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Yoav Galant (L), commander of the Israel Defense Forces Southern Command, Gadi Shamni (C), general of the IDF Center Command and Moni Katz (R), the new commander of the Givati brigade attend of a ceremony of the changing of the Givati brigade. (IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)

Born again peaceniks: How ex-IDF generals clean their conscience

For years they have served in high-ranking positions in the Israeli army, taking part in the most violent aspects of the occupation. Only once they leave do they suddenly discover that, perhaps, military rule isn’t such a great idea. By now it has become a tired ritual: every once in a while a former high-ranking member…

By Orly Noy September 4, 2016

UC Berkeley students demonstrate after the student senate the student senate did not overturn a veto on a bill that would divest from American companies profiting off the occupation. (photo: Ramsey El-qarey)

U.S. anthropologists vote to boycott Israeli academia

American Anthropological Association votes resoundingly to sever all ties with Israeli academic institutions, as a response to Israel’s ‘widespread, systematic, and ongoing violations of Palestinian rights.’ The American Anthropological Association (AAA) overwhelmingly passed a resolution to support the boycott of Israeli academic institutions during its annual business meeting on Friday. The resolution will go into…

By Haggai Matar November 21, 2015

Israeli border police arrest a Palestinian youth in East Jerusalem’s Shuafat Refugee Camp, file photo. (Photo by Tess Scheflan/Activestills.org)

Is every Palestinian kid who throws stones a terrorist?

In a reality where children aged 10 and 11 are arrested by 18- and 19-year-old soldiers who have been indoctrinated for military service since kindergarten, this kind of discussion seems completely out of place. A human rights attorney spends the day at one of the occupation’s more bizarre PR events. By Smadar Ben-Natan “Involvement of…

By +972 Magazine November 16, 2014

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