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Palestinian construction workers work at a site in Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood. (Tali Mayer/Activestills.org)
Who notices when a Palestinian construction worker falls to his death?
Abed al-Harush is the 22nd construction worker killed in a work accident this year. That’s a number you won’t hear in the mainstream Israeli press. By Ruti Feuchtwanger Have you heard of Abed al-Harush from the West Bank city of Yatta? Probably not. And that’s not your fault. Most of us haven’t heard about him or…
By +972 Magazine August 3, 2016
IDF soldiers train in the Golan Heights. (photo: Matan Portnoy/IDF Spokesperson Unit)
After Facebook, Israeli army censor discovers WhatsApp
A few weeks after it began expanding its reach into ‘new media’ outlets, the IDF Censor is now demanding that police and first responders allow it to supervise information they pass on to journalists through WhatsApp. The move represents a new, secondary layer of prior restraint. The IDF Censor is demanding that spokespeople for the…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man February 16, 2016
Illustrative photo of IDF medics. (photo: IDF CC BY-SA 2.0)
IDF medic reports modifications to procedures
An IDF medic was surprised to hear two new guidelines given by his superiors, which include shooting attackers as they flee. (Several corrections are amended below.) D., a combat medic in the ground forces, was surprised to hear in training ahead of deployment in the occupied territories last week that at least two orders typically given…
By Haggai Matar November 23, 2014
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Stephen Hawking during the press conference at the National Library of France (Public Domain)
Consensus wisdom: The boycott of Israel is working
The only way to stop its spread is to end the occupation, say a growing number of prominent voices (none of whom, by the way, support the boycott).   From reading my digital mail, I see that a lot of people who say they oppose the occupation also oppose the boycott against Israel, and not…
By Larry Derfner June 24, 2013
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