Category: World
In a historic development last November, the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) became the latest in a rapidly growing number of groups to add its support to the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (B.D.S.) campaign protesting Israeli human rights violations.…
Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon, head of the IDF Central Command Yossi Zeliger/Flash90
JERUSALEM — In a series of public statements, top-ranking generals in the Israeli Defense Forces (I.D.F.) have challenged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s explanations of recent stabbings and attacks on Israelis by Palestinians, insisting that the recent wave of violence can be…
QALQILYA, West Bank — In the West Bank town of Qalqilya, a cheering crowd of Palestinians gathered today to witness a bulldozer breaking off the final piece of the wall separating Israel from the West Bank. Its new owner, the…
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NEW YORK – In a press conference yesterday morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that he is hosting a conference at Brooklyn College on Islamophobia, including the impact of recent developments in Israel-Palestine on Arab and Muslim residents of New York…
Countries Scaled to the Foreign Military Aid they Receive from the US Map: howmuch.net
Washington — As Congress resumes discussions about spending on defense and foreign assistance, vocal disagreement over aid to Israel continues. Growing concern about Israel’s human rights violations is gaining considerable traction in Washington. Critically important to these debates is the Leahy…
