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Some of the Best Statements on the Gaza War
(updated 10/14/23)
- Peter Beinart (NY Times op ed 10/14/23)
- Peter Beinart (video and transcript)
- Adalah—The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (10/11/23)
- Michael Sfard (10/11/23)
- Amira Hass (10/10/23)
- Gideon Levy Israel Can’t Imprison Two Million Gazans Without Paying a Cruel Price (10/9/23)
- Breaking the Silence (10/8/23 on Instagram)
News Updates
Posted here Sunday, December 3, 2023
- Editorial | The Hero in the Jerusalem Shooting Attack Was Executed
- The Scope of Hamas’ Campaign of Rape Against Israeli Women Is Revealed, Testimony After Testimony
- Two Palestinians Killed in Separate Incidents in West Bank
- (Gideon Levy) Israel Has Turned Its Back on the Hostages in Favor of Destroying Gaza
- (Gideon Levy)While War Rages in Gaza, Israeli Troops and Settlers Grow Trigger Happy in Ramallah
Posted here Thursday, November 30, 2023
- (Gideon Levy) How Many Palestinians Dead in Gaza Is Too Many
- ‘This Is Bisan. I’m Still Alive’: The Gazans Reporting From the Ground on Social Media
- Cease-fire Gives Gazans Some Quiet, but the Food Shortage Persists Without a Solution in Sight
- A Covert Academic Boycott Against Israel: ‘U.S. Institutions Won’t Have Israeli Researchers’
- Editorial | Israel’s Police, Keep Your Hands Off the Hostages’ Families
- (from CNN) Release of Palestinian prisoners sheds light on controversial Israeli justice system in the occupied West Bank
Posted here Wednesday, November 29, 2023
- Ahead of Showdown in Senate | Conditioning U.S. Military Aid to Israel Triggers Fierce Debate Among Democrats
- Editorial | Now Is Not the Time for Israel to Show Mercy to Jewish Terrorists
- (Amira Hass) Gaza’s Unfolding Disaster: When Humanitarian Aid Is Your Last Meal
- Israeli Court Charges Palestinian Journalist With Encouraging Terrorism Over Facebook Posts
Posted here Monday, November 27, 2023
- Editorial | Don’t Amend Israel’s Nation-State Law. Repeal It
- (Gideon Levy) Is It Permissible to Rejoice in the Joy of Palestinians Released From Israeli Prisons?
- (Amira Hass) During Truce, Gazans Gather Bodies, Reveal Destruction, Seek Relatives
- Northern Israeli Kibbutz Residents Prevent Palestinians From Harvesting Their Olives
Posted here Saturday, November 25, 2023
- (Gideon Levy) 42 Palestinians Killed in Seven Weeks: A Visit to a West Bank City That Has Become a Firing Zone
- Editorial | Thanks to Israel’s Far-right Finance Minister, We’re on the Brink of Economic Disaster
Posted here Friday, November 24, 2023
- ‘This Is Not My Canada Anymore. We’re Experiencing an Unprecedented Assault on the Jewish Community’
- How Haaretz Is Counting Israel’s Dead From the October 7 Hamas Attack
- Israel’s Communications Minister Threatens Haaretz, Suggests Penalizing Its Gaza War Coverage
- As First Hostages Set to Be Released, Israel Is Already Planning Next Phase of Gaza War
- Western Diplomats: Gaza ‘On the Verge of Medical Catastrophe,’ Signs of Disease Outbreak
- Impossible to Separate How U.S. Views Israel With How Americans View Netanyahu, Says Top D.C. Liberal
- Repeal the Exclusionary Nation-state Law, for the Sake of All Israelis
Posted here Thursday, November 23, 2023
- (Gideon Levy) Giora Eiland’s Monstrous Gaza Proposal Is Evil in Plain Sight
- Editorial | On the Road to a Pseudo Democracy: Israel’s Eager-to-please Police and Its Dangerous Arrests
- Three-quarters of Palestinians Support Hamas’ Attack on October 7, Says New Poll. Why?
- That article references and links to a January 2023 “The Palestine/Israel Pulse: A Joint Poll“
- ‘Hurtful’: Susan Sarandon Dropped by Agency After pro-Palestinian Speech Ignites Antisemitism Uproar
- Palestinians Say Six Killed From Israeli Army Strike in West Bank Refugee Camp
Posted here Tuesday, November 21, 2023
- Why Netanyahu Won’t Shut Down the Crazy Talk About ‘Resettling’ Gaza
- (Amira Hass) Renowned Palestinian-American Poet Released After Israel Arrest in Gaza
Posted here Monday, November 20, 2023
- U.S. to Push Israel on Allowing Gaza Offshore Gas Reserves to Revitalize Palestinian Economy
- As War Rages, Israeli Settlers and Soldiers Try to Block the Palestinian Olive Harvest
- Israeli Opposition Party Proposes Amending Nation-State Law With ‘Equality Clause’
- (Gideon Levy) Roger Waters: Stop Denying the Hamas Atrocities of October 7
- Netanyahu’s Evangelical Love Affair Isn’t Helping Cratering U.S. Support for Israel
- IDF Kills Five West Bank Palestinians It Says Planned Imminent Terror Attack
- (Gideon Levy) A Population Transfer Under the Cover of War: A Visit to the Forsaken Land of Settler Militias
Posted here Friday, November 17, 2023
- What Is Students for Justice in Palestine, the Group Igniting U.S. Campus Wars Over Israel
- Editorial | Stop Israel’s Warmongering Settlers
Posted here Thursday, November 16, 2023
- Bin Laden’s Justification for 9/11 Goes Viral on TikTok in Wake of Israel-Hamas War
- Progressive Democrats Launch First Effort to Block U.S. Arms Sales to Israel Since Start of Gaza War
- Six Israelis Wounded, One Critically, in Shooting Attack at Tunnel Checkpoint Near Bethlehem; Three Gunmen Killed
- Gaza in Ruins: The Largest Palestinian City in the World Will Soon Be Uninhabitable
- Revealed: The Munitions U.S. Supplied Israel for Gaza War
- Editorial | The Israeli Army Is Not a Gang
- (Gideon Levy) Israel’s Next Surprise Is Coming From the West Bank
Posted here Tuesday, November 14, 2023
- Who’s Afraid to Reveal the Palestinian ‘Secrets’ of 1948?
- Seven Palestinians Killed, Three Critically Wounded by Israeli Army Fire in West Bank City of Tul Karm
- A Short History of Gaza: 5,000 Years of Strife
- Editorial | Arresting Arabs and Left-wingers: How Israel Intends to Crack Down on Domestic Dissent Over Gaza War
Posted here Sunday, November 12, 2023
- ‘We’re Rolling Out Nakba 2023,’ Israeli Minister Says on Northern Gaza Strip Evacuation
- (Gideon Levy) Children Are Children, Whether in Israel or Gaza. They Never Deserve to Die
- Editorial | Israel’s Justice Minister, Unrepentant and Unrelenting
- Jerusalem Court Extends Remand of History Teacher Over Posts Against Israel-Hamas War
Posted here Saturday, November 11, 2023
- Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis Turns Into a Strategic Weapon for Israel
- MIT Explains Why It Didn’t Suspend pro-Palestinian Students Threatening Jews: ‘Visa Issues’
- (Amira Hass) Gazans Told to Move South Must Choose Between Israeli Bombardment and Disease
- Gaza Officials: Some 22 People Killed as Israeli Airstrikes Hit Near Shifa Hospital, School
Posted here Friday, November 10, 2023
- Israeli Soldiers Document and Proudly Post Their Own Abuse of Palestinians
- Editorial | Israel Is Undermining Its Citizens’ Right to Protest
Posted here Thursday, November 9, 2023
- Four Former Arab Israeli Lawmakers Detained for Questioning by Police Over Plans for Anti-war Protest
- At Least Ten Palestinians Killed, 20 Injured, in Israeli Army Daytime West Bank Airstrike
- Editorial | Nip Messianic Fantasies in the Bud: Jewish Settlements in Gaza Cannot Be Re-established
- (Gideon Levy) If Israel Resists Examining Its Own Failures, Another War Awaits Us
- Netanyahu Condemns Settler Violence as a Gesture to Biden, Then Rushes to Appease His Base
- Palestinians, Antisemitism Top Agenda as GOP Presidential Candidates Lock Horns in Miami Debate
Posted here Wednesday, November 8, 2023
- Talk of Re-establishing Jewish Settlements in Gaza Strip Damages Israeli Legitimacy, Western Diplomats Warn
- (Amira Hass) Israel Must Take the Gaza Re-settlers Seriously
- AIPAC vs. The Squad: How the Israel-Gaza War Is Supercharging an Ugly Clash
- Tlaib Censured for Israel-Hamas Rhetoric, Defense of ‘River to the Sea’ Slogan
- Two Gazan Laborers Die in Israeli Custody, Army Fails to Open Investigation
Posted here Monday, November 6, 2023
- (Jonathan Cook in Consortium News) Without Hamas, Gaza Would Still Not Be Free
- Israeli Army Arrests Palestinian Activist Ahed Tamimi Following Threat to ‘Slaughter Settlers’
- (Tamimi denial in Al Jazeera) Israel arrests Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi in occupied West Bank raids
- Editorial | Fire Israel’s Far Right
- (Gideon Levy) If We Can’t See Gaza’s Dead Children’s Eyes, Can We See Children at All?
- Checkpoints, Closed Shops, Not Enough Medicine: Hawara Has Become a Ghost Town
Posted here Sunday, October 29, 2023
- House Speaker Mike Johnson Tells GOP Jewish Confab: ‘God Is Not Done With Israel’
- ‘Death to Arabs’: Students Evacuated From Dorms After Hundreds of Rioters Attempt Break-in
- Thousands Break Into UN Warehouses in Gaza as Desperation Grows Amid Israel-Hamas War
- Israeli Settler Kills Palestinian Harvesting Olives in West Bank as Violence Rises Amid Gaza War
- Trump Hailed at Republican Jewish Summit, Vows to Cancel pro-Palestinian Protesters’ Visas
Posted here Friday, October 27, 2023
- House Speaker Mike Johnson Tells GOP Jewish Confab: ‘God Is Not Done With Israel’
- GOP Presidential Candidates to Talk Israel-Gaza at Republicans’ Jewish Confab in Las Vegas
- Israeli Poll Finds 49% Support Holding Off on Gaza Ground Offensive
- Editorial | Biden Is Right: After the War, It’s Time for Two States
- Friends of the IDF Launches Emergency Fundraising for Israel While Sitting on Huge Cash Pile
Posted here Thursday, October 26, 2023
- Gazan Workers Describe Inhuman Treatment at Israeli Detention Centers Since Outbreak of War
- Arab-Jewish Conference Canceled After Israel Police Warn Venue Owner of ‘Consequences’
- Israeli NY-based Artist Threatened After Her Satirical Video Is Distorted by pro-Palestinians
- Biden Says Two-state Solution Must Follow Israel-Hamas War, Slams ‘Extremist’ West Bank Settlers
- Editorial | Protect Israel’s Arab Citizens
- (Amira Hass) How Palestinians and Their Western Allies Justify the Horrors Committed by Hamas
- (Gideon Levy) It Is Forbidden to Even Empathize With Innocent Gazans
Posted here Wednesday, October 25, 2023
- Turkey’s Erdogan Says Hamas Is ‘Liberation Group,’ Not Terrorists, Cancels Israel Visit
- Walkouts Protesting ‘Gaza Genocide’ Planned on Campuses Across U.S.
- Editorial | Israel’s Government Is Abandoning the Economy, Too
- ‘Even Before the War, Water in Gaza Was Not Enough to Shower’
Posted here Tuesday, October 24, 2023
- Israeli Army Expels Palestinian Activist (Issa Amro) From Hebron Home Amid Increasing Restrictions
- Israeli Police Arrest Actress Over Online Post Allegedly Endorsing Hamas Attack
- This Israeli Professor Is Warning Jewish Parents to Keep Their Kids Away From Elite U.S. Colleges
- Should Al Jazeera’s Israel Office Be Shut down?
- Editorial | Israel’s Top Priority Must Be to Free the Hostages
- ICJ to Hold Hearings on Consequences of Israeli Practices in Palestinian Territory in February 2024
Posted here Monday, October 23, 2023
- (Michael Sfard) In Gaza, Israel Is Racing to the Moral Abyss
- The Battle Over the Israel-Hamas War Is Heating Up in Washington
- Editorial | Go Home, Gal Hirsch! Israel Needs Someone Capable of the Job
Posted here Sunday, October 22, 2023
- Israel Uses Warplane to Strike in West Bank for First Time Since 2000s
- Cigarette Burns, Beatings, Attempted Sexual Assault: Settlers and Soldiers Abused Palestinians
- French, Canadian Intelligence Say Palestinian Rocket, Not Israeli Airstrike, Caused Gaza Hospital Blast
- Qatar Exerts Sway to Release U.S.-Israeli Hostages as Netanyahu’s Stance Remains Iffy
- Editorial | Israel’s Communication Minister Takes on His Role in the War Effort: Silencing the Media
- (Gideon Levy) Save the Israeli Hostages. Release Palestinian Prisoners, Quickly
Posted here Friday, October 20, 2023
- Biden to Ask Congress for $14b in Israel Military Aid: ‘Hostile Actors Will Know Israel Stronger Than Ever’
- Editorial | Testing Israel’s Democracy in Wartime
- Knesset Ethics Committee Suspends, Docks Pay of MK for Tying Gaza War to Holocaust
Posted here Thursday, October 19, 2023
- (Gideon Levy) The War in Gaza Must Stop Immediately
- (Amira Hass) With No Water or Electricity From Israel, Gazans Risk Dehydration and Disease
- Editorial | Biden Demonstrated America’s Commitment to Israel and Its Security
- Tens of Thousands Sign Petitions Demanding Ousters of U.S. Professors Seen as pro-Hamas
Posted here Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Posted here Tuesday, October 17, 2023
- Protesting University’s ‘Tiptoeing’ on Hamas, Wexner Foundation Cuts Ties With Harvard
- Editorial | Palestinian Expulsion Amid the Fog of War
Posted here Monday, October 16, 2023
- Israelis in 28 Communities Near Lebanon Border to Be Evacuated by Army
- ‘A Betrayal of Our Fundamental Principles’ | Israeli Leftist Academics Call Out Political Allies for Tolerating Hamas
- The Unseen Victims of Hamas: Thai Workers in Israel
- Editorial | The Collapse of Israel’s Government Ministries
- (Amira Hass) Germany, You Have Long Since Betrayed Your Responsibility
- Israel Allows Water Into Gaza Strip via the Rafah Crossing, but No Fuel nor Food
Posted here Sunday, October 15, 2023
- (Gideon Levy) A Ground Invasion of Gaza Is a Disaster Foretold
- Gaza Health Ministry: At Least 2,300 Killed in the Gaza Strip, 47 Families Have Been Wiped Out
- Editorial | Settlers Are Trying to Drag Israel Into War in the West Bank
Posted here Saturday, October 14, 2023
- Progressives Warn of Israeli ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ in Gaza, Widening Rift With Mainstream Democrats
- Editorial | Biden’s Words Must Serve as Israel’s Moral Compass. Listen to Them
- Two Palestinians Killed in Settler Attack on Ambulances, Palestinian Health Ministry Says
Posted here Thursday, October 12, 2023
- Trump Slams Israel Days After Hamas Attacks: ‘I’ll Never Forget Bibi Let Us Down’
- Students’ Solidarity With Hamas Raises Fears Among Young Jews on Campuses Across the U.S.
- (Amira Hass) Israeli Settlers Aren’t Pausing the Expulsion and Dispossession in the West Bank
- Editorial | Amid Gaza War, Israel’s Emergency Gov’t Must Throw Out National Security Minister Ben-Gvir
- (Gideon Levy) The Reckoning Must Be With Hamas, Not With All Gazans
Posted here Wednesday, October 11, 2023
- Netanyahu and Gantz Agree on Formation of Emergency Gov’t During War With Hamas
- Gaza Power Plant Stops Operating Due to Lack of Fuel, Palestinian Energy Authority Says
- Editorial | An Israel-Hamas Prisoner Exchange Now
- Tucker Carlson Questions U.S. Support for Israel War – Could the GOP Follow?
- B’Tselem (please review the headlines and stories on B’Tselem’s Homepage)
- (Jonathan Cook in Middle East Eye) Israel-Palestine war: The blood of Gaza is on the West’s hands as much as Israel’s)
- (Jonathan Cook in Middle East Eye) The West’s hypocrisy towards Gaza’s breakout is stomach-turning
- Editorial | Enter an Emergency Government, but With Conditions
- Statement Blaming Israel for Violence, Endorsed by Harvard Students, Unleashes Backlash
Posted here Monday, October 9, 2023
- Editorial | Israel Must First Bring Home Its Own
- After a Decade Inside the Most Radical Circles of Israel’s Far-right, He’s Ready to Tell All
- Hamas Wanted to Avoid the ‘Cash for Restraint’ Trap That Doomed the Palestinian Authority
Posted here Friday, October 6, 2023
- Yair Netanyahu Wants to Move to U.S. but Fears Visa Refusal Over Strained Relations
- One Palestinian Killed After Settlers Enter West Bank Town of Hawara to Set Up Sukkah
- Editorial | The Growing Chaos Enveloping the State of Israel
Posted here Wednesday, October 4, 2023
- Blinken Overrides GOP Block on Palestinian Food Aid at Last Minute Amid Looming Crisis
- Five People Arrested on Suspicion of Spitting at Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City
- Editorial | A Spit in the Face: Anti-Christian Incidents in Jerusalem Spread Epidemic of Jewish Supremacy
- Gulf States, Ukraine Propel Record-breaking Spike in Sales for Israeli Arms and Cyber
- Seven Yesh Atid Lawmakers Show Support for MK Challenging Yair Lapid for Party Leadership
Posted here Tuesday, October 3, 2023
- Prominent Settler Activist Says Spitting on Christians ‘Ancient Jewish Custom’
- Jewish Leaders and Israeli Ministers Condemn Jews Spitting on Christians in Jerusalem
- Editorial | The Jewish National Fund for Hilltop Youth and Annexation
here Friday, September 29, 2023
- Palestinians Protesting on Gaza Border Announce Freeze After Two Weeks of Violent Rallies
- Saudi Arabia Pushing Deal Without Major Israeli Concessions to Palestinians, Report Says
- Opinion | For Israel’s Arabs, the Time for Civil Disobedience Is Now
- Trump Wanted to Condition Aid to Israel on Peace Deal With Palestinians, New Book Claims
Posted here Sunday, September 24, 2023
- U.S. Expected to Announce Israel Accepted Into Visa Waiver Program in Coming Days
- Hamas, Islamic Jihad, PFLP Announce Intention to Escalate Conflict With Israel
- Two Palestinians Killed, Israeli Soldier Moderately Wounded in Exchange of Fire in West Bank
Posted here Friday, September 22, 2023
- Israeli Far-right Activists Disrupt EU Delegation’s Visit to West Bank
- Peace Between Israel and Saudi Arabia Will ‘Truly Create a New Middle East,’ Netanyahu Tells UN
- Palestinian Militant Killed by IDF Gunfire Near Jenin; Israeli Forces Arrest Militant in Nablus
- Israel’s Tensions Spill Onto NY Streets as Pro-democracy and pro-Netanyahu Protesters Face-off
- Editorial | Symbolic Crumbs for the Palestinians From Israel Will Not Be Enough in a Saudi Deal
- (Gideon Levy) The ‘Perfect’ Israeli Reservist From ’60 Minutes’ Has Palestinian Children’s Blood on Her Hands
- West Bank Settler Violence Displaced Over 1,100 Palestinians Since 2022, UN Report Says
- Organization Promoting Israel on Social Media Pauses Operations Because of Judicial Coup
Posted here Tuesday, September 19, 2023
- (Live feed) Netanyahu Arrives in New York for UN Meetings; Israelis, U.S. Jews Launch First Pro-democracy Protests
- Analysis | Flying to America, Netanyahu Reveals His Truly Poisonous Agenda for Israel
- Israel Extends Gaza Border Closure Until Further Notice, Preventing Palestinian Laborers From Working
- Saudi FM: No Solution to Israel-Palestine Conflict Without Independent Palestine
- Gov’t pushes bill for facial recognition surveillance cameras in public spaces
Posted here Friday, September 15, 2023
- Revealed: Israeli Cyber Firms Have Developed an ‘Insane’ New Spyware Tool. No Defense Exists
- (Gideon Levy) The Palestinian Boy Whose Village Was Destroyed Turned Into a True Freedom Fighter
Posted here Thursday, September 14, 2023
- Rosh Hashanah | American Rabbis, Tell Your Congregants: The Israel You Knew Is a Relic of the Past
- (Gideon Levy) Whatever the Supreme Court Rules, Israel Won’t Be a Democracy
Posted here Tuesday, September 12, 2023
- (Live Feed) Israel’s Days of Judgment | Israel’s Supreme Court Hears Petitions Against First Netanyahu Law Attacking Judiciary
- Everything You Need to Know About Today’s Supreme Court vs. Netanyahu Government Drama – and What’s at Stake for Israel
- Editorial | The Most Important Supreme Court Hearing in Israel’s History
Posted here Sunday, September 10, 2023
- (Gideon Levy) All of a Sudden, Israeli Soldiers and Officers Are War Criminals
- (Gideon Levy) Far From the Eyes of the World, an Unbelievable Population Transfer Is Underway in the West Bank
- (Thomas L. Friedman) The Thread Connecting Trump, Putin and Netanyahu
- Israel Police Confiscate Hundreds of Books Depicting Palestinian Flag From East Jerusalem Students
- Thousands of Members of Israel’s Cultural and Academic Elite Implore Biden, UN Not to Meet Netanyahu
- U.S. Senators Urge Halting Israel’s Visa Waiver Program Due to Its Discrimination Against Palestinian-Americans
- Israel Police Confiscate Hundreds of Books Depicting Palestinian Flag From East Jerusalem Students
Posted here Tuesday, September 5, 2023
- ‘I Don’t Trust Him’ | In Fiery Speech, Gantz Blasts Netanyahu as Unfit, Says Compromise Talks a Spin
- Next U.S. Ambassador to Israel: Biden Nominates Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew
- Editorial | Israel’s Humiliating Practice of Strip-searching Palestinian Women
- (Amira Hass) Using an Attack Dog, Israeli Women Soldiers Forced Palestinian Women to Undress
- Israeli Ban on Gaza Exports Deals Blow to Long-suffering Economy
- Police chief: 7 Million participated in pro-democracy protests
- (Amira Hass) Analysis | Lone-wolf Attacks by Palestinians Convey Weakness and Don’t Stop Israel’s Land Theft
- (Gideon Levy) Opinion | Israelis and Palestinians Fell Into the Oslo Accords Trap
Posted here Wednesday, August 30, 2023
- One Killed in Rare Clash Between Palestinian Security Forces and Gunmen
- Israeli Settlers Killing Palestinians: A History of Impunity
- Top Israeli Ministers Witness Demolition of Bedouin Houses; Ben-Gvir: It’s a ‘Sacred Duty’
Posted here Monday, August 28, 2023
- Netanyahu’s Hasbara Minister Wants to Revoke Credentials of Journalists Critical of Israel
- Editorial | Israel Cruelly Separated a Palestinian Mother From Her Young Children. She Must Return
- UN Schools in Gaza Begin School Year Uncertain if They Will Stay Open
Posted here Sunday, August 27, 2023
- Palestinian Mother Deported to Gaza After 30 Years in Israel Allowed to Return to Settle Legal Status
- Analysis | Israeli Settlers and Their Political Allies Are Turning the West Bank Into Apartheid Land
- Editorial | Israel Has ‘700 Million Shekels’ for West Bank Settlements, but None for Ukrainian Refugees
- Israeli High Court Okays Razing Home of 13-year-old Palestinian Who Stabbed Police Officer
- Opinion | From ‘Death to Arabs’ to ‘Sorry, Mohammad’
Posted here Friday, August 25, 2023
- Palestinian Mother of 12 Expelled to Gaza After Living in Israel for 30 Years
- Is It Antisemitic When Netanyahu Ministers Call Israel an Apartheid State?
