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Community You Don’t Have To Be An Anti-Zionist To Listen To Palestinian Voices — And Acknowledge Israel’s Imperfections.
On November 27, the Forward published an opinion piece by Palestinian activist and journalist Mariam Barghouti, who asserted that one cannot be both a feminist and a Zionist. Despite the fact that the Forward’s opinion section published, on the same day, an essay promoting the point of view of “Zioness,” a feminist Zionist organization, The…
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Community What It’s Like To Never Be Allowed To Leave Your Home
I mentor four writers in Gaza through We Are Not Numbers, a nonprofit organization founded in 2015 by an American journalist to pair Palestinians under 30 with international mentors. The goal is to help develop the English language skills of Palestinian youth and to educate Westerners about the complexity of life and identity in Gaza….
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Fast Forward Graffiti Artist Paints ‘Rick And Morty’ On West Bank Separation Barrier
Wubba lubba dub dub! Rick Sanchez, the dimension-hopping mad scientist antihero of the popular cartoon TV show “Rick and Morty,” has been inserted into the strangest reality yet—the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Australian graffiti artist Lushsux posted pictures on his social media pages on Sunday of his work depicting the show’s main characters on the West…
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Fast Forward Israel Closes Palestinian Border Crossings For 10 Days
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Crossings between Israel and the West Bank and Gaza will be closed to Palestinians for 11 days beginning with the start of the Sukkot holiday. Exceptions for the Oct. 4-14 closings will be made for humanitarian, medical and unusual cases with the approval of the Israeli military’s coordinator of government activities in…
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Fast Forward Caterpillar And Priceline On UN List For Doing Business In Occupied West Bank
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The United Nations Human Rights Council has sent letters to 150 companies warning them that they will be placed on a database of companies that do business in Israeli settlements. Caterpillar, Priceline.com, TripAdvisor and Airbnb are among the 30 U.S. companies on the list. The letters sent by the U.N. high commissioner for…
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Fast Forward The Israeli Female Settlers Who Pack Heat — And Say Shooting Is ‘Like Yoga’
A new Israeli Web series profiles West Bank settler women who carry guns as part of their daily routines, in a look that gets up-close and personal on the widely observed trend of armed settlers. Produced by Israel’s public broadcaster, the Hebrew language series named “Hamushot” (or in English, “Armed”) trails three women as they…
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Fast Forward American Ambassador Falsely Claims Israel Occupies Only 2% Of West Bank
Breaking with longstanding American policy, the U.S. ambassador to Israel sought to legitimize Jewish settlements in the West Bank and minimized the extent of the Israeli occupation. In excerpts published from an interview with Israeli website Walla!News, Friedman claimed that Israel is “only occupying 2 percent of the West Bank.” The excerpts did not provide…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Kills 3 Israeli Security Officers In West Bank Settlement
A Palestinian man with security clearance to work at a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank opened fire at a checkpoint on Tuesday, killing two Israeli security guards and a paramilitary policeman. The assailant, who was armed with a pistol and also seriously wounded a fourth Israeli, was shot dead, police said. The incident…
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