Israel/Palestine News

 

 





How do you overcome the fear of a 'non Jewish' state? What's the
connection between supporting the right of return and teaching Arabic?
Another episode in our series 'Talks about Return' and this time with
Yosi Mekaiten, a member of the forum 'Jews for the Right of Return'.

  



While the new draft law concerned the media and the politicians, the
High Court judges discussed the unequal process of granting women an
exemption from drafting on the basis of freedom of conscience for
religious reasons as apposed to non-religious reasons. The petition was
filed by the 'Yesh Gvul' movement together with 100 activist.

 





Four thousand Palestinian minors have been arrested in the past year,
and some 800 minors are now in military jails. This shocking figure
exposes the reality to the lives of Palestinian children under
occupation. This is a daily reality of arrests of children and
adolescents, in violation of their basic rights. Several Knesset
members, in cooperation with civil society organizations, initiated a
discussion on the issue. Has this discussion suggested ways of acting to
change reality?

 



Zohar Regev Chamberlain says the injustice she witnessed as a child in Israel moved her to defend Palestinian human rights

  



The IDF blows up land mines in the Golan Heights.

 



Mikkel Gruner, city council member from Begen, Norway, calls for the EU to impose sanctions on Israel.

The Real News speaks to Trita Parsi about Netanyahu bragging about killing the Iran Nuclear Deal.

  



Awni Farhat and Youssef Sammour, Two Palestinian Passengers on the Freedom Flotilla, Discuss Their Longing to Return Home

  



No, the White Helmets didn't stage false flag gas attacks.

   



Israelis block Viktor Orban's motorcade in Jerusalem.

 



Activists film soldiers harassing Palestinian shepherds in the South Hebron Hills.

  





Young man on bike confronts the Women In Black.

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Meet Faiz - only 19 years old and already has a lot of hard memories
about military training, for which he is being expelled from his home.

  



 Meet Yasser - father of seven, who wants his sons and
daughters to sleep peacefully, like the children in the settlements
around him, without having to wake up to fire training sounds in the
middle of the night.

 





Meet Qadar - a 52-year-old resident of Ein Halweh. Qadar wants to live
in security and for the Israeli government to recognize the occupied
population and allow them to live in proper conditions.

 



Meet Raqiya - She loves the quiet life in the Jordan Valley, but is
frustrated by the repeated demolitions of her home by the army and the
Civil Administration. The demolitions are intended, according to her, to
exhaust the Palestinian residents and make them leave.

    





After visiting the Freedom Flotilla in the Port of Naples, Mayor Luigi de Magistris Expresses Support for Sanctions on Israel

    



TRNN's Shir Hever explains that Israel's new Law of the Nation-State
makes it impossible to pretend that Israel is a democracy. Unequal
rights are recognized by the government as the essence of the state.

  



Arab Knesset members removed after protesting passage of apartheid bill.

  



The Knesset erupts after Netanyahu votes against a bill allowing surrogacy births for gays.

   

Why is the overwhelming majority of rape cases closed for lack of
evidence? The rape kits, which are in fact legal evidence, are thrown
out after only three months following an outdated procedure of the
Ministry of Health. So what can we do about it?

   

Meet Amer - A man whose home has been destroyed, over and over again,
for the last 40 years. His children gave up and left the village - but
he stayed, holding onto his ancestors' land.

 



Dmitri Lascaris narrates 3 videos from the Freedom Flotilla.

 





2 part video.  Aaron Mate' interviews Ali Abunimah about Israel's bombing of Gaza & Democratic politicians on Israel.

  





Palestinians chant as they enter Khan Al Ahmar, slated for demolition.

 





Israeli soldiers choke on teargas fired at Palestinians in Hebron.

  

 

2 part video.

The Real News interviews Rami Khouri about Iran & the new peace plan for Israel/Palestine.

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Meet Saher Abdel Rahim Bisharat.

  





Ghaleb Eid al-Zawahra is both a shepherd and an inspirational father -
when he talks about his children, his eyes sparkles with excitement. But
how can he be a good father under the occupation?

   





3 students stabbed at An Najah University.

  



8 activists are arrested near Hebron for allegedly being in a closed military zone.

 



Settlers attack Palestinian homes in Hebron.

  

   



Israel has intensified its crippling blockade of the Gaza Strip by
closing the only crossing for commercial goods. Former Gaza health
minister Dr. Basem Naim discusses the impact on a devastated health
system and says that Palestinians will continue their weekly protests
for freedom.

 



IDF harasses activists near Otniel.

 





IDF arrests Badee Dwaik for filming them in Hebron.

 





Young man with Down's syndrome was fainting from tear gas in center of Hebron.

 



The arrest of  Ammar Al Atrash.

   

Palestine - Hebron,3 rd of July 2018
Jewish settlers give a hero's welcome to #Elor Azaria who MURDERED the martyr #Abdul Fattah Sharif in cold blood on 24th of March 2016 in Tel Rumeida, Hebron, which was filmed by #Imad's Abu Shamsyeh from the Human Rights Defenders group .The settlers have been targeting Imad's home today and tried to raid it.

   

Friday 6.7.2018 mass meeting, prayer and demonstration in the community of Khan al-Ahmar near Jerusalem, in response to the threat of demolition of the village (and its school serving several neighbouring villages) and dispossession and eviction of its inhabitants by the Israeli occupation. This has been temporarily delayed following an appeal to the high court- for at least a few days.

  

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Three scenes from "Jewish Underground."

   

 



Activists return to Bani Naim.

  



Phyllis Bennis warns of the consequences of Trump's cut of UNRWA funding.

  



Dimitri Lascaris reports from the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.

  



Settlers again attack Palestinians in Hebron.

   



Trump hopes to use Gulf State funding to get Egypt to take over Gaza, but Phyllis Bennis warns no peace plan is possible without Palestinian input.

   



Jewish settlers attack Palestinians in Hebron.

  



US Jews leave Birthright tour to visit Hebron anti-occupation tour.