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Israel Is Accused of Torturing a Prisoner Until His Ribs Were Broken
Alex Kane, Vice, October 8, 2019
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Noura Erakat: West Bank Annexation Is Logical End to Israel’s Apartheid Policy
Democracy Now!, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 GUESTS Noura Erakat Palestinian human rights attorney and an assistant…
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What Is Israel Trying to Hide?
Reps. Tlaib & Omar Blocked from Taking Official Trip to West Bank Democracy Now! August 16,…
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Meet Rashida Tlaib’s grandma: ‘Who wouldn’t be proud of a granddaughter like that?’
Rep. Tlaib’s grandmother says the family had already prepared a lamb Muftiyah Tlaib, the grandmother…
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Israel Denies Entry to Omar and Tlaib After Trump’s Call to Block Them
Isabel Kershner, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Peter Baker, New York Times, Aug. 15, 2019 JERUSALEM…
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Why Americans Should Support BDS
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Israeli house demolitions are the true crime — not BDS
Mohamed Mohamed, Mondoweiss, July 26, 2019
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Stop Palestinian Home Demolitions!
The morning of Monday, July 22, 2019, Palestinian families in the village of Sur Baher…
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Hundreds Lose Shelter as Israeli Forces Destroy Housing Units in occupied East Jerusalem
Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Ref: 89/2019, July 22, 2019
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Two Congressional Resolutions That Won’t Advance Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Dr. James J. Zogby, July 13, 2019 In the coming week, the House Committee on…
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Democratic candidates on Israel/Palestine – a guide
If Americans Knew, June 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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West Bank / Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kill one Palestinian, injure many in Jerusalem IMEMC 28 June — Israeli soldiers…
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Why some Palestinians are backing Trump’s peace push
A growing number of Palestinians want a ‘one state, equal rights’ model and think Trump…
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Apartheid Arms: Why Israel Sells Military Equipment to Human Rights Violators
Mohamed Mohamed, The Palestine Chronicle, May 21, 2019
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Why We, Palestinians and Israelis, Insist on Mourning Our Dead Together
Alternative Memorial Day, a binational tradition since 2005, is a sign that we are capable…
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Rise against Racism! #CounterCUFI
Friends of Sabeel – North America (FOSNA), May 24, 2019 For too long, Palestinians have…
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Israeli Authorities Arrest Patient’s Husband While Returning to Gaza Strip
Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Ref: 64/2019, April 24, 2019 The Palestinian Center for Human…
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500 Palestinian families in Jerusalem are about to have their homes destroyed
Action is needed to protect them and tens of thousands more who risk losing their…
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The Director of Human Rights Watch in Israel Is Being Deported
Ilan Ben Zion, Time Magazine, April 17, 2019 (JERUSALEM) — An Israeli court on Tuesday…
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