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Israeli lawmaker blames pogroms against Palestinians for ‘terrible’ attacks By Eliyahu Freedman

Ofer Cassif, a member of the Knesset, said he warned the situation would ‘erupt’ if the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not change its policies towards Palestinians [File: Atef Safadi/EPA] Ofer Cassif says he warned the situation would ‘erupt’ if Israel did not change its treatment of Palestinians.An Israeli lawmaker has told Al Jazeera that his party …

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Why do Palestinians not deserve support for their self-defence?

Smoke and flames rise after Israeli air forces targeting a shopping center in Gaza Strip, Gaza on October 07, 2023. [Mustafa Hassona – Anadolu Agency] Israeli occupation forces raid Palestinian cities, villages and refugee camps in the occupied West Bank almost every day. They storm Palestinian homes, detain whoever they want and most times kill Palestinians, including women, children and …

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Islamic Jihad chief denounces normalisation talks with Israel

Ziad al-Nakhala, Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, at the Palestinian embassy in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on September 3, 2020 [ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images] The head of Islamic Jihad denounced Arab attempts to normalise relations with Israel on Friday, as the group staged demonstrations in the Palestinian Territories and neighbouring states amid Israeli efforts to make peace …

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Israel illegal settler violence erasing entire Palestinian communities, says NGO

A view of Al-Urme Hill in Beita town, considered the second highest point around the city of Nablus, West Bank on June 6, 2021 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency] The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) published a report yesterday expressing deep concern about the Israeli illegal settlers’ forceful seizure of Palestinian Territories, which has resulted in the displacement of 500 Palestinians from seven different communities. …

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Jewish National Fund: A century of land theft, belligerence and erasure by Joseph Massad

Israeli authorities demolish what remains of the Khader family home in the Shuafat neighbourhood of East Jerusalem on 16 January 2023 (Reuters)   The organisation demanding financial compensation from a group representing its own victims has pursued the erasure of Palestinian geography and presence on the land for a century The Zionist movement’s major financial and colonial arm, the Jewish National …

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World Cup 2022: How Arab fans are speaking truth to Israel on Palestine

Morocco’s Jawad El Yamiq raises the Palestinian flag after the World Cup soccer match between Canada and Morocco at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha on 1 December, 2022 (AP)   By refusing interviews with Israeli journalists, Arab fans are refusing to bestow legitimacy on the state’s apartheid system Israeli journalists have flocked to Doha this month to cover the World …

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