Israeli Conscientious Objectors

"I refuse to take part in the war crimes committed by my country. Violence will not bring any kind of solution, and I shall not commit violence, come what may."Omer Goldman, age 19, Tel Aviv

One Family in Gaza

This is from Jen Marlowe, a Seattle playwright and film producer.

Just Who is a Terrorist?

So the next time you talk about "terrorists" remember that there are terrorists among us, our fellow countrymen and women, whose job is to terrorize us and take away our rights, our property and our sense of personal security.

One Palestinian family's story illustrates the absurdity, and intention, of Israeli policy

my father is in one country and I am in another, while my mother is trapped in the West Bank, unable to travel for fear of never being allowed back.

Jewish lobby wages war on Christmas trees

A new front for religious battles: Hotels and restaurants. The "Lobby for Jewish values" this week began operating against restaurants and hotels that plan to put up Christmas trees and other Christian symbols ahead of Christmas and the civil New Year.

Miscegnation Patrols in Israel

Check out this illustrative news story from Mississippi, 1963 Tel Aviv, today. The great Israeli blogs Promised Land and Dimi's Notes report that the Tel Aviv suburb of Petah Tikva has established a patrol unit to break up dates between Palestinians and Jews.

The Gaza Bombshell

After failing to anticipate Hamas's victory over Fatah in the 2006 Palestinian election, the White House cooked up yet another scandalously covert and self-defeating Middle East debacle: part Iran-contra, part Bay of Pigs.

West Bank's evacuation impossible

"Half a million Jews beyond the Green Line constitute the point of no return.

Time to hold referendum on continuing occupation

This charade really has to stop. Forty-two years into the Israeli occupation, it's time to find out once and for all, without caveats or reservations, what Israelis actually want.

Gideon Levy / An open response to A.B. Yehoshua (The Fraud of Disengagement)

The residents of Gaza have never had ownership of "their own piece of land," as you have claimed. We left Gaza because of our own interests and needs, and then we imprisoned them.

Matrix of Control

A Palestinian state thus appears to be indispensable for both Israel and the Palestinians.

Israel 'understated' Gaza deaths

An Israeli human rights group says many more Palestinian civilians were killed in the Israeli military's campaign in Gaza than the army admits.

Fifteen minutes of hate in Silwan

It's searing hot, but there's some pleasantness about the stone-flagged path rising from the centre of Silwan, Jerusalem. Maybe it's the breeze, or the stone houses oozing coolness into the air, or maybe it's the wide-open mountain landscape.

My Near Escape from the World's Largest Mousetrap

I and more than fifteen American Citizens have now been stuck in Gaza for several weeks now.

Meron Rapoport Feels the Hate in Silwan - Exploring Descrimination in East Jerusalem

Last Thursday was a heat wave, but along the paved stone path that ascends through the centre of Silwan – The City of David, it was more pleasant. Perhaps it was the cool breeze, or the cool stone houses mollifying the air, or maybe it was broad vista of Jerusalem's mountains.

American Jews Protest to Wilson against Zionist State in 1919

As a future form of government for Palestine will undoubtedly be considered by the approaching Peace Conference, we, the undersigned citizens of the United States, unite in this satement, setting forth our objection to the organization of a Jewish State in Palestine as proposed b …

Boycott Israel

The question that keeps me up at night, both as a parent and as a citizen, is how to ensure that my two children as well as the children of my Palestinian neighbors do not grow up in an apartheid regime

Bil'in demonstrates against the ongoing Israeli arrest and intimidation campaign

In a military court hearing for Mohammad Khatib on Thursday August 13th, the military prosecution requested to hold Mohammed until the end of legal proceedings against him, a process that can last over a year.

Israel declares the shooting of American activist, Tristan Anderson to be an "act of war"

Israel declares the shooting of American activist, Tristan Anderson to be an "act of war."

Israeli buffer zone eats up 30 percent of Gaza's arable land

The Christian Science monitor reports that the no-man's land around Gaza makes 30% of Gaza's farmland unusable.

Extremists call Obama Anti-Semitic in Israel

The campaign was organized by Nadai Matar, who has previously called for the assaassination of Palestinian leaders including Mahmoud Abbas.

An Israeli achievement

"The total separation of the Gaza Strip from the West Bank is one of the greatest achievements of Israeli politics, whose overarching objective is to prevent a solution based on international decisions and understandings and instead dictate an arrangement based on Israel's milita …

Palestinian killed in Bilin protest

Local demonstrator seriously injured by tear gas canister hit to his chest during anti-fence rally, dies of wounds shortly after reaching hospital. IDF says protest was violent. Demonstrators: We're like sitting ducks; soldiers fire at anything that moves; army, PA investigating

Many official Israeli maps fail to show Occupied Territories

I was quite amused at the furor Hillary Clinton made about Palestinians not showing Israel on the maps in their schoolbooks.

Steinitz: Deport 100,000 illegal workers

Israel wants to deport 100000 foreign workers.

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