- Editorial | The Roots of Israel’s Judicial Coup, Tangled in Apartheid
- Jewish Students at Princeton Defend Professor Slammed for Promoting anti-Israel Book
- A Revolution in Zionist Education? New Canadian Program Aims to Teach Israel ‘Warts-and-all’
- Analysis | What NYC Mayor Eric Adams Should Have Done on His Trip to Israel
Posted here Thursday, August 24, 2023
- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak Takes on AIPAC During Pro-democracy Event in U.S.
- Editorial | Fire Ben-Gvir Immediately
- (Gideon Levy) Opinion | Israeli ‘Heroes’ Execute Arabs With Impunity
Posted here Tuesday, August 22, 2023
- 12,000 Palestinian-Americans Entered Israel From West Bank in U.S. Visa Waiver Pilot Program
- New York Mayor Eric Adams to Meet Leaders of Israel’s Pro-democracy Movement
- 17-year-old Palestinian Killed During Israeli Military Raid in Northern West Bank
- Unarmed Palestinian Shot in the Back During Israeli Security Operation in the West Bank
Posted here Monday, August 21, 2023
- Editorial | Under Netanyahu, Israel Is Treating Christians With Intensified Contempt
- Arab Leaders Clash With Police During Protest Against Government’s Freezing of Budgets
- New York City Mayor Eric Adams to Meet Netanyahu on First Official Visit to Israel
Posted here Sunday, August 20, 2023
- Tens of thousands of Israelis protest judicial overhaul for 33rd week amid rising intimidation of women and IDF crisis
- Israeli Army Opens Fire at Masked Israelis in West Bank, Moderately Wounding One of Them
- Duma Arson Murders | Dozens of Right-wing Rabbis Call to Improve Conditions of Israeli Murderer
- (Gideon Levy) Another Terror Attack That Never Was: Israeli Troops Kill a Palestinian and Beat Up His Friend
- (Amira Hass) Should These Palestinians Have Access to Their Land Only Twice a Year?
Posted here Thursday, August 17, 2023
- Gideon Levy) Opinion | When the So-called Left Salutes Israel’s Occupation Force
- U.S. Approves $3.5 Billion Sale of Israeli Missile Defense System to Germany
- New Visa Policy Threatens to Shut Down Evangelical Organizations Operating in Israel
- Two West Bank Outposts to Be Expanded After Israel Retroactively Authorized Them
Posted here Tuesday, August 15, 2023
- Israeli Court Orders Release of Settler Suspected of Murdering Palestinian in West Bank
- Israeli Reporter Refusing to Change Seats for ultra-Orthodox Men Blamed for Flight Delay
- Editorial | AIPAC Is the pro-Netanyahu, anti-Israel Lobby
Posted here Monday, August 14, 2023
- (Gideon Levy) Opinion | Kaplan Street Must Realize There’s No Longer Such Thing as the Occupation, It’s Already One State
- Israel’s Arab Mayors Plan Protest, General Strike Over Funds Withheld From Their Towns
- Right-wing Protesters Call to Free Suspect in Shooting of Palestinian, Pepper-spray Arab Family
Posted here Friday, August 11, 2023
- Here Are the Front-runners to Be the New U.S. Ambassador to Israel
- Kyiv Plans to Revoke Visa-free Entry for Israelis, Ukrainian Report Says
- Opinion | Where Are Israel’s Arabs Supposed to Go?
- Palestinians: One Killed, Four Wounded During Israeli Operation in West Bank Refugee Camp
- (Amira Hass)Analysis | Israel Prevents Palestinians From Defending Themselves as It Empowers the Settlers
Posted here Thursday, August 10, 2023
- Opinion | For Decades, I Defended Israel From Claims of Apartheid. I No Longer Can
- Editorial | Double Standards for Arabs and Jews, Brought to You by Israel’s Knesset
- Labor Head Blames Party, Not Herself, for Dooming Meretz in Israel’s Previous Election
- Progressive Jewish Group Leaves Umbrella Org Over Disagreements on Israel Advocacy
- (Gideon Levy) Opinion | A Murdered Palestinian, and Clear-cut Israeli Apartheid
Posted here Tuesday, August 8, 2023
- How 30 Israelis From Philly Stopped a U.S. Billionaire From Funding Israel’s Judicial Coup
- Israeli Security Orgs Urge Detention Without Trial of Settler Suspected in Palestinian Killing
- ‘Political Bribe’ | Far-right Finance Minister Freezes Funds for Israeli Arab Cities, East J’lem Students Despite Shin Bet and Ed. Ministry’s Position
- Opinion | Mahmoud Abu Rish Dreamed of Returning to His Land. Israel’s Court Destroyed His Dream
- German Antisemitism Czar Says Calling Israel ‘Apartheid’ Is Antisemiti
Posted here Sunday, August 6, 2023
- Israeli Army Kills Three Palestinians Near Jenin; IDF Say They Thwarted Attack
- (Gideon Levy) A Palestinian Ambulance Was Stopped at an East Jerusalem Checkpoint. The Patient Died
- Ben-Gvir Praises Settlers Suspected of Murdering Palestinian in West Bank as ‘Heroes’
- ‘He Acted in Self-defense’ | Two Israeli Lawmakers Visit Hospitalized Settler Suspected of Murdering Palestinian
- U.S. Condemns Killings of Palestinian in West Bank, Israeli in Tel Aviv, Labels Both ‘Terror Attacks’
- Analysis | Once Considered Taboo, Discussing Ending U.S. Military Aid to Israel Has Become Increasingly Popular
Posted here Wednesday, August 2, 2023
- (Amira Hass) Opinion | Israeli Colonialism, Now on WhatsApp
- Israel’s Democratic Crisis | Judicial Coup Drives Israeli Doctors to Emigrate at Any Cost. Even Working for Free
- Cops Investigated for Violence Against Protesters Receive Heroes’ Welcome From Colleagues
- Far-right MKs Call for Israeli Annexation of West Bank, Rail Against Top Army Officers
- Education Ministry Bans Israeli–Palestinian Bereaved Families Forum From Schools
Posted here Saturday, July 29, 2023
- (Live feed) Israel’s Judicial Overhaul | Israelis Protest Netanyahu Government’s Judicial Overhaul for 30th Consecutive Week
- (Gideon Levy) Opinion | When Israel Inadvertently Does the Right Thing
Posted here Friday, July 28, 2023
- Israeli Court Orders Eviction of Bedouin Village for New Predominantly Jewish Neighborhood
- Analysis | Worried About Growing U.S. Criticism, Netanyahu Goes on American Media Blitz
Posted here Wednesday, July 26, 2023
- Editorial | The True Goal of Israel’s Judicial Coup Has Been Revealed
- European Tech Prize Cancels Israel Visit in Protest Over Judicial Overhaul
Posted here Monday, July 24, 2023
- ‘Take the Good Things From the U.S.’: Ben-Gvir Calls for Arming Israeli Civilians, Enact Death Penalty
- Israeli Army Arrests 17 Palestinians in Overnight West Bank Operation
- Most Americans Would Choose a Democratic Over a Jewish Israel, Poll Finds
- U.S. Senators Introduce Major Legislation on Israel’s Normalization Efforts
Posted here Sunday, July 23, 2023
- Editorial | Netanyahu’s All-you-can-steal Government Seeks a West Bank Plunder
- (Live feed) Netanyahu’s Judicial Coup | Israel Braces for Mass Protests as Knesset Convenes to Debate Contentious Bill
- Israeli antiquities are stranded at Trump’s Florida estate as authorities fail to retrieve them
- Haredi Leaders Have Earned the Rage of Secular Israelis
Posted here Saturday, July 22, 2023
Posted here Saturday, July 15, 2023
Posted here Wednesday, July 12, 2023
- As Rage Mounts in the West Bank, Palestinian Factions Seek to Appease the People
- NYT columnist Tom Friedman says Biden’s reassessment of U.S.-Israel ties ‘inevitable’
Posted here Thursday, July 6, 2023
- Gantz Warns Netanyahu Will Be Responsible for Bloodshed After Night of Protests Leaves 14 Wounded
- Israeli Officer Who Killed Autistic Palestinian in 2020 Acquitted
Posted here Wednesday, July 5, 2023
- (Live feed) Israelis Take to the Streets After Ouster of Tel Aviv Police Chief
- (Amira Hass) Israel’s Sci-fi Assault on Jenin Paves the Way for New Settlements
Posted here Monday, July 3, 2023
- Live Feed: Pro-democracy Protest Leaders: ‘Even on a Day Like This, We Have to Go on Protesting, Even at the Airport’
- Israeli Army Strikes Jenin in Large-scale ‘Anti-terror’ Operation; Eight Palestinians Killed
- Analysis | Is Israel’s Jenin Operation a Military Priority, or a Show for the Settlers?
- ‘Blood Spilled in Jenin to Determine Response,’ Palestinian Factions Warn as Israeli Op Continues
- International Community Starts Speaking of ‘One-state Reality’ in Light of Israel’s Settlement Construction
- Opinion | It’s Time to Make Israel’s Protest Impolite
Posted here Thursday, June 29, 2023
- ‘Undermines Democracy and Free Press’: Foreign Journalists Slam Netanyahu Minister for Calling Their Reports ‘Fake’
- How Should the World React to Jewish Terror
(preposterous, of course, contrast with this Times of Israel article from January 28, 2019, https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-to-boot-international-observers-out-of-hebron-netanyahu-says/)
Posted here Monday, June 26, 2023
- Jerusalem Set to Build Youth Club for Jews at the Heart of a Palestinian Neighborhood
- Israel Approves West Bank Settlement Expansion, Legalizing Outposts and Building New Homes
- Israeli Reporter Goes Undercover as Priest – and Gets Spat At
- Israeli Human Rights Group B’Tselem Unveils Yuli Novak as New Director
Posted here Sunday, June 25, 2023
- U.S. to Stop Funding From Academic Institutions in the West Bank
- It’s Not Just Rogue Settlers, Blame the Israeli Institutions That Enable Them
- Israel Poisoned Palestinian Land to Build West Bank Settlement in 1970s, Documents Reveal
- (Gideon Levy) Opinion | And Who Is Supposed to Protect the Palestinians?
- Haaretz Today | Israeli Settlers Attacked American Citizens. Will the U.S. Now Act?
Posted here Saturday, June 24, 2023
Posted here Thursday, June 22, 2023
Posted here Wednesday, June 21, 2023
- Israeli Army: 3 Palestinian Terrorists Killed in West Bank Drone Strike
- Palestinian Shot Dead as Dozens of Jewish Settlers Torch Homes, Vehicles in West Bank
- Netanyahu Gov’t to Fast Track 1,000 Housing Units at Site of West Bank Terror Attack
Posted here Tuesday, June 20, 2023
- Four Israelis Killed, Four Wounded in West Bank Shooting Attack
- Israeli Border Police Officer Gets 8 Months’ Suspended Sentence for Assaulting Palestinian Woman
- For Palestinians in Jenin, Monday’s Firefight Recalls IDF Raids During Second Intifada
- Israeli Army Moves Forward With Cases Against Palestinians, Despite Lack of Legal Representation
- Editorial | Israeli Attorneys Bear a Historical Responsibility Today
- ‘I’ll Blow It Up’: Far-right MKs Threaten Summer Camp for Israeli and Palestinian Orphans
Posted here Monday, June 19 , 2023
- Netanyahu Government and Settlers Push for West Bank Operation, but the IDF Is Reluctant
- 7 Israeli Soldiers Wounded, 4 Palestinians Killed in Clashes in Jenin; Army Gunship Helicopter Opens Fire
- Editorial | The Legal Coup Is the Means. The Ends Are Annexation and Apartheid
Posted here Sunday, June 18 , 2023
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Posted here Thursday, June 8 , 2023
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Posted here Friday, June 2 , 2023
- Israeli Police Issue New Orders Limiting Protests Outside Netanyahu’s Party Headquarters
- Ta-Nehisi Coates in Ramallah: ‘What’s Happening to Palestinians Looks Bad’
- Israeli Settlers Allowed to Live in West Bank Firing Zone After Palestinians Were Evacuated
- Primo Levi’s Words Echo Across the Daily Routine of Israelis and Palestinians
Posted here Sunday, May 28 , 2023
Posted here Thursday, May 18 , 2023
- Far-right Minister, Likud Lawmakers Visit Temple Mount/Al-Aqsa Compound as Jerusalem Braces for Nationalist Flag March
- Israel’s Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has asked to prepare for 500,000 more settlers to move to the West Bank by updating the infrastructure in settlements and illegal outposts
Posted here Wednesday, May 17 , 2023
Posted here Tuesday, May 15, 2023
Posted here Tuesday, March 28, 2023
- Knesset Bans Bread in Hospitals Over Passover, Enshrining Jewish Religious Edict Into Law
The legislation is the brainchild of finance committee chairman MK Moshe Gafni, whose ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party has moved to reverse many of the reforms to Israel’s religious status quo championed by the previous government
Posted here Wednesday, March 22, 2023
- This Is the Disturbing Reality of Israeli Land Theft and Right-wing Rule
The approval of a bill allowing Israelis to remain in four West Bank settlements reflects the rise of the monster against its creator. Methods that Israel and the settlers successfully used against Palestinians are now undermining segments of Jewish Israeli society - Netanyahu After U.S. Rebuke: Law Allowing Return to Evacuated Settlements ‘Ends Jewish Humiliation,’ but Israel Won’t Build There
Hours after the Biden administration excoriated Israel over its passage of a law permitting the resettlement of illegal outposts evacuated in 2005, the State Dept. summoned Mike Herzog to express its concern -
Israeli Far-right MK’s Spokesperson Shares Video on ‘Why We Need to Wipe Out Hawara’
‘All the houses in the village should be destroyed. It’s allowed, it’s ethical, it’s legitimate,’ says a far-right settler activist in a video shared by the spokesperson of Otzma Yehudit lawmaker Limor Son Har-Melech
Posted here Saturday, March 18, 2023
- Israel’s High Court Will Strike Down the Coup Legislation, Top Legal Experts Say
The judicial overhaul will destroy democracy, the Knesset isn’t authorized to enact such laws, and their important clauses will be struck down by the High Court: Retired justices, former attorneys general and law professors weigh in
Posted here Tuesday, March 14, 2023
- Blast on Israel’s Seamline Could Herald a New Era of Palestinian Bomb-making
The Shin Bet and IDF are worried that West Bank terrorists preparing to use a traditionally lethal and effective weapon in their campaign against Israel – explosive charges and belts – for the first time in years
- U.K., France and Dozen Other EU Members Call on Israel to Halt East Jerusalem Dispossession
The evictions, which have put hundreds of Palestinians at risk of dispossession, could come right ahead of Ramadan, the diplomats warned
Posted here Wednesday, March 4, 2023
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Opinion |God Save Israel, I Don’t Know Who Else Can
When I see the imminent collapse of Israel’s democratic regime, I think of Poland’s pre-war nationalists who became Nazi collaborators. We cannot leave Israel and Judaism in the hands of racists and xenophobes among us
Posted here Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Posted here Sunday, February 21, 2023
- Equating Israeli and Iranian Protests, U.S. Lawmakers Slam Netanyahu’s Judicial Overhaul
Longtime allies of Israel in the Democratic Party are intensifying their warnings about Jerusalem turning its back on democratic practices, placing Benjamin Netanyahu and his extremist government in previously unimaginable company
Ben Samuels Washington Feb 19, 2023
Posted here Sunday, February 12, 2023
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The Kohelet Tentacles: Inside the Web Surrounding the Right-wing Think Tank
Some are funded directly, some of them share staff, some of them collaborate: From settlements to education to immigration, the Kohelet Policy Forum has a diverse range of NGOs under its wing
Shuki Sadeh Shomrim
Posted here Wednesday, January 20, 2023
- AG Tells Netanyahu to Dismiss Loyalist Dery After High Court Ruling
Israel’s High Court barred Arye Dery from serving as interior and health minister on Wednesday due to his criminal convictions
Chen Maanit Jan 19, 2023
Posted here Wednesday, July 12, 2019
- Attorney General Backs Legal Petition to Allow Israeli Arabs to Enter Public Park
Limiting access ‘raises serious questions’ on discrimination, Mendelblit argues, urging court to freeze northern municipality’s decision
Noa Shpigel Jul 12, 2019 1:42 PM
Posted here Wednesday, July 9, 2019
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Opinion Nazareth, the Thorn in Israel’s Side
Nazareth is stuck in the intrigues of Judaization, expulsion and the distortion of history. The family, urban and cultural continuum is very much in evidence there. And in Nazareth Illit? Judging by the nameplates, many of the residents are Arabs who live their lives in the lower city
Amira Hass - Analysis Not Just Qatari Cash: Why Violence Has Subsided Along Gaza-Israel Border
Like previous concessions to Hamas, the decision to allow more Gazan to work in Israel was never published by Israeli officials
Amos Harel
Posted here Friday, July 4, 2019
- Burying the Nakba: How Israel Systematically Hides Evidence of 1948 Expulsion of Arabs
Since early last decade, Defense Ministry teams have scoured local archives and removed troves of historic documents
to conceal proof of the Nakba
By Hagar Shezaf Jul 04, 2019
Posted here Friday, March 15, 2018
- ‘Endless Trip to Hell’: Israel Jails Hundreds of Palestinian Boys a Year. These Are Their Testimonies
They’re seized in the dead of night, blindfolded and cuffed, abused and manipulated to confess to crimes they didn’t commit. Every year Israel arrests almost 1,000 Palestinian youngsters, some of them not yet 13
By Netta Ahituv Mar 14, 2019
Posted here Friday, December 21, 2018
- One-state Solution Gains Ground in America – and pro-Israel Groups Are Worried
‘We have a big challenge on our hands, because the one-state solution basically means Israel will no longer be a Jewish state,’ warns one U.S. activist
Amir Tibon Washington Dec 15, 2018 5:58 PM - Increasing Number of Americans Prefer One-state Solution to Israel-Palestinian Conflict, U.S. Study Finds
A new poll surveying over 2,300 Americans shows growing support for giving Palestinians full and equal rights, even if that curtails Israel’s Jewish character
Amir Tibon Washington 13.12.2018 02:52 Updated: 2:53 AM
Posted here Sunday, December 17, 2018
- Exclusive: Confidential Report Based on 20 Years of Monitoring Claims: Israel Regularly Breaks International Law in Hebron
The international monitoring force, recognized by Israel, disputes land ownership of settlers, slams restrictions on movement and worship, and says ‘normal life’ is nowhere to be found in the West Bank city
Uri Blau Dec 17, 2018 8:24 AM - BDS Isn’t anti-Semitic, Says Gideon Levy. Listen to Our Podcast, While It’s Still Legal
Israel’s most controversial journalist says that the government’s hysterical response to the boycott movement proves that it isn’t winning this 13-year war – and defends his most recent op-ed.
