Israel’s fear of democracy
Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada / April 30, 2019
https://youtu.be/-MFWsMN2dFA
In the wake of its recent elections, some of Israel’s liberal backers have been fretting that the self-described Jewish state is becoming ever less democratic.
“The general celebratory line in Israel and among its Western supporters since its establishment in 1948 – that the...
VN-rapporteur: ‘Geen nauwkeuriger woord dan Apartheid voor situatie in Palestina’
Is het tijd voor sancties tegen Israël ?
Brecht Neven
MO* Magazine / 23 maart 2019
Honderdnegenentachtig. 189 grotendeels ongewapende demonstranten werden tijdens hoofdzakelijk vreedzame protesten, die deel uitmaakten van de ‘Great March of Return’ gedood door Israëlische veiligheidstroepen. In een rapport van 28 februari 2019 stelt een speciale VN-onderzoekscommissie dat het geweld met...
De massamoord in Deir Yassin in de nacht van 8 op 9 april 1948
een van de dieptepunten in de grote campagne van etnische zuivering van Palestina
Dit jaar is het 71 jaar geleden dat de massamoord in Deir Yassin plaatsvond. Deze is uitgevoerd door strijders van de joods-zionistische terroristische Irgoen-militie – met medeweten, dan wel indirecte steun van reguliere joods-zionistische gevechtseenheden.
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Haaretz-opiniepeiling: 42 procent van de joodse Israeli’s is vóór de annexatie van de Westelijke...
Haaretz poll: 42% of Israelis back West Bank annexation, including two-state supporters
Thirty-four percent support a two-state solution ■ Twenty percent of non-Jews support entire West Bank annexation ■ Only three Israeli parties openly support two-state solution
Dina Kraft
Haaretz / March 24, 2019
With just a couple of weeks left until the...
Palestinians sue settlers over stolen property listed on Airbnb
Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada / March 20, 2019
https://youtu.be/NXVQu0IQuQw
Two Palestinians in the United States are suing Israeli settlers for profiting from property stolen from their families in the occupied West Bank, by listing them on the home rental website Airbnb.
The lawsuit is in the form of a counterclaim against the settlers, who themselves...
Veel aandacht voor Palestijnse vrouwenstrijd in Women’s March 9 maart
In deze mars droegen wij de portretten mee van vier moedige Palestijnse vrouwen die elk op eigen wijze de aandacht weten te vestigen op de strijd van Palestijnen tegen onderdrukking door Israel en voor de politieke recht van de Palestijnen.
Khalida Jarrar is een Palestijnse feministen en mensenrechtenactiviste uit Ramallah...
Feminist Palestinian lawmaker free after 20 months in prison without trial
+972 Magazine , February 28, 2019
Khalida Jarrar is released from Israeli custody following almost two years under administrative detention.
Palestinian parliament member Khalida Jarrar was released Thursday morning after nearly two years in Israeli administrative detention. This is not the first time Israel has put Jarrar under administrative detention, a practice in which detainees...
UN Human Rights Council – Report on Israeli violence against Palestinian demonstrators in the...
In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution S-28/1, the independent international commission of inquiry investigates the demonstrations held in Gaza between 30 March and 31 December 2018, the response of Israeli security forces to the demonstrations and the impact on civilians in Gaza and Israel....
Israel’s war on its Palestinian citizens
Tamara Nassar
The Electronic Intifada / February 26, 2019
Israel plans to forcibly displace 36,000 Palestinian Bedouins in the Naqab (Negev) region of southern Israel to make way for a military training area and weapons testing facility, according to Adalah, a legal advocacy group for Palestinians in Israel.
That’s one quarter of all Palestinian Bedouins living in...
UN investigators call for arrests over Gaza war crimes
Maureen Clare Murphy
The Electronic Intifada / February 28, 2019
Israeli forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by using lethal military force against unarmed protesters in Gaza, a United Nations independent commission of inquiry has found.
“Israeli security forces committed serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian...
