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They loaded their belongings on two trucks and two tractors, and left the place they’d lived for decades. A brutal history, repeating itself Haaretz | Gideon Levy | Jul 22, 2023 Just Bobi remained under the broiling-hot, 40-degrees Celsius sun. At first he tried to run after the convoy, but he quickly became exhausted and… Continue reading Yet Another Shepherding Community Is Driven Out by Settler Violence

Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian motorist in disputed circumstances in the northern West Bank – the latest in an ongoing surge of violence. The Israeli army said in a statement two Palestinian men tried to drive a car into soldiers at Sebastia near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank,… Continue reading Israeli police shoot Palestinian motorist in West Bank

UPDATED 7:02AM JULY 24, 2023, FIRST PUBLISHED AT 10:00PM JULY 23, 2023 Anthony Albanese has warned Labor’s powerful policy forum he wants the AUKUS nuclear submarine plan to go unchallenged at the ALP national conference, as hard-Left figures prepare to attack the government’s cornerstone national security policy from the meeting’s floor. Federal Labor MPs are working to head off disunity… Continue reading Anthony Albanese warns Labor to leave AUKUS and Palestine position untouched at conference

by Jonathan Kuttab We have just completed a fantastic tour of Palestine/Israel, arranged by FOSNA together with Sabeel Jerusalem, led by Rev. Nyle Fort and myself. On the ground, we witnessed clear evidence of ongoing settler colonialism, as it was working hard to establish new facts on the ground by taking more and more land… Continue reading Visit to Palestine

Peter Beinart For Democratic leaders like Joe Biden, Herzog embodies the good Israel. Unfortunately, they are wrong. Why are President Biden and Democratic leaders in Congress so eager to welcome Isaac Herzog, the president of Israel, to Washington this week? Because he’s an Israeli leader not named Benjamin Netanyahu. Many Democrats revile Netanyahu, who undermined Barack Obama and… Continue reading Why progressives like AOC are right to boycott Israeli President Isaac Herzog

10:36AM JULY 18, 2023 (The Australian) President Joe Biden agreed Monday to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later this year in the United States but declined, amid months of tension, to specify if this would be at the White House. The offer of a meeting, made on the eve of a White House… Continue reading Biden agrees to meet Netanyahu in US, easing lengthy tensions

It’s showing up in public opinion, media coverage, and even political and policy discourse. PHYLLIS BENNIS The United States’ support for Israel—military, financial, diplomatic and more—is an old story. It hasn’t changed much, other than to escalate. Israel bombs Gaza, and Congress votes to send hundreds of millions of dollars beyond the $3.8 billion mandated… Continue reading On Israel and Palestine, US Electeds Are Out of Touch With Their Own Voters

Palestine Red Crescent Society says there were 193 incidents targeting healthcare staff and vehicles in 2023 Medics working in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem are being supplied with helmets and bulletproof vests after attacks on healthcare workers and ambulances by Israeli forces and settlers. According to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, there were… Continue reading West Bank medics given bulletproof vests after rise in attacks by Israeli forces

BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently announced that Israel must block the path to establishing an independent Palestinian state. During a closed-door meeting with the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, Netanyahu stated, as the Israeli state-owned television Kan reported, “We are making preparations for the post-Abu Mazen (Palestinian President… Continue reading Netanyahu’s vision for 2-state solution: No Palestinian sovereignty involved

Rep. Pramila Jayapal said ‘we’ve been fighting to make it clear that… the Palestinian people deserve self-determination and autonomy, that the dream of a two-state solution is slipping away’ amid growing boycott of Israeli president’s Congress speech WASHINGTON — Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, on Saturday condemned Israel as a… Continue reading Top Progressive Democrat: Israel Is Racist State, Two-state Solution Doesn’t Feel Possible