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Police spray ultra-Orthodox demonstrators with blue liquid during a protest against the arrest of a Haredi IDF deserter, Jerusalem, March 23, 2017. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

The kibbutz that sells riot control weapons to war criminals

For decades, Kibbutz Beit Alfa has sold riot control vehicles to despotic regimes such as Pinochet’s Chile and Nkunrunziza’s Burundi. By Eitay Mack (translated from Hebrew by Ofer Neiman) Hundreds of ultra-orthodox demonstrators blocked the entrance to Jerusalem last week to protest the arrest of yeshiva students deemed ‘deserters’ by the IDF because they refused to…

By +972 Magazine November 8, 2017

A United Arab Emirates air force F-16 aircraft takes off for a training mission during Red Flag in Nevada, August 26, 2009. Both the UAE and Israel took part in the 2016 Red Flag joint military exercise. (Michael R. Holzwort, U.S. Air Force/CC 2.0)

Palestine slides down agenda as Gulf states inch closer to Israel

Even as the BDS movement has made significant progress in recent years, security and trade cooperation between Israel and Gulf states marks a normalizing of ties that threatens to push Palestine off the agenda. By Mohamed Mohamed After 69 years of occupation, oppression, and exile, the overall situation for Palestinians on the ground remains bleak,…

By +972 Magazine April 4, 2017