Israel

By Jeffrey Rudolph | (Detailed Political Quizzes) | Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot be taken seriously when he talks about Iran. While Netanyahu is a master at exploiting fear in a particularly fearful society, the following points demonstrate that thinking people can ignore his claims dealing with Iran. “Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders blasted […]

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Israeli forces destroy 450 olive trees, Roman-era well in Hebron, Palestine

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HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Wednesday destroyed 450 olive trees, leveled land, and demolished a Roman-era water well in the village of Beit Ula in northwestern Hebron, after claiming the Palestinian land [which is in the Occupied West Bank] belonged to Israel, locals said. h/t Ma’an Photos (File) Issa al-Imla, the coordinator of a […]

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Israel: Security Forces Abuse Palestinian Children: Chokeholds, Beatings, Coercive Interrogations

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Human Rights Watch | – – (Jerusalem) – Israeli security forces have used unnecessary force to arrest or detain Palestinian children as young as 11. Security forces have choked children, thrown stun grenades at them, beaten them in custody, threatened and interrogated them without the presence of parents or lawyers, and failed to let their […]

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ICC Prosecutor Ordered to Reconsider Israeli Flotilla Raid

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By IMEMC | – – The International Criminal Court on Thursday ordered its chief prosecutor to review a decision not to probe Israel’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010, saying “errors were made.” Fatou Bensouda late last year dropped the investigation leading to potential prosecution into the incident in which 10 Turkish activists […]

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Israel orders half of West Bank Palestinian village demolished after Ramadan

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Ma’an News Agency | – – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities ordered the demolition of around half of the homes in a village south of Hebron to be carried out after Ramadan, Israeli watchdogs said on Wednesday. (MaanImages/Charlie Hoyle, File) Rabbis for Human Rights and B’Tselem said in a statement that pressure from Israeli settlers […]

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The Next Gaza War

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By Max Blumenthal | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – “A fourth operation in the Gaza Strip is inevitable, just as a third Lebanon war is inevitable,” declared Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in February. His ominous comments came just days after an anti-tank missile fired by the Lebanon-based guerrilla group Hezbollah killed two soldiers in an […]

Education

Teaching tolerance: Five Israeli schools unite Jews and Palestinians

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By: Anna Kokko | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – JAFFA (Ma’an) — Paper lanterns crafted for Ramadan are hanging over the heads of children as they run between a snack table and a cartoon playing on the television. On first glance, this could be any other kindergarten in the city of Jaffa, where over […]

Israel

The Netanyahu Effect? Declining Support for 2 State Solution among Israelis, Palestinians

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Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) –Support for the two state solution decreased among both Palestinians and Israelis over the past year with just 51 percent of both populations vouching support, a recent poll reported. Compared to June 2014, support for the two-state solution decreased among Israelis from 62 percent to 51 percent […]

Iran

Why Exempt Israel? After Iran Deal, Make Middle East a Nuclear Free Zone

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By Farhang Jahanpour | (TFF) | – – The announcement of the nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers is a rare moment in history that gives us hope and provides a basis for optimism. By contemplating what the alternative would have entailed, any agreement, no matter how defective, is a great achievement and […]