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Opinion | How Do You Say Ku Klux Klan in Hebrew?
Source: Haaretz
Published January 02, 2021
Those subjected to Israel’s occupation have been abandoned to the occupiers' cruelty, as a result of the weakness of the country's army, law enforcement and security establishment
Read MoreIsrael's Normalization Pacts Not a Substitute for Peace With Palestinians, State Dept. Says
Source: Haaretz
By Ben Samuels
Published February 2, 2021
In first press briefing, State Department Spokesman Ned Price confirms aid to Palestinians will resume 'very quickly,' urges regional powers to build bridges in order to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace
Read MoreNo Peace Without Justice, No Justice Without Forgiveness
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
Read MoreDestroying Armageddon: The Apocalypse as a Tourism Attraction
ource: Haaretz
Published January 31, 2021
Snags to creating a park starring Tell Megiddo, a proto-church, a unique Roman legion camp and much more, include a pesky prison smack in the middle and the billion-shekel bill to move it – and the plan to expand a highway
Read MoreJewish groups that aid Israel’s war crimes can’t deny all responsibility for those crimes
Source: Mondoweiss
By JONATHAN COOK
Published MAay 24, 2021
Israel’s apologists – whether Jewish or not – cannot deny all responsibility for Israel’s war crimes when they actively aid and abet those crimes.
Read MoreWhy Biden Must Watch This Palestinian Movie
Source: The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/opinion/biden-palestine-israel-the-present.html
By John Brennan
Published April 27, 2021
Read MoreAccountability? Yes! Justice? A Work in Progress!
Source: NRC Amerika
nrc.nl/amerika
By Bas Blokker
Published April 21, 2021
Translated by Abraham A. van Kempen
Cheers after Floyd's case ruling, but "it shouldn't end with Derek Chauvin."
Police brutality! After the jury's verdict in the case against Derek Chauvin is heard in Minneapolis. President Joe Biden said that "there is still a long way to go."
Read MoreU.S. CHRISTIANS CAN’T IGNORE ISRAEL’S ONGOING OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE
Source: Sojourners
https://sojo.net/articles/us-christians-can-t-ignore-israel-s-ongoing-occupation-palestine
By MAE ELISE CANNON, JOYCE AJLOUNY
Published May 14, 2021
Read MoreAmericans Still Favor Israel While Warming to Palestinians
Source: NRC Amerika
By Bas Blokker
Published May 25, 2021
Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen
Read MoreSunshine Breaking Through Dark Clouds
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
The anguish in my wife's eyes voiced volumes: "What are 'we' going to do with them … thousands, alone? Kids! Where are their parents?"
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