Haaretz Weekly Dec 16, 2018 4:12 PM - Airbnb Says It Suspends Implementation of West Bank Settlement Ban
‘Our policy will not be implemented,’ says the company in a statement following a meeting with Israeli tourism minister in Jerusalem, adding it will continue negotiations with the Israeli government
Noa Landau Dec 17, 2018 10:17 PM - No BDS Activists Barred From Israel Since Lara Alqasem, Minister Says
Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan told Knesset that after Supreme Court allowed American student to enter in October, no one meeting the set criteria has tried to enter
Noa Landau Dec 17, 2018 5:49 PM - Deterrence? Israel Demolishes Palestinian Assailant’s Home – for the Third Time
The Abu Hmeid’s family home in the Amari refugee camp was initially destroyed in 1990, and again in 2003, after several of its sons were convicted. It was again demolished on Saturday after their son Islam was accused of the May killing of a soldier
Amira Hass Dec 16, 2018 5:59 PM
- The disabled Palestinian slowly walked away. Then, Israeli troops shot him in the back of the head
Mohammad Khabali started to retrace his steps. Security camera footage shows three soldiers moving ahead, to within 80 meters of him. Suddenly two shots are heard. The mentally disabled young man collapses, dead
By Gideon Levy and Alex Levac 16:08 17.12.18 - I feel no sympathy for the settlers
Beneath the veil of sanctimonious and hypocritical unity, and the media’s fake show of national grief to advance its own commercial goals, the truth must be told: Their tragedy isn’t ours
By Gideon Levy 02:32 16.12.18 - The execution of a helpless, mentally ill Palestinian
For an army that purports itself as the most moral in the world, a concerted investigation and the indictment of the soldiers on severe charges is the only way to head off similar incidents in the future
Haaretz Editorial 02:03 13.12.18 - Two shootings in Israel and Palestine, equally criminal
Israel is shaken up by gunfire at settlers at the entrance to their illegal settlement but ignores the shooting of helpless Palestinians
By Gideon Levy 01:28 13.12.18 - IDF raids in West Bank show how occupation becomes routine
There’s barely a Palestinian family that isn’t familiar with this practice. Israelis don’t get abducted from their homes. This is a feature of the apartheid system
By Gideon Levy and Alex Levac 06:26 12.12.18 - Netanyahu didn’t even call to congratulate B’Tselem
The 2018 Human Rights Prize of the French Republic will be awarded to B’Tselem; What’s new and noteworthy is that an Israeli organization is being awarded a prize for being persecuted in its own country
By Gideon Levy 22:46 08.12.18 - What does Hezbollah want?
By threatening Israel, Hezbollah is undermining those who have the right and the obligation to battle it and those who express solidarity with the Palestinian people
By Gideon Levy 00:52 06.12.18
Posted here Sunday, November 11, 2018
- Banksy’s Latest pro-Palestine Stunt Sparks Spat With Top Israeli Art Collector
Israeli billionaire Batia Ofer, known for her left-leaning views, slammed the British artist’s poster as ‘disgraceful’ after it earned Banksy praise from the Palestinian tourism minister
Danna Harman London Nov 11, 2018 12:16 AM - Opinion: The Distance Between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Has Never Been Greater
Anyone who wants to understand just how poisonous the mix of religious fanaticism and brutal occupation is should look at Jerusalem ahead of the upcoming runoff election for mayor
Gideon Levy Nov 11, 2018 10:33 AM - At Alternative Israeli Film Festival in NY, Film About Settlers Proves Unsettling Experience for Viewers
Iris Zaki’s award-winning ‘Unsettling’ strikes chord with young audience members, who express surprise at settlers’ lives in the West Bank and find comparisons to Trump’s America
Taly Krupkin New York Nov 11, 2018 3:07 PM - Israel Is Indirectly Cooperating With The Hague’s Probe Into 2014 Gaza War Despite Past Criticism
International Criminal Court’s criminal investigation into Israel’s actions in the Strip could lead to a wave of lawsuits against those involved and even to their arrest abroad
Yaniv Kubovich Nov 11, 2018 9:49 AM - Opinion: From Rabid Zionism to Egalitarian Zionism
The prevailing approach of Zionism makes the Palestinians hostages in the intra-Jewish debate over the country’s borders. It also makes Israel a criminal state. But there’s a way to justify the Jews’ settlement in Israel, based on political morality rather than history
By Chaim Gans Nov 08, 2018
Posted here Monday, November 5, 2018
- Everyone Knows Settlers Cut Down Palestinian Olive Trees. But Israel Doesn’t Care
Israelis coming from a nearby northern West Bank outpost damage trees, steal olives and throw stones, yet the Palestinian villagers say involving the police is a waste of time
Amira Hass Nov 05, 2018 2:00 PM - Opinion: Netanyahu, Man of Peace
It’s doubtful a single other Israeli politician would have gotten through the past six months without sending the troops to Gaza for another round of useless bloodshed
Gideon Levy Nov 04, 2018 1:19 AM - From New York to Michigan, Is a Wave of ‘anti-Israel’ Democrats About to Reshape U.S. Politics
In a three-part video series, Haaretz’s Allison Kaplan Sommer explains how Israel, anti-Semitism and the Jewish vote are affecting the Midterms – and what the results could mean for all three
Allison Kaplan Sommer and Kyle S. Mackie Nov 05, 2018 2:11 PM
Posted here Monday, October 29, 2018
- Analysis Guns, Trump and anti-Semitism: Pittsburgh Shooting Highlights Vast Divide Between Liberal U.S. Jews and Israel
While the Israeli government rushes to praise the president for denouncing anti-Semitism in the aftermath of the Pittsburgh massacre, liberal Jews see gun laws and Trump’s rhetoric as part of the problem
Amir Tibon Pittsburgh Oct 29, 2018 3:58 PM - Three Palestinians Aged 12-14 Said Killed in Israeli Strike on Southern Gaza
PLO identifies casualties ■ Israeli military strikes three Palestinians who attempted to place explosive near fence
Jack Khoury and Yaniv Kubovich Oct 29, 2018 9:45 AM - Echoing Trump, Israeli Ambassador Dermer Blames ‘Both Sides’ for anti-Semitism
‘The anti-Semites are usually not neo-Nazis on campus. They are coming from the radical left,’ Ron Dermer tells MSNBC
Haaretz Oct 29, 2018 12:56 PM - Opinion: Despite the anti-Semitic Terror in Pittsburgh, I Can’t Regard Israel as a Safe Place for American Jews
Netanyahu’s concern after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting means nothing. His love for Charlottesville-apologetics, Soros-bashing Trump shows he doesn’t really care about the safety of U.S. Jews
Talya Wintman Oct 28, 2018 1:16 PM - ‘The Wire’ Creator to Israeli Minister Visiting After Pittsburgh Shooting: Go Home
David Simon tweets Naftali Bennett that Netanyahu’s interventions in U.S. politics helped elect Donald Trump and that the Jewish community is now ‘bleeding at the hands’ of the Israeli PM, becomes one-man Twitterstorm
Haaretz Oct 28, 2018 1:19 PM - Opinion: Why I’m Voting for the Old Man Who Has Made Tel Aviv What It Is
If only Israel had a prime minister in power for 20 years with a balance sheet showing half the number of achievements as Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai
Gideon Levy Oct 28, 2018 3:06 AM
Posted here Sunday, October 26, 2018
- New Poll Shows Support for Israel Plummeting Among U.S. Liberals, Millennials and Women
Recent Economist-YouGov surveys indicate that the generally positive views of Israel are being steadily eroded in the hyperpolarized Trump era
Chemi Shalev Oct 26, 2018 1:59 AM - Report: Egypt Reaches Agreement Between Israel, Hamas to Ease Violence on Border
The agreement doesn’t include a halt to the processions along the border but does call for an end to any violent acts by protesters, including the sailing of incendiary balloons
Jack Khoury Oct 26, 2018 10:16 AM - Opinion The Problems of Israeli Children vs. the Problems of Gazan Children
Anyone who thought that the children of Jabalya, who gaze longingly at the children of Kibbutz Mefalsim, would sit idly by and accept their fate, does not know human history and the human soul
Gideon Levy Oct 25, 2018 1:05 AM - Palestinians to Pass ‘Dangerous Resolutions’ on Relations With Israel, U.S., Says Abbas
The Palestinian president vows that the Palestinian National Council, which is slated to convene at the end of the month, is going to take bold steps because ‘Israel has violated’ all the ‘signed agreements between us’
Jack Khoury Oct 24, 2018 11:20 AM - In Jab at Netanyahu’s Policies, Top Jewish Organization Reaffirms Commitment to a Democratic Israel
Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency votes unanimously to adopt resolution prompted by passage of nation-state law
Judy Maltz Oct 24, 2018 8:08 PM
Posted here Wednesday, October 24, 2018
- Palestinians to Pass ‘Dangerous Resolutions’ on Relations With Israel, U.S., Says Abbas
The Palestinian president vows that the Palestinian National Council, which is slated to convene at the end of the month, is going to take bold steps because ‘Israel has violated’ all the ‘signed agreements between us’
Jack Khoury Oct 24, 2018 11:20 AM - In Jab at Netanyahu’s Policies, Top Jewish Organization Reaffirms Commitment to a Democratic Israel
Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency votes unanimously to adopt resolution prompted by passage of nation-state law
Judy Maltz Oct 24, 2018 8:08 PM
Posted here Tuesday, October 23, 2018
- Palestinian Authority and Hamas Systematically Torture Detainees, Report Finds
Human Rights Watch describes how the Gaza and West Bank regimes suppress dissent, using arbitrary arrest that contravenes basic Palestinian law ■ Palestinian authorities claim they obey the laws
Amira Hass Oct 23, 2018 10:04 AM - Jewish Agency Chairman Calls Crisis Between Israel, U.S. Jewry ‘Existential’
At GA, Isaac Herzog promises help fund Hebrew language courses for Jews outside Israel in order to create a common language for dialogue
Judy Maltz Oct 23, 2018 10:35 AM - Fed Up With Critics, Netanyahu Opens Back Channel to Undermine U.S. Reform, Conservative Leaders
Foreign Ministry flies in 20 rabbis – including well-known critics of current leadership – in move said to be masterminded by ambassador in Washington, a close confidant of the prime minister
Judy Maltz Oct 22, 2018 8:51 PM
Posted here Monday, October 22, 2018
- Funding Blacklists of U.S. Citizens, Playing D.C. Against Iran: Israeli Gov’t Implicated by Shelved Al Jazeera Investigation
Haaretz obtained the Al Jazeera documentary on the Israel lobby, in which the Israeli Strategic Affairs Ministry director admits it serves as a liaison to Jewish right-wing organizations in the United States
Haaretz Oct 22, 2018 2:05 PM - Opinion One Day, Palestinians Will Thank Trump for His Years of Hostility
Trump’s Mideast team, unlike the rest of his administration, has been transparent and consistent: Palestinians have no right to a state; Israel doesn’t need to answer for its human rights abuses. But there’s a Democratic backlash – and a future political windfall for the Palestinians
Zaha Hassan Oct 21, 2018 4:29 PM - Opinion: American Jews Are Funding the Far-right Dream of Greater Israel. We Have to End This – Now
We now know far more about how far American Jewish dollars embitter Palestinian lives, target Israel’s critics and entrench the occupation. It’s time to say: Enough
Simone Zimmerman Oct 21, 2018 11:54 AM - Jordan Canceling Annexes of Peace Treaty With Israel, King Abdullah Says
Following recent protests, King Abdullah says Jordan will terminate parts of the treaty that allowed Israeli ownership rights under Jordanian sovereignty in the Naharayim/Baqura area and the Zofar/Al-Ghamr area
Jack Khoury and Noa Landau Oct 21, 2018 3:38 PM - Opinion: The Real Hero Is the B’Tselem Chief
On the day the world realizes that the UN ambassador is Israel and Hagai El-Ad represents a muzzled minority, maybe its forgiving attitude toward Israel will change
Gideon Levy Oct 20, 2018 9:22 PM
Posted here Saturday, October 20, 2018
- The Battle for Young Evangelicals’ Views on Israel Could Determine the Future of U.S. Policy
Millennial Evangelicals are not as automatically supportive of Israel as their parents’ generation was. Evangelical groups are taking action – some trying to secure young Evangelicals’ love of the Jewish state, others to get them to learn about Palestinians
Amir Tibon Washington Oct 19, 2018 11:56 PM - Opinion: Blacklist: Top 13 Delegitimizers Who Should Be Denied Entry Into Israel
It’s high time that we who are concerned for Israel’s welfare went after the worst of its delegitimizers, those who contribute the most to the criticism of Israel as a repressive, illiberal regime
Bradley Burston Oct 16, 2018 8:47 PM
Posted here Friday, October 19, 2018
- Israel’s Supreme Court Grants Lara Alqasem’s Appeal; She Will Be Allowed to Enter the Country
Court slams detention as an ‘extreme and dangerous step, which could lead to the crumbling of the pillars upon which democracy stands’ ■ Minister at heart of controversy: Supreme Court just rendered anti-boycott law meaningless
Noa Landau and Jonathan Lis Oct 19, 2018 5:18 AM - Facebook Blocks Trailer of Film on Palestinian Women’s Role in the First Intifada
Facebook only lifted its ban on the advertisement of the documentary after Haaretz contacted the company, which told distributors it would not allow ‘advertising that includes derogatory or sensational content’
Oded Yaron Oct 19, 2018 11:03 AM - Israel Bars Gazans From Getting Medical Care in West Bank if They Have Relatives Staying There Without a Permit
Until recently, such a ban was imposed on Gazans who have family members who are affiliated with Hamas. Now Israel expands the ban, claiming patients may use treatment as a ploy to avoid going back to the Strip
Amira Hass Oct 19, 2018 9:01 AM - Israel Sets New Red Lines Over Gaza as Hamas Warns of ‘Immediate and Decisive Response’
Starting Friday, the military will intensify its response to airborne firebombs from Gaza and will extend its firing range during protests along the border ■ Despite policy changes, Gaza mosques call for mass participation in Friday’s protests
Noa Landau, Jack Khoury and Yaniv Kubovich Oct 18, 2018 9:39 PM - Head of Israeli Human Rights NGO B’Tselem to UN Security Council: Time Has Come for Action
Israel UN envoy Danon condemns Hagai El-Ad’s testimony: ‘You’re an Israeli citizen who serves our enemies. IDF soldiers protect you and you come here and slander them. You should be ashamed, collaborator’
Noa Landau Oct 18, 2018 7:46 PM
Catching up on Gideon Levy
- Opinion: The Israeli ‘Dream Team’
If the captain of Israel’s national soccer team can be a Muslim, why shouldn’t there be equally talented Arab mayors in the mixed cities of Tel Aviv, Haifa or Jerusalem?
Oct 18, 2018 1:19 AM - Opinion: What’s So Bad About Assimilation?
Lucy Aharish and Tzachi Halevy may actually spawn a much more moral and civilized race than the one that has arisen here so far
Oct 13, 2018 11:10 PM - Opinion: You Forgot Something Important About Benny Gantz
Gantz was chief of staff during some of the Israeli army’s most horrific operations, the worst of which was Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip in 2014
Oct 11, 2018 2:51 AM - Opinion: It’s Even Allowed to Hate Israel
If cabinet Minister Erdan, scourge of left-wing dissidents, visited Sweden, he certainly did not love the liberalism and equality there, yet Swedish airport officials wouldn’t have asked him about it
Oct 07, 2018 1:09 AM - Opinion: Who’s the Ignorant One?
In a competition over the ignorance about what is happening under the occupation, it may be said that Ahed Tamimi’s hosts in Madrid know much more about it than Yair Lapid
Oct 03, 2018 11:53 PM
Catching up on Amira Hass
- Opinion: Making the Left Seem Worse Than Fascism
Attacks by the right have made many Jewish Israelis view the word ‘left’ as worse than ‘fascism’ or ‘racism.’ And in the end the Palestinians will pay
Oct 16, 2018 3:46 AM - Analysis: The Most Logical Solution to the Gaza Water Crisis Is the Most Political One
The root of the problem is political, namely Israel’s attitude to the Strip as a separate entity with an autonomous water economy
Oct 16, 2018 2:08 AM - Hundreds of Trees Destroyed in West Bank Palestinian Villages, Israeli Rights Groups Report
The trees were in plots Palestinians can only access under army supervision due to proximity to settlements and outposts where Israelis have attacked Palestinian farmers in the past
Oct 15, 2018 6:24 PM - Otherwise Occupied: A Pasture, a Pickup and Two Don Quixotes: Who Damaged the Left-wing Activists’ Truck?
