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Video: As soldiers guard them, Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village, shooting one

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 02:43

Video shows Israeli settlers attacking Palestinians with stones, live fire and setting fire to fields as Israeli occupation forces guard the settlers. One Palestinian was shot in the head.

Murder for fun and "morale": Shocking video of lethal Israeli attack on sleeping Palestinian prisoners

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 15:51

Video shows Israeli prison guards carrying out an unprovoked attack on sleeping Palestinian prisoners. It was a night of brutal and lethal violence that Israeli participants would describe as one of “fun” and “happiness.”

Israel's popularity sinks even lower in 2012, new BBC global survey confirms

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 18:58

Israel, already one of the world’s most negatively viewed countries, according to an annual BBC survey, has seen its reputation sink even lower in 2012.

Details emerge of Israeli concessions that ended historic Palestinian mass hunger strike

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 16:02

Details of the Israeli concessions that ended an historic 28-day mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, and the more than two-month hunger strikes of several prisoners, emerged today.

After 77 days, Thaer Halahleh to end hunger strike as Israel agrees to release, father tells EI blogger

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 22:55

Palestinian prisoner Thaer Halahleh has agreed to end his hunger strike after 77 full days, on 15 May, EI blogger Linah Alsaafin tweeted after speaking with his father a short time ago.

Israel subjects Bilal Diab to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment on 77th day of hunger strike

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:57

On his 77th day of hunger strike, Israel continues to subject Bilal Diab to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, blackmail and other unethical medical practices. Meanwhile reports of a “deal” must be treated with utmost caution.

Watch: The Great Book Robbery, Israel's 1948 looting of Palestine's cultural heritage

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sun, 05/13/2012 - 16:30

Watch a film that tells the story of Israel’s systematic looting of tens of thousands of books and other cultural treasures during the Nakba, the 1948 expulsion of the Palestinian people.

Thaer Halahleh told he "could die any moment," as hunger strikers' condition increasingly urgent

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 16:18

Thaer Halahleh has been told he “could die any moment,” by an Israeli prison doctor, as the gravely ill Palestinian who is held without charge or trial by Israel, completed his 73rd day of hunger strike.

In ruling against hunger strikers, Israel high court shows its fear of security services

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 17:09

Despite rejecting an appeal from two Palestinian hunger strikers, Israel’s supreme court appeared to send a signal that Israeli authorities should not let the men die in custody.

New French president says boycott of Israeli goods "illegal," but Paris court acquits more BDS activists

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 12:33

French president-elect François Hollande has told a Jewish community publication that he opposes the boycott of Israeli goods, even apparently from Israeli settlements in occupied territories, and considers such boycotts “illegal.” Meanwhile a French court disagreed, acquitting another group of BDS activists in a significant legal victory.

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