American Funding of Israeli Settlements

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American Funding of Israeli Settlements,

The New York-based group T’Ruah: The Rabbinic Call For Human Rights recently filed a complaint with the State Attorney General against the American arm of an Israeli organization called Honenu. The complaint is based on the fact that Honenu offers legal aid, and often financial assistance, to the families of both accused and convicted Jewish terrorists in Israel.

Occupation/Human Rights

This viral video of an Israeli soldier trying to arrest a Palestinian boy says a lot,

A short video clip of an Israeli soldier attempting to arrest a 12-year-old Palestinian boy in the West Bank has gone viral.

A Picture of a Headlock That's Worth a Thousand Words,

“Why hasn’t the IDF, one of the most sophisticated and advanced militaries in the world learned a damned thing since the first intifada?” asks Anshel Pfeffer.

Palestinians, soldier injured in Israeli raid on West Bank city,

Five Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces during a military raid in Jenin, with initial unconfirmed reports of deaths, local media report.

The devastating effects of night raids on Palestinian families,

“IDF night raids, an everyday occurrence in the occupied territories, ensure that Palestinians cannot feel safe in the one place where safety should be assured,” writes Salwa Duaibis.

No one is put on trial when a Palestinian family is burned alive,

Three years before the attack on the Dawabshe family, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a taxi, burning and seriously wounding members of the Riyada family. Despite incontrovertible evidence showing settlers were behind the attack, the case was closed after a two-week investigation.

West Bank village protests extension of Israeli wall,

Israel’s continued construction of an illegal separation wall will cut off Beit Jala’s residents from their land.

Israeli forces seal main roads in East Jerusalem neighborhood,

A number of Palestinian students in the al-Tur neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem were prevented from reaching their schools on Monday after Israeli forces completely closed the village’s main street with concrete blocks, locals told Ma’an.

Israeli politics

Price-tag attacks against Palestinians are about the nature of the Jewish state,

“The killings of Ali and Sa’ed Dawabshe are not just a human tragedy with a potential to spark a broader clash. They are also a manifestation of a decades-old internal conflict over the nature of Israel,” write Ehud Eiran and Peter Krause.

Palestinian politics

Abbas has 'no intention' of standing in coming PLO election,

President Mahmoud Abbas told Fatah’s central committee that he has no intention of standing in the the coming elections for the PLO Executive Committee, the secretary-general of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, Amin Maqbul, said Tuesday.

Palestinian National Council gets new life in Amman,

President Mahmoud Abbas’ call for an emergency meeting of the Palestinian National Council to shuffle the PLO’s Executive Committee has met with opposition.

Attempts to take PA to international courts over allegations of torture,

Palestinian rights group Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association accused last week the Palestinian Authority (PA) of torturing political prisoners, Quds Press reported yesterday.

Gaza

Egypt Starts Digging Along Gaza Border in Bid to Flood Tunnels,

Egyptian military bulldozers are digging through the sand along Egypt’s border with the Gaza Strip in recent days, pressing ahead with what appears to be a renewed campaign to pressure Gaza’s Hamas rulers and stamp out militant activity along the border.