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Opinion | Anger Is Rising in Wartime Israel About Which Israelis Must Go and Fight
Source: Haaretz
Published February 9, 2024
At a time when many reservists have already spent four months in uniform since the war in Gaza began, Israel's ultra-Orthodox and secular communities are heading for a clash over who must serve in the Israel Defense Forces. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is already trying to muster his troops
Read MoreIf the Israeli Army Invades Rafah, What Will Be of More Than 1.5 Million Palestinians Who Take Shelter There?
Source: Haaretz
By Amira Hass
Published February 10, 2023
An Israeli invasion of Rafah will lead to a mass, panicked exodus of nearly a million Palestinian civilians towards a designated safe zone roughly the size of Ben-Gurion Airport. It's still unclear how the IDF plans to reconcile this with the ICJ's order that Israel must take all measures to avoid acts of genocide
Read MoreOur Wednesday News Analysis | The Biden administration has helped kill 85 members of my family. Of course I refused to meet with Antony Blinken.
Source: Mondoweiss
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/the-biden-administration-has-helped-kill-85-members-of-my-family-of-course-i-refused-to-meet-with-antony-blinken/By TARIQ HADDAD
Published February 10, 2024I refused to provide a photo opportunity to the Biden administration because it has aided and abetted the killing of 85 members of my family. I hope they take the time to read about the nightmare all Palestinians in Gaza are living through.
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Is Israel–Palestine worth a World War III?
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Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen
Published Sunday, May 23, 2021
Read MoreIsrael must end its occupation of Palestine to stop fuelling apartheid and systematic human rights violations
Source: Amnesty International
Published February 19, 2024
Read MoreZionism and colonial modernity
Source: Mondoweiss
Published January 16, 2024
Palestinian resistance is a decolonial struggle against Israeli settler colonialism and U.S. imperialism. This resistance is also confronting the brutal nature of colonial modernity, which is exemplified in Zionism.
Read MoreWhich countries have stopped supplying arms to Israel?
Source: Al-Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/15/which-countries-have-stopped-supplying-arms-to-israel
By Al-Jazeera staff
Published February 15, 2024
As civilian casualties continue to mount in Gaza, global calls for countries to halt arms sales to Israel grow.
Read MoreOur Wednesday News Analysis | Israel must end its occupation of Palestine to stop fuelling apartheid and systematic human rights violations
Source: Amnesty International
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/02/israel-must-end-its-occupation-of-palestine-to-stop-fuelling-apartheid-and-systematic-human-rights-violations/Published February 19, 2024
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If People Could Mind Their Own Business
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