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Focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic as it impacts Israel/Palestine provides us with a unique case study of the realities of health care and public health in a racialized and unequal society. Israel reported its first case of the coronavirus on February 21, a woman returning from a cruise.* In the…

Home   >   Israel News Shunning the authority of the local municipality over the Tomb of the Patriarchs, Bennett approves structural changes to make the compound handicap accessible Defense Minister Naftali Bennett approved structural changes to make the Tomb of Patriarchs in Hebron accessible to the disabled on Sunday,…

Part 2 of an investigation into how anti-Israel activists have hijacked the coronavirus crisis to use against Israel. In April 2020, we published an in-depth investigation: How Anti-Israel Activists Are Hijacking The Coronavirus Crisis And Turning It Against Israel. Our research demonstrated how proponents of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS)…

THE WAR OF RETURNHow Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peaceby Adi Schwartz and Einat Wilf304 pp. All Points Books, St. Martin’s Publishing Group $28.99 What do you get when a disillusioned Israeli politician from the political “Left” links up with a veteran Israeli journalist,…

Home   >   Israel News Israel’s prime minister has spent the last year talking about annexing the Jordan Valley and settlements in the West Bank. Experts outline what his next steps might be Addressing an online gathering of evangelicals on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was confident…

The first report was that Colonel Dror Weinberg was wounded. It was a Friday night, November 15, 2002. Arik “Harris” Brabbing was at home with his family in Modi’in. On the phone was R., the Hebron district coordinator for the Shin Bet security service. “R. said, ‘There was gunfire in…

Feature photo | Israeli soldiers wearing face masks and gloves against coronavirus stand in the streets in Jerusalem’s Old City, April 7, 2020. Ariel Schalit | AP Spitting at someone is a universal insult. In Israel, however, spitting at Palestinians is an entirely different story.  By Ramzy Baroud, reposted from…

( Middle East Monitor ) – US Federal Bureau of Investigation documents obtained by The Intercept and published at the start of April made for fascinating reading. They showed that federal officers conducted a 2004-2006 “terrorism” investigation into the International Solidarity Movement, a non-violent Palestine solidarity group. The investigation proved…

West Bank / Jerusalem In the West Bank, the COVID-19 lockdown is exacerbating a mental health crisis Médecins sans Frontières / Doctors without Borders 24 Apr — A full lockdown has been in place in the West Bank for more than three weeks, with over 300 cases of COVID-19 confirmed…

The first report was that Colonel Dror Weinberg was wounded. It was a Friday night, November 15, 2002. Arik “Harris” Brabbing was at home with his family in Modi’in. On the phone was R., the Hebron district coordinator for the Shin Bet security service. “R. said, ‘There was gunfire in…