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When an American in the IDF meets a Palestinian American in Hebron
An American serving in the Israeli army in Hebron says that in her job granting and denying Palestinians permission to work and travel, it’s a ‘conversation starter’ to meet Palestinians who back home would have full rights like her. The video below was published Sunday by COGAT, the unit of the Israeli Defense Ministry charged…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
August 25, 2019
WATCH: Caught in Israel’s permit system, Gaza children fear for their lives
What happens when children in Gaza need to leave the strip for medical care that is unavailable there? Filmmaker Jen Marlowe gives us a look into the lives of the families as they navigate the often Kafkaesque process of getting permission from the Israeli army to leave the besieged strip for medical treatments. By Jen Marlowe Jen…
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June 20, 2019
Permission denied: Gaza children struggle to get medical care
With severe medicine shortages and an overstretched health care system in Gaza, children in need of medical treatments can only find them outside the strip. Yet Israel’s convoluted, arbitrary permit process leaves them waiting in pain, often missing life-saving care. By Jen Marlowe GAZA — Noha Saleh called me at seven in the morning on March 18 from Erez,…
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June 20, 2019
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Israel bars hundreds of Palestinian Christians from traveling on Easter
In an unprecedented decision, Israeli authorities are denying hundreds of Palestinian Christians the right to travel to Jerusalem for the holiday, while barring all movement between the West Bank and Gaza. Thousands of Christian pilgrims from all over the world are expected to travel to Jerusalem for Easter celebrations. For Christian Palestinians who live no more than hours…
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Henriette Chacar
April 19, 2019
Palestinian battling cancer is denied exit from Gaza for treatment
The medical care Ahlam Abu Musa needs isn’t available through Gaza’s debilitated health system, but the Israeli army has denied all four of her exit requests. By Amjad Yaghi Ahlam Abu Musa was diagnosed with bone cancer last May. The 20-year-old from Shaboura refugee camp in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, has since tried to obtain…
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February 8, 2019
The occupation wears Prada: Meet the new face of ‘economic peace’
When Israeli shoe designer Gal Shukroon decided to start a project bringing together Palestinian and Jewish women to make shoes, the Israeli army couldn’t resist and used it for its own PR purposes. By Meron Rapoport The Israeli military published a video earlier this week featuring Tel Aviv shoe designer Gal Shukroon, who recently launched a new…
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October 4, 2018
Forget BDS: Denied entry to Israel, just because of a last name
Over the past two years, the Israeli army has revoked Palestinian workers’ permits to enter Israel simply because they share a last name with someone who carried out a violent attack against Israelis. The move has already dealt a severe blow to over 2,000 workers in the West Bank, many of whom have been working inside Israel…
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September 26, 2018
Israel is making it impossible for foreign nationals to live in the West Bank
The new policy has devastating consequences, not only on family life in the occupied territories, but also for the Palestinian economy. By Yotam Ben-Hillel Over the past year and a half, Israel has pursued a policy which aims to keep foreign nationals out of the West Bank. This policy affects everyone: partners of Palestinian residents of…
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August 17, 2018
Military dictatorship requires dehumanization
A top military official dubiously declares that a Palestinian teen shot in the head by Israeli soldiers actually just had a bicycle accident. Welcome to a new era of Palestinian dehumanization. The evidence was there for all to see. Anyone who wanted to know why 15-year-old Mohammed Tamimi, Ahed Tamimi’s cousin, has only two-thirds of…
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Edo Konrad
February 28, 2018
The IDF spreads a lie and the Israeli press plays along
Facts show that Mohammed Tamimi was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers. But the facts were not enough for the Israeli army, or the journalists who toe the government line. Let’s start with the facts. On December 15, 2017, 15-year-old Mohammed Tamimi sustained a severe head wound during a demonstration in the West Bank…
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Haggai Matar
February 27, 2018
Israel cannot evade responsibility for the catastrophe in Gaza
A top Israeli news correspondent argues that Israel must form an international coalition to take over Gaza and overthrow Hamas. This concept leaves out decades of Israel’s conduct, which has had very little to do with security and a whole lot to do with punishing Gaza’s residents. By Amir Rotem In his recent column in Yedioth Ahronoth, Channel 10’s…
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December 27, 2017
Rights groups demand IDF allow rescue teams into Gaza tunnel
The Israeli army is preventing search and rescue teams from entering the Gaza buffer zone to retrieve the bodies of Palestinian militants. Rights groups: ‘There is no way to justify the severe and intolerable harm to the lives and dignity of the trapped individuals.’ By +972 Magazine Staff Rights groups are demanding that the Israeli military…
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November 3, 2017
IDF using Facebook to threaten to destroy Gaza family’s home
The army says Hamas built a tunnel under a six-story apartment building that houses the Hammad family, threatening to destroy it. Most of the family has already fled. The IDF is using Facebook to threaten to destroy the home of a Gaza family, claiming Hamas has built a tunnel directly underneath it. On August 10, Yoav Mordechai, commander…
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Edo Konrad
October 30, 2017
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