Posts Tagged ‘occupied West Bank village’

How Israel legitimizes vigilante terror

Immediately after the firebombing of the occupied West Bank village of Duma that killed eighteen-month-old Ali Dawabshe and later his parents, Israeli politicians competed to see who could be more extreme in their denunciations. The further right their ideology, the more brutal their promises were. Isaac Herzog, opposition leader and Zionist Union head, called for […]

Palestinians worse off than ever as settler numbers soar, says UN

Ali Abunimah Rights and Accountability 2 September 2015 Palestinians wave a flag during a protest against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, on 28 August. Shadi Hatem APA images Palestinians are economically worse off than ever before as the number of Israeli settlers on their land sets records, […]

Israeli night raids a routine terror for Palestinian children

Maureen Clare Murphy Rights and Accountability 1 September 2015 An Israeli soldier detains a child in the occupied West Bank village of Beit Ommar in 2012. Anne Paq ActiveStills It’s a regular and terrifying scene in the occupied West Bank: heavily armed Israeli soldiers, often with large dogs, raid a Palestinian family’s home. They wake […]

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