David Swanson: Israel Deporting African Refugees + Israel Pays a Bounty of $5,000 and Arms for Each African Asylum Seeker Expelled + Ethnocracy in the Promised Land