Screws don’t just disappear and the garage owner had no doubt: It was sabotage
Oct 15, 2018 1:37 AM - Israel Seeks to Deport to Brazil Man Who Has Lived Almost Entire Life in West Bank
The case highlights problem of tens of thousands of Palestinians under constant threat of deportation, due to Israel’s freeze of family reunification requests
Oct 13, 2018 9:42 PM - How Settlers Use Flocks of Sheep to Take Over Palestinian Land
An internal letter provides a glimpse into how at least 10 outposts throughout the West Bank have been built around a herd of sheep, with the help of Israeli government agencies
Oct 13, 2018 12:28 AM - Israel Bars Two Members of U.S. Medical Delegation From Entering Gaza Because They’re Jewish
Israel at first refused to let the entire group enter due to members’ Jewish origins and alleged BDS ties, but folded after a petition by legal center advocating freedom of movement
Oct 11, 2018 6:48 AM - Opinion: A Rational Hamas
Hamas leader’s interview with Israeli paper caused an uproar. It wasn’t always like that
Oct 08, 2018 3:58 AM - ‘Traitor? Who, Me?’ Talia Sasson Sums Up Her Term as New Israel Fund President
Outgoing New Israel Fund president talks about how the offensive from Israel’s right has affected her, and why she’s convinced that it remains in Israel’s power to return to the values of democracy and equality
Oct 06, 2018 - Time’s Up for Khan al-Ahmar: Israel Can Now Legally Demolish Contested West Bank Village
Over the past few months, Khan al-Ahmar has become a magnet for solidarity activists, with dozens of Palestinian activists coming to the site, holding rallies and meetings, and building symbolical new structures – which were immediately demolished
Oct 02, 2018 10:24 AM
Posted here Thursday, October 4, 2018
- Official Documents Prove: Israel Bans Young Americans Based on Canary Mission Website
Some of the Americans who have been detained for questioning upon arrival in Israel over the past few months reported they were questioned about their political activity based on ‘profiles’ about them published on the controversial website Canary Mission. Documents obtained by Haaretz now clearly show that the site is indeed a source of information for the decisions to bar entry
Noa Landau Oct 04, 2018 6:56 PM
Posted here Wednesday, October 3, 2018
- Merkel Heads to Israel Amid Calls to Prevent Demolition of Contested West Bank Village
Khan al-Ahmar won’t be demolished during snap visit to avoid diplomatic tensions; Chancellor won’t meet Palestinian officials
Noa Landau Oct 03, 2018 1:55 PM - Palestinians: 15-year Old Killed by Israeli Army Fire in Gaza Clashes
Gaza Health Ministry: 15 injured by live fire, tear gas inhalation ■ 3 Gazans wounded in Hamas outpost blast ■ IDF detains two Palestinians who crossed into Israel
Jack Khoury and Yaniv Kubovich Oct 03, 2018 6:29 PM - Israel Denies Entry to American Student Even Though She Had a Visa
The Population, Immigration and Border Authority said entry was denied ‘because of boycott activity,’ adding the concession of the visa from the Israeli consulate in Miami was a result of ‘lack of coordination’
Noa Landau Oct 03, 2018 9:34 AM - Israeli Court Delays Deportation of American Student, Demands State to Explain
Border authority said 22-year-old student, whose grandparents are Palestinian, was denied entry ‘because of boycott activity.’ Ministry says she was president of ‘BDS branch’ at university
Noa Landau Oct 03, 2018 5:10 PM - Revealed: Canary Mission Blacklist Is Secretly Bankrolled by Major Jewish Federation
For three years, the website has spread fear among undergraduate activists, posting more than a thousand political dossiers on student supporters of Palestinian rights
The Forward and Josh Nathan-Kazis Oct 03, 2018 3:01 PM - Opinion: The Germans Will Ignore Israeli Apartheid Again
Each day that has passed since May 1999, Europe in general and Germany in particular have crossed another red line in the normalization of the status quo
Amira Hass Oct 02, 2018 12:02 AM - Nobel Prize Winner George P. Smith Is a Longtime pro-Palestine, BDS Activist
‘Anti-Zionist’ scientist says he is opposed to ‘Jewish ethnic sovereignty over other peoples’ and is featured on the controversial Canary Mission website
Allison Kaplan Sommer Oct 03, 2018 7:55 PM
Posted here Thursday, September 27, 2018
- Analysis: The International Committee for Subsidizing the Israeli Occupation
Lacking the willingness to put political pressure on Israel, the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee will be discussing the scenario of further economical deterioration of the Palestinian economy
Amira Hass Sep 26, 2018 8:50 PM - Analysis: Whatever His Intentions, Trump’s Endorsement of Two-state Solution Changes Reality
Trump’s ego wouldn’t allow him to refrain from boasting about the very steps that pushed the Palestinians away from negotiations in the first place
Chemi Shalev Sep 27, 2018 1:54 PM - Trump: Two-state Solution Will Be ‘Like a Real Estate Deal’
In a press conference hours after meeting with ‘nice’ Netanyahu, Trump says ‘I think we’ll get the deal,’ but notes: ‘I’m OK with one-state, two-states, whatever’
Amir Tibon Washington Sep 27, 2018 1:46 AM - After Trump Cuts, Israeli-Palestinian Peace Groups Scramble to Continue Coexistence Projects
Decision to cut $10m from coexistence groups was meant to pressure Palestinian leaders, but ‘punishes regular Palestinians and Israelis who try to promote peace,’ activists say
Amir Tibon Washington Sep 27, 2018 1:28 PM - Opinion: The BDS Monster
A legitimate and nonviolent Palestinian protest movement has been turned into an anti-Semitic plot through sweeping propaganda and abundant resources
Yuli Novak Sep 27, 2018 3:40 AM - Reform Movement Takes Action to Prevent Detention of Its Rabbinical Students at Israel’s Border
The Reform Movement takes unprecedented precautionary measure after repeated instances of liberal Jewish visitors held for questioning by Israeli authorities
Judy Maltz Sep 25, 2018 10:00 PM - Trump Meets Netanyahu: I Think the Two-state Solution Will Work Best
U.S. president for the first time expresses public support to the two-state solution, saying Israel will have to do something good for Palestinians
Noa Landau New York Sep 26, 2018 4:30 PM - Analysis: The Two Words Netanyahu Is Afraid to Repeat Out Loud
When it comes to a future Palestinian state, Netanyahu is being pulled by Trump on one side, and by hardliner Naftali Bennett on the other
Noa Landau New York Sep 26, 2018 11:13 PM
Posted here Tuesday, September 25, 2018
- UNRWA Chief Says Money Will Run Out in October
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said schools and health centers are at risk if it is unable to plug a $185 million funding gap
Reuters Sep 25, 2018 11:43 AM - Palestinian Kids’ Long Trek to School – Past the Settler With the Handgun
For 14 years an Israeli army jeep has had to accompany about 10 children to and from school in the West Bank, lest they be harassed, attacked or have to take the long route
By Amira Hass Sep 24, 2018 - Opinion: Blotting Out ‘The Despicable Terrorist’
I won’t impugn the standards of a father who has lost his son, but the demolition of a family’s home is collective punishment, immoral, illegal and inhuman
Gideon Levy Sep 23, 2018 1:14 AM - Israel Knowingly Gave Private Palestinian Land to West Bank Outpost
Haaretz investigation shows World Zionist Organization did not act in good faith, as a judge ruled in August, but Settlement Division defends its actions
Yotam Berger Sep 25, 2018 2:06 PM - Not Just Millennials: These Older U.S. Jews Are Disillusioned by Israel Too
The media may have focused on young American Jews’ disconnect from Israel, but a growing number of older U.S. Jews tell Haaretz they have also become alienated from a government that doesn’t share their liberal values
Dina Kraft Sep 20, 2018 6:13 PM - Gaza Economy in ‘Free Fall’ and External Aid Won’t Help, World Bank Warns
The Strip’s economic deterioration is accelerating, the report says: Every second Gazan lives in poverty and unemployment tops 70 percent
Jack Khoury Sep 25, 2018 1:43 PM - BDS or Not, These Are the Gems to Watch at the Haifa Film Festival
The events on Israel’s borders might be keeping some guests away, but those who show up can catch current and older classics that take you from America’s death row to France’s wine country
Nirit Anderman Sep 21, 2018 5:55 PM
Posted here Tuesday, September 18, 2018
- Israel’s Top Court Has No Authority to Overrule Basic Laws, Justice Minister Says
Ayelet Shaked claims Israel has never passed a racist law, says any Knesset that can pass racist laws is one that would not obey a High Court’s decisions
Jonathan Lis Sep 18, 2018 2:27 PM - Opinion: On Yom Kippur, Israelis Should Think About the Sins of the Occupation
Will Israel’s decision-makers feel a little shame when they chant ‘we have trespassed,’ and when you get to ‘we robbed,’ ‘we have done violence,’ ‘we coveted’ and we ‘spoke deceitfully’?
Amira Hass Sep 18, 2018 3:00 AM - Editorial: Keep Lake Kinneret [Ed: i.e., Sea of Galilee] Open on Yom Kippur
Non-Jewish or nonreligious Israelis are increasingly asked to consider the needs of the religiously observant, but this plea for ‘sensitivity’ is a one-way street
Haaretz Editorial Sep 17, 2018 3:06 AM
Posted here Monday, September 17, 2018
- Despite Mother’s Warning, Israel to Demolish Family Home of West Bank Terrorist
Israeli army raids, maps home of Khalil Jabarin in Palestinian village Yatta ■ Thousands attend funeral of Ari Fuld ■ Mayor of Yatta condemns violence, holds Israeli government for incitement to violent
Yotam Berger, Yaniv Kubovich and Jack Khoury Sep 17, 2018 11:02 AM - Two Prominent Jewish Republican Donors Cut GOP Ties Over Trump
Leslie Wexner and Seth Klarman have both contributed millions of dollars and are known as supporters of Israel
Amir Tibon Washington Sep 17, 2018 3:17 PM - ‘Bad Faith’: Judge Slams Israel for West Bank Arrest of Professor, Orders Release
Judge criticizes authorities’ handling of case, rejects demand that he be immediately deported
Yotam Berger Sep 17, 2018 1:53 AM - Palestinian Envoy in D.C. Says U.S. Revoked His and His Family’s Visas, Ordered Them to Leave
Husam Zomlot says authorities revoked his and his family’s visas and demanded they leave the country in what he describes as an attempt at revenge to placate Israel
Jack Khoury and Amir Tibon Sep 17, 2018 1:11 AM
Posted here Sunday, September 16, 2018
- Israel to Expel French-American Professor Arrested During West Bank Protest
In a rare move, Frank Romano was arrested according to military law. However, before his hearing he was released and taken into custody by the population authority in preparation for his deportation
Yotam Berger Sep 16, 2018 5:40 PM - Opinion: Trump Cuts Funding for Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation. Fear and Hatred Will Take Its Place
As bereaved families, Israeli and Palestinian, working together to build reconciliation, we urge the White House: Reconsider a cruel, harsh measure that can’t possibly contribute to any future peace process
Robi Damelin Sep 16, 2018 6:02 PM - Which Top Israeli Official Was a Foreign Agent in Manafort Case? Israeli Politicians Demand Immediate Probe
Manafort allegedly worked with an Israeli official to defame Ukraine’s then-opposition leader with accusations of anti-Semitism. Simultaneously, Lieberman accused rivals of Manafort’s clients of espousing anti-Semitism
Noa Landau Sep 16, 2018 2:56 PM - Israeli Man, 40, Killed in Stabbing Attack at West Bank Mall
The victim, an American citizen who immigrated to Israel and lived in the settlement of Efrat, shot the 17-year-old assailant after he was stabbed ■ U.S. envoy Friedman: Ari Fuld was ‘passionate defender of Israel’
Yotam Berger, Yaniv Kubovich, Jack Khoury and Dina Kraft Sep 16, 2018 3:46 PM - In Exceptional Move, Israeli Army Arrests French-American Law Professor in West Bank
Frank Romano was arrested along with two Palestinians while protesting the upcoming demolition of the Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar, police say ■ IDF allowed to keep him under arrest for up to 96 hours without bringing him to court
Yotam Berger Sep 15, 2018 5:25 PM - Opinion: The State of Israel vs. the Jewish People
Israel has aligned itself with one nationalist, even anti-Semitic, regime after another. Where does that leave world Jewry?
By Eva Illouz Sep 13, 2018
Posted here Saturday, September 15, 2018
- Three Palestinians, Including 12-year-old, Said Killed by Israeli Army Fire in Gaza Border Clashes
120 Palestinian protesters wounded by live fire, Gaza’s Health Ministry says ■ IDF: Some 13,000 demonstrators protest along border fence
Jack Khoury, Yaniv Kubovich and Almog Ben Zikri Sep 14, 2018 8:35 PM - Trump Administration Cuts $10 Million From Israeli-Palestinian Co-existence Groups
The administration vetoed the transfer of the money that was already approved by Congress. The decision comes amid a string of mass cuts to Palestinian aid
Amir Tibon Washington Sep 15, 2018 6:58 AM
Posted here Friday, September 14, 2018
- With Oslo, Israel’s Intention Was Never Peace or Palestinian Statehood
The transformation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip into separate Bantustans was all part of the plan
Amira Hass Sep 14, 2018 6:48 AM - Kushner Defends Trump’s Actions Against Palestinians: ‘False Realities’ Needed to Be Changed
Senior White House aide tells New York Times that he doesn’t believe string of punitive measures taken by U.S. against the Palestinians will hamper the chances of a possible peace deal
Haaretz Sep 14, 2018 10:33 AM - Editorial: Leftists, Don’t Immigrate
The message is clear: Israel is open to the immigration of right-wing Jews only
Haaretz Editorial Sep 14, 2018 3:35 AM - Young Palestinians Crash Israeli-Palestinian Event Marking 25 Years to Oslo Accords
The young people burst into the East Jerusalem event celebrating a new issue for the ‘Palestine Israel Journal’ and proceeded to break glasses, toss microphones and condemn normalization with Israel
Nir Hasson Sep 13, 2018 7:32 PM - Analysis: Israel Is Giving China the Keys to Its Largest Port – and the U.S. Navy May Abandon Israel
China will operate Haifa port, near Israel’s alleged nuclear-armed submarines, and it seems no one in Israel thought about the strategic ramifications
Amos Harel Sep 14, 2018 12:58 AM
Posted here Thursday, September 13, 2018
- European Parliament Warns: Eviction, Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar Would Be War Crime
Resolution passed on Thursday calls EU to demand compensation from Israeli government for aid funds invested in the West Bank Bedouin village, demands cessation of ‘policy of threats of demolition’
Noa Landau Sep 13, 2018 2:59 PM - Sick and Stuck in the Strip: How Leaving Gaza Became Mission Impossible
Less than 30 years ago, Palestinians could exit and enter the coastal enclave almost as they wished. That all changed in 1991, though, and things have only gotten more difficult since
By Amira Hass Sep 13, 2018 - U.S. Education Dept. Reopens Case Alleging anti-Semitism at Rutgers University
Department’s Office for Civil Rights uses, for the first time, State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism, which includes some types of anti-Israel activity
JTA Sep 12, 2018 11:37 AM - How Kushner Played Matchmaker Between Israel and Saudi Arabia, According to Woodward
Bob Woodward’s new book ‘Fear’ claims Kushner championed MBS in early 2017 as most important figure in Saudi Arabia, clashing with U.S. intelligence
Amir Tibon Washington Sep 12, 2018 2:33 PM - Pro-Israel Group Secretly Ran Misleading Facebook Ads to Target Palestinian-American Poet
Anonymous digital campaigns appear to be a central part of the advocacy group Israel on Campus Coalition’s efforts to combat pro-Palestinian activism on U.S. campuses
The Forward & Josh Nathan-Kazis, Justin Elliott/ProPublica Sep 12, 2018 1:02 PM - Israel Denied Entry to U.S. Jewish Activist With Temporary Residency Status – Because She Visited West Bank
Julie Weinberg-Connors, who is in the process of immigrating to Israel, was allowed in after Haaretz and lawmakers intervened. She said an investigator told her ‘you’re here to make trouble’
Amira Hass Sep 13, 2018 12:01 AM - Opinion: I Advised the Palestinian Negotiating Team. It Was a Mistake to Have Negotiated With Israel at All
Buoyed by the Oslo Accords, I moved to the West Bank as a legal adviser to the PLO team. I was wrong. 25 years since that iconic Arafat-Rabin handshake, it’s clear talks are futile – and Palestinians are no closer to freedom
Diana Buttu Sep 12, 2018 5:10 PM - Kim Kardashian Signs Deal to Be the Face of Israeli Brand Carolina Lemke
Kardashian West will join Israeli model Bar Refaeli, who also owns the glasses chain. The reality TV star will visit Israel on a promotional tour
Shira Pur Sep 12, 2018 5:00 PM
Posted here Tuesday, September 11, 2018
- Palestinians Take Israel’s Eviction of West Bank Village to The Hague
Palestinians in contact with court over Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and halted aid to UNRWA, Saeb Erekat says ■ Move comes day after U.S. announces closure of PLO mission in D.C.
Jack Khoury Sep 11, 2018 5:28 PM - Opinion: Closing PLO Office Is Part of Trump’s Effort to Tame the Palestinians via Humiliation. It’s Bound to Fail
The Israeli right rejoices in the one-sided U.S. offensive, but history proves it’s a time bomb that will eventually blow up in our face
Chemi Shalev Sep 11, 2018 7:09 PM - International Criminal Court Vows to Continue Its Work ‘Undeterred’ by U.S. Sanction Threats
National Security Adviser John Bolton says United States won’t allow ICC to ‘constrain’ Israel’s self defense or to investigate U.S. activities in Afghanistan
Reuters and Haaretz Sep 11, 2018 1:22 PM - Haaretz Poll: For Rosh Hashanah, a Picture of Israel’s Muddled Jewish Soul
Israelis and Americans lead the West in their belief in God, a factor that can help explain their unique relationship and shared animosity toward secularizing Europe
Chemi Shalev Sep 09, 2018 9:41 AM - Israeli Arab Lawmakers Meet With Arab League Chief to Promote Action Against Nation-state Law
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit promises to act against the law through diplomatic measures with member states ■ Arab League convenes to discuss U.S. decision to shutter Palestinian mission in Washington
Jack Khoury Sep 11, 2018 3:18 PM
Posted here Monday, September 10, 2018
- NGO Warns Trump’s Aid Cuts Will Cause East Jerusalem Hospitals to Collapse
The American funding helps cover part of a debt owed by the Palestinian Authority to the hospitals, which has pushed many of them to the brink of bankruptcy
Nir Hasson Sep 09, 2018 12:53 AM - U.S. Announces Closure of Palestinian Diplomatic Mission Over ‘Refusal to Engage With Peace Efforts’
State Dept. says PLO has failed to advance negotiations ■ Bolton: U.S. will shield Israel from ICC investigations
Amir Tibon Sep 10, 2018 6:40 PM - UNRWA Seeks Funding From Europe and Gulf States After U.S. Cuts
The UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees is facing a $200 million shortfall caused by a U.S. aid cutoff
Reuters Sep 10, 2018 9:00 PM - Haaretz Poll For Rosh Hashanah, a Picture of Israel’s Muddled Jewish Soul
Israelis and Americans lead the West in their belief in God, a factor that can help explain their unique relationship and shared animosity toward secularizing Europe
Chemi Shalev Sep 09, 2018 9:41 AM - Neither Arab nor Jew: Israel’s Unheard Minorities Speak Up After the Nation-state Law
Many Israelis are unaware of the Arameans, Samaritans and Hebrew-Israelites who live among them
By Ofer Aderet Sep 09, 2018 - Opinion: I Believed in the Oslo Accords for Years. But It Was Merely a Deception
The Oslo Accords have given Israel another 25 years at least of uncontrolled settlement activity and brutal occupation
Gideon Levy Sep 09, 2018 5:03 PM - Opinion: Israel Is Too Strong
If Israel were weaker, it would work harder to be accepted in the region. If it were less strong, Israel would have had to put an end to the curse of the occupation
Gideon Levy Sep 08, 2018 11:36 PM - UNRWA’s Teaspoon of Fish Oil and Glass of Milk: The Protective Framework That Millions of Palestinians Remember
Even if the United States and Israel manage to scuttle the refugee agency’s efforts, this assault strengthens the ties that bind Palestinians – despite their weakening political leadership
Amira Hass Sep 08, 2018 12:40 PM
Posted here Friday, September 7, 2018
- Trump: U.S. Cut Financial Aid to Palestinians as Means of Pressuring Them Back Into Negotiations
Trump tells U.S. Jewish leaders that his peace team made ‘great progress’ over past year ■ U.S. president also says he expects Iran to return to negotiations over new nuclear deal after he slapped sanctions on Tehran
Amir Tibon Washington Sep 06, 2018 8:02 PM - Opinion: BDS Success Stories
More than the achievements of the economic, academic and cultural boycott, BDS has succeeded in undermining the greatest asset of Israeli public diplomacy: Israel’s liberal and democratic image in the world.
Gideon Levy Sep 05, 2018 11:16 PM - Analysis: Why the Oslo Peace Process Went Into Deep Freeze
Since failure of the accords signed 25 years ago next week, no Israeli leader has believed strongly enough in them to enable progress toward a final status accord
Amos Harel Sep 07, 2018 1:59 AM - Editorial: The Israeli High Court Is at a Crossroad
The legal basis for Israel’s acts in the West Bank’s lands has always been shaky, but now it has been totally destroyed by the government
Haaretz Editorial Sep 07, 2018 3:52 AM - U.S. Envoy Sees Israel Keeping Golan Heights Forever
Foreign governments, including the United States, don’t recognize Israel’s claim, a policy U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has recently echoed
Haaretz and Reuters Sep 06, 2018 6:53 PM
Posted here Thursday, September 6, 2018
- Rabin’s Man in Oslo Analyzes What Went Wrong – and Right – With the 1993 Accords
Joel Singer, who drafted the accords, left Israel broken-hearted in the wake of Rabin’s assassination. He tells Haaretz about the missed opportunities and calls on the current government not to destroy the foundations of a future peace deal
By Noa Landau Sep 06, 2018 - Paraguay to Move Embassy Back to Tel Aviv From Jerusalem; Israel Retaliates – Shuts Embassy
Israel to close embassy, recall ambassador for consultations ■ Palestinians say they pushed Paraguay to relocate embassy ■ Paraguay was third country to move its embassy, following U.S. and Guatemala
Reuters and Jack Khoury Sep 06, 2018 2:03 PM - Dozens of Housing Units Approved for Jewish Residents in East Jerusalem
If the plan is implemented, it will be considered one of the largest Jewish settlements in Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem
Nir Hasson Sep 06, 2018 2:33 PM - Analysis: Khan al-Ahmar Ruling Gives Green Light for Mass Expulsion of Bedouin Villages
MK Ayelet Shaked’s threat worked to a certain extent – but so did the court policy
Amira Hass Sep 06, 2018 1:33 PM - Israel Decides Not to Destroy Home of Mentally Ill Palestinian Killer
Abed al-Rahman stabbed an Israeli settler to death in Jerusalem’s Old City last March
Yotam Berger Sep 06, 2018 1:57 AM
Posted here Wednesday, September 5, 2018
- Israel’s Top Court Okays Eviction of West Bank Bedouin Village of Khan al-Ahmar
Justices state that the main issue is not whether the eviction can be executed, but where to relocate the residents
Yotam Berger Sep 05, 2018 12:00 PM - In Blow to Corbyn, U.K. Labour Accepts Full anti-Semitism Definition
Party leader Jeremy Corbyn came under fire for not adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition
Reuters Sep 04, 2018 7:53 PM
Posted here Tuesday, September 4, 2018
- Opinion: The Eviction of Khan al-Ahmar Stinks Up to High Heaven
This is a story about Israel that European newspapers would never publish. Who would believe the Jewish democratic state would present non-Jews with two options for where to live, either next to a garbage dump or next to a sewage plant?
Amira Hass Sep 04, 2018 4:09 AM - Kerry Reveals Details of Assad’s Secret Letter to Netanyahu in 2010
‘Assad asked me what it would take to enter into serious peace negotiations in the hope of securing return of the Golan Heights,’ former U.S. secretary of state says in new memoir
Amir Tibon (Washington) Sep 04, 2018 9:27 AM - EU’s Foreign Policy Chief Meets With Israeli Arab Leader: ‘We Wouldn’t Want to See Democracy Threatened’ in Israel
Federica Mogherini and MK Ayman Odeh discuss the nation-state law despite attempts by Israeli lawmakers to prevent the meeting
Noa Landau and Jack Khoury Sep 04, 2018 3:45 PM - Eurovision Organizers Demand Netanyahu Let Fans Enter Israel ‘Regardless of Political Opinions’
Broadcasting union chiefs present Netanyahu with conditions for song contest to be held in Israel ■ Public security minister urges rejection of demands
Itay Stern Sep 04, 2018 12:20 PM - Natalie Portman’s Jewish ‘Nobel’ Money Distributed to Women’s Groups – Without Her
37 Israeli women’s organizations to split $1m Genesis Prize money originally earmarked for Israeli-American actor
Judy Maltz Sep 04, 2018 2:59 PM
Posted here Monday, September 3, 2018
- These Are All the Artists Who Have Pulled Out of Israel’s Meteor Festival Amid BDS Pressure
Lana Del Rey may be the most well-known performer to nix her upcoming Israel show, but she’s not the only one
Shira Makin Sep 02, 2018 8:20 PM - Israel Demolishes Buildings in Palestinian Village; 10 Wounded
Some 40 people had been said to live in the buildings ■ The village, which lies within the jurisdiction of both Jerusalem and West Bank, has been the target of a recent enforcement drive by Justice Ministry
Nir Hasson Sep 03, 2018 12:07 PM - Opinion: How Many Israeli Soldiers Does It Take to Fix a Flat Tire?
