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IOF soldiers injure 2 children and reporter, arrest foreign activists

Three Palestinians, including two children, were injured and a number of activists arrested during an attack by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on an anti-settlement march in the town of Beit

Richard Forer – Cutting Through the Confusion About Israel/Palestine (Must Read)

In the spring of 2009, I was a member of a group that put up a billboard criticizing Israel's lethal use of force during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza.

Cutting through the confusion about Israel/Palestine

Richard Forer, a former member of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), exposes the deceitful and dishonest foundations on which support for Israel is built.

The real threat aboard freedom flotilla

Israel’s violent attack on the Freedom Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza shocked the world. Hijacking boats in international waters and killing passengers is, of course, a serious crime.

Fierce confrontations between IOF troops and local residents in Silwan

Fierce confrontations broke out on Thursday evening between local residents with the IOF troops in the occupied Jerusalem suburb of Silwan resulting in the wounding of 11 Palestinian residents, including

Hamas: Israel’s decision to exile Abu Tir from J’lem a racist step

The Movement of Hamas strongly denounced the Israeli decision to exile Hamas lawmaker Mohamed Abu Tir from his hometown of occupied Jerusalem, describing it as a racist step and part

US funds Israel’s apartheid roads plan

Jonathan Cook reports that a US government aid agency is financing the construction of Jews-only apartheid roads in the illegally-occupied West Bank, contrary to Washington’s pledge not to assist in

Netanyahu gov’t: Building in Jerusalem to continue

The settlement activity in occupied Jerusalem whether planning or building would continue unabated as they were in the past 43 years, Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu's media adviser Nir Hefetz said.

Feeling the Hate in New York

On April 25, over 1000 New York-area Jewish extremists gathered in midtown Manhattan to rally against the Barack Obama administration’s call for a freeze on construction in occupied East Jerusalem

Lieberman: Settlement in Jerusalem will continue

Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman has asserted that settlement activity in occupied Jerusalem would not stop but rather settlement activity in it and the West Bank would intensify by next