Since the War Began, Entire Areas of the West Bank Have Been Emptied of Their Communities
October 7 brought settler violence to a head in the West Bank: 18 Palestinian herding communities have since been uprooted from their homes, with the residents now living in makeshift dwellings on the outskirts of other villages, impoverished and anxious for the future Hagar Shezaf. Haaretz. May 2, 2024 10:33 pm IDT Ibrahim Mohammed Malihat looks toward the Jordan…
‘Burner charities’: How Canadian dollars are flowing to Israel for decades
Shady not-for-profit groups take turns funding illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank but evade legal consequences by exploiting gaps in Canadian law. Ayse Betul Aytekin April 22, 2024 Dubious charitable groups are exploiting loopholes in Canada’s laws to funnel millions of dollars to Israel, where the funds are mostly used to help illegal…
Palestinian and Jewish Unity –Independent Jewish Voices Montreal Joint Statement: DIVEST FROM SCOTIABANK!
PAJU-IJV MONTREAL For immediate publication Montreal, April 18, 2024 Montreal police arrested 45 people after pro-Palestine demonstrators staged a sit-in at the Scotiabank headquarters in downtown Montreal on Monday, April 15. Protesters also targeted the Scotiabank headquarters in Toronto, and in Halifax where 21 protesters were arrested. Demonstrations took place worldwide on Monday, April 15 as part of…
Why Palestinians in Israel, Like Me, Keep Marching to Protect Our Land
Land Day commemorates the six unarmed protesters against land expropriations killed by Israeli forces in 1976. We Palestinians, on both sides of the Green Line, are still living its legacy. This year, with dangerous dreams by some of an Israeli reoccupation of Gaza, it’s more relevant than ever Nagham Zbeedat. Haaretz. Apr 1, 2024 4:19…
We Israelis are the biggest Holocaust deniers
The Jewish state learned that it can commit its own Holocaust in Gaza and deny that it exists. By Jonathan Ofir. April 6, 2024 I remember how our Israeli Prime Minster, Benjamin Netanyahu, told Holocaust survivors at an elderly home, “The Holocaust happened because there was no State of Israel. If there had been a Jewish state…
Epidemics, Famine, Untreated Wounds: Things Are About to Get Much Worse in Gaza
Epidemiologists warn that if the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues, the death toll could reach 100,000 – or even top 120,000 HNetta Ahituv. Haaretz. Apr 6, 2024 6:48 am IDT “The most troubling thing at the moment is the famine. If the amount of food entering the Gaza Strip remains as it is, and does…
For Israel, Foreign Aid Workers’ Blood Is Thicker Than Palestinians’
Gideon Levy. Haaretz. Apr 3, 2024 11:21 pm IDT The army behaved just as it was expected to behave. That is exactly what is required of it. The chorus of international hypocrisy and self-righteousness that has arisen now after the killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers is doing an injustice to the Israel…
The Effects of Reading Mahmoud Darwish in Hebrew After October 7
The beauty and musicality of Darwish’s writing are expressed in Hebrew translations from his last book Eli Eliyahu. Haaretz. Mar 28, 2024 Credit: Hakibbutz Hameuhad The Butterfly Effect: A selection Mahmoud Darwish Hakibbutz Hameuhad Erez Schweitzer 112 It would seem that the Israeli reader won’t be able to read “The House as Casualty,” a prose…
Gaza’s Night of Death and Hunger
Gideon Levy. Haaretz, Mar 3, 2024 2:26 am IST It was a night of death and hunger. When it ended, at least 112 people had been killed and another 760 were injured. Israel tried to deny responsibility – the trucks hit them – but there is no denying its responsibility for what is happening now…
Will Egypt Sells [sell] Out Palestinians for $10 Billion Loan Package?
Closed-door negotiations in Paris, involving Israeli, American, and Egyptian intelligence chiefs were purportedly aimed at managing Palestinian refugee inflow into Egypt. The IMF plans to provide Egypt with a $10 billion loan for this purpose. By Mike Whitney On Saturday, western news agencies reported that closed-door negotiations took place in Paris that were aimed at reaching…
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