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Dim lives manufacture no longer topic in Israel

Comments made by Israel’s top political and religious leaders earlier this month are a dismal reminder of how little black lives matter in the country, and how African refugees remain in mortal danger, whether or not the government’s plan to deport them is temporarily suspended. On March 17, one of Israel’s two chief rabbis, Yitzhak…

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Individuals have a constitutional steady to boycott Israel

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) concluded its annual policy conference last week with a lobbying day on Capitol Hill. High on its legislative agenda was advocating for bills that would penalise Americans for engaging in their First Amendment-protected right to boycott for Palestinian rights.  AIPAC conference attendees pressed their elected officials to support the Israel Anti-Boycott…

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Iran denies ‘hegemon’ plans, denounces Saudi and Israel

Iran deflected accusations by Saudi Arabia and Israel that it was destabilising the Middle East, calling the two US client states who were trying to gloss over their « poor choices » and « strategic blunders ».  Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in blaming Iran for rising regional tensions at the Munich…

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Saudi grants airspace acclaim for flights to Israel

Saudi Arabia has granted for the first time permission for Air India flights headed to Israel to use its airspace, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported. The decision, which will be implemented in March, means that the flights from New Delhi to Tel Aviv would be shortened by two and a half hours. The new route,…

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PLO vows ‘to originate disengaging from Israel’

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has said it is taking a series of measures to begin « disengaging » from Israel, including seeking action against the latter at the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC). After a long meeting on Saturday evening, the executive committee of the PLO said it had asked the Palestinian government…

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Palestinian management revokes recognition of Israel

The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has decided to suspend its recognition of Israel until the latter recognises the State of Palestine on its 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.  During a meeting in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah late on Monday, the PLO, which is an umbrella of major Palestinian political…

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BDS activists slam Chris Rock for performing in Israel

Chris Rock looks set to go ahead with a show in Israel, despite calls for the comedian to cancel the event, with activists comparing it to performing in apartheid South Africa. The American entertainer, who is also an actor, is expected to perform in Tel Aviv at the Menora Mivtachin Arena on Tuesday at 7:30pm, as…

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Why does Israel anxiety the BDS stride so noteworthy?

New York City – Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel seemed to confirm a long-held suspicion among many long-time observers: The United States is not interested in a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli impasse that adheres to international law, instead supporting Israeli demands to annex more Palestinian land and create an ethnonationalist…

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Gaza residents to pay Israel for electricity

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has requested that Gaza’s residents begin regularly paying their electricity company for the first time to resume the power supply to the Strip.  Gaza’s residents would be required to pay a collective monthly fee of 10 million shekels ($2.8m) to restore the amount of electricity the PA asked Israel to cut off…

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Palestinian teen first to be killed by Israel in 2018

Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian teen on the northern outskirts of the occupied West Bank town of Ramallah, according to Palestinian officials. The Palestinian health ministry identified the 17-year-old boy as Musab Firas al-Tamimi from the village of Deir Nitham, where Wednesday’s shooting took place.  « He died shortly after the occupation forces fired a bullet…