The last week has been a busy one in the world of American diplomacy. Last week President Trump announced he was willing to meet personally with North Korea’s leader Kim Jung Un. This week, Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson rather then letting him resign. The fact is that …
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With a Palestinian “state” effectively restricted to Gaza, the humanitarian catastrophe there needs to be urgently addressed By: Jonathan Cook Seemingly unrelated events all point to a tectonic shift in which Israel has begun preparing the ground to annex the occupied Palestinian territories. Last week, during an address to students …
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More than a decade ago, US President Jimmy Carter warned that Israel was practising apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories. But in truth, it would be more accurate to say Israel itself is an apartheid state By: Jonathan Cook To read this essay on the Americans for Middle East Understanding …
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Hundreds of Umm al-Fahm’s streets remain nameless as Israel refuses to allow the town’s Palestinians to honour their national icons By: Jonathan Cook In the town of Umm al-Fahm, more than a third of all letters never reach their destination. Identity cards, passports and drivers’ licences go missing, welfare cheques …
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Key Knesset committee approves draft of ‘Zionism’s flagship bill’ defining Israel exclusively as nation-state for Jews by: Jonathan Cook After seven years of delays, the Israeli governing parties have agreed the final terms of controversial new legislation that would define Israel exclusively as “the nation-state of the Jewish people”. The …
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Army prosecutor says keeping trial of teenage Palestinian activist closed, as per court decision, works to her advantage Yotam Berger The military prosecution doesn’t object to holding the trial of teenage Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi in open court, its representative, attorney Maj. Gilad Peretz, told a military appeals court on …
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Paramedics told Mohammed’s mom he was shot in the eye by IDF troops during a demonstration. She felt relieved. At least he’s alive. Gideon Levy and Alex Levac Ambassadors Garden. The northern entrance to El Bireh, a city abutting Ramallah in the West Bank. A huge Palestinian flag flaps in …
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Don’t listen to Netanyahu’s people. Unlike most Israeli leaders, who sentence future generations on both sides to the mire of the occupation, Abbas is still pushing for an agreed solution Odeh Bisharat We came out of the meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah last week in awe of …
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Israel’s new ‘breach of loyalty’ bill is yet another sinister attempt to erase the Palestinian identity from Palestine. by Mariam Barghouti Last Wednesday, Palestinians in Jerusalem were hit with yet another travesty. The Israeli parliament ratified a bill that allows the minister of interior to revoke the residency rights of …
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Lawrence Wilkerson, a retired army colonel who now teaches at Washington-area universities, didn’t hold back in his critique of where the status quo is leading the United States via its client state, Israel. by Darius Shahtahmasebi Israel is in the process of plunging America into a war with Iran that …
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