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Amid Horror in Gaza: ‘We Have to Do the Hard Work of Looking at Context’
Oct 19, 2023 We have to understand from where that comes, why these things happen. Otherwise, we have no basis to figure out a strategy to stop the violence on all sides.
Media Buries One-State Solution for Palestine and Israel
Jun 2, 2018 The option for bringing peace and justice to the region is gaining traction, but you might not know it from mainstream news coverage.
We Are All Ahed Tamimi
Feb 13, 2018 The 17-year-old Palestinian girl has become a new icon of resistance in the struggle for freedom and basic human rights.
Palestinian Protester Ahed Tamimi Goes on Trial Behind Closed Doors
Feb 13, 2018 The high-profile case against the 17-year-old girl who slapped and punched two Israeli soldiers has drawn international attention and criticism. She now is facing an Israeli military court.
Looking Back on 40 Years of Occupation
Dec 10, 2017 A 2007 essay on Israel’s harsh control of Palestinians and their lands describes conditions that, in large part, exist today.
President Obama: ‘Patron’ of the Israeli Occupation
Sep 30, 2016 Despite the ups and downs in his relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facts and figures from Obama’s presidency tell a story of unprecedented support for Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands.
Fight Israel in Self-Defense? You’re a ‘Terrorist.’ Boycott? You’re ‘Anti-Semitic.’
Apr 5, 2016 How are Palestinians and their allies supposed to resist oppression when critics deem every recourse available to them illegitimate? Glenn Greenwald poses the question at The Intercept.
Truthdigger of the Week: Peter Beinart
Aug 18, 2014 The historical corrections cited in a major column by the American critic of Israel are key to understanding the latest turmoil engulfing Gaza, the West Bank and the Jewish state.
Israel’s Waning Stock of Sympathy
Aug 2, 2014 Operation Protective Edge has resulted in the deaths of more than 1,400 Palestinians in recent weeks, compared with 56 Israeli soldiers and four civilians. It's long past time for Israel to consider a two-state solution, stop the creeping encroachment of the occupation, and end a blockade that "ensures that ever more Palestinians grow up angry," The Economist writes.
Gaza: Doctors Plead End to Attack, Netanyahu’s Impunity Denounced
Jul 14, 2014 After a week of relentless bombing by Israel's Netanyahu government, foreign and local doctors on the scene in Gaza and a Palestinian attorney plead with the international community to make the assault on civilians there stop, "Democracy Now!" reports.
