Israeli security forces guard as Jews tour the Palestinian side of the Old City Market in the West Bank city of Hebron, June 15, 2019. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Why Human Rights Watch is charging Israel with apartheid

Israel has made it irrefutably clear it intends to make Jewish domination over Palestinians permanent, says HRW's Omar Shakir in interview following landmark report.
By Amjad Iraqi
Israeli security forces outside Damascus Gate, East Jerusalem, April 22, 2021. (Oren Ziv)

I write to remember the brutality of Jewish violence in Jerusalem

There was the Palestinian father who tried to save his daughter from the police, the young Kahanists chanting 'death to Arabs' in the streets.
By Orly Noy
Palestinian youth protest near the Israeli fence with Gaza, southern Gaza, March 18, 2010. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

Can elections bring change for young Palestinians?

Young Palestinians see the first national elections in 15 years as an opportunity to overhaul their political system.
By Henriette Chacar
Myanmar's military marches in a parade in the city of Naypyidaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. (Mil.ru/CC BY 4.0)

Myanmar’s genocidal military is still a friend to Israel

Public pressure has forced Israel to halt arms sales to the brutal military junta, but the state’s political support remains strong.
By Eitay Mack
A goat grazing on the hills outside the village of Tuba in the West Bank, while Israeli soldiers demand a Palestinian shepherd and his herd return home, Jan. 30, 2021. (Natasha Westheimer)
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A settlement in the South Hebron Hills illustrates how the Israeli occupation and the climate crisis are destroying Palestinian land and livelihoods.
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Florida university accused of fostering anti-Palestinian racism
In first case of its kind, Palestinian student files civil rights complaint against Florida State University for discrimination based on his national origin.
By Alex Kane April 19, 2021
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers her first State of the EU address at the European Parliament in Brussels. September 16, 2020. (European Parliament/CC-BY-4.0)
Why is the EU helping to label Israel criticism as antisemitism?
By adopting the IHRA definition, the EU is playing into the agendas of Israel advocacy groups that undermine civil society work against the occupation.
By Ilan Baruch April 19, 2021
J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami speaking at the 2019 national conference in Washington, D.C., on October 27, 2019. (Gili Getz)
J Street finally wants the US to think beyond the two-state solution
With a one-state reality deepening in Israel-Palestine, the lobby group is shifting away from the model it has championed for years. Now it is turning to a new solution: confederation.
By Arianna Skibell April 16, 2021
A young Palestinian boy walks among the debris of a house, which witnesses said was hit in an Israeli air strike, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 2, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
Why does international support for the ICC stop at Palestine?
By opposing an investigation in the occupied territories, powerful states are contradicting their own positions on the ICC simply to protect a political ally.
By Matt Cannock and Solomon Sacco April 16, 2021
Prime Minister Netanyahu delivers a speech to both houses of Congress in Washington D.C. May 24, 2011. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
How hawkish Democrats are impeding Biden’s Middle East policy
From the Iran nuclear deal to the Israeli occupation, conservative Democrats are raising the political costs of adopting a more progressive U.S. foreign policy.
By Mitchell Plitnick April 13, 2021
A new outpost in the South Hebron Hills, March 2021. (Basil al-Adraa)
‘The settlers brought caravans and put them on a hill next to us’
Israel makes it easy for settlers to take over our land. Meanwhile, Palestinians who've lived here for generations are attacked and evicted.
By Basil al-Adraa April 9, 2021
An Israeli soldier tries to block photographers from taking pictures during clashes at a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Hebron, December 10, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
In 10-year low, Israel censored an average of four articles a day in 2020
According to official figures, 2020 saw Israel's military censor barring full publication of 116 articles and partially redacting another 1,403 stories.
By Haggai Matar April 7, 2021
Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas speaks during a press conference in Nazareth, April 1, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)
Mansour Abbas doesn’t stand a chance against the forces of Jewish supremacy
Abbas had hoped his new status as 'kingmaker' would allow him to influence Israeli politics. But he is no match for Bezalel Smotrich and the far right.
By Meron Rapoport April 5, 2021
Palestinians working in Israel receive a COVID-19 vaccine, south of Tulkarm in the West Bank on March 8, 2021. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
Why is The Forward afraid of criticizing Israel’s discriminatory vaccine policy?
American Jews must recognize that Israel’s refusal to vaccinate all Palestinians under its rule is part of a supremacist policy that goes beyond the occupation.
By Sari Bashi April 1, 2021
Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces following a protest to mark Land Day in the village of Madama near Nablus, in the West Bank, March 30, 2017. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
Land grabs in Israel never ended — they became more sophisticated
From maintaining British Mandate laws to turning land into national parks, Israel is dispossessing Palestinian citizens to this day, says lawyer Salim Wakim.
By Suha Arraf March 31, 2021
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