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Security forces make deadly use of crowd control weapons in Gaza
B’Tselem, 06 August 2019 From the beginning of the Great March of Return protests on…
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Why Americans Should Support BDS
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US Congresswoman proposes cutting Israel aid
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won the Democratic primary in New York’s 14th congressional district [Rothman’s/Facebook] The Middle…
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Israeli house demolitions are the true crime — not BDS
Mohamed Mohamed, Mondoweiss, July 26, 2019
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The Israeli Occupation in Hebron: July 2019
Hebron Freedom Fund
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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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Occupation vacation: Palestine, settlements, and Airbnb
Diala Shamas and Ziad Alwan, The Activist Files, Episode 16 Did you know that in…
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Touring the Israeli Occupation: Young U.S. Jews Get an Unflinching View
At Har Gilo, a Jewish settlement overlooking the southern West Bank, American college students get…
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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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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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I co-founded the BDS movement. Why was I denied entry to the US?
Omar Barghouti, The Guardian, 16 Apr 2019
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