Aljazeera.com | UN panel warns against 'excessive force' by Israel Aljazeera.com A United Nations panel against torture has expressed concerns about allegations of "excessive use of force", including deadly force, by Israeli security forces in Palestinian areas, and warned authorities about barring access to detained suspects ... UN panel against torture cites 'excessive force' by Israel UN panel warns against Israel, Saudi human rights violations UN torture committee concerned over alleged 'excessive force' used by Israel |
Al-Monitor | How politics is redefining 'left' and 'right' in Israel Al-Monitor The brouhaha over the speech by Israel Defense Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Golan — which continues to reverberate even after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on May 10 that it is "behind us" — proves that something has gone deeply ... |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Hezbollah MP says Israel responsible for commander's death and is starting 'open war' Jerusalem Post Israel News Former national security adviser to Netanyahu, Yaakov Amidror, said Badreddine's killing was good news for Israel but stopped short of saying Israel was responsible. A man reads the Koran in front of a picture depicting top Hezbollah commander Mustafa ... L. TODD WOOD: Israel most likely killed Hezbollah leader in Syria Top Hezbollah Commander Mustafa Amine Badreddine Killed in Syria Leading Hezbollah commander and key Israel target killed in Syria |
The Intercept | Interview With BDS Co-Founder Omar Barghouti: Banned by Israel From Traveling, Threatened With Worse The Intercept Despite having lived in Israel for 22 years with no criminal record of any kind, Omar Barghouti (above) was this week denied the right to travel outside the country. As one of the pioneers of the increasingly powerful movement to impose boycotts ... Analysis: Saying 'non' to the French Bill Clinton defends his and Hillary's Israel record, spars with heckler over Gaza Israel certainly has the right to exist - but not to occupy and intimidate |
Mondoweiss | At Israel's birthday party, ambassador says rising criticism comes from 'killing fields of Europe' Mondoweiss Israel celebrated its 68th birthday yesterday, its “independence day,” with several expressions of propaganda. Three have a military character; you will see that Israel's ambassador to the US Ron Dermer declared that the Israeli army is now the answer ... At Embassy's Independence Day Party, a Chance to Signal Mended Fences |
Haaretz | Then and now: Tracking down the Ethiopian Jews who moved to Israel Haaretz For over 30 years, Doron Bacher documented the immigrants who came to Israel from Ethiopia in Operation Moses (in 1984-1985). His camera captured moments in their absorption and acclimatization to Israel when the operation was still secret and it was ... |
Why Being Pro-Israel and Backing Donald Trump Are Mutually Exclusive Positions Tablet Magazine This is not really because of Trump's policy positions on Israel, though those are less than inspiring. When not reading off a script at AIPAC, Trump has suggested that Israel should have to repay the defense aid it received from the United States. He ... |
Fox News | The UN's deafening silence after hateful statements against Israel Fox News Those Security Council members who did not publicly condemn these odious comparisons of Israel to the Nazi regime might want to recall that Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's enlightened predecessor, said that “the Holocaust of the Jews” ... Zionist Israel Hides Its Crimes Behind Its Smears of Truth-Tellers Keeping ties with Israel strong FORUM: Israel's history indeed 'complicated' |
Breaking Israel News | 'One People, One Nation': A Visual Representation of the Ignorance That Threatens to Consume Israel Haaretz Israel's 68th Independence Day festivities kicked off on Wednesday, with the official ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem that traditionally marks the transition from the solemn mourning of Israel's Memorial Day to the celebratory mood of Yom Ha ... Volunterrorism in Israel? Do Israeli Christians Celebrate Israel's Independence Day? |
Mondoweiss | Israeli settlements 'screwed up' Kerry peace talks, Indyk says–but U.S. is still Israel's lawyer! Mondoweiss Former US Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Martin Indyk, a key player in US-Israel relations for over 30 years, has said the United States is “not neutral” and that it doesn't “claim to be neutral” in negotiations with the ... |