I’m Jewish, and I want people to boycott Israel
Author: Rebecca Vilkomerson The country must be held accountable for its human rights abuses. In 2009, I was living in Tel Aviv during Operation Cast Lead. During that offensive, Israel killed about 1,400 Palestinians in Gaza. When small numbers of us went out into the streets to protest the war, we were often pelted with eggs or attacked by passersby. When I dropped my children off at their preschool, parents chatted as if nothing...
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Eight Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Wednesday (June 15) at dawn, at least seven Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, in addition to one Palestinian who was kidnapped late at night, Tuesday, at a military roadblock, near Bethlehem. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian woman from Hindaza area in Bethlehem, as she was on her way to visit with her imprisoned son. The soldiers,...
Israeli Army Kidnaps Six Palestinians
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday (June 14) at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the northern West Bank districts of Nablus, Jenin and Tulkarem, searched many homes, and kidnapped six Palestinians. The soldiers invaded ‘Aqraba town, south of Nablus, searched two homes, belonging to Omar Khalil Deeriyya and ‘Aahed Mahmoud Deeriyya, and kidnapped an elderly man, identified as ‘Atef Malek Deeriyya, 60. In addition, soldiers...
Israel bars Palestinians after Tel Aviv attack
The Israeli army said Friday (Jun 10) that it was temporarily barring Palestinians from entering Israel, stepping up already tough restrictions announced after Palestinian gunmen shot dead four Israelis in Tel Aviv. An army spokeswoman told AFP that crossings to Israel from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip would be closed for Palestinians in all but “medical and humanitarian cases”. She said that the closure would remain...
Israel suspends Ramadan entry permits for 83,000 Palestinians
Israel said Thursday (Jun 9) it had suspended entry permits for 83,000 Palestinians during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan following a shooting in Tel Aviv that killed four people. “All permits for Ramadan, especially permits for family visits from Judea and Samaria to Israel, are frozen,” said a statement from COGAT, the unit which manages civilian affairs in the occupied West Bank. It said that 83,000 Palestinians would...
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