Or better put, what’s the real reason a Palestinian in the West Bank would stop to help?
Amira Hass Sep 02, 2018 10:53 PM - Analysis: Defunding UNRWA Is an Example of Trump’s ‘Peace’ Plan
The goal of this strategy, in line with Netanyahu’s, is to decimate the Palestinian national movement. Will the Palestinian pressure cooker reach a critical boiling point
Jack Khoury Sep 02, 2018 8:01 PM - Abbas’ Secret Negotiator Says Israel and Hamas Now ‘Natural Partners’ for Peace Deal
Hussein Agha warns Trump his peace team is misguided if it thinks it can buy Palestinians off with economic incentives
Amir Tibon Washington Sep 03, 2018 2:53 PM - Abbas: Trump’s Team Offered Me to Establish a Jordanian-Palestinian Confederation
Palestinian President Abbas said he would agree to such an offer only if Israel is a part of the confederation
Yotam Berger Sep 02, 2018 3:23 PM - Opinion: The Education System That’s Endangering Israel’s Future
As a new school year begins, an expert examines the system’s root problems and their socioeconomic implications for the state
Dan Ben-David Sep 02, 2018 8:56 AM
Posted here Sunday, September 2, 2018
- ‘Colonizing Palestine’ Course at Tufts University Draws Criticism for ‘One-sided Narrative’ on Israel
Tufts Friends of Israel, a student group, said the course violates the university’s policies and demonizes Israel ■ University’s Hillel chapter slams it as ‘prejudicial and unnecessarily provocative’
JTA and Penny Schwartz Sep 02, 2018 12:46 PM - Opinion: Shame on You, America
The United States has spent hundreds of billions on unnecessary wars, but only the UN relief agency for the Palestinians is improperly run
Gideon Levy Sep 02, 2018 10:27 AM - Corbyn Slams U.S. Decision to Cut Financial Aid to UNRWA
‘The U.K. must help to fill the gap by boosting its contributions,’ the British Labour Party leader states
Haaretz Sep 02, 2018 1:43 PM - Jordan Slams U.S. Decision to Cut Funds to UNRWA
‘Disruption of UNRWA services will have extremely dangerous humanitarian, political and security implications for refugees and for the whole region,’ Foreign Minster Ayman Safadi said
Reuters Sep 02, 2018 7:31 AM - Netanyahu: U.S. Decision to Cut UNRWA Funds ‘A Blessed and Important Change’
Netanyahu says it is necessary ‘to abolish the refugee institution’ ■ Israel’s UN envoy blasts Abbas’ plan to address UN on fund cut, says the UN agency perpetuated terrorism
Noa Landau Sep 02, 2018 1:30 PM - Musician Shlohmo Cancels Israel Performance Over ‘Human Rights Atrocities’
Electronic artist joins Lana Del Rey in bowing out of festival, citing desire to support the oppressed
Haaretz Sep 02, 2018 12:38 PM - Editorial: Defend Breaking the Silence
The systematic escalation in the persecution of Breaking the Silence should keep all Israeli democrats awake at night
Haaretz Editorial Sep 02, 2018 2:24 AM - Abbas: Trump’s Team Offered Me to Establish a Jordanian-Palestinian Confederation
Palestinian President Abbas said he would agree to such an offer only if Israel is a part of the confederation
Yotam Berger Sep 02, 2018 3:23 PM
Posted here Saturday, September 1, 2018
- EU Pledges to Continue Backing UNRWA After U.S. Cuts All Financial Aid
EU statement implies it may increase funding to the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency if deemed necessary ■ EU adds that ‘many others in the international community, including many Arab states’ have pledged support
Noa Landau Sep 01, 2018 7:04 PM - Kerry: Israeli Action on West Bank Outposts, Trump’s Ambassador Pick Led Obama to Not Veto UN Anti-settlement Resolution
In memoir slated for release next week, John Kerry writes that ‘Bibi was raising the bar, perhaps impossibly’ on Mideast peace process and that Netanyahu leaked Kerry’s cease-fire proposal during 2014 Gaza war
Haaretz Sep 01, 2018 8:24 PM - Trump Administration Ends Financial Aid for Palestinian Refugee Agency UNRWA
Palestinians blast U.S. decision to stop funding the refugee agency as ‘cruel and irresponsible’ ■ Move expected to disrupt agency’s work in Gaza and the West Bank
Amir Tibon and Noa Landau (Washington) Sep 01, 2018 6:39 AM - Palestinians Incensed at White House Decision to Cut Aid to UNRWA
UNRWA expresses ‘deep regret and disappointment’ at the U.S. decision, rejecting assertions that its programs are ‘irredeemably flawed’
Reuters Sep 01, 2018 2:27 AM - Germany to Boost Funds to UNRWA Amid Reports of Cuts by U.S.
A U.S. State Department official, however, told Haaretz Thursday that there is ‘no change at this time’
DPA and Haaretz Aug 31, 2018 1:59 PM - 180 Wounded in Border Clashes With Israeli Army, Palestinians Say
Gaza medics said 180 Palestinians were wounded in clashes in the West Bank and on the Gaza border; a third of them said to have been injured from live fire, including a female nurse and a young boy
Reuters Aug 31, 2018 9:54 PM - Israel Tells West Bank Bedouin: First Sign a Voluntary Eviction, Then We’ll See if the New Location Stinks
First the state wanted them to live next to a garbage dump. Then it told the Jahalin Bedouin they’d be moved near a large sewage-treatment site where human habitation has been forbidden. And that’s not the end of the story
Amira Hass Sep 01, 2018 1:54 PM - Lana Del Rey Cancels Israel Show, Cites Inability to Schedule Palestinian Concert
Singer tweets that she’s postponing show ‘until a time when I can schedule visits for both my Israeli and Palestinian fans’ ■ Israeli festival organizers slam Del Rey ‘for choosing us to be part of her publicity stunt’
Itay Stern Aug 31, 2018 9:14 PM - Opinion: Why We Went to the UN Over Israel’s Nation-state Law
The choice for all of us, Jews and Arabs, is clear: real democracy or a nationalist ethnocracy
Aida Touma-Sliman Aug 31, 2018 7:17 PM
Posted here Friday, August 31, 2018
- Editorial: A Ruling Rendered in Bad Faith
After a contentious ruling to legalize the Mitzpeh Kramim settlement outpost and the new ‘Regularization Law,’ it seems Israel’s takeover of West Bank lands is an end that sanctifies a means
Haaretz Editorial Aug 31, 2018 3:14 AM - Court Orders Closure of Jerusalem Gallery for Hosting Breaking the Silence
Court rules Barbur Gallery will have to vacate its premises by February 2019, tilting the case in favor of the Jerusalem municipality, which sought to shutter the gallery after it hosted the anti-occupation NGO last year
Nir Hasson and Maya Asheri Aug 31, 2018 4:54 PM - Israeli Border Police Detain Head of Anti-occupation Group Breaking the Silence, Two Activists in West Bank
Police say a tour led by head of anti-occupation NGO, which was motivated by assault on activists, entered military zone but the order presenting it as such was only signed Friday to prevent the group from touring there
Yotam Berger 31.08.2018 17:44 Updated: 5:45 PM - WATCH: Parts of Censored Al Jazeera Documentary on D.C. Israel Lobby Leaked
Leaked clips from film, pulled by Qatar in bid to appease U.S. Jewish community, show ‘astroturfing’ by college students involved with right-wing think tank, claim to reveal top U.S. donor of BDS blacklist
Amir Tibon Washington Aug 30, 2018 5:41 PM - Palestinian President Abbas’ Health Seriously Deteriorating, Report Says
Palestinian officials who visited Abbas recently were surprised to learn he didn’t remember them at all, Israel’s Channel 10 reports
Haaretz Aug 29, 2018 11:27 PM - U.S. Muslims Increasingly Harassed for Working With Jewish Groups, Activists Say
Bringing Jews and Muslims together is much harder now than it was even a few years ago, says one nonprofit leader. But despite the obstacles, organizations in the field promise to keep the multifaith
Debra Nussbaum Cohen Aug 31, 2018 5:58 AM - U.S. Official Says ‘No Change’ Planned in Policy on Palestinian Refugees, Contrary to Reports
The State Department said that the policy on Palestinian refugees is still under discussion within the administration, but the Washington Post reported otherwise just hours later
Amir Tibon Washington Aug 31, 2018 6:35 AM - Germany to Boost Funds to UNRWA Amid Reports of Cuts by U.S.
A U.S. State Department official, however, told Haaretz Thursday that there is ‘no change at this time’
DPA and Haaretz Aug 31, 2018 1:59 PM - Half of U.S. Jews Don’t Identify With Organized Religion, Study Finds
But more than one in five, ‘actively practice their faith’ and are ‘deeply involved in their congregations,’ according to the Pew Research Center survey
JTA Aug 30, 2018 4:24 PM - ‘You Have to Be Strong to Get Respect’: What the U.S. Ambassador to Israel Really Thinks of the Middle East
David Friedman’s remarks are strikingly similar to what Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday. ‘In the Middle East there’s a simple truth: There’s no place for the weak,’ the PM said
Noa Landau Aug 30, 2018 3:26 PM - Pro-Kahane Israeli Group Raising Funds in U.S. With Tax-exempt Status
A complaint notes that despite promoting a movement blacklisted as ‘terrorist’ by the State Department, the group’s fundraising efforts for a Jerusalem hostel still enjoy tax benefits
Judy Maltz Aug 30, 2018 3:20 PM
Posted here Tuesday, August 28, 2018
- BDS Activists Protest Jerusalem Orchestra Concerts in South America
The most severe incident was in Santiago, where a poster was distributed depicting the conductor with blood on his chest and hands
Amir Mandel Aug 28, 2018 8:56 AM - Opinion: What Happens at Israel’s Border Crossings Is Calculated Humiliation
Humiliation in guise of security questioning has been the norm for many non-Jews at the crossings for years
Amira Hass Aug 27, 2018 2:15 AM
Posted here Monday, August 27, 2018
- Israel Buys Rockets ‘That Can Reach Anywhere in the Middle East’
This is the first purchase since the Defense Ministry announced it would establish a ground-to-ground missiles force. ‘We are making the IDF stronger and more sophisticated,’ Lieberman says
Yaniv Kubovich Aug 27, 2018 11:25 AM - Overruling Cabinet, Court Allows Gazan Relatives of Hamas Members to Receive Medical Treatment in Israel
Justices reject a compromise pushed by the Defense Ministry that would permit patients to travel through Israel to seek treatment abroad
Amira Hass Aug 27, 2018 3:16 PM - Israeli Cabinet Minister: Arab Lawmakers Should Be Charged With Treason for Turning to the UN
Yariv Levin of Likud leads a chorus of outcries by Jewish MKs and ministers against Arab politicians’ bid for international intervention against a controversial nation-state law that Israel passed in mid-July
Jonathan Lis Aug 27, 2018 10:06 AM - Opinion Israel’s Racist Lynch Mobs Are Hunting Arabs. And They’re Fuelled by Government Incitement
I was assaulted in Tel Aviv for ‘looking Arab.’ My privilege – being a Jew of Mizrahi origin – spared me, but won’t protect millions of Israel’s Arab citizens, serially delegitimized by legislation, three of whom were viciously attacked last weekend
Noam Shuster Eliassi Aug 27, 2018 2:50 PM - An American Singer Wrote a Whole Folk-rock Album on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Seattle-based songwriter was living in an apartment across from the Old City in Jerusalem as he wrote his album
JTA and Gabe Friedman Aug 27, 2018 10:17 AM - [from the Forward] Chabad Wanted This Conservative Shul’s Building — So They Secretly Took It Over
Ari Feldman August 27, 2018
Posted here Sunday, August 26, 2018
- Analysis John McCain, the anti-Trump, Will Get the Last Laugh From His Grave
The late senator from Arizona was a true supporter of Israel but he embraced positions of the rejectionist right
Chemi Shalev Aug 26, 2018 5:38 PM - Analysis: If Trump Falls, the Testimonies of Cohen, Pecker and Weisselberg Could Spark an anti-Semitic Backlash
The trio’s public profile is a Jewish stereotype: the lawyer-fixer, the smut-dealing publisher and the numbers whiz who knows it all
Chemi Shalev Aug 25, 2018 10:39 PM - Report: Trump to Demand Recognized Palestinian Refugees Be Capped at Tenth of Current Number
According to the Israel Television News Company, Trump administration will also announce freezing funding to UNRWA in the West Bank and asking Israel to limit its activities
Haaretz Aug 25, 2018 10:26 PM - ‘The Soldiers Just Stood There, Helpless:’ Left-wing Activists Attacked by Settlers in West Bank Speak Out
‘The craziest part was that there were four soldiers there with weapons, unable to protect Israeli citizens’ ■ Activists attacked tell Haaretz the story of the roughest settler attack they’ve endured
Amira Hass Aug 25, 2018 10:59 PM
Posted here Saturday, August 25, 2018
- A Palestinian Woman’s Fight to Bring Electricity Into Gaza Defies Israeli Moves Against Border Crossings
Gazans and rights groups wonder how long Israel will let goods flow at the reopened Kerem Shalom crossing, charge that Israeli moves are meant to punish the Hamas-ruled enclave
Shuki Sadeh Aug 25, 2018 12:30 AM
Posted here Friday, August 24, 2018
- Trump Administration to Cut $200 Million From Palestinian Aid
Slashed funds were supposed to be allocated to humanitarian and economic projects in the West Bank and Gaza ■ Move expected to hurt Washington’s deteriorating relationship with the Palestinian Authority
Amir Tibon Washington Aug 24, 2018 11:23 PM - Netanyahu on Trump’s Peace Plan: ‘I Don’t See Any Urgency on This Matter’
‘It’s his issue if he wants to promote it,’ Netanyahu says following his meetings with the prime ministers of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. ‘It may come, even though I don’t see any urgency on the matter’
Noa Landau Aug 24, 2018 7:46 PM - Shin Bet Holds German Citizen at Israeli Border: Your Blood Isn’t German, It’s Palestinian
Nadim Sarrouh, a 34-year-old German citizen, says he’s accustomed to short detentions and questioning. But this time was different
Amira Hass Aug 24, 2018 12:22 AM
Posted here Thursday, August 23, 2018
- Opinion: Uri Avnery Superstar
History remembers the trailblazers; now that Israel’s great warrior for peace is gone, we can see more clearly than ever just how courageous he was
Gideon Levy Aug 23, 2018 1:50 AM - Rumble on the Right Pro-Israel Group Attacked for ‘Falsely’ Claiming Israel Supports Palestinian State
StandWithUs claimed Israel ‘officially supports the two-state solution’ – the Zionist Organization of America thinks that’s false, ripping the hasbara group’s statement as ‘extremely harmful’
Bradley Burston Aug 14, 2018 9:22 PM Updated: 9:22 AM
Posted here Wednesday, August 22, 2018
- Israel’s Public Enemy No. 1 or the Poster Boy for Zionism?
