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Israeli Government’s decision to involve the Shin Bet and army to fight crime in Arab society is racist and illegal In a letter to the Prime Minister and top security officials, Adalah clarifies that the decision made by the special ministerial committee to combat crime and violence in Arab society drastically exceeds the authority of…
Mordechai Vanunu Israeli Nuclear Whistle Blower announced at Twitter on Tuesday that his July 4th indictment will continue on 22 December: Read More about Mordechai Vanunu’s July 4 indictment at 30 Years a Hostage In my 6th book, Heroes, Muses and the Saga of Mordechai Vanunu, I wrote: In my third book, I…
Palestinian Journalist Muhammad al-Qiq’s Hunger Strike Enters 87th Day inside of Israeli Hospital Martyrdom is staring down 33 year old Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq as he somehow clings to life after, what is nearing, three months of starvation in protest of his illegal imprisonment by Israel. By Dezeray Lyn In HaEmek hospital in Afula, al-Qiq…
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Israel’s government wants the world to believe that knife-wielding Palestinians are responsible for the current violence, not Israel’s official policy of “provocative brutality” including the expansion of illegal settlements, the stripping land from non-Jews, and stepped-up detentions, assaults and killings of non-Jews by the IDF. But using cell phones to capture video, Palestinian citizen journalists are…
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In the award-winning documentary The Wanted 18, directors Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan bring to life a remarkable story of nonviolent resistance during the First Intifada. The animated documentary speaks to the reality of the Israeli occupation on Palestinian civilian life. You need to support it By Ray Hanania The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true…
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By James M. Dorsey Israel is struggling with how to deal with groups some of which are underground that are linked to a banned nationalist political party that has emerged at the core of recent racist, anti-Palestinian incidents and include a militant soccer fan group that was responsible for last month’s violent clashes during a…
By Eileen Fleming Israel’s internal Security Agency is best known by the acronym Shabak or Shin Bet and is similar to the FBI. This report argues Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower’s cases of libel and extortion against them by way of definition: Libel is defamation by written words which becomes a criminal act when published. Extortion…
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