Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop on Washington Street in New Jersey. (Photo: Luigi Novi, Wikimedia Commons) Ben & Jerry’s decision to suspend its operations in the occupied Palestinian West Bank is an event that is proving critical to Palestinian efforts, which ultimately aim at holding Israel accountable for its military occupation, apartheid and war crimes. By responding to the Palestinian call for …
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Israeli terror is at it again. The Israel Defense Forces’ death squads chalked up another successful week: four bodies of innocent Palestinians piled up between the two Fridays. There doesn’t seem to be a connection between the four incidents in which four sons were killed, but the link cannot be broken. In all these cases, soldiers chose shooting to kill …
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A woman waits to receive funding to rebuild her home, one of around 18,000 damaged or destroyed during the fighting in Gaza in May 2021 (SOPA Images/ Nidal Alwaheidi via Reuters) Israeli restrictions on imports have impeded reconstruction efforts and driven up unemployment in Gaza, but will this lead to another outbreak of hostilities? Two months after Israel and Hamas reached …
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Demonstrators lift up a banner reading “leave, Abbas” as they chant slogans and hold up images of late Palestinian activist Nizar Banat during a protest in Hebron on 13 July 2021 (AFP) The decision comes as Palestinians continue to protest against the PA and voice anger over the killing of political activist and Abbas critic Nizar Banat The …
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Israeli forces take Palestinians into custody during a demonstration near Qubbat al-Sakhra (the Dome of the Rock) against far-right Israelis’ slogans insulting Prophet Muhammad during “flag march” in Jerusalem on June 18, 2021. [Mostafa Alkharouf – Anadolu Agency] Recent statements by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett about the freedom of Jews to pray inside Al-Aqsa Mosque have once again highlighted …
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