His name is Mickey Gitzin and from the way Netanyahu has gone after him, you’d think he was the devil incarnate
By Judy Maltz Aug 22, 2018 - Israel Approves 382 New Homes in West Bank Settlements
Some of the units are located in isolated settlements. Hundreds more were advanced and are pending further permissions
Yotam Berger Aug 22, 2018 2:41 PM - Israel Won’t Grant Life-saving Treatment to Relatives of Hamas Members, Except for Minors
Israel will make an exception for patients aged 16 or younger, while others will be allowed to travel to the West Bank or abroad, state tells High Court
Amira Hass Aug 21, 2018 9:36 PM - Opinion The Gazan Toddler With Cancer and the Humanitarian Trap
The 3-year-old was forced to undergo chemotherapy treatment alone due to restrictions on family members of Hamas. Such a policy enables the normalization of cruel behavior by bureaucrats and military officers
Amira Hass Aug 22, 2018 2:57 AM
Posted here Tuesday, August 21, 2018
- Opinion It’s a Good Thing You Didn’t Attend the Nation-state Rally in Tel Aviv, Tzipi Livni
There’s no doubt that Livni’s DNA can be found in every paragraph of the nation-state law. And if anyone in the Arab community is working to forge an alliance with Livni, it’s because there are people even worse than she is
Odeh Bisharat Aug 20, 2018 9:32 PM - WATCH: Noam Chomsky Slams Israeli Interference in U.S. Politics as Far Greater Than Russian
In an interview on Democracy Now, the renowned linguist said that Russian interference in the U.S. elections was minor in comparison to open Israeli interference
Haaretz Aug 21, 2018 2:18 PM - Israeli Military Opens Criminal Probe Into Border Killings of Two Gaza Teens
Investigation into shootings ordered after suspicions arose that troops violated regulations for opening fire
Yaniv Kubovich Aug 21, 2018 1:36 PM - Hamas Chief: Gaza Close to Ending Blockade, Trump’s Peace Plan ‘Clinically Dead’
‘Any humanitarian aid to Gaza will not be made at a diplomatic price,’ Ismail Haniyeh says
Jack Khoury 21.08.2018 11:06 Updated: 11:18 AM - Israel Allows Hundreds of Thousands More Civilians to Carry Guns
‘Skilled civilians carrying a gun in public contribute to a sense of security,’ public security minister says
Josh Breiner 21.08.2018 01:02 Updated: 12:41 PM - Israel Sentences Ahed Tamimi’s Brother to 14 Months in Prison for Throwing Stones at Border Police
Waed Tamimi’s sister Ahed, who was released from prison last month, attracted worldwide attention after she was caught on video slapping an Israeli soldier
Yotam Berger Aug 21, 2018 1:04 PM - Trump: Erdogan Reneged on Deal to Free Pastor After I Got Israel to Release Prisoner
In a wide-ranging Oval Office interview with Reuters, Trump says Erdogan is making ‘a terrible mistake,’ also indicates he would consider lifting U.S. sanctions on Russia if Moscow took some actions in return
Reuters Aug 21, 2018 1:02 PM
Posted here Monday, August 20, 2018
- Uri Avnery, Veteran Peace Activist and Among First Israelis to Meet Arafat, Dies at 94
The Gush Shalom founder was one of the first Israelis to actively seek a Palestinian state as a peaceful solution to the conflict: ‘The difference between a freedom fighter and a terrorist depends on your perspective’
Ofer Aderet Aug 20, 2018 7:21 AM - Uri Avnery, 1923-2018: A Great Optimist Who Never Stopped Fighting for Peace
Uri Avnery was boundlessly optimistic. Even at the worst of times, he did not give up on achieving a solution to the conflict. At 80, he said that he had decided to not die before peace would arrive. He did not keep his promise
Nehemia Shtrasler Aug 20, 2018 4:30 PM - Analysis: How Uri Avnery, the First Champion of the Two-state Solution, Laid the Foundations for Political Dissent in Israel
Uri Avnery may have failed as a politician and a newspaper owner, but he laid the foundations for combative journalism in Israel and was vital to the country’s fragile and circumscribed democracy
Anshel Pfeffer Aug 20, 2018 5:02 PM - Why Peace Activist Uri Avnery Refused to Give Up – and Six Other Must Reads
Here are six must reads written by the late Avnery for Haaretz, plus an interview marking his 90th birthday
Haaretz Aug 20, 2018 12:27 PM
1. Why BDS won’t save us
2. The Green Line is not sacred
3. The Hebrew state is disappearing, the Jewish state is taking over
4. How a Mossad plot to kill Yasser Arafat nearly cost me my life
5. Palestinian right of return, not such a complicated issue
6. Who really started the 1948 war and when
Interview: Uri Avnery at 90: Still leftist, after all these years - Israeli Ministry to Fund Evangelical Bible Program in West Bank Settlement
Education Ministry to set aside nearly one million shekels for trips to settlement facility dedicated to helping young Israelis foster ‘a deeper connection to God by embracing their biblical and cultural heritage’
Judy Maltz Aug 19, 2018 6:12 PM - Opinion: Israel Needs a New Jewish-Arab Party
When Hadash joined Joint List, many voters were left ‘politically homeless.’ And Meretz, which has just one Arab MK and whose head is willing to join a coalition with Lieberman, isn’t the answer
Iris Leal Aug 19, 2018 11:59 PM
Posted here Sunday, August 19, 2018
- Israeli Arabs, PA to Commemorate Nation-state Law With ‘Day of Resistance Against Israeli Apartheid’
Decision made at PLO assembly in Ramallah ■ Israeli Arab leaders claim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to help Arab MKs act against the nation-state law worldwide
Jack Khoury Aug 19, 2018 2:39 PM - Under the Looming Threat of BDS, Israel’s High-tech Sector Is Bridging the Arab-Jewish Divide
It’s harder to boycott technology than academia; either way, Tech2Peace and similar academies hope to apply the tech mindset to peace-making
Stefania D’Ignoti Aug 19, 2018 2:27 PM - Opinion: Illusions on the Way to an Apartheid State
Removing 33 ‘isolated’ settlements wouldn’t allow for a viable two-state solution, despite what a Haaretz colleague of mine argues
Gideon Levy Aug 19, 2018 5:02 AM
Posted here Saturday, August 18, 2018
- How Israeli Right-wing Thinkers Envision the Annexation of the West Bank
From granting the Palestinians the right to vote in Jordan to expelling them creatively – how rightists propose to apply Israeli sovereignty in the Palestinian territoriesBy Carolina Landsmann Aug 18, 2018 - How Many Settlers Need to Be Evacuated to Make Way for a Palestinian State
A look at the map suggests the two-state solution could be achieved with a minimal evacuation of Jews from the West Bank
By Ori Mark Aug 18, 2018 - UN Chief Proposes Armed Peacekeeping Force to Protect Palestinians in Gaza
Guterres’ propositions follow General Assembly resolution in June condemning violence in the Strip ■ Application seems less likely following recent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas
Noa Landau Aug 18, 2018 12:27 PM - J Street Withdraws Support for Rashida Tlaib Over Refusal to Endorse Two-state Solution
Left-wing lobby group states it ‘will not endorse candidates who don’t endorse the two-state solution’ after the Palestinian-American congressional nominee walked back on statements she made prior to winning the primary
Allison Kaplan Sommer Aug 17, 2018 11:30 PM - Threats at Gunpoint and Stone-hurling Israeli Arab Bus Drivers in West Bank Suffer Daily Abuse
Jewish drivers may not be immune to violence, says one driver, but it seems that in the fraught meeting point between Jewish passengers and Arab drivers, ‘racism quickly erupts’
Or Kashti Aug 17, 2018 9:38 PM
Posted here Friday, August 17, 2018
- Opinion: There’s a Reason the Opposition Didn’t Attend the Nation-state Protest
We believe Israel must be both a Jewish and a democratic state, and I cannot support any formulation that gives priority to either of these values at the expense of the other
Tzipi Livni Aug 17, 2018 1:47 AM - Ten Tons of Palestinian Mail Were Held in Jordan Since 2010. Israel Just Allowed Its Delivery
Israel’s chief liaison office with the Palestinians describes the one-time transfer as a ‘gesture’
Noa Landau and DPA
Posted here Thursday, August 16, 2018
- Gaza Cease-fire, Prisoner Swap and Seaport: Details of Israel-Hamas Deal Emerge
Understanding, approved by all minister but Bennett and Shaked, includes six phases to be implemented gradually
Noa Landau and Jack Khoury Aug 16, 2018 2:04 PM - From Two States to One: Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib Shifts Position on Israel
Did Palestinian-American Congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib pull a bait-and-switch on the two-state solution and U.S. aid to Israel? J Street wants to know
Allison Kaplan Sommer Aug 16, 2018 8:46 PM
Posted here Tuesday/Wednesday, August 14/15, 2018
- Opinion: Israel’s Conducts Mass Psychological Experiment on Gaza
This study is much more successful than the famous experiment carried out by social psychologist Stanley Milgram 55 years ago, and the Israelis are the guinea pigs
Amira Hass Aug 15, 2018 1:59 AM - Are You Next? Know Your Rights if Detained at Israel’s Border
From Israelis to foreign nationals, here’s what to do if you get stopped or questioned at Ben-Gurion Airport for a ‘cautionary conversation’ with the Shin Bet security service
Allison Kaplan Sommer Aug 15, 2018 5:17 AM - ‘You Won’t See Your Kids’ Reza Aslan Reveals He Was Detained by Shin Bet at Israeli Border
Aslan posted on Twitter that Peter Beinart’s expose of his detention by the Shin Bet while entering Israel has prompted him to tell his own detention story
Haaretz August 14, 2018 10:19 - Reza Aslan Tells Haaretz His Interrogation Was Political; Israel Denies, Says He ‘Behaved Suspiciously’
Reza Aslan says he was asked about his views of Netanyahu by Israeli interrogator; Shin Bet denies the Iranian-born author was threatened
Amir Tibon Aug 15, 2018 2:44 PM - Rumble on the Right Pro-Israel Group Attacked for ‘Falsely’ Claiming Israel Supports Palestinian State
StandWithUs claimed Israel ‘officially supports the two-state solution’ – the Zionist Organization of America thinks that’s false, ripping the hasbara group’s statement as ‘extremely harmful’
Bradley Burston Aug 14, 2018 9:22 PM Updated: 9:22 AM - Palestinian Family Evicted From West Bank Home Contrary to Israeli Court’s Order
Two of the family’s homes were demolished after the compound where they lived was purchased by a group led by a settlement funder
Amira Hass Aug 15, 2018 12:52 PM
Posted here Monday/Tuesday, August 13/14, 2018
- Israel’s Shin Bet Detains Peter Beinart at Ben-Gurion Airport Over Political Activity
The Jewish-American journalist wrote that he was pulled aside for questioning upon entering Israel ■ Netanyahu says he was told detention was ‘administrative mistake’ and ‘Israel welcomes all’
Amir Tibon and Noa Landau Aug 13, 2018 8:38 PM - Analysis Peter Beinart’s Airport Interrogation Proves Something Is Rotting in the State of Bibi
Netanyahu was quick to distance himself from an incident that was totally outrageous and completely predictable at the same time
Chemi Shalev Aug 14, 2018 12:54 AM - Rights Groups Petition Israel’s High Court to Re-open Gaza Border Crossing
Petitioners are demanding that Israel reverse restrictions imposed a month ago on the entry of fuel and export of goods through the Kerem Shalom crossing
Amira Hass Aug 13, 2018 6:21 PM
Posted here Sunday, August 12, 2018
- Tens of Thousands Gather in Tel Aviv for Nation-state Law Protest Led by Israeli Arabs
Protesters waving Palestinian and Israeli flags, chanting: ‘Nation-state is apartheid’ ■ Netanyahu: There is no better testimony for the necessity of the law’
Bar Peleg and Jack Khoury 11.08.2018 22:07 Updated: 10:39 PM - Netanyahu: Protesters Trying to Turn Country Into Israeli-Palestinian State
At Sunday’s cabinet meeting, Netanyahu spoke about the joint Jewish-Arab protest against the nation-state law and about the escalation with Gaza, saying Israel wants ‘a complete cease-fire; we will not be satisfied with less’
Noa Landau Aug 12, 2018 11:47 AM - Israeli Politicians Explain Why They Shunned Nation-state Protest
Few Jewish lawmakers attend Arab-led demonstration, while culture minister says march proves ‘cooperation between left and Israeli Arabs who want another country’
Bar Peleg, Jonathan Lis and Noa Landau Aug 12, 2018 1:02 AM - Israeli-Arab Leaders Consider Tel Aviv Rally a Success, Though Debate Over Palestinian Flags Rages On
‘The spectacular scene yesterday allowed Netanyahu to begin unbridled incitement,’ chairman committee wrote. Arabs divided over question of Palestinian flags
Jack Khoury Aug 12, 2018 1:50 PM - [Haaretz’s lead editorial, as published in the Hebrew and English newspapers in Israel.]
Editorial: Night of Honor, Night of Disgrace
Saturday night’s demonstration should launch a new chapter in Israeli politics, in which the Arab community becomes an inseparable part of a large bloc capable of blocking the government
Haaretz Editorial Aug 12, 2018 3:12 AM - Secret Israeli Report ‘Reveals Armed Drone Killed’ Four Children Playing on Gaza Beach in 2014
According to a confidential Israeli military police report obtained by The Intercept, four cousins were killed in two separate drone strikes after they were mistaken for Hamas fighters
Haaretz Aug 12, 2018 12:59 PM - Opinion: The Late Inas and Bayan Khammash
Imagine the reaction if Hamas had killed a pregnant Israeli woman and her baby daughter. But Inas and Bayan were Palestinians from Dir al-Balah
Gideon Levy Aug 12, 2018 2:50 AM
Posted here Friday, August 10, 2018
- Analysis: In Show of Renewed Activism, Arab Israelis to Protest Nation-state Law on Saturday
After years of scarce political engagement, the Arab Israeli community is showing signs of waking up and is applying pressure on its political leadership and parties over the passage of the new nation-state law
Jack Khoury Aug 10, 2018 4:37 PM - Editorial: Demonstrate With the Arabs
The place of Livni and the other opposition leaders is in Rabin Square, alongside the Arab community. Their struggle is the struggle of all Israelis, Jews and Arabs alike
Haaretz Editorial Aug 10, 2018 1:32 AM
Posted here Thursday, August 9, 2018
- Left-wing Peace Activist Uri Avnery Hospitalized in Critical Condition
The writer and former Knesset member, who has written regularly for Haaretz, has been an advocate for a Palestinian state for the past 70 years
Ofer Aderet Aug 09, 2018 10:37 AM - Colombia Recognizes Palestine as Sovereign State
Diplomatic move in favor of Palestinians comes in final days of Colombian President Santos’ tenure ■ Netanyahu canceled a work trip to Bogota last week over situation in south
Noa Landau Aug 09, 2018 8:41 AM - Opinion: Jeremy Corbyn for U.K. Prime Minister
Israelis regard him as a sort of alien – the left here has never been led by an Israeli Corbyn, nor by anyone who can hold a candle to him
Gideon Levy Aug 09, 2018 12:28 AM - ‘My Israel Is Dead’: Dame Vivien Duffield, One of Israel’s Biggest Donors, Is Furious About the Nation-state Law
‘I will make absolutely sure that Arabic is still part of every project we do,’ says the biggest, most dedicated and most veteran philanthropist in Israel in defiance to nation-state law
By Gili Izikovich Aug 09, 2018 - Analysis: UNRWA Under Attack: Trump Tries to Destroy a Palestinian Achievement to Force a Deal
The administration thinks this tactic will make it easier for it to impose the ‘deal of the century’ – that is, the surrender agreement – on the Palestinians
Amira Hass Aug 08, 2018 3:28 PM
Posted here Tuesday, August 7, 2018
- Basic Law or Basically a Disaster? Israel’s Nation-state Law Controversy Explained
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is refusing to amend the legislation, which opponents say undermines Israel’s democracy and has driven the normally loyal Druze community on to the streets in protest
Allison Kaplan Sommer Aug 06, 2018 9:31 PM - Israel Is Using an Online Blacklist Against pro-Palestinian Activists. But Nobody Knows Who Compiled It
Israeli border officials are using a shadowy online dossier as an intelligence source on thousands of students and academics
The Forward and Josh Nathan-Kazis Aug 07, 2018 12:30 PM - Opinion: Exercising the Privilege of Going to Jail
Rather than quietly avoid prison time, these young Israelis chose to make a statement that invites others like them to question the nationalist, security-focused axioms they have been stuffed with
Amira Hass Aug 07, 2018 1:35 AM - Rappers Tyga and Fat Joe Cancel Their Performances in Israel Over ‘Security Reasons’
The festival’s producers said that the two, considered some of the most famous rappers in the U.S., canceled their arrival at the Shaka hip-hop festival
Haaretz Aug 06, 2018 11:47 AM
Posted here Monday, August 6, 2018
- White House Doubles Down on Palestinian Refugees Issue, Says UNRWA Mandate Must Change
Following criticism from Palestinian President Abbas over its plans to reform UNRWA, a White House official says the agency’s mandate ‘has perpetuated and exacerbated the refugee crisis and must be changed’
Amir Tibon Washington Aug 06, 2018 9:39 AM - U.S. Jewish Activist Simone Zimmerman Held by Shin Bet at Border, Questioned on Work With Palestinians
Founding member of IfNotNow says she was asked about opinion of Prime Minister Netanyahu as she and fellow activist Abigail Kirschbaum were detained
Noa Landau Aug 06, 2018 11:57 AM - Israel’s Justice Minister Warns of ‘An Earthquake’ if Top Court Kills Nation-state Law
The High Court has never been conclusive on whether it has the authority to overrule a Basic Law – the controversial nation-state law might be the litmus test
Revital Hovel and Noa Shpigel Aug 05, 2018 10:21 PM - Opinion: Why It’s Now Every American Jew’s Duty to Oppose Israel’s Government
Netanyahu’s zealous dissolution of democratic norms is a critical moral and political mistake. It’s leading U.S. Jews to question even attenuated support for the Jewish state, while framing Israel as an unreliable, undesirable ally for America
David Rothkopf Aug 05, 2018 3:31 PM
Posted here Sunday, August 5, 2018
- Kushner Reportedly Worked to Strip Jordan’s Two Million Palestinians of Refugee Status
Kushner raised the issue with Jordanian officials during a visit to Amman, Foreign Policy reports ■ Move appears to be part of broader effort to halt UNRWA, which Kushner allegedly called ‘corrupt and inefficient’
Haaretz Aug 05, 2018 12:35 PM - A Palestinian Father Wonders Why the Israeli Army Had to Kill His 14-year-old Son
Arkan Muzhir threw stones at army jeeps that entered the Deheisheh refugee camp. ‘If he threw a stone,’ his father asks, ‘couldn’t they shoot him in the leg?’
Amira Hass Aug 05, 2018 10:35 AM
Posted here Saturday, August 4, 2018
- Analysis Netanyahu Cons Druze and Incites Jews to Protect Controversial Nation-state Law
For prime minister’s minions, the protest against the controversial law transforms Druze from blood brothers to backstabbing leftists
Chemi Shalev Aug 04, 2018 12:54 PM - ‘We Need Equality’: Tens of Thousands Attend Druze Rally Against Nation-state Law
‘Despite our unreserved loyalty, Israel doesn’t see us as equals,’ Druze leader tells mass Tel Aviv protest ■ Right-wing activists spread fake correspondence on deal between Druze leaders and Labor party
Bar Peleg, Noa Shpigel, Chaim Levinson, Oded Yaron and Noa Landau Aug 04, 2018 11:32 PM - Analysis Druze Solidarity Rally Could Make or Break Netanyahu’s Election Campaign
Netanyahu is already laying the toxic groundwork for his next election win. It worked in 2015, but it may not in 2018
Anshel Pfeffer Aug 04, 2018 11:17 PM
Posted here Friday, August 3, 2018
- Trump Administration Released Dozens of Millions of Dollars to Support Palestinian Security Forces
Funds which had been frozen since the beginning of the year were recently released despite political tensions between D.C. and Ramallah ■ U.S. official: this money supports Palestinian-Israeli security cooperation
Amir Tibon Aug 02, 2018 7:46 PM - In Rare Rebuke, Jewish Federations Slam Israel’s Nation-state Law as ‘Step Back for All Minorities’
Major Israel fundraiser JFNA says ‘disappointed’ with controversial law, which stipulates that only Jews have right to self-determination in Israel
Judy Maltz Aug 02, 2018 7:17 PM - Opinion After 51 Years of Tyranny in the Territories, Is It Any Wonder Israel Interrogates Its Critics at Airports?
You can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs; we’ve broken lots of eggs for the sake of the settlements, and all we’ve got to show for it is a small, foul-smelling, toxic omelet
Zehava Galon Aug 01, 2018 11:53 PM
Posted here Thursday, August 2, 2018
- Opinion: Israel Is the Nation-state of the Israelis
Israel is the nation-state of the Israelis. It belongs to those who pay taxes, vote and get elected to office; those who live here, speak the language, are given their rights and meet their obligations
Avraham Burg Aug 02, 2018 1:30 AM - Opinion: The Real Oslo Criminals
A new documentary shows quite well how Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres were the heroes of Oslo but also its criminals: Their missed opportunity, rooted chiefly in their cowardice, is unforgivable
Gideon Levy Aug 02, 2018 1:03 AM - Nation-state Law Backlash: Netanyahu Offers Israel’s Druze New Legislation to Enshrine Their Status
Some Druze representatives say Netanyahu is trying to implement a policy of ‘divide and conquer’ ■ Netanyahu: anyone who serves in the military should be eligible for benefits
Noa Landau and Jack Khoury Aug 01, 2018 7:29 PM - Seven Seriously Ill Gaza Women Refused Entry Into Israel for Treatment
The rejection highlights the uptick in denials of entry so far this year; Israel has refused passage to 769 people because they have close relatives in Hamas
Amira Hass Aug 02, 2018 9:59 AM
Posted here Wednesday, August 1, 2018
- Activists Hand Out Anti-occupation Materials to Birthright Participants en Route to Israel
The Jewish activists from the IfNotNow group were kicked out of the JFK International Airport after Birthright staffers allegedly asked airport security to intervene
Taly Krupkin New York Jul 31, 2018 7:31 PM - Facebook Takes Down Video of Second Birthright Participants Walking Off a Trip
The social network took down the video over the weekend, which featured the moment of the walk-off, as well as a lengthy conversations with Palestinians
The Forward and Alyssa Fisher Jul 31, 2018 7:02 PM - Amnesty: We Were Targeted With Israeli NSO Cyberweapons
In 20-page report, human rights group claims malicious software also targeted opposition figures in the Middle East and beyond
The Associated Press and Haaretz Aug 01, 2018 11:54 AM - ‘Freedom of Speech Has Limits’: Jerusalem Post Defends Axing of Cartoonist Over Pig Drawing
In an editorial the paper says illustration published by The Jerusalem Report crossed lines and that it could not accept the demeaning analogy of Jews and swine
Haaretz Aug 01, 2018 11:21 AM - More Than 2,000 Trees in West Bank Palestinian Villages Destroyed in Two Months
According to B’Tselem, in one incident near Hebron, 700 vines were damaged. So far, 10 suspects have been arrested, all of whom have been released
Yotam Berger Aug 01, 2018 2:12 PM
Posted here Tuesday, July 31, 2018
- Israeli Arab Poet Dareen Tatour Gets Five-month Sentence for Incitement on Social Media
Tatour, 36, was convicted of incitement to violence and supporting terrorist organizations in May
Noa Shpigel Jul 31, 2018 11:50 AM - Second Druze Officer Says He’s Quitting Israeli Military Over Nation-state Law
‘Today I refused for the first time in my service to salute the flag, I refused for the first time to sing the national anthem,’ Shady Zaidan says in a Facebook post
Yaniv Kubovich Jul 31, 2018 1:06 PM
Posted here Monday, July 30, 2018
- Israeli Author Questioned by Shin Bet at Ben-Gurion Airport Over Involvement in Leftist Groups
Moriel Rothman-Zecher, who lives in the U.S., says his interrogator told him he should think of their conversation as a warning: ‘It’s a slippery slope’
Yotam Berger Jul 30, 2018 6:54 PM - Israeli Druze Commander Quits Army Over Nation-state Law in Open Letter to Netanyahu
In a Facebook post, Capt. Amir Jmall calls on leaders of his community to work toward putting an end to the compulsory conscription of Israeli Druze
Yaniv Kubovich Jul 30, 2018 5:36 PM - ‘Abolish This Sin’: Amoz Oz, David Grossman and Hundreds of Israeli Intellectuals Slam Nation-state Law
Intellectuals fire at Netanyahu: ‘You have been steadily eroding the foundations of our state’
Jonathan Lis, Jack Khoury, Chaim Levinson and Bar Peleg Jul 29, 2018 12:21 PM - Saudi King Tells U.S. That Peace Plan Must Include East Jerusalem as Palestinian Capital
‘They told the administration, “what we could do for you before Jerusalem, we won’t be able to do now,”‘ one diplomatic source says, referring to the embassy move
Amir Tibon Washington Jul 29, 2018 8:23 PM - Yuval Noah Harari Rebuffs Israeli Consulate Event in Protest of New Israeli Laws
After enactment of nation-state and surrogacy laws, historian and best-selling author declines to be associated with Israeli policy
Haaretz Jul 30, 2018 11:05 AM - Opinion: This Is a Grim Time for Diaspora Lovers of Israel
From jettisoning LGBT and minority rights to befriending the European nationalist right and abjectly surrendering to ultra-Orthodox dictates, Netanyahu serially chooses the path of stupidity, political convenience and moral obtuseness
Eric H. Yoffie Jul 30, 2018 12:50 PM - Opinion: Ahed Tamimi’s Attorney: Eight Months in Prison Didn’t Break Her
The attempts to break Ahed’s spirit continued after her arrest as well: police and military intelligence used aggressive, questionably legal measures in interrogating her. But this courageous girl didn’t give in for a moment
Gaby Lasky Jul 30, 2018 5:37 AM - Thousands Attend Mega Arabic Lesson in Tel Aviv to Protest Nation-state Law
Organized by a consortium of Israeli civil society organization, the event was held to protest the controversial nation-state law, passed this month, that downgrades Arabic as one of the country’s official languages.
