UN Security Council

Israel agency raises tax-exempt US, UK funds to put settlers in occupied Golan Heights, northern Palestine

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 17:34

The Jewish Agency, a quasi-official arm of the Israel government that encourages settlement in Palestine, and the Israeli government itself, are taking advantage of US and UK charity laws to raise tax-exempt donations specifically to place settlers in Syria’s occupied Golan Heights, all in violation of international law.

Hillary Clinton, Gaza and the right of civilians to self-defense

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 19:12

Today Hillary Clinton supported the “right” of Syrian civilians to use arms in “self-defense.” But after 63 years of dispossession, ethnic cleansing and occupation are Palestinians ever to be considered, like Syrians, “civilians under siege driven to self-defense”?

US aid freeze designed to further punish Palestinians

Michelle Gyeney
11 October 2011
The US Congress has voted to freeze aid to the Palestinian Authority worth $200 million. The common theme of the freeze is the disruption of activities that might reinforce the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) drive for statehood.
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