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Egypt’s President Promotes Religious Choice During Human Rights Rollout

November 04, 2021 15:00
Source: Christianity Today

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2021/october/egypt-human-rights-strategy-sisi-religion-coptic-christians.html

By JAYSON CASPER

Published October 18,2021

Some Copts cheer Sisi’s stance and new five-year reform strategy, while others focus on absence of attention to problematic ID cards and reconciliation committees.
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Our Washington Watch | Is What's Good for America, Good for Israel?

October 22, 2021 11:45
Source: NRC.NL/AMERIKA
NRC.NL/AMERIKA

By Bas Blokker

Published Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Amsterdam | Biden gets cornered, and Trump comes to a boil. They compete for the attention of the Americans as if we were three months before a presidential election instead of three years.
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Israel relations in Congress aren't what they used to be - opinion

October 22, 2021 11:15
Source: The Jerusalem Post

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/israel-relations-in-congress-arent-what-they-used-to-be-opinion-682396

By ZALMAN SHOVAL

Published October 18, 2021

The 'squad''s attempt to block Iron Dome funding is a sign that things are changing for Israel among a group of far-left politicians in the US.
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Opinion | Israel Is Approaching the Next Nakba

October 19, 2021 14:55
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-israel-is-approaching-the-next-nakba-1.10305139

By Sheren Falah Saab and Elitzur Bar-Asher Siegal

Published October 19, 2021
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Opinion | For 17 Years, Stone-throwing Settlers Have Terrorized Palestinian Children. I Was One of Them

October 28, 2021 15:45
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-for-17-years-settlers-have-terrorized-palestinian-children-i-was-one-of-them-1.10292655

By Ali Awad

Published October 17, 2021

For the children of Tuba, a Palestinian village in South Hebron Hills, attending school means walking more than ten kilometers with an armed IDF escort, to bypass an illegal settlement whose residents regularly threaten and attack them. I was one of those kids
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Israel moves to ban six Palestinian rights groups it accuses of terrorism, prompting international outrage

October 26, 2021 14:16
Source: The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/23/israel-palestine-terrorist-human-rights/

By Amy Cheng

Published October 23, 2021
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Opinion | The Harsh Truth Biden Needs to Tell Israelis Now About Their Future

October 22, 2021 11:28
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-the-harsh-truth-biden-needs-to-tell-israelis-now-about-their-future-1.10310370

By Daniel Sokatch

Published October 20, 2021

'You’re heading for a cliff': As the Bennett government insists on equating Israel with the settlements, even calling critics antisemitic, Biden must warn Israelis about its real repercussions
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7 FACTS ABOUT PALESTINIAN CHILDREN

October 28, 2021 15:24
Source: The Borgen Project

https://borgenproject.org/7-facts-about-palestinian-children/

By Sarah Uddin

Published August 21, 2020
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A day in the life of a Palestine refugee student in the West Bank

October 28, 2021 15:14
Source: OCHA Services, Reliefweb

https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/day-life-palestine-refugee-student-west-bank-0

Published October 28, 2021
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ANTI-ZIONISM IS NOT ANTISEMITISM - Over 500 Scholars Launch Fightback Against Israel Lobby’s Antisemitism Smear of UK Academics

October 26, 2021 15:43
Source: MintPress News

https://www.mintpressnews.com/over-500-scholars-launch-fightback-against-israel-lobbys-antisemitism-smear-of-uk-academics/278772/

by Jonathan Cook

Published October 25, 2021

The question, raised by the petition and letter of complaint, is whether universities like Glasgow will continue to submit to such attacks on academic life under the cover of false or evidence-free claims of anti-Semitism.
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