Judy Maltz Jul 30, 2018 10:52 PM - Opinion: Gaza’s Indifference Will Spell Its End
My small city, which has become sad and dark, has taught me something new. It, like Gaza as a whole, needs not only its infrastructure rehabilitated, but also its men, women and children
Mohammed Azaria Jul 30, 2018 8:58 PM
Posted here Sunday, July 29, 2018
- Israel to Open Jewish Heritage Center in Palestinian Neighborhood in East Jerusalem
Israel will invest more than $1 million in the center in Silwan, devoted to Yemenite immigrants in the 19th century Chaim Levinson Jul 29, 2018 4:00 PM - Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi, Jailed for Assaulting Israeli Soldier, Released
Tamimi, 17, spent eight months in prison. ‘Resistance will continue until occupation ends,’ she says on release ■ PA President Abbas calls Tamimi ‘role model for Palestinian struggle for liberty’
Yotam Berger and Jack Khoury Jul 29, 2018 2:16 PM - Analysis: Ahed Tamimi and Her Family: Israel’s Ongoing PR Disaster
By trying to make an example out of Ahed Tamimi’s arrest, Israel helped transform her into an anti-occupation poster child
Allison Kaplan Sommer Jul 29, 2018 1:10 PM - Netanyahu Attacks Left as Criticism Mounts Against Nation-state Law
‘Don’t be apologetic,’ Netanyahu tell ministers amid uproar over the controversial legislation
Noa Landau Jul 29, 2018 1:01 PM - Opinion: The South African Model: Make Israel’s Druze ‘Honorary Jews’
Thanks to the Druze community’s protest against the nation-state law, two basic truths were uncovered that can no longer be concealed
Gideon Levy Jul 29, 2018 4:18 AM - Case Against Policemen Who Assaulted Israeli Arab Lawmaker Dropped
Only two policemen received disciplinary action despite the Justice of Ministry questioning 10 for potential involvement in the 2017 assault
Josh Breiner Jul 29, 2018 1:48 AM
Posted here Saturday, July 28, 2018
- ‘Hurricane Season’ American Jews Say Current Storm With Israel Will Pass, Just Like All the Others Did
‘People expect that there will be some kind of massive abandonment of Israel by American Jews, but I don’t see that happening – it’s a much longer process’ says one expert
Amir Tibon Jul 28, 2018 2:04 AM - Israeli Arab Lawmaker Quits Knesset in Protest Over Nation-state Law
‘The law oppresses me and the population that sent me to the Knesset,’ Zouheir Bahloul says about the contentious legislation
Jonathan Lis and Chaim Levinson 28.07.2018 19:52 Updated: 7:53 PM - Opinion: Keep It Up, Ahed Tamimi
Now it must be said to her, days before her scheduled release after eight months in prison: It was worth it. Keep up the resistance to the Israeli occupation
Gideon Levy Jul 25, 2018 10:19 PM - Israel Arrests Italian Artists Who Painted a West Bank Mural of Ahed Tamimi
Palestinian officials said Israeli border police arrested the two artists who crafted the large painting, now on display at a separation barrier in Bethlehem
Reuters Jul 28, 2018 10:35 PM - Police Arrest Right-wing Activist Suspected of Assaulting Breaking the Silence Co-founder
Activist suspected of injuring Yehuda Shaul during a tour of Hebron. He was released after questioning and barred from the city for two days
Yotam Berger Jul 28, 2018 11:37 PM - How Birthright Guides (Don’t) Discuss the West Bank
After a video of participants walking off a trip went viral, many question whether Birthright has a responsibility to grapple with the occupation
JTA and Ben Sales Jul 27, 2018 8:47 PM - ‘When We’re in Uniform They Treat Us Well’: Israel’s Druze No Longer Feel Like Blood Brothers
The new nation-state law has given members of Israel’s model minority the feeling they’ve been betrayed: ‘We’re blood brothers when someone dies but now we’re second-class?’
Noa Shpigel Jul 29, 2018 12:30 AM - Once Again, Israel Denies the Bedouin What It Grants the Settlers
On Wednesday the High Court will hear petitions against the demolition of the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, while two Palestinian villages request that the state demolish illegal structures in a nearby settlement
Amira Hass Jul 27, 2018 10:23 PM
Posted here Thursday, July 26, 2018
- Second Israeli Minister Admits ‘Mistake’ Over Controversial Nation-state Law
‘The enactment of the nation-state law was done hastily,’ Moshe Kahlon tells Army Radio, ‘we were wrong and we need to fix it’
Haaretz Jul 26, 2018 10:34 AM - Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi to Be Released From Israeli Prison
The 17-year-old turned into a Palestinian protest icon after she was filmed slapping Israeli soldiersYotam Berger
Jul 26, 2018 12:36 PM - Born-again BDS: Barred From Israel, South African Model Becomes Boycott Movement’s Star
Shashi Naidoo faced massive backlash for praising Israel and calling out Hamas. Now she’s the face of South African BDS, part of long list of those blocked from entering Israel
Allison Kaplan Sommer Jul 26, 2018 5:00 AM
Posted here Wednesday, July 25, 2018
- Birthright Says It Won’t Vet Applicants Despite Recent Walkouts Protesting Israeli Occupation
The program that offers free trips to Israel reiterates that it does not inquire about its applicants’ political views
Judy Maltz Jul 23, 2018 7:52 PM - Opinion: Sabah al-Kha’ir, Israel! Now, You Are ‘Free’
Mabruk Israel, for now being able to march without interference toward half of your dream, while throwing the other half in the garbage. What do you need this democracy nonsense for when you can simply be Jewish?
Mira Awad Jul 23, 2018 9:44 PM - Born-again BDS: Barred From Israel, South African Model Becomes Boycott Movement’s Star
Shashi Naidoo faced massive backlash for praising Israel and calling out Hamas. Now she’s the face of South African BDS, part of long list of those blocked from entering Israel
Allison Kaplan Sommer Jul 26, 2018 5:00 AM
Posted here Tuesday, July 24, 2018
- Opinion: Europe Is Fighting Israel’s Occupation. America Is Normalizing It
It’s a tale of two continents: A wave of European states are backing boycotts of illegal settlements, while the U.S. Congress and state legislatures are actively protecting them. Why are their approaches so different?
Zaha Hassan - Opinion: Today, I Am Ashamed to Be an Israeli
The founding fathers of the State of Israel considered the principle of equality and the pursuit of peace as the bedrock of the society they were building. What happened?
Daniel Barenboim Jul 22, 2018 2:03 PM
Posted here Saturday, July 21, 2018
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- [From Palestine News Service] US rejects visa for six Palestinians who were to attend UN forum 3 days ago
- EU Foreign Policy Chief to Meet With Israeli Arab Lawmakers
The lawmakers expect the meeting to deal with the nation-state law, which passed in the Knesset Thursday, giving Jews exclusive right to self-determination in the country
Jack Khoury
Posted here Friday, July 20, 2018
- Head of Conservative Judaism Movement Compares Israel’s Religious Authorities to Iran and Saudi Arabia
‘Israel is losing its soul and weakening its democracy and Jewish character,’ Rabbi Steven Wernick says
Amir Tibon - Analysis: Jewish Nation-state Law Makes Discrimination in Israel Constitutional
The nation-state law is another step in the direction of annexing the territories, but in reverse: The territories have annexed the state
Mordechai Kremnitzer Jul 20, 2018 7:02 AM -
Hamas Blasts Kushner as ‘Spokesman for Israeli Occupation’
Rulers of Gaza hit back after op-ed by Trump aides blames the group for the plight of Palestinians and urges it to abandon violence
Haaretz and Jack Khoury
Posted here Thursday, July 19, 2018
- Israel Passes Controversial Jewish Nation-state Bill After Stormy Debate
62 lawmakers vote in favor of the bill after a stormy debate ■ Arab lawmakers tossed out after they tear bill in protest, call it ‘apartheid law’
Jonathan Lis and Noa Landau Jul 19, 2018 7:35 AM - Opinion: The Israel You Know Just Ended. You Can Thank Netanyahu
Look around. The country looks the same. But it doesn’t feel the same. Not even close. A day of mourning has come
Bradley Burston - Nation-state Law Builds Up ‘Racist Laws’ Against non-Jews, Top Palestinian Official Says
‘We are convinced that this law would not have been passed without the culture of impunity that Israel continues to enjoy,’ says Saeb Erekat after the contentious bill passed
Jack Khoury - Israel Detains Conservative Rabbi for Performing non-Orthodox Weddings
Rabbinical Court files complaint against Rabbi Dov Haiyun ■ Police backtrack after reports ■ ‘Police serve as tools for the ayatollahs in Israel,’ rabbi says
Aaron Rabinowitz, Josh Breiner and Noa Shpigel - Prominent Jewish Donor to Israel Questioned by Airport Security Over ‘Palestine’ Pamphlet
Meyer Koplow, who sits on Brandeis’ board and has donated to numerous Israeli causes over the years, says: ‘I have a deep Zionist connection. Whatever was intended by this questioning, I think it accomplished exactly the opposite’
Amir Tibon - Opinion: Israel’s Holocaust Credit Line Is Running Out
The day will come when not only Israeli politicians and military officials will be put on trial, but also jurists, military and civilian judges, architects and planners, everyone who enabled and enables the division of this land
Amira Hass
Posted here Tuesday, July 17, 2018
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- Israel Collected $100m From Palestinians. Now It Wants to Use the Money to Upgrade Roadblocks
The Finance Ministry and the Population and Immigration Authority have accumulated millions of shekels in sick leave compensations belonging to Palestinian workers
Or Kashti Jul 17, 2018 7:39 PM - After Reprimand From EU Revealed in Haaretz, Israeli Minister to Present Terror-funding Claim in Brussels
‘Baseless accusations against me won’t stop facts,’ Israel’s public security minister charges after Haaretz published the contents of the harsh letter Mogherini wrote him, but says he will still visit EU to prove claims
Jul 17, 2018 2:32 PM
- Israel Collected $100m From Palestinians. Now It Wants to Use the Money to Upgrade Roadblocks
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- Israel Passes Law Meant to Keep Breaking the Silence Out of Schools
Law prohibits school activities organized by groups in favor of legal actions being taken abroad against Israeli soldiers ■ Critics ask: ‘Where will we hear the truth about what’s happening in the occupied territories?’
Jonathan Lis
- Israel Passes Law Meant to Keep Breaking the Silence Out of Schools
Posted here Monday, July 16, 2018
- Entitled Brats? What’s Wrong With the Birthright Walk-outs
Birthright’s programs are essentially a gift the government of Israel and from wealthy American Jews. The goal of these protests may be noble: the method – not so much
Allison Kaplan Sommer
Posted here Sunday, July 15, 2018
- Israeli Lawmakers Advance Bill Limiting Palestinians From Petitioning High CourtThe bill would reduce the High Court’s heavy caseload and aims to stop Palestinians from disputing Jewish settlement construction
Jonathan Lis Jul 15, 2018 11:18 AM - For Second Time in Two Weeks: U.S. Jews Walk Off Birthright Trip to Join Anti-occupation Activity
Eight young Americans leave the trip during a visit to Jerusalem’s City of David Park to visit family slated for eviction by right-wing organization that manages the park
Nir Hasson - Opinion ‘One Jewish Life Is Worth More Than 10,000 non-Jews’: Why More U.S. Jews Will Walk Off Birthright This Summer
My Birthright guide’s supremacist stance was extreme. But the program’s claim to be ‘apolitical’ is not only demonstrably untrue; it frames every critical, inquisitive Jewish millennial who wants to meet Palestinians as Israel-haters
Sam Sussman Jul 15, 2018 3:56 PM
Posted here Friday, July 13, 2018
- Opinion: A Law That Tells the Truth About IsraelThe nation-state law makes it plain. Israel is for Jews only, on the books. It’s easier this way for everyone
Gideon Levy
Posted here Thursday, July 12, 2018
- Israeli Minister Planned Eviction of West Bank Bedouin 40 Years Ago, Document Reveals
Now agriculture minister, then settler activist, Uri Ariel was already planning in the 1970s the eviction of Bedouin living east of Jerusalem that is taking place now in Khan al-Ahmar
Amira Hass
Posted here Tuesday, July 10, 2018
- ‘Could Harm Jews’/Israeli President Warns Jewish-only Communities Undermine Zionist VisionNation-State Bill allows ‘discrimination and exclusion based on ethnic origin,’ Rivlin says in damning letter. Knesset legal advisor agrees: ‘no equivalent clause in any constitution in the world’
Jonathan Lis
Posted here Monday, July 9, 2018
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- Explained: Everything You Need to Know About the West Bank Bedouin Village at the Eye of a Diplomatic Storm
Who lives in Khan al-Ahmar, why is the West Bank village slated for demolition considered ‘illegal’ and what does the High Court say about it?
Yotam Berger
- Explained: Everything You Need to Know About the West Bank Bedouin Village at the Eye of a Diplomatic Storm
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- Netanyahu: Israel to Close Commercial Gaza Crossing Over Airborne Firebombs
Israel taking more steps to counter threat from incendiary kites and helium-filled balloons, PM tells Likud lawmakers
Chaim Levinson
- Netanyahu: Israel to Close Commercial Gaza Crossing Over Airborne Firebombs
- Opinion: I Am a Palestinian Woman in Israel. You Don’t Get to Define My LabelsThe mere fact that we live within Israel’s borders does not make us less Palestinian. We suffer from the same bitterly oppressive policies, even if our suffering is of a different nature and takes a different form
Maha Ighbaria - Opinion: One State, One VoteAfter decades of government by a single regime that brought great accomplishments and led to a dead end, the only way to achieve change is by first taking down the scaffolding on which the structure was built
Gideon Levy - Farm Warfare: How Israel Uses Chemicals to Kill Crops in GazaThe purpose of herbicides is to enable farmers to grow produce, but Israel is quietly using them to do just the opposite in the Strip — in the name of security
Posted here Monday, July 2, 2018
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- Israel Denies Entry to U.S. Jewish BDS Activist
Ariel Gold arrived in Israel on a student visa, which was revoked at the airport ■ Activist says Israeli authorities accused her of lying about why she had arrived, but claims: ‘I didn’t lie’
Noa Landau and Yotam Berger
- Israel Denies Entry to U.S. Jewish BDS Activist
- Australia Ends Direct Aid to Palestinian Authority Amid Fears Money Is Going to Terrorists
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says she’s concerned funds may be spent on activities that ‘Australia would never support’ ■ Palestinian President Abbas says Palestinians are talking to Australian gov’t following announcement
The Associated Press and Jack KhouryJul 02, 2018 12:37 PM - Opinion Trying, Failing to Buy Off PalestiniansThe Palestinians don’t have much sway over the Americans, and still, despite the tremendous suffering caused them due to the occupation, they’re winning big
Jul 02, 2018 4:02 AM
Posted here Wednesday, June 27, 2018
- Analysis: El Al and Barkan Wines: A Tale of Two BoycottsThe two Israeli companies were forced to choose which set of customers they wanted to appease – the ultra-Orthodox or the secular public. It could become an increasingly common business decision
Allison Kaplan Sommer - Foreign Journalist Barred From Covering William-Netanyahu Meeting Over Suspicion He Is MuslimNebi Qena, AP’s chief TV producer in Israel for the past three years, was detained by security guards at Netanyahu’s residency ■ PM’s office says ‘lessons will be drawn immediately’
Noa Landau - Democrat Who Slammed Israel for Gaza Killings Is Shock Winner of New York Primary
Alexandria Ocasia-Cortez, 28, scores decisive victory over House Democrat Joe Crowley after running on a socialist platform
Allison Kaplan Sommer - Opinion: Zionism’s Terrorist Heritage
Israel has a terrorism problem it’s unwilling to talk about. Hidden in plain sight
Bradley Burston
Posted here Monday, June 25, 2018
- Editorial: Segregation at Rabin SquareDespite religious objections, public spaces belong to the entire public and equality in such spaces must be safeguarded
Haaretz Editorial -
Israeli’s Foreign Wife Deported After Getting 8 of 70 Questions Wrong on ‘Couple Verifier’ Quiz
The Israeli and his Georgian wife answered dozens of questions identically. They have known each other for 20 years, and married in 2015. Each had spent time in prison and sought to start a new life together
Lee Yaron
Posted here Friday, June 22, 2018
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- More Israelis Are Coming Out as anti-Arab, Activists Warn, With Politicians Setting the Tone
What was once whispered behind closed doors is now being said openly in public, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 2015 comments about Israeli Arabs voting in ‘droves’ seen as a turning point
- More Israelis Are Coming Out as anti-Arab, Activists Warn, With Politicians Setting the Tone
- Night Raids and Attack Dogs: For West Bank Palestinians, Their Homes Are Not Their Castles
Israel’s Border Police are increasingly using dogs to attack people in the middle of the night, while soldiers have used creative solutions like welding a door shut and keeping a family prisoners in their own houseAmira Hass
Posted here Wednesday, June 20, 2018
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- Opinion: Israel, a State Unencumbered by DemocracyThe Knesset presidium has excised the principle of equality from the definition of democracy. Instead of dealing with the Balad party’s vision, they have chosen to kill the messenger.Haneen Zoabi
- Opinion: We Won’t Stop Filming, We Won’t Stop WritingThe Knesset could act not just against the press, but against human rights groups and Palestinians, the last witnesses for the prosecution against the occupation
Gideon Levy
- ‘Anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist’: Palestinian Issue Shakes Up Most Famous U.S. Jewish CampCamp Ramah is a staple of American Jewish life. But now its alumni from IfNotNow are fighting its ‘one-sided’ pro-Israel narrativeDina Kraft
Posted here Thursday, June 14, 2018
- Journalists Beaten, Cameras Destroyed: Palestinian Police Break Up anti-Abbas Protest in Ramallah
Dozens beaten and arrested, including foreign journalists, in breakup of demonstration against Abbas’s economic sanctions on Gaza
Amira Hass and Jack Khoury -
Hundreds of Israelis Demonstrate Against Home Sale to Arab Family
Former mayor joined protest: ‘the residents of Afula don’t want a mixed city, but rather a Jewish city, and it’s their right. This is not racism’
Noa Shpigel
Posted here Wednesday, June 13, 2018
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- Opinion: Israel’s New Tool for Dispossessing PalestiniansMilitary order 1797 is one more item in Israel’s ‘toolbox’ to stop all Palestinian construction in the lion’s share of the West Bank
Amira Hass
- Opinion: Israel’s New Tool for Dispossessing PalestiniansMilitary order 1797 is one more item in Israel’s ‘toolbox’ to stop all Palestinian construction in the lion’s share of the West Bank
- Did Israeli Settler Group Use Government Funds to Spy on Human-rights NGOs?
Haaretz investigation: State-funded group Regavim commissioned and paid for private investigation into prominent human-rights lawyer and the organizations he represents.
Uri Blau
Posted here Sunday, June 10, 2018
- Opinion: After Killing Razan al-Najjar, Israel Assassinates Her CharacterWhen fairness is gone, all that is left is propaganda
Gideon Levy - Opinion: Trump Mideast Envoy: The Palestinians Deserve So Much More Than Saeb ErekatThe inaccurate, unhelpful and false rhetoric of Palestinian leaders like Dr Erekat have not brought peace, and never will. It’s time to hear different Palestinian voices with the courage to seize peace
Jason Greenblatt - Response to Jason Greenblatt: The Trump Administration, Peddling Israeli Extremism, Is Killing the Peace Process, Not MeIn dozens of meetings, Mr. Greenblatt refused to discuss substance: borders, settlements, even the two-state solution. This White House can’t come remotely close to facilitating a just and lasting Mideast peaceSaeb Erekat
- Opinion: Should Palestinians ‘Return’ to Judaism?‘They belong to our people’: Why Israel’s founders believed Palestinians were originally Jews, and how this discredited theory could offer hope for reconciliation today
Seraj Assi
Posted here Friday, June 8, 2018
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- The Boycott Law 2.0
The provision being pushed by the coalition isn’t intended for the battle against BDS, but for the battle against Israeli citizens who oppose the occupation
Haaretz Editorial
- The Boycott Law 2.0
- Citing ‘pro-Palestinian Provocations,’ Israeli Minister Pushes to Nix Funding for Jerusalem Gallery
Miri Regev accuses Barbour Gallery of seeking to ‘subvert the state’s existence and nurture fairy tales about the Nakba’
Maya Asheri
Posted here Thursday, June 7, 2018
- Israeli Parole Board Denies Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi Early ReleaseBoard says Tamimi, imprisoned for slapping an Israeli soldier, lacks remorse and remains dangerous
Yotam Berger - Opinion: How UNRWA Prevents Gaza From Thriving
As long as Gazans are defined as refugees from Palestine, there’s no real chance to rebuild the Strip
By Einat Wilf and Adi Schwartz
Posted here Wednesday, June 6, 2018
- Palestinian Shot Dead in Clashes With Israeli Army in West Bank
According to an initial report by B’Tselem, Izz ad-Din a-Tamimi was severely wounded during a confrontation in the village of Nabi Saleh
Yotam Berger and Jack Khoury
Posted here Tuesday, June 5, 2018
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- Opinion: The Arab World Needs to Move on From the Liberation of Palestine
Israel is going nowhere, and we in the Arab world have to deal with it. That means offering Israelis prosperity, security and friendship; all Israel needs to do is overcome their prejudices and give Palestinians their rights
Khalaf Al Habtoor
- Opinion: The Arab World Needs to Move on From the Liberation of Palestine
- Opinion: Anonymous Snipers and a Lethal VerdictWe may never know the name of the soldier who killed Razan al-Najjar. But we do know the names of those who gave the order enabling him to kill her
Amira Hass
Posted here Monday, June 4, 2018
- U.S. Ambassador Friedman Slams American Reporters for Critical Coverage of Gaza Deaths
Friedman says criticism of recent Palestinian death toll in the Strip is aimed mainly at ‘my friends in the United States and one Israeli newspaper I’ve been known to criticize here’ – a seeming reference to Haaretz
Judy Maltz
Opinion: You, the Silent Majority, Go to This Palestinian Village
Go to the Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar and do this in the name of the Jewish people, or at least the sane part of it
Odeh Bisharat
Posted here Sunday, May 27, 2018
- WATCH Ronan Farrow: Israelis, Like Russia, Are Interfering in American Politics
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist claimed on ABC’s ‘This Week’ round table on Sunday morning that not only Russia tried to interfere with the United State’s 2016 presidential election – but Israelis also
Haaretz May 21, 2018 3:08 PM
Posted here Friday, May 25, 2018
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- Analysis: The Countless Israeli Connections to Mueller’s Probe of Trump and Russia
The Israel-lobbyists, Netanyahu cronies, psyops manipulators and well-connected oligarchs — could it all be just one big coincidence?
