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It Has Always Been a ‘Religious War’: On Ben Gvir and the Adaptability of Zionism
By Ramzy Baroud In a self-congratulatory article published in the Atlantic in 2017, Yossi Klein Halevi describes Israeli behavior at the just-conquered holy Muslim shrines in Occupied East Jerusalem in 1967 as “an astonishing […]
Chasing a Mirage: How Israel Arab Parties Validate Israeli Apartheid
By Ramzy Baroud Regardless of the outcome of the latest Israeli elections, Arab parties will not reap meaningful political benefits, even if they collectively achieve their highest representation ever. The reason is not about […]
Escalating the Demographic War: The Strategic Goal of Israeli Racism in Palestine
By Ramzy Baroud The discussion on institutional Israeli racism against its own Palestinian Arab population has all but ceased following the final approval of the discriminatory Nation-State Law in July 2018. Indeed, the latest […]
Gal Gadot, Stephen Miller and Richard Spencer: On the Strange Case of the Commonalities They Share
By Benay Blend “Whatever you think of her being cast as Cleopatra,” tweeted Steven Salaita, “never forget that Gal Gadot proudly served (and continues to support) a colonial army notorious for maiming and murdering civilians.” […]
Israeli Knesset Rejects Amendment to Guarantee Equality in Nation-State Law
Israeli Knesset yesterday rejected an amendment to the racist Nation-State Law to include a clause guaranteeing the equality of all citizens, Arab48 reported. The bill, which was proposed by the Yesh Atid-Telem party, saw the […]
‘Let’s Feed a Bedouin’: Roy Oz and Israel’s Outrageous Racism
By Ramzy Baroud On July 11, a video footage, which showed a popular Israeli TV celebrity demeaning Palestinian children from the Bedouin community in the Naqab area, went viral on social media. “Let’s feed […]
Israeli Lawmaker Invokes Nation-State Law to Prevent Palestinian Family Unification
Chairman of the Israeli Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Zvi Hauser, on Monday invoked the controversial 2018 Jewish Nation-State Law to prevent Palestinians from moving to Israel to be united with their families, Haaretz newspaper […]
With Friends Like These…
By Blake Alcott It’s nice that a group of 127 British politicians has discovered the as-yet unused tool for pressuring Israel: sanctions, the ‘S’ in Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). They wrote a letter to […]
Tunisia Leads the Way: New Report Exposes Israel’s False Democracy
By Ramzy Baroud Tunisia is the Middle East’s greatest success story, according to the findings of the V-Dem Annual Democracy Report 2019. One of the world’s most regarded annual reports on democracy and good governance, […]
UN Anti-Racism Committee Condemns Israel’s ‘Discriminatory Legislation, Segregation’
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, a Geneva-based independent body, has published damning concluding observations following Israel’s periodic review, highlighting “discriminatory legislation” and “segregation” on both sides of the Green Line. The Committee […]
UN: Israel’s Jewish Nation-State Law Contravenes International Human Rights Laws
A UN body has announced that Israel’s Jewish Nation-State Law contravenes international human rights laws ratified and adopted by Israel, Arab48 reported yesterday. The news website reported that the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights […]
War Versus Peace: Israel Has Decided and So Should We
By Ramzy Baroud So, what have we learned from the Israeli legislative elections on April 9? A whole lot. To start with, don’t let such references as the “tight race” between Israeli Prime Minister […]
Annexation of West Bank May Provide Key to Unlocking Netanyahu’s Legal Troubles
By Jonathan Cook After winning the Israeli election with a slim majority, in a campaign that grew more sordid and vilifying by the day, Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to begin his fifth term as Israeli […]
Netanyahu: Israeli Arabs Have 22 Nation States, No Need for Another One
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that the so-called Israeli Arabs do not need another state. Speaking to Likud-TV, hosting a live event on its Facebook page, Netanyahu responded to a question from […]
Netanyahu: ‘Israel Is the Nation-State of Jews Alone’ (VIDEO)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphatically affirmed Israel is not a state for all citizens, but solely for the Jewish people Sunday on his Instagram account. The prime minister responded to a comment made by […]
Natalie Portman Lambasts Israel’s ‘Racist’ Nation-state Law (VIDEO)
