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A Palestinian youth killed by Israeli forces in December did not represent a threat when he was shot dead by an Israeli army sniper, Israeli human rights group B’Tselem said in a report published on Sunday.
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Theresa May welcomes Benjamin Netanyahu to Downing Street today, just days after the Israeli Prime Minister announced plans for thousands of new illegal settlement units in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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Occupied West Bank - Spouses hoping to reunite with their families in Israel, as well as Jewish and non-Jewish visitors, that have endorsed a boycott of Israel and Israeli settlements could be banned from...
about 3 days ago
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Linda Sarsour has had a busy few weeks. As the executive director of the Arab-American Association of New York and one of the cochairs of the Women's March on Washington, the organizer and activist...
about 4 days ago
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My parents and grandparents are refugees from 1948. My mother’s side is from Jaffa; my father’s side is from Haifa, Nazareth. My grandmother was pregnant with my mom when they were ethnically cleansed from Palestine, so I grew up in a small town in Western Massachusetts and I moved to...
about 6 days ago
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The basic facts are well known, but nonetheless bear repeating. On Saturday night, 24 hours after President Trump signed the controversial executive order on building a wall with Mexico, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted: “President Trump is right...
about 6 days ago
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Palestinian politicians in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory have warned of dangerous consequences if Israel's parliament passes a bill to legalise land grabs in the West Bank. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Hanin Zoabi, a Palestinian politician in Israel's Knesset, said the bill is...
about 1 week ago
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In US President Donald Trump’s first week in office, three policy issues dominated the headlines: his plans to build a wall on the Mexican border, the President’s support for torture, and his executive order targeting...
about 1 week ago
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The Knesset on Monday is scheduled to pass into law a bill that would bar advocates of boycotting Israel from the country. The proposed legislation, advanced by right-wing and centrist coalition lawmakers, would see Israel...
about 1 week ago