Palestinians in Israel Now Face Far-Right Mob Violence Backed by the State

Palestinians in Israel Now Face Far-Right Mob Violence Backed by the State

Protests by Palestinian citizens are being greeted with a mix of police violence and vigilante-style attacks from Jewish fascists With Jerusalem ablaze and Gaza on the brink of another major Israeli onslaught, it has been easy to overlook the rapidly escalating ethnic violence inside Israel, where one in five of the population is Palestinian. These…

Has the “Civil War” in Israel Really Just Begun?

Has the “Civil War” in Israel Really Just Begun?

International Jerusalem Day May 7, 2021, the fourth Friday of Ramadan, was the traditional International Day of Jerusalem established by Imam Rouhollah Khomeini. His successor, the Leader Ali Khamenei, gave a speech to put Jerusalem (the third holiest place in Islam) back at the center of international relations, a central issue for the Islamic world,…

Scathing Human Rights Watch Report Says Israel Guilty of Apartheid

Scathing Human Rights Watch Report Says Israel Guilty of Apartheid

Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that the policies and actions of the Israeli government against the Palestinian people amount to systematic “apartheid” and unlawful persecution that must be stopped. The accusations related to Israel’s actions in the occupied territories (OPT) and within Israel are laid out in a new report entitled “A Threshold Crossed: Israeli…

The Truth Is Out About Israel’s Cover-up of Nakba Facts

The Truth Is Out About Israel’s Cover-up of Nakba Facts

In light of the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba, we repost this article first published in 2019. Recent news reports have shed light on the lengths to which Israel’s security establishment is going in order to cover-up the history of the country’s war crimes against Palestinians. A long piece in Haaretz earlier this month [2019]…