Month: June 2021

Israeli police arrested leading Sheikh Jarrah activist Muna El-Kurd at her family’s home on June 6, claiming that she was accused of “participating in riots” … Israel Arrests Palestinian Activist Muna el-Kurd in East Jerusalem (BBC) … and ordered Arabs in the city of Nazareth detained suspected of participating in riots “to sit on the…

An “estimated one million public and private bomb shelters” across Israel do not benefit “unrecognized” Palestinian-majority  villages such as Dahmash, which does not have access to a single one, and lack “basic services and infrastructure”: Israeli Ambassador Slammed for Exploiting Death of Young Palestinian Citizen of Israel (Middle East Eye) Marathon runners peacefully protesting the…

Facebook has repeatedly bowed down to government demands to take down content that is against their interests including removing “posts from prominent Palestinian activists” and helped Indian PM Narendra Modi “stifle criticism of his government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic”: India and Israel Inflame Facebook’s Fights With Its Own Employees (NY Times) UN decision to…

Unconditional support for Israel has made it increasingly difficult for the US to claim “moral high ground on the world stage” as Israel employs its “superior military power” to “kill and terrorize residents of Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon with near impunity”: It’s Time to End the ‘Special Relationship’ With Israel (Foreign Policy) Increasing…