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Israeli soldiers killed an 11-year-old Palestinian boy. Then, during his funeral, they killed someone else
On Wednesday afternoon, Israeli forces shot and killed 11-year-old Mohammed al-Alami in his father’s car, as the family were on their way home from grocery shopping. The next day at Mohammed’s funeral, Israeli soldiers attacked the procession, killing 20-year-old Shawkat Awad.
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They all scream over Ben & Jerry’s not selling ice cream on the West Bank
Ben & Jerry’s decision to halt its operations in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and in Jerusalem has pro-Israel editors working overtime.
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Israel attempts to forcibly relocate Bedouin community
The Israeli military forcibly entered the Palestinian village to demolish homes. During the operation, they destroyed tents, water tanks, and food supplies.
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Where infrastructure means prisons: a drive into the Naqab and the illusion of Israeli democracy
Out of close to 250,000 Palestinian Beduin in the Naqab, about half live in “unrecognized villages.” This means they get no roads, no electricity or running water, no schools or medical facilities—no services at all.
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Revolutionizing the narrative: Building a principled Pakistani solidarity movement for Palestine
As part of the ongoing Nakba, Israel has once again unleashed its latest reign of terror on Palestine, in response to resistance by Palestinians against ethnic cleansing of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem (meant to eviscerate both Palestinian social and cultural life from the city).
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Five Palestinians have been killed protesting illegal settlement — but ‘NYT’ covers ‘gentle stream’ in nearby kibbutz
The story is getting wide coverage in Palestine but not in the United States, though these lands are the supposed basis of a “Palestinian state”–and again, five Palestinians have been killed defending their rights.
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Israel is ‘considerably weakened’—as BDS finds a home in the Democratic Party
More signs that support for Israel is cracking among U.S. progressives.
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Infamous Israeli home thief is federally charged Long Island, NY financial fraudster
Over the past few weeks, a video has gone viral of a man named Yaakov Fauci, in a New York accent, asserting to a Palestinian woman whose house that he has forcibly taken, “If I don’t steal it, someone else is going to steal it.”
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Stability: media codeword for ‘under U.S. control’
The world watched aghast last month as Israeli forces during Ramadan stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, attacking and injuring hundreds of worshipers.
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Briefing to the 8782nd session of the Security Council, May 27, 2021
The events of the last few weeks have provoked worldwide recognition of realities on the ground in Occupied Palestine, realities of systemic discrimination, of oppression, and of settler colonialism.The events of the last few weeks have provoked worldwide recognition of realities on the ground in Occupied Palestine, realities of systemic discrimination, of oppression, and of settler colonialism. We are at a new juncture regarding the Question of Palestine. The impunity that the Israeli government has long enjoyed is coming to an end.
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How American support for Israel erases Palestinian identity
We must not lose sight of what lies behind Israel’s unbridled use of force: American support.
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Why the Overton window has suddenly shifted on Israel-Palestine
There is little doubt that the Overton window on Israel-Palestine is rapidly shifting. To understand why, MintPress spoke to academics, experts, and rights groups familiar with the subject.
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Anger and dismay
“The Israeli warplanes bombed many different places in my area with more than 40 consecutive missiles, without issuing the prior warnings they used to issue in the past three wars. The sound of the bombing and shelling was so terrifying that I cannot describe it.”
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AP sacks correspondent critical of Israel
Emily Wilder had been targeted by extremist Zionist media outlets.
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Sleep now in the fire
Israel’s massive war machine attacks the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) with total disregard for international law.
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Freedom Rider: The Palestine Litmus test
President Joe Biden continues to proclaim endless support of apartheid Israel, but millions have decided that defense of Palestinian rights and lives is the only civilized response to barbaric aggression.
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Israel/Palestine coverage presents false equivalency between occupied and occupier
Media coverage of heightened violence in Israel/Palestine has misrepresented events in the Israeli government’s favor by suggesting that Israel is acting defensively, presenting a false equivalency between occupier and occupied, and burying information necessary to understand the scale of Israeli brutality.
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Facebook, social media giants admit to silencing Palestinian voices online
Social media companies including Facebook have admitted to MintPress that pro-Palestinian posts were removed, blaming “technical bugs” and “spam filters.”
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Massive resistance in all parts of Palestine amid deadly Israeli assault
In just the last week, the situation in occupied Palestine and the larger region has seen a dramatic shift.
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How Canada should respond to Israel’s escalating violence
We can protect Palestinians from Israeli aggression by applying our own Canadian law.