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Time’s Up Israel: Get Your Knee Off Palestine’s Neck

SAM BAHOUR, CounterPunch, July 16, 2020

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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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‘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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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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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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Israel Is Accused of Torturing a Prisoner Until His Ribs Were Broken

Alex Kane, Vice, October 8, 2019

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Democratic candidates on Israel/Palestine – a guide

If Americans Knew, June 26, 2019

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“You married a Palestinian. You cannot enter Israel”

Israel’s family reunion practices are gravely offensive This time; Palestine Updates brings you two powerful…

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How the Great Leftist Thinkers of the 20th Century Contended With Zionism

A crowd celebrates in Tel Aviv on Nov. 29, 1947, after the U.N. votes for…

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How the Battle Over Israel and Anti-Semitism Is Fracturing American Politics

Nathan Thrall, New York Times, March 28, 2019

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A Teenage War Resister in Israel

An Antiwar Story from the Embattled Middle East He is a rarity in his own…

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CODEPINK: Bank of NY Mellon — Divest from Elbit Systems

CODEPINK, December 31, 2018 Huge News! Last week HSBC Bank in the UK announced it…

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How can Gaza’s contaminated water catastrophe be solved?

Sandy Tolan, Al Jazeera, 30 Oct 2018

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Emergency demonstrations throughout Israel

Stop the war! Move towards peace! Occupation Magazine, Nov. 13, 2018 Hebrew original forwarded by…

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Israel’s Unequal Citizens

Israelis marching at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem in May to mark the occupation of East…

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Israeli Law Declares the Country the ‘Nation-State of the Jewish People’

A vote of 62 to 55 with two abstentions Arab lawmakers protesting as Parliament passed…

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Gaza: Do Palestinian Lives Matter?

Samir El-Omari and Barbara Olson, Madison365, May 11, 2018

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Israel is now arming seven rebel groups in Syria

Asa Winstanley, Middle East Monitor, February 28, 2018

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