US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC, on 25 August 2021 (AFP) Joe Biden entered office promising to restore America’s moral authority. In his first meeting with Naftali Bennett, a return to business as usual is not an option US President Joe Biden is scheduled …
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Israel’s Bennett says no Palestinian state as long as he’s prime minister
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has embarked on a trip to Washington for a visit with US President Joe Biden (Reuters) Israeli prime minister said he would continue to expand existing settlements in the West Bank deemed illegal under international law Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said he will not allow a Palestinian state to be created under his watch, in an …
Read More »Israel parents protest after school hires Palestinian teacher
An Israeli primacy school welcomes pupils wearing protective gear and respecting distancing measures upon return to school after the COVID-19 lockdown on 3 May 2020 [EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images] Israeli parents with children in a primary school in Herzliya complained after the educational institute hired a Palestinian teacher, Israel’s Channel 12 reported. In a letter addressed to the principal, they argued that …
Read More »In Israel, the cold-blooded killing of Palestinians is met with silence by Gideon Levy
Ruba al-Tamimi is comforted by her son Mahmoud, as they mourn her other son Muhammad during his funeral procession in Deir Nizam, west of Ramallah city in the occupied West Bank, on 24 July, 2021 (AFP) Scores of unarmed Palestinians, including children, have been murdered since the end of Israel’s May assault. Yet this is now so normal, the …
Read More »‘I Decided to Retire’: 14-Year-Old Mauritanian Chess Player Refuses to Meet Israeli Player
14-year-old Mauritanian chess player Abdel Rahim Al-Talib Muhammad. (Photo: Courtesy Taqadomy Net) A 14-year-old Mauritanian chess player has pulled out of the Junior World Cup because the draw set him up to face an Israeli player, Middle East Monitor reported on Wednesday. “I decided to retire, because I refuse to play with a representative of a fictional country that in …
Read More »The Quiet Rebellion: Why US Jews Turning against Israel is Good for Palestinians By Ramzy Baroud
Thousands of New Yorkers protest the Israeli war on Gaza in May 2021. (Photo: via Friends of Palestine Facebook Page) A unique but critical conversation on Israel and Palestine is taking place outside the traditional discourse of Israeli colonialism and the Palestinian quest for liberation. It is an awkward and difficult – but overdue – discussion concerning American Jews’ relation …
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