Jerusalem

I No Longer Believe in a Jewish State

For decades I argued for separation between Israelis and Palestinians. Now, I can imagine a…

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Palestinian civil society calls for sanctions to stop Israel’s annexation and apartheid

The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council renews the call for targeted sanctions Palestinian Human Rights…

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Letter to Biden (and Trump) Campaigns Regarding Israel and Palestinian Rights

This letter, signed by more than 100 progressive, anti-war, and faith-based U.S. organizations, urges presumptive…

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Palestinian Scholar Noura Erakat: Israeli Forces Killed My Cousin on His Sister’s Wedding Day

Democracy Now!, JUNE 24, 2020 Israeli soldiers on Tuesday killed 27-year-old Ahmed Erekat at a…

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‘It’s a war crime’: Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu annexation bid

Meretz MK, Joint List leader says move would create ‘apartheid’; Sanders sends video message; police…

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Palestine 2020 Series: Water as a Public Health Issue

Nidal Al-Azraq & Zena Agha on Water as a Public Health Issue Palestine Under COVID-19…

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COVID-19 and Human Rights – 2013 Laureate Raji Sourani

“Governments must put human rights and dignity at the centre” Raji Sourani, The Right Livelihood…

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Gantz-Netanyahu deal legitimizes annexation

The possibility of further Israeli annexation of occupied territories has received legitimacy from the Israeli…

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Palestinians stand in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en nation

The TransCanada Coastal Gaslink pipeline aims to steal Wet’suwet’en land, use resource extraction to solidify…

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Strangers in Our Homeland

Aida Touma-Sliman, JewishCurrents, February 6, 2020 LAST WEEK, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu announced a…

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Israeli Occupation Forces Kill 3 and Destroy Home in Less than 24 Hours

February 6, 2020 The newest Israeli killing of Palestinians under its policy of excessive use…

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Violence Surges in Wake of Trump’s Mideast Plan

Clashes, shootings and a vehicle attack erupt in the West Bank and Jerusalem, killing Palestinians…

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THE ANSWER IS PALESTINE

CODEPINK, 1/13/20 On Friday, January 11, 2020, on the Beloved game show Jeopardy, Katie Needle…

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To Prison, Again, for Protesting Against Israel’s Colonial Rule

Israeli activist Jonathan Pollack pens a powerful Op-Ed in Haaretz on his arrest, putting into…

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ICC’s Pursuit of War Crimes Probe in Palestine

Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams, December 31, 2019

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BDS impact in 2019

Mahmoud Nawajaa, BDSMovement.net The anti-Palestinian Trump Administration and Boris Johnson government are more than ever…

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What you need to know about the bombings in Gaza

Mike Merryman-Lotze, American Friends Service Committee, Nov 13, 2019

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Jordan-Israel Ties Strained by Detentions

“We hold the Israeli government responsible for the lives of our citizens whose health conditions…

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