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Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas for new ceasefire proposal

Netanyahu refuses mobile homes and earthmovers for Gaza

The Times of Israel, Feb 16, 2025

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U.S. Doctors Tell Biden, Harris They ‘Witnessed Crimes Beyond Comprehension’ in Gaza

“A cease-fire must be imposed on the warring parties by withholding military support for Israel…

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The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel

After 50 years of failure to stop violence and terrorism against Palestinians by Jewish ultranationalists,…

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The Israeli Settlers Attacking Their Palestinian Neighbors

With the world’s focus on Gaza, settlers have used wartime chaos as cover for violence…

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‘We have the right to live.’

Starvation, disease, and winter cold threaten the survival of displaced civilians in Gaza Sana Noor…

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Fighting Amalek in Gaza

What Israelis Say and Western Media Ignore Norman Finkelstein, Nov 12, 2023 Written and compiled…

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The Shift: Oslo at 30

MICHAEL ARRIA, Mondoweiss, SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

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In First, Palestinian Displacement Commemorated at United Nations

The event, marking the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians when Israel was created,…

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Settler attacks on Palestinians more than double in two years

Middle East Eye, 4 October 2021

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Boycotts Yitzhak Rabin Event

Yesterday progressive Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) was headlined in the Palestine news-sphere as word came…

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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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Call to action: Join Palestinian political prisoner’s day

Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association & Palestinian BDS National Committee, Apr 3, 2014

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Democracy Now! Interview with Mohammed Omer in Gaza City

Democracy Now!, November 15, 2012

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What Bibi Gains by Misrepresenting Obamas Middle East Policy

Joe Klein, Time, May 26, 2011 Of all the petty annoyances, misdemeanors and felonies of…

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Why Israelis Don’t Care About Peace with Palestinians

Karl Vick, Time, September 2, 2010 Jerusalem — Heli and Eli sell condos on Exodus…

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Israeli attack on Gaza flotilla sparks international outrage

Robert Booth, The Guardian, 31 May 2010

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Brothers in Arms: The Triumph of U.S.-Israeli Policy in Palestine

Jennifer Loewenstein, The Progressive, June 26, 2007

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Jimmy Carter’s Roadmap

NORMAN FINKELSTEIN, CounterPunch, NOVEMBER 13, 2006

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The Israel Lobby

John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, London Review of Books, 23 March 2006 For the past…

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Praying with Their Eyes Closed

Sara Roy, MIFTAH, August 20, 2005

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Goodbye to Gaza

But it is still Israel that can do most to improve the economic lot of…

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Twilight Zone: They said they’d kill me

Gideon Levy, Haaretz, July 10, 2005 Here he is – the survivor. His head and…

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Palestine: the economy of despair

The West Bank city of Nablus is relatively calm at present. Anyone who can raise…

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Mustafa Barghouti: The liberation of the Israeli and Palestinian people

Israel must understand that the liberation of the Israeli people depends on the liberation of…

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Reflections on the killing of Shaikh Ahmad Yasin

William R. Polk, March 28, 2004 Before a few days ago, few people in…

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19 Left Dead in Failed Hunt for Master Bomber

Chris McGreal in Nablus, The Guardian, January 9, 2004

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The hope of Shatila

Karma Nabulsi, The Guardian, 7 January 2004

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Amira Hass: Explaining the occupation to the occupier

Allen Ruff, Palestine-Israel Peace and Justice Alliance (PIPAJA), 12 Oct 2003 Amira Hass, the author…

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Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas for new ceasefire proposal