In 3 days, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as President of the United States. He has pledged to do something no other U.S. president has done: move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. This would be unprecedented support for Israeli occupation and theft of Palestinian land.
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WATCH: 70% of Palestinians living in Gaza are refugees due to Israeli policies of mass expulsion. As they face debilitating conditions under Israeli occupation and siege, Israel denies them their internationally recognized right to return to their homes and land.
Palestinians are calling on PayPal to open up its services to them. Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza are unable to use PayPal while Israeli settlers have full access to the platform. Not having access to PayPal limits the growth of Palestinian businesses - especially the burgeoning tech sector, which is providing employment and livelihood to Palestinians living under occupation.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres passed away last night. Read about his involved in Israel’s settlement enterprise, his role in helping apartheid South Africa acquire nuclear weapons & his involvement in the bombing of Qana in South Lebanon in our new fact sheet:http://imeu.org/article/quick-facts-shimon-peres
WATCH: Over 700 Palestinians are currently held without charge or trial by Israel. This is known as administrative detention.
In recent months, Israel has stepped up its targeting of Palestinian human rights defenders. One of those targets is Issa Amro, known for his engagement in non-violent activism and civil disobedience. Amnesty International has condemned these attacks, claiming that Issa and others have been “arrested solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression.”
Issa: “In our occupied city, we don’t have any basic rights…everyone is a target, every one single stone and tree here is a target for the Israeli occupation.”
“My home is my soul. They (Israel) took it away from me. I couldn’t defend it alone.” - Mazen Kirresh
Today, the Israeli Police forcibly evicted the Kirresh family, a family of eight including two children, from their home in the Old City of Occupied East Jerusalem, and transferred the property to an Israeli settler organization. The Kirresh family has been living on this property since the 1930s.
While families in the US struggle to pay for healthcare, the Obama administration is sending Israel $38 billion in military aid.
Interrogated, detained and denied entry by Israel.
Last month, five U.S. citizens were interrogated and detained by Israeli border control before being deported and banned without clear explanation. Israel routinely racially profiles visitors arriving at the borders they control, which include the occupied Palestinian territories. Hear 3 of the 5 speak out.
“When we came back we found nothing, our house was gone. The moment I got to my neighborhood I cried.”
After the village of Khuza'a was destroyed by the Israeli military in the summer of 2014, its residents were displaced and have been living in shipping containers ever since. The containers were only designed as temporary shelter.
[Footage by: Jehad Saftawi, Roger Hill, and Flying Paper Productions]