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The UN Is a Mouthpiece for Israeli Propaganda, Not a Threat to the Colonial State
By Ramona Wadi Only a few days before the Palestinian commemoration of the 1948 Nakba, in which the indigenous people of Palestine were massacred, displaced and ethnically cleansed to pave the way for the European […]

The Zionist Idea Has Never Been More Terrifying Than It Is Today
By Rima Najjar On this seventy-first annual commemoration of Palestine’s Jewish-state Nakba, let’s resolve not to continue to oversimplify things. Whether you believe the American rabbi and historian Arthur Hertzberg’s assessment of the Zionist idea […]

Palestine and Passover: Whose Liberation is Missing from the (Seder) Table?
By Benay Blend Passover for me has always been a time to think about liberation struggles. A holiday that stands for justice and liberation, it is the very opposite of what is happening in Palestine […]

This Israeli Election is between the Right Wing and the Even More Right Wing
By Jonathan Cook Israel’s election campaign, now in its last days, must be the first in which a sitting Israeli prime minister has sought to win over voters by boasting about how much he insulted […]

The Future is Palestinian: On Sumud and Benny Morris’ Prophecies
By Ramzy Baroud In an interview with the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, prominent Israeli historian Benny Morris predicted a grim future for his country. “This place will deteriorate into a Middle Eastern state with an Arab majority,” […]

Fascism in Our Time: Christchurch Shooting vs. Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre
By Rima Najjar The Christchurch shooting and ensuing furor over white supremacy brought to mind a similar massacre of Muslims in a mosque in Palestine perpetrated by a Jewish supremacist several decades ago. Two recent […]

Extremist Jewish Groups Call for Massive Raid of Al-Aqsa Mosque
The so-called Temple Mount Groups, a body of extremist Jewish organizations, have called for a massive raid of Al-Aqsa Mosque to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim tomorrow, the Shehab news agency reported yesterday. *Please remember Masjid […]

Israel to Impose 4-Day Closure on West Bank, Gaza for Jewish Holiday
The Israeli authorities announced, on Tuesday, that a security closure would be imposed on the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip for a period of four days for the Jewish holiday of Purim. The […]

Netanyahu: Israeli Arabs Have 22 Nation States, No Need for Another One
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that the so-called Israeli Arabs do not need another state. Speaking to Likud-TV, hosting a live event on its Facebook page, Netanyahu responded to a question from […]

Israelis ‘Undergo Jewish DNA Test before Being Allowed to Marry’
Israel’s rabbinate “has been performing genetic testing on Israelis from the former Soviet Union, to check if they are ‘genetically Jewish’ as a condition for marriage registration”, according to Ynet. The new site reported that “at […]

Netanyahu: ‘Israel Is the Nation-State of Jews Alone’ (VIDEO)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphatically affirmed Israel is not a state for all citizens, but solely for the Jewish people Sunday on his Instagram account. The prime minister responded to a comment made by […]

Israel’s Attorney General Backs Election Exclusion for Jewish Power Leader
Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit has backed an electoral ban for Michael Ben Ari, the leader of the Jewish Power (Otzma Yehudit) party, on the grounds of incitement to racism, reported Haaretz. However, Mendelblit “said that […]

Macron Says Anti-Zionism Is Anti-Semitism
France is to recognize anti-Zionism, the denial of the state of Israel, as a form of anti-Semitism in response to a surge in acts against Jews not seen “since the Second World War”, reports The Telegraph. […]

Gantz and Ya’alon: Two Sides of the Same Coin
By Ramona Wadi Former Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon has aligned himself politically with Benny Gantz, the former Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff and chairman of the Israel Resilience party. The Israeli election propaganda […]

Anti-Zionism Means Anti-Jewish-Nationalism in Palestine
By Rima Najjar Those who smear anti-Zionists by falsely accusing them of antisemitism understand very well that anti-Zionism means anti-Jewish-nationalism as expressed in the territory of historic Palestine, now subdivided into Israel, the West Bank […]

