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‘The entire world knows the settlers have declared war on us’
In the occupied West Bank, Palestinians living near extremist settlements have been seeing a drastic increase in violence. Israeli authorities refuse to take responsibility, while the villagers are left to fend for themselves. By Rami Younis and Oren Ziv This past year was, by all accounts, a difficult one for Palestinians living near settlements in the West…
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Rami Younis
March 17, 2019
In the war against Iran, the IDF Spokesperson sides with jihadists
The IDF Spokesperson to the Arabic media publishes a video quoting a medieval Muslim scholar who has inspired jihadists from Bin Laden to ISIS. By Yossef Rapoport The latest video published by Avichai Adraee, the IDF Spokesperson for the Arabic media, shows the major quoting the writings of medieval Sunni Muslim scholar Ibn Taimiyyah, in an attempt to expose the “danger” that…
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June 11, 2018
How the IDF is tarnishing the name of the medic it killed in Gaza
The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit published a video it claims shows Razan al-Najjar throwing a tear gas canister into an open field and professing to be a ‘human shield’ — as if that justifies her killing. By Yael Marom “Razan al-Najjar is no angel of mercy,” tweeted IDF Arabic Spokesman Avichay Adraee on Thursday. Attached to Adraee’s defamatory tweet…
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June 8, 2018
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IDF refuses to say what it’s doing to avoid killing more journalists
Israeli snipers have killed two Palestinian journalists and shot at least 20 others in Gaza in recent months. What happened to the soldiers responsible? What is the IDF doing to make sure it doesn’t happen again? The army refuses to say. Nearly two months after Israeli army snipers shot and killed two Palestinian journalists while they…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
June 4, 2018
When does propaganda go too far?
The Israeli army publishes a heavily edited video of a detained Palestinian man from Gaza being interrogated about Hamas tactics. The army won’t answer any questions about it. By Oren Ziv The Israeli army often claims that video clips published by B’Tselem and other human rights organizations in the occupied territories are mendaciously edited, and…
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Oren Ziv
May 28, 2018
What does the IDF have to hide about the Gaza killings?
The Israeli army is claiming that at least 12 of the 60 Palestinians it killed in Gaza on Monday were attacking soldiers when they were shot, but it refuses to answer why it killed the other 48. (Updated below.) Israeli soldiers killed 60 Palestinian protesters on Monday in Gaza’s bloodiest day since the 2014 war.…
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Haggai Matar
May 16, 2018
The Israeli army’s war on consciousness
The IDF Spokesperson describes its work as part of the army’s operations arm, speaks of ‘media operations,’ and defines ‘tarnishing the name of Israel’s enemies’ as one of its main goals. “In the past few months we at the IDF Spokesperson’s Office have come to the understanding that we are actually conducting media operations,” IDF…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
April 12, 2018
Israeli snipers open fire on Gaza protests second week in a row
Israeli snipers kill at least seven Palestinians, wound over 300 others during the eighth day of the ‘Gaza Return March.’ Protesters attempt to block soldiers’ line of sight by burning tires. By +972 Magazine Staff Israeli snipers shot dead at least six Palestinian protesters, including a 14-year-old boy, and wounded at least 300 others near the Gaza border…
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April 6, 2018
IDF to Palestinian women: Don’t go to protests, your place is at home
The same army that boasts of its progressive attitude toward women changes its tone completely when addressing an Arabic-speaking crowd. “A woman’s femininity lays in her grace, her weapon is her wit. Where are these in the personality of this terrorist?” The above text was written in Arabic by Maj. Avichay Adraee, the IDF spokesperson for the Arabic…
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Haggai Matar
April 6, 2018
New video contradicts IDF narrative of killing in Jericho
Israeli soldiers shot Yasin al-Saradih in Jericho after he tried to attack them, then the army kept changing its story about how he died. New video shows soldiers abusing and beating him well after he was shot, without treating him. Soldiers invade the heart of a Palestinian city, clashes ensue and a Palestinian is killed.…
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Orly Noy
February 28, 2018
The Israeli media has kept us in the dark for 50 years
Since 1967, the Israeli media has hid the ugly, everyday reality in the occupied territories. But even if they really knew, would Israelis still choose to end 50 years of military rule over the Palestinians? By Yizhar Be’er According to the democratic-liberal-utopian model, let us assume for a moment that every citizens has access to all the information…
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July 5, 2017
Report: Sharp spike in repression of Palestinian journalists
Two new reports document the growing repression of Palestinian journalists by Israeli forces last year. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Israel is currently imprisoning the same number of journalists as the Syrian regime. By Oren Persico Palestinian journalists have been subject to a severe increase in violations by Israeli security forces over the past several months, according…
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The Seventh Eye
January 2, 2017
High Court green-lights torture of Palestinian hunger strikers
According to the court’s ruling, force feeding, universally recognized as a form of torture, is a legitimate tool to use against hunger strikers. By Noam Rotem For the past two months three Palestinians have been on hunger strike over their administrative detention without trial. The three are the brothers Mahmoud Balboul (a police chief), Muhammad…
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September 13, 2016
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