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Remixed: the Israeli army infographic that claimed stone-throwing is “Palestinian terror”

A ludicrous Israeli army graphic on Palestinian “terror” included stone-throwing. A remixed version documents just how much real terror — by Israel — Palestinians face.

Israel mulls new strategy on muzzling its critics

Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism will discuss how Israel can step up its attacks on Palestine solidarity activists.

Thomas Friedman mourns demise of "Fayyadism"

A chat with the PA’s unelected prime minister had been part of the itinerary for trips organized by the Israel lobby.

US State Department: Israel practices "institutional discrimination"

Israel practices “institutional and societal discrimination” against its Palestinian citizens: this is the conclusion of the US State Department in its newly-published Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012.

Anti-semitism charity's spokesperson calls UK employment tribunal "sneering bastards"

Director of Communications at the Community Security Trust Mark Gardner responds to defeat for Israel lobbyist Ronnie Fraser by calling Judge AM Snelson’s Employment Tribunal “sneering bastards.”

Meet Israel's new government: a justice minister against law, a housing minister who led settlers

With details of Israel’s new coalition government finalized, a look at some of the ministers in Prime Minister Netanyahu’s cabinet.

Goldsmiths lecturer smears campus activists as anti-Semites on anti-boycott blog

A sociology lecturer at Goldsmiths in London with a track record of attacking Palestine solidarity activists has smeared a students’ society as running a “Don’t Buy from the Jews Week.”

Failure in Israel's "Twitter war" exposed

Claims that Israel notched up a propaganda “success” while bombing Gaza in November contain serious contradictions.

Abba Eban's comments on the idiocy of hasbara just as true three decades later

Israeli politician and diplomat realized no PR campaign could mitigate negative public opinion after Israel’s deadly invasion of Beirut in 1982.

NYT denies reality of Israeli occupation

An editor in the “journal of record” has defended how the paper apes Israeli references to “disputed territories.”

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