from a Q&A with independent journalist David Sheen during his Fall 2017 lecture tour.
Phyllis Bennis says the Trump administration threat to close the Palestinian mission in Washington is part of a wider US/Israeli/Saudi effort to assert regional dominance.
Who actually attended the Knesset Negev Day?
The Israeli government, which has adopted an aggressive counterstrategy, 'likes to believe it is somehow winning the fight against BDS,' but that view is 'quite delusional' says Omar Barghouti, who co-founded the BDS movement.
from a Question & Answer session with independent journalist David Sheen during his Fall 2017 lecture tour "Netanyahu's New Normal"
from a Question & Answer session with independent journalist David Sheen during his Fall 2017 lecture tour "Netanyahu's New Normal"
Over half of the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank has been declared an active military “firing zone” by the Israeli army. The Israeli military conducts military exercises in these areas, even if Palestinian villages still exist there. Ibziq is one such village where Uday Nawaja’a was recently killed after stumbling upon an unexploded ordnance, left behind by the Israeli army, while tending to a flock of goats. “I was tending to the flock, as Uday was wandering underneath a tree, about 30 meters away,” Nawaja’a's uncle told Mondoweiss. “Suddenly, I heard an explosion. I ran over to Uday to see what happened. But a few seconds later, he was dead.”
Cambridge University threatened to shut down an event about the BDS movement, saying the moderator wasn't neutral.
Demo in Ni'ilin.
The disgraced film producer hired the Israeli firm Black Cube to spy on his accusers. Max Blumenthal says that is no surprise give Israel's role as a leading expert in repression.
What are the difficulties and barriers that make it difficult for Bedouin women in the Negev to integrate into the labor market? This video was screened on "Negev Day" in the Knesset, on the Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women and Gender Equality, which held a discussion on the employment of Bedouin women.
Although the one-state idea is perceived as taboo in Israeli society, it is gaining more and more popularity. A conference that took place in Kfar Kana came to discuss the issue and to see whether it is the right political solution for us, given the decreasing relevance of the two-state solution.
The residents of Moshav Ya'ad in the north tour together with the descendants of the displaced people of the Palestinian village of Mi'ar, which Ya'ad was built on parts of its land. During the tour, voices are heard from the Jews about their willingness to acknowledge the right of return. The Palestinians want to live side by side with the Jews and are mainly looking for recognition. Watch the last speaker, which indicates the intensity of meetings and tours of this kind.
"The fact that the state is destroying the structure, it not only destroys the structure, it is trying to destroy your human image." At a conference on land and housing for the Arab population, they discussed the severe damage to the lives of the Bedouin, the lack of recognition of their rights to the land, and ways to fight.
UK-Israel agenda of repression of Palestinians is brought under scrutiny by the Priti Patel scandal.
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from a Question & Answer session with independent journalist David Sheen during his Fall 2017 lecture tour "Netanyahu's New Normal"
slideshow presentation by independent journalist David Sheen in Stockholm, Sweden on 15 October 2017
On the 22 anniversary of PM Yitzhak Rabin's murder by a far-right Israeli, journalist Gideon Levy says Israel has become even more hostile to a just peace--one that Rabin himself was never willing to offer.
The move is a key step in the reconciliation of Hamas & Fatah. Hamas scholar Imad Al Soos discusses what to expect as the process moves forward.
Ni'ilin Friday 3.11.2017 protest against the separation wall cutting them off from their land, against the occupation and against apartheid.
One hundred years after the Balfour Declaration, Britain's colonial heritage endures, says Shir Hever.
Be'er Sova is a communal restaurant that feeds hundreds of residents of the south with a nominal fee of 3 NIS per meal. In addition to the distribution of food, they act to raise awareness and encourage activism - diners become volunteers and even activists in the coalition for national struggle against food insecurity and poverty.
Ron Shani understands the narrative of Mi'ars displaced community, but at the same time notes that Mi'ar no longer exists, and in his eyes this is an illogical narrative that is inconsistent with the narrative of the State of Israel.
