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Ma’an News Agency | – – ‘BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A group of British doctors is pushing for the World Medical Association (WMA) to expel the Israeli Medical Association (IMA), the IMA’s chairman said on Wednesday during a meeting of the Knesset Science and Technology committee. In a discussion dealing with the academic boycott of Israel, […]

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Airbnb profits from Israeli theft of Palestinian Land with Squatter Listings

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AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “Palestinians are angry at Airbnb. The website advertises dozens of homes located in illegal Israeli settlements.” Israeli Settler Homes On Airbnb Opinion:"Airbnb takes a commission on property rentals, and so is profiting from Israel's colonisation of Palestine" https://t.co/uEo1Xs6ULG — Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) January 14, 2016 ACT […]

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Netanyahu demands more billions from US after Iran Deal, insults US Envoy, Steals more Land

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – At the Davos World Economic Forum, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu insisted that the deal between the UN Security Council and Iran limiting its enrichment program to purely civilian uses had made Israel less secure, and that it must therefore be granted tens of billions of […]

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Human Rights Watch: Businesses must cut off Israeli squatter settlements

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Human Rights Watch | – – (Jerusalem) – Businesses should stop operating in, financing, servicing, or trading with Israeli settlements in order to comply with their human rights responsibilities, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Those activities contribute to and benefit from an inherently unlawful and abusive system that violates the rights […]

Israel/ Palestine

Israeli Squatters scrawl hate graffiti on Jerusalem Church

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Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Suspected Israeli extremist wrote threatening hate speech on the doors of an ancient church in the Old City of Jerusalem >overnight Saturday, Wadie Abu Nassar, a senior advisor to the Catholic Church who is considered close to the Vatican, told Ma’an. Abu Nassar said the doors […]

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Israeli plan for minorities slammed as bid to ‘divide and conquer’

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By: Chloe Benoist | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A plan approved by Israel’s cabinet last week to provide half a billion dollars worth of assistance to Israel’s Druze and Circassian minorities has been denounced by leaders of Israel’s Palestinian community as a “divide and conquer” tactic. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]

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Palestinian Kids Dodge Settler Attacks Daily

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AJ+ | – – “These Palestinian kids need an army escort to get to school.” AJ+: “Palestinian Kids Dodge Settler Attacks”

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Swedish FM: Israel Extrajudicial killings; Netanyahu: OK to Kill Assailants

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Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday waded into a growing row over a call by Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom for an investigation into the possibility that Israeli forces have been carrying out “extrajudicial executions.” Speaking to foreign reporters at a new year’s reception, Netanyahu […]

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Israel Sued in US over Flotilla Attacks

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By IMEMC | – – Four people, including three Americans, have filed a civil suit against the state of Israel, seeking compensatory damages for injuries suffered during an attack aboard a U.S. ship in international waters during the year 2010. At a Washington press conference, Tuesday, the plaintiffs said they wanted compensation for “the harm […]