Hollywood actress Natalie Portman has called Israel’s nation-state law “racist” in an interview with BBC while promoting her new film Vox Lux. In July, Israel adopted the so-called Nation-State Law, declaring that “Israel is the historic […]
With Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Israel Finds Another Natural Partner on the Far Right
The victory of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential election last week has won Israel a passionate new friend on the international stage. The world’s fifth-most populous nation will now be “colored in blue and white”, […]
Israeli Forces Injure Dozens of Palestinians in West Bank Clashes (VIDEO)
Violent clashes broke out, on Monday, among Israeli forces and Palestinians in various areas across the occupied West Bank after protests took place as part of the general strike against the highly controversial Nation-State Law, […]
Erekat: Netanyahu’s UN Speech ‘Denies Palestinian Existence’
Head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization Saeb Erekat on Thursday slammed the Israeli prime minister’s United Nations speech, saying it “blames the victim”. Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday lashed out at the Palestinian leadership at the […]
US Funding Cut for UNRWA Illuminates Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’
By Jeremy R. Hammond On August 31, the US government let the world know that it would not be releasing $60 million pledged to fund the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which is mandated […]
EU’s Mogherini Meets Arab Joint List Chairman (VIDEO)
The European Union Foreign Policy Chief, Federica Mogherini, met with Arab Joint List chairman, Ayman Odeh, in Brussels, on Tuesday evening, regarding the controversial “Nation-State Law.” During the meeting with Mogherini, Odeh expressed his concern […]
Trump: if One-State Policy Prevails, Israel PM ‘Will Be Called Mohammed’ (VIDEOS)
US President Donald Trump has said that Israel’s Prime Minister “in a few years will be called Mohammed” if a one-state policy prevails in Israel-Palestine. Trump allegedly made the comments to Jordan’s King Abdullah while […]
On the Merits of the Israeli Nation-State Law
By Marcelo Svirsky Led by Palestinian leaders in Israel, on August 11 tens of thousands gathered in Tel Aviv to protest the nation-state Law that formally brands the inferior status of the Palestinian citizens. The law […]
Abbas Vows to Appeal Israel’s Law at UN
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday vowed to appeal Israel’s controversial law of Jewish nation-state at the UN. Speaking in a televised program, Abbas said he rejects the US mediation for Palestine-Israel peace talks and […]
Thousands Rally against Nation-state Law in Tel Aviv (VIDEO)
Tens of thousands of demonstrators protesting the nation-state law gathered in Tel Aviv Saturday night. Palestinian flags fly at Arab-led rally in Tel Aviv against nation-state law https://t.co/YzhC1LMwsM pic.twitter.com/5LjeWC04ln — The Times of Israel (@TimesofIsrael) […]
Jews Who Oppose Nation-State Law are Hypocrites, Says Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked Jews who oppose a notorious nation-state bill that has downgraded the status of the Arabic language in Israel, accusing them of siding with “the other.” Netanyahu said in a […]
Jewish Nation-State Law: Why Israel Was Never a Democracy
The head of the Arab Joint List Alliance at the Israeli Knesset (Parliament), Aymen Odeh, described the passing of the racist Jewish Nation-state Law as “the death of our democracy.” Did Odeh truly believe that, prior to […]
Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer Praises Israel’s Nation-State Bill (VIDEO)
A white nationalist known to harbor Nazi sympathies has given a ringing endorsement to Israel’s nation-state bill. In his effusive support, which critics have denounced as the institutionalization of apartheid in Israel, white supremacist Richard Spencer […]
Tunisia Condemns Israel’s ‘Nation-State’ Law and Demands Protection for the Palestinians
Tunisia has condemned of the racist “nation-state” law passed by the Israeli Knesset on Thursday. #Israel Passes Controversial ‘Jewish Nation-State’ #Law (VIDEOS) https://t.co/WCnAYdebyq @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/RVWicZOGIm — Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 23, 2018 In a statement, […]
Does Israel Have a Death Wish?
By Jeremy Salt It’s quite fascinating watching someone hammering nails into a coffin, thinking it’s for someone else, and unaware it might be for them. The latest nails in occupied Palestine are the Jewish ‘nation-state’ […]