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Haley slams UN human rights report for ‘singling out Israel’
June 14, 2017 11:49Source: The Times of Israel
http://www.timesofisrael.com/haley-slams-un-human-rights-report-for-singling-out-israel/
US envoy condemns ‘unfair bias’ against Jewish state, a week after threatening the US could withdraw from Human Rights Council
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UNICEF child welfare report finds Israel among worst in developed world
June 15, 2017 19:19Source: The Times of Israel
By Stuart Winer
One in three children is considered poor in the Jewish state, says UN agency
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The block impeding coalition against Iran
June 16, 2017 11:46Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS
Published June 06, 2017
Why Iran Won’t Bring Israelis and Arabs Together
There’s No Way Around Justice for PalestiniansBy Yousef Munayyer, Foreign Affairs
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Marwan Barghouti and the battle of the empty stomachs
July 05, 2017 19:27Source: Americans for Middle East Understanding (AMEU)
http://www.jonathan-cook.net/2017-07-04/marwan-barghouti-and-the-battle-of-the-empty-stomachs/
By Jonathan Cook
Often described as the Palestinians’ Nelson Mandela, Barghouti led the recent prisoners’ hunger strike. Paradoxically, his incarceration has served only to make him more visible, a Palestinian national icon. And now he is said to be developing a new model of resistance, to replace the failed strategies of Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas
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What does it take to move from pseudo-democracy to real participation?
June 19, 2017 11:55Source: Redress Information & Analysis
By Graham Peebles
Imagine a country run along truly democratic lines. In such a mythical land, what would be the role of the politician, and the nature of his or her relationship with that amorphous group paraded under the banner of “the people”?
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I was taught to hate Palestinians — until I met one
June 27, 2017 12:19Source: +972 Magazine
https://972mag.com/i-was-taught-to-hate-palestinians-until-i-met-one/128364/
By Osnat Ita Skoblinski
I grew up believing the Arabs wanted to throw us into the sea. Then I met a Palestinian from Gaza, and started to question everything I was ever taught.
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Americans view of Israel is getting worse by the day
July 02, 2017 21:19Source: Raw Story
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/americans-view-of-israel-is-getting-worse-by-the-day/
July 1, 2017
By Tom Porter
Posted with permission from NewsweekThe more Americans know about Israel, the less they like about it, according to a new survey.
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WATCH // Minister Hotovely Asked to 'Walk a Mile in Their Shoes' on 60 Minutes Palestine Segment
July 03, 2017 14:47Source: Haaretz
Jun 29, 2017
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.798551‘As an Israeli mother, would you be happy on the other side of the wall?’ asked host Liam Bartlett during one particularly heated exchange
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The shocking treatment of Palestinian children
July 07, 2017 11:22Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS
By Peter Beinart, Forward
June 21, 2017Why Is One Pro-Israel Group Desperate To Keep You From Watching This Video?
When it comes to Palestinians, the American Jewish establishment is in the ignorance business. The average American synagogue has never hosted a Palestinian speaker. The average “pro-Israel” activist has never read a book by a Palestinian author. The American Jewish philanthropists who fund Birthright send thousands of young American Jews to Israel each year, on a programme that systematically excludes the voices of 50% of the people who live under Israeli control.
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To punish Hamas, children must die
July 07, 2017 10:56Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS
http://jfjfp.com/?p=93479
By Shlomi Eldar, trans. Sandy Bloom, Al Monitor
June 29, 2017Gaza’s children suffer as Hamas, PA continue conflict
Five Israeli doctors discuss their recent visit to Gaza, where disease is rampant, medication is disappearing and medical patients have given up hope.
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