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Despite Canada’s official policy that it “does not recognize Israel’s unilateral annexation of East Jerusalem,” it is also evidently not concerned about changing facts on the ground. Canada maintains that “the status of Jerusalem can be resolved only as part of a general settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli dispute.”
Settler terrorism has always received support from the settler public. But contrary to the days of the Jewish Underground, today that support comes directly from the government, which includes ministers who have been convicted of supporting terror, like Itamar Ben Gvir, or suspected of planning acts of terror, like Smotrich.
Right-wing accusations of what constitutes ‘terror’ have gone off the rails – but methodically. It is another example of Netanyahu and his accomplices aligning themselves with the very worst autocrats and bigots that the world has to offer
At least 16 members of the Israeli police force are facing accusations of physically abusing a Palestinian man from the Shuafat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem before branding his face with the Star of David.
The rise in the violence of settlers against West Bank Palestinians reflects the growing powers of far-right Knesset members within the Netanyahu coalition.
I am proud to hail from the same island as Sinéad O’Connor. Her cancellation of a gig in Israel is by no means the first time that she has put principles ahead of financial considerations.
Palestinian Authority (PA) forces arrested journalist Aqil Awawdeh on 13 July after he refuted a statement from PA officials claiming there are no political arrests in the occupied West Bank.