Why is Israel Amending Its Open-Fire Policy: Three Possible Answers
By Ramzy Baroud At the outset, the Israeli military decision to revise its open-fire policies in the occupied West Bank …
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Banning of Palestinian NGOs: How Israel Tries to Silence Human Rights Defenders
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo On October 21, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced the issuance of a military …
By banning six Palestinian NGOs, Israel has entered a new era of impunity
Raja Shehadeh,Palestinian writer and lawyer I founded al-Haq in 1979. Israeli now considers it to be a terrorist group, along …
Manchester University puts Palestinian solidarity statement back in gallery
Statement on ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Palestinians reinstated after complaint led to it being removed Damien Gayle The University of Manchester …
The U.S. Senate Is a Global Problem
U.S. Senate Committee Hearing Room (Shutterstock) The acquittal of Trump was bad, but the Senate’s approach to foreign affairs over …
Russia: A New Start?
Can Moscow and Washington find common cause against the global scourges of nuclear weapons, climate change, and pandemic? It’s winter …
The Future of U.S. Democracy Promotion
Because of the events of the last weeks, months and years, should “democracy promotion” be permanently removed from the U.S. …
Israeli Soldiers Attack Elderly Protestor, Journalists in Tulkarem
Israeli forces, on Tuesday, attacked Palestinians protesting Israel’s plan to expropriate occupied Palestinian land near Tulkarem city, in the northern …
Armed Israeli Settlers Burn Hundreds of Olive Trees south of Nablus
Colonist Israeli settlers set on fire to a Palestinian-owned farm land, on Saturday, in Burin village, south of the northern …
Israel’s New Government Is Exploiting Pandemic to Annex 30 Percent of West Bank
Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu Netanyahu pledges to annex Jordan Valley in Occupied West Bank on September 10, 2019, in …
Database of all business enterprises involved in the activities detailed in paragraph 96 of the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
Advance Unedited Version Distr.: General 12 February 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-third session 24 February-20 March …
Agnes Callamard: unflinching UN official taking on Saudi crown prince
French human rights specialist exposed Bezos hack claims and is ‘holding the unaccountable accountable’ Agnes Callamard, the UN’s special …
How Human Rights Watch Whitewashed a Right-Wing Massacre in Bolivia
A Legacy of Bias While some may be surprised by its response to the Bolivia crisis, Human Rights Watch’s support …
Trump Silences Tlaib and Omar for Revealing Human Toll of Occupation
Children play in a deserted house at the Shati Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza City on September 3, 2019.Majdi Fathi …
Israel Uses Animal Rights to Distract From War Crimes
Israel promotes its « vegan-friendly » army and animal rights record while Palestinians suffer. ChameleonsEye / Shutterstock.com By Azeezah Kanji, Truthout As …
Leaked reports reveal severe abuse of Saudi political prisoners
Exclusive: cuts, burns and bruising documented, despite government denials of torture Nick Hopkins, Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Kareem Shaheen Newly graduated …
School Employee Sues District for Israel Loyalty Oath in Contract
Palestinian protesters walk during a rainy day during a demonstration near the border with Israel east of Gaza city on …
Can Saudi Arabia survive without the House of Saud?
For many Western governments today, the thought of Arabia without Sultans is unthinkable, yet business as usual, following Khashoggi’s murder, …
The Dangers of Conflating Anti-Zionism With Anti-Semitism
An Anti-Zionist Orthodox Jewish protester stands near a Palestinian flag during a demonstration in London on September 4, 2010.Ben Stansall …
Last Week in Gaza
Thomas L. Are Last week, May 15th is said to be the bloodiest day of the recent demonstrations in Gaza. …
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