Palestine
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams, December 31, 2019
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Why We Sail, Sail, and Sail Again: Freedom Flotilla 2020
Canadian Boat to Gaza, December 20, 2019 Freedom Flotilla sailors and participants are sometimes asked:…
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Settlers beat rabbi, 80, during Palestinian olive harvest
JACOB MAGID, The Times of Israel, 16 October 2019
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The Ecological War on Gaza
Rob Goyanes, Jewish Currents, September 9, 2019
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After the Supreme Court Praised the Open-Fire Policy, the Military Admits: We killed Protestors for No Reason
B’Tselem, 24 July 2019
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Israeli house demolitions are the true crime — not BDS
Mohamed Mohamed, Mondoweiss, July 26, 2019
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Milwaukee activist’s beating on West Bank road sheds light on changing Jewish conversation
Milwaukee resident Ari Bloomekatz. (Photo: Jimmy Rothschild) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel June 25, 2019 It’s just…
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Israel Defense Forces (IDF)

Conscientious objector: ‘I don’t want to wear a uniform that symbolizes violence and pain’

What Happens to a Palestinian Who Protects His Land

Israeli aircraft strike Hamas sites in Gaza as hostilities escalate

Israeli soldiers killed an 11-year-old Palestinian boy

2021.05.15 Update: ‘Palestine Can’t Breathe’ Protest

An Army Like No Other — How the Israel Defense Forces Made a Nation

National Lawyers Guild Urges Biden to Align US Israel-Palestine Policy With International Law

Increasingly Bold Israel Begins Building Settlements In Downtown Albuquerque

Why Was Harun Abu Aram Shot?

What Comes First, an Israeli Army Firing Zone or Palestinian Villages?

The knee-on-neck, long a staple of Israel’s occupation of Palestine

Youth of Sumud Remembers Tom Hurndall

Regeni murder: If only Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall had been Italian

ICC’s Pursuit of War Crimes Probe in Palestine

Why We Sail, Sail, and Sail Again: Freedom Flotilla 2020

Settlers beat rabbi, 80, during Palestinian olive harvest

The Ecological War on Gaza

After the Supreme Court Praised the Open-Fire Policy, the Military Admits: We killed Protestors for No Reason

Israeli house demolitions are the true crime — not BDS

Milwaukee activist’s beating on West Bank road sheds light on changing Jewish conversation