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Israeli police arrest an Arab youth during clashes in Kfar Kanna, November 8, 2014. Clashes broke after police shot and killed 22-year-old Kheir Hamdan while he was attempting to flee after striking a police van with a knife. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

The difference between Israel’s violent, racist cops and America’s

It’s in how Israel and America, especially their respective leaders, react to these cops’ most outrageous crimes. Israeli police are not the only ones with a habit of getting trigger happy when they come up against members of a feared and hated ethnic minority. While many Israeli cops (and soldiers) have a tendency toward overkill…

By Larry Derfner November 10, 2014

Palestinian women at the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip confront Israeli soldiers over the mistreatment and arrest of Palestinian youths. (photo: Robert Croma / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Fact Sheet: 25th anniversary of the First Intifada

Twenty-five years ago this past weekend, a large-scale popular uprising by Palestinians began against Israel’s then 20-year-old military occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza. Sparked by an incident in which four Palestinians were hit and killed by an Israeli driving in Gaza on December 8, 1987, Palestinian frustration at living under repressive…

By +972 Resources December 10, 2012