Chemi Shalev - Israel to Demolish Entire West Bank Bedouin Village, Ending Year-long Legal Battle
The village, along with its school made of tires, has become the flagship of the fight against the removal of Palestinians from Area C, which is under full Israeli control
Amira Hass - Opinion: More Palestinians Will Die Unless Gaza Becomes Livable
Open Gaza to weaken Hamas. Lift the blockade, properly fund UNRWA, rehabilitate Gaza’s infrastructure – these are the only ways we can prevent the desperation of protestors willing to lose their lives
Rep. Keith Ellison and Carol Hutner Winograd
- Analysis: The Countless Israeli Connections to Mueller’s Probe of Trump and Russia
- Over 70 Democratic Lawmakers Urge Netanyahu: Don’t Demolish West Bank Village of Susya
Left-wing group J Street calls the letter ‘the most significant criticism of settlement expansion ever by Congress’
Amir Tibon
Posted here Wednesday, May 23, 2018
- Israeli Court Halts Expulsion of Senior Human Rights Watch Official
Israel issued a deportation order against Omar Shakir, accusing him of being involved in the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement
Noa Landau
Posted here Tuesday, May 22, 2018
- Israeli Lawmakers Told 22,000 Jobs Could Be Lost Under New U.S. Military Aid Package
Knesset Finance Committee members urge government to reopen talks on 10-year accord that goes into effect this year
Hagai Amit
Posted here Monday, May 21, 2018
‘We Die Anyway, So Let It Be in Front of the Cameras’: Conversations With Gazans
My friends in Gaza are outraged by Israel’s claim that Hamas rules everything. ‘You people always looked down at us, so it’s hard for you to understand that no one demonstrates in anyone else’s name’
Amira Hass May 20, 2018 4:46 PM
Posted here Saturday, May 19, 2018
21 Israeli Arabs Arrested During Haifa Protest Against Gaza Killings
Dozens participated in the protest, in which many were carrying Palestinian flags. Some demonstrators were warned prior not to participate
Noa Shpigel and Jack Khoury May 19, 2018 3:34 PM
U.S. Officials Reportedly Visit Mideast to Hold Talks on Gaza Crisis, Advance Peace Negotiations
Administration officials discuss the establishing of an independent committee that would overlook affairs in the Strip, receive funding from Europe, U.S.
Jack Khoury
Posted here Friday, May 18, 2018
The First Palestinian Museum in U.S. Quietly Opens in Connecticut
Its founder, a Palestinian-American entrepreneur from the West Bank, hopes his model, located in suburbia, will eventually be replicated in big cities
By Tzach Yoked
Posted here Thursday, May 17, 2018
Opinion: 60 Dead in Gaza and the End of Israeli Conscience
On the night of the Palestinians’ slaughter, Zion exulted an embassy and a Eurovision. It’s difficult to think of a more atrocious moral eclipse
Gideon Levy
Editorial: Stop the Bloodbath
There is no dispute over Israel’s right to defend its border, but this does not mean it has the right to do whatever it pleases to those who try to cross it
Haaretz Editorial
Posted here Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Bloodbath: How the World Media Covered Israel and the Deadliest Day of the Gaza Protests
Media outlets worldwide reported extensively on the violent events that were juxtaposed with the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
Haaretz
Posted here Monday, May 14, 2018
Opinion: Trump’s Embassy Move Intensifies America’s Immoral Support for Israel’s Alt-right Government
Opening the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem escalates decades of America coddling Israel’s occupation, unopposed by a quisling Palestinian leadership and world powers who barely whisper their condemnation Diana Buttu
Posted here Thursday, May 3, 2018
Two Leading U.S. Human Rights Activists Deported From Israel, One for Alleged BDS Ties
Katherine Franke and Vincent Warren say they were questioned by security, detained 14 hours and accused of lying before being flown back to New York Monday
Dina Kraft
Posted here Tuesday, May 1, 2018
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- Palestinians Should ‘Shut Up’ or Make Peace, Saudi Crown Prince Told Jewish Leaders
‘People literally fell off their chairs,’ said a source who was briefed on the meeting
The Forward and Aiden Pink May 01, 2018 3:07 PM
- Palestinians Should ‘Shut Up’ or Make Peace, Saudi Crown Prince Told Jewish Leaders
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- The Websites You Must Visit to Understand Israel’s Policy Toward Palestinians
For those who don’t speak Arabic, these sites will put you on the ground in the West Bank and Gaza
Amira Hass - Sixty-seven Things Gideon Levy Loves About Israel
Yom Kippur, Israeli wine, and Gaza. Haaretz’s Gideon Levy was sent out on a mission to find 70 things he loves about Israel and came up with 67 – and that wasn’t easy, either
By Gideon Levy
- The Websites You Must Visit to Understand Israel’s Policy Toward Palestinians
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- Lowest Deeds From Loftiest Heights (an op ed referenced in the previous link)
Israel’s ‘heroic’ pilots push buttons and joysticks, battling the weakest and most helpless of people.
Gideon Levy
- Lowest Deeds From Loftiest Heights (an op ed referenced in the previous link)
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- Palestinians Uncover History of the Nakba, Even as Israel Cuts Them Off From Their Sources
For Palestinian historians researching the 1948 exodus of their people, the greatest challenge is getting access to the few surviving documents of the period: most are locked away in Israeli archives
By Dina Kraft
- Palestinians Uncover History of the Nakba, Even as Israel Cuts Them Off From Their Sources
- Israel Deports Palestinian Mom to West Bank, Cutting Her Off From Her Jerusalem Family
After living 17 years in East Jerusalem, Ibtisam Abid was separated from her husband and three children, and expelled to the West Bank
Gideon Levy and Alex Levac
Posted here Saturday, April 6, 2018
- Gaza Border Clashes: Journalist Among Nine Palestinians Killed by Israeli Gunfire
Nearly 300 wounded by Israeli gunfire ■ IDF reports 20,000 Palestinians protest at border for second consecutive Friday ■ Gaza Health Ministry asks UN, foreign governments for medical supplies ■ Protesters burn tires, throw stones, firebombs ■ Abbas calls on the international community to stop ‘Israel’s crime and killing’
Jack Khoury, Yaniv Kubovich, Almog Ben Zikri
Posted here Monday, February 26, 2018
- Israeli Army Detains 10 Palestinians, Including Teen Cousin of Soldier-slapping Ahed Tamimi
Residents of Nabi Saleh believe that the motive for the raid was vengeance on the village and the Tamimi family
Jack Khoury and Yotam Berger
Posted here Sunday, February 25, 2018
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- The Tragedy of Suspect Benjamin Netanyahu
The week of Netanyahu’s greatest achievement is also the week in which he’ll face the most serious questioning yet ■ His popularity rests on his significant achievements, and as long as that’s the case, many will keep supporting him – even if they believe he’s guilty
Aluf Benn
- The Tragedy of Suspect Benjamin Netanyahu
- To Leave Gaza, Israel Asks Palestinian Minors to Commit They Not Return for a Year
Israel imposes harsher restrictions on Gazan kids leaving the Strip for abroad, demanding they sign an agreement to stay away
Amira Hass
Posted here Wednesday, February 21, 2018
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- Two Bombshells in One Day: As Police Close in on Netanyahu, Here’s What You Need to Know
These dramatic developments in police investigations surrounding the prime minister reshuffled the deck on Tuesday
Haaretz
- Two Bombshells in One Day: As Police Close in on Netanyahu, Here’s What You Need to Know
- At UN, Abbas Calls on World Leaders to Recognize Palestinian State
Palestinian president calls for international conference on Israeli-Palestinian peace by mid-2018, slams U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as ‘unlawful decision’
Jack Khoury and Amir Tibon
Posted here Saturday, February 24, 2018
- The Proposed Nation-state Law Is Discriminatory and Nationalistic
In its new version, the nation-state bill does not recognize the status of Arabic as an official language, and will allow the establishment of separate communities based on ethnicity or religion
Haaretz Editorial
Posted here Sunday, February 18, 2018
- Palestinian Schoolteacher Mauled by Israeli Military Dog as Soldiers Watch
Bursting into a schoolteacher’s house in the middle of the night, soldiers sicced their dog on him. The dog bit him and held on, as his family looked on, horrified
Gideon Levy and Alex Levac
Posted here Wednesday, February 14, 2018
- Vast Numbers of Progressive California Jews Are Disengaging From Israel, Survey Finds
Only a minority of young Jews in San Francisco’s Bay Area believe a Jewish state is important and only a third sympathize more with Israel than the Palestinians
Judy Maltz
Posted here Tuesday, February 13, 2018
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- Israel Will No Longer Allow Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi to Make the Occupation Look Bad
The military judge at the teen’s hearing seeks to do everything possible to prevent the courtroom from becoming a media circus
Anshel Pfeffer
- Israel Will No Longer Allow Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi to Make the Occupation Look Bad
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- Israel Police Recommend Charging Prime Minister Netanyahu With Bribery in Two Cases
‘Case 1000’ alleges Netanyahu received lavish gifts from wealthy businessmen in return for political favors; ‘Case 2000’ alleges a tit-for-tat with publisher of Israeli daily
Josh Breiner and Revital Hovel
- Israel Police Recommend Charging Prime Minister Netanyahu With Bribery in Two Cases
- Justice Minister: Israel Must Keep Jewish Majority Even at the Expense of Human Rights
Minister Ayelet Shaked addressed the proposed nation-state law, contending that Israel as a Jewish state must administer equal civil but not national rights
Revital Hovel
Posted here Monday, February 12, 2018
- Netanyahu: Annexation of West Bank Settlements Being Discussed With U.S.
Netanyahu tells lawmakers that ‘for some time now’ he’s been holding talks with U.S. on importance of West Bank to Israel
Chaim Levinson - Opinion: Lieberman Is Right, There’s No Crisis in Gaza – This Is Disaster
A ‘crisis’ involves a breaking point, and Gaza got there long ago. This is beyond a break in routine. This is a humanitarian disaster
Amira Hass
Posted here Sunday, February 11, 2018
- The High Court Allowed the Bulldozers to Return to Susya
The Palestinians in the West Bank village have been in a state of ‘certain uncertainty’ for the past week – but then again, it’s been like that for decades
Amira Hass
Posted here Saturday, February 10, 2018
- U.S. Ambassador Lashes Out at Haaretz After Writer Calls Out Settlement Donations
Gideon Levy called David Friedman out for donating an ambulance to the settlement of Har Bracha, which was the home of an Israeli murdered this week in a terror attack
Haaretz
Posted here Friday, February 9, 2018
- U.S. Ambassador Lashes Out at Haaretz After Writer Calls Out Settlement Donations
Gideon Levy called David Friedman out for donating an ambulance to the settlement of Har Bracha, which was the home of an Israeli murdered this week in a terror attack
Haaretz (no byline) - [Here’s the Gideon Levy piece referenced in the above article]
Opinion: U.S. Ambassador to Israel’s Ambulance
Friedman has the right to donate as he wishes, but it’s clear that his choice speaks not only to his political outlook, but also to his moral makeup
Gideon Levy
Posted here Wednesday, February 7, 2018
- Qatar Promised U.S. Jewish Leaders: Al Jazeera Documentary on D.C. ‘Israel Lobby’ Won’t Air
The Qataris told the Jewish leaders last year they won’t air the film, but last week, pro-Israel groups received letters from Al Jazeera asking to respond ahead of its release
Amir Tibon
Posted here Monday, February 5, 2018
- Modi to ‘Honor’ Arafat in ‘Historic Palestine Visit,’ Three Weeks After Netanyahu’s India Tour
Purpose of the visit is to show solidarity with the Palestinian people and India’s commitment to ‘deepening ties with Palestine’Noa Landau Feb 05, 2018 3:24 PM
Posted here Sunday, February 4, 2018
- Brainwashing and Cross-dressing: Israel’s Assassination Program Laid Bare in Shocking Detail
Ronen Bergman’s riveting history of Israel’s use of targeted killings reveals for the first time many operations carried out in the name of national security. Some may inspire the reader while others will sicken
By David B. Green - PLO to Demand UN Security Council Recognize Palestine Within 1967 Borders
The Palestine Liberation Organization will also formulate a plan for disengaging from Israel in terms of security and economics
Jack Khoury -
Israeli Labor Leader: If Peace Talks Fail, Israel Should Withdraw From West Bank Without a Deal
‘The Palestinians must reach a place where it’s worth it for them to reach a deal’
Jonathan Lis Feb 03, 2018 10:41 PM
Posted here Wednesday, January 28, 2018
- For an Israeli Lawyer Fighting for Palestinian Rights, Winning Is a Double-edged Sword
Michael Sfard talks to Haaretz about his new book, ‘The Wall and the Gate,’ his optimistic outlook on ending the occupation and the disturbing trends he sees in Israeli society
By David B. Green - For an Israeli Lawyer Fighting for Palestinian Rights, Winning Is a Double-edged Sword
Michael Sfard talks to Haaretz about his new book, ‘The Wall and the Gate,’ his optimistic outlook on ending the occupation and the disturbing trends he sees in Israeli society
By David B. Green - [From +972 Blog] Support for two states drops below 50% among Jewish Israelis & Palestinians alike
Given alternatives to a two-state solution, nearly 20 percent of Jewish Israelis said they would opt for a ‘definitive war,’ and nearly 40 percent of Palestinians said they support armed struggle.
By Yael Marom Published January 25, 2018 - Americans More Divided Over Israel ‘Than at Any Point’ in Recent History, Study Finds
Pew claims that while 79% of Republicans say they sympathize with Israel more than the Palestinians, the same is true for only 27% of Democrats
Amir Tibon
Posted here Sunday, January 21, 2018
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- ‘We Look at Them Like Donkeys’: What Israel’s First Ruling Party Thought About Palestinian Citizens
Israel’s first ruling party, Mapai, was torn about the status of Arabs who remained in the country after the War of Independence; almost 70 years later, the ‘Arab question’ has yet to be answered
By Adam Raz
- ‘We Look at Them Like Donkeys’: What Israel’s First Ruling Party Thought About Palestinian Citizens
- ‘We Look at Them Like Donkeys’: What Israel’s First Ruling Party Thought About Palestinian Citizens
Israel’s first ruling party, Mapai, was torn about the status of Arabs who remained in the country after the War of Independence; almost 70 years later, the ‘Arab question’ has yet to be answered
By Adam Raz
Posted here Saturday, January 20, 2018
- Haaretz Editorial: Hysteria in Military Court
This unacceptable proceeding doesn’t restore the honor of the IDF or the soldiers involved in the incident
Haaretz Editorial
Posted here Friday, January 19, 2018
- After Palestinian Teen Is Killed by IDF, Troops Deface His Death Notice With Stars of David
Musab Tamimi, 16, was shot dead by Israeli troops during a clash in the West Bank. The army claims he was armed, but witnesses say otherwise
Gideon Levy and Alex Levac - Opinion: Abbas Is Right. Why Does Israel Keep Saying He’s Wrong?Abbas speaks the truth. Israel’s comments against him aren’t about reality— they’re just nationalistic snarlsGideon Levy
Posted here Thursday, January 18, 2018
- Opinion: The ‘Two-state Solution’ Only Ever Meant a Big Israel Ruling Over a Palestinian Bantustan. Let It Go
When the Jewish ‘hard’ left leads the battle for one state, pushing the only political horizon that isn’t apartheid, U.S. Jews attack us – for fighting for the same democratic values they prize so highly back home
Jeff Halper
Posted here on Wednesday, January 17, 2018
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Israel Will Not Release Palestinian Teen Who Slapped Soldier Until Trial’s End
Ahed Tamimi was filmed with her cousin Nur slapping an Israeli soldier in a video that went viral and she has since been held by an Israeli military court
Yotam Berger
Posted here on Tuesday, January 16, 2018
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- Abbas Declares Oslo Accords Dead: ‘Trump’s Peace Plan Is a Slap, We’ll Slap Back’
Abbas: ‘Israel killed Oslo Accords. Future negotiations to take place within context of international community’ ■ Deputy chief of Fatah: ‘freezing recognition of Israel is an option’
Jack Khoury
- Abbas Declares Oslo Accords Dead: ‘Trump’s Peace Plan Is a Slap, We’ll Slap Back’
- Netanyahu Blasts Abbas Speech: He Revealed Truth About Conflict and Did Israel a Service
Speaking to reporters while visiting India, Netanyahu says he supports economic relief for Gaza; on Iran, the prime minister warns West: Last chance to fix nuclear deal
Noa Landau - Opinion: Abbas Exits With One Final, Outrageous Performance. Now, America Must Contain the DamageAfter a shameful speech full of bizarre canards about Israel’s illegitimacy, the U.S. now knows Abbas can’t, and won’t, reach a Mideast peace deal. But we must also understand the same is true about Israel’s current government
Daniel B. Shapiro
Posted here on Tuesday, January 9, 2018
- Israel Sets Up Secret Firm With Top Ex-generals, Envoys for Online ‘Mass Awareness’ Campaign ‘To Fight Delegitimization’
Among the shareholders are former UN ambassador Dore Gold and ex-generals Amos Yadlin and Yaakov Amidror. The new initiative will not be subject to the Freedom of Information LawNoa Landau Jan 09, 2018 3:26 PM - Jerry Seinfeld and Family Visit Anti-terror Fantasy Camp in West BankAccording to a Facebook post by the Caliber 3 ‘academy’ the Seinfeld family spent the day in shooting and Krav Maga trainingHaaretz Jan 08, 2018 9:30 PM
Posted here on Monday, January 8, 2018
- New Book on Trump Reveals Plan to Cede Control of West Bank and Gaza to Jordan and Egypt
‘Fire and Fury’ also sheds light on rivalry between Kushner and Bannon on Israel policy
Amir Tibon (Washington) Jan 07, 2018 3:47 PM - BDS Organizations Barred From Israel Say Blacklist Is Increasing Their Membership
One observer says the blacklist is ‘colossally stupid’ and ‘counterproductive political theater’
Debra Nussbaum Cohen Jan 08, 2018 12:26 AM
Posted here on Sunday, January 7, 2018
- Israel Publishes BDS Blacklist: These Are the 20 Groups Whose Members Will Be Denied Entry
Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry had for months refused to divulge which organizations are on the list
Noa Landau Jan 07, 2018 6:55 PM - How a U.S. Quaker Group That Won the Nobel Peace Prize Ended Up on Israel’s BDS Blacklist
American Friends Service Committee was honored in 1947 for its work helping victims of the Nazis, but 70 years on has been declared an enemy of the Israeli state. Peace activists are baffled by the move, but critics say it is richly deserved
Allison Kaplan Sommer Jan 07, 2018 8:01 PM - Jeremy Corbyn Is Patron of Blacklisted pro-BDS Group Whose Senior Members Will Be Barred From Israel
U.K. Labour Party leader was also once chairman of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, one of Britain’s most active pro-Palestinian groups
Daniella Peled Jan 07, 2018 6:01 PM - Opinion: I’m a U.S. Jew on Israel’s BDS Blacklist. I Have Family in Israel. But I Won’t Be Silenced
Israel wants to intimidate the growing numbers of Jews fighting for equality and freedom for all people in Israel/Palestine. It won’t work
Rebecca Vilkomerson Jan 07, 2018 4:45 PM
Two recent articles that we had been using to test.
- Ahed Tamimi, Palestinian Teen Who Slapped Israeli Soldier in Video, Charged With Assault
Her mother, Nariman is being charged with assault and incitement on social media
Yotam Berger and Yaniv Kubovich Jan 01, 2018 7:47 PM - Opinion And if Ahed Tamimi Were Your Daughter?
How is it that Israelis are totally indifferent to the plight of the blond girl behind bars who could easily be their child?
Gideon Levy Dec 31, 2017 11:40 AM