Israel Launches Smear Campaign, Labels BDS Activists ‘Terrorists in Suits’
Israel has launched a smear campaign against activists affiliated with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, labeling them “terrorists in suits”. Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry launched the campaign this weekend with a series of […]

Ethiopian Israelis Protest Police Violence, Racism after Killing
Thousands of Ethiopian Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv Wednesday to protest racism and police brutality days after a young community member was shot dead by an officer. Carrying signs accusing the police […]

A Contrast in Murders
By Jeremy Salt In late January Aiia al Maasarwe, initially described in the Australian media as an ‘Israeli student’, then as an ‘Arab Israeli’ but never as a Palestinian, the correct description, was murdered in […]

The Moral Travesty of Israel Demanding Arab and Iranian Money for Its Own ‘Nakba’
By Ramzy Baroud The game is afoot. Israel, believe it or not, is demanding that seven Arab countries and Iran should pay $250 billion as compensation for what it claims was the forceful expulsion of Jews […]

When Bolsonaro and Netanyahu Are ‘Brothers’: Why Brazil Should Shun the Israeli Model
By Ramzy Baroud Newly-inaugurated Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, is set to be the arch-enemy of the environment and indigenous and disadvantaged communities in his country. He also promises to be a friend of like-minded, […]

Israel’s Jewish Home Party Splits ahead of April Election
A religious-nationalist party in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government split on Saturday, with its leaders saying they were bolting to appeal to more secular constituents ahead of an April election. The Jewish Home […]

What Does Israel ‘Occupy’?
By Blake Alcott In what is written and said about Israel and Palestine the word ‘occupation’ is ubiquitous. But what territory, exactly, is the ethnocratic state occupying? Is it just the Gaza Strip and the […]

Natalie Portman Lambasts Israel’s ‘Racist’ Nation-state Law (VIDEO)
Hollywood actress Natalie Portman has called Israel’s nation-state law “racist” in an interview with BBC while promoting her new film Vox Lux. In July, Israel adopted the so-called Nation-State Law, declaring that “Israel is the historic […]

Israeli Minister Tours West Bank Settlements: ‘We Are Here to Win’
Israeli minister Ofir Akunis toured Israeli settlements yesterday and “declared his support” for the annexation of the so-called Gush Etzion settlement “bloc” and “Judea and Samaria [the West Bank] in general”, reported right-wing news outlet […]

The International Community Has No Right to Determine Palestinian Narratives
By Ramona Wadi There is a lot of unfortunate truth in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assessment of international diplomacy. Without having to make any concessions on settlement expansion or Jerusalem, Israel is enjoying a […]

Echoing Prominent Israeli, Chomsky Warns of the Rise of ‘Judeo-Nazi Tendencies’ in Israel
Prominent Jewish intellectual Noam Chomsky has raised concerns over what he believes is the rise of “Judeo-Nazi tendencies” in Israel. Speaking to i24NEWS last week, the renowned political dissident, linguist and scholar repeated warnings given […]

Israel’s Defiance of History, Morality and Law
By Jeremy Salt No state established on land seized by force from the people living on that land can claim moral legitimacy and a ‘right’ to exist. A purported ‘right’ to exist is not central […]

These Are the Israeli Officials that Canada’s NDP is ‘Dialoguing’ with
In refusing to heed a call from 200 well-known musicians, academics, trade unionists and NDP members to withdraw from the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group (CIIG) the party leadership cites the need for “dialogue”. But, when Jagmeet […]

Lieberman Incites against Arabs in Israel
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman yesterday openly incited against Palestinians living in Israel saying they constitute the main problem to Israel’s security. Lieberman said: “I do not care about the Palestinian state, what matters to […]

US Cuts to UNRWA Point to the Dark Future Being Readied for the Palestinians
The Trump administration’s decision to scrap all future aid payments to the main agency helping Palestinian refugees marks a new – and most likely disastrous – chapter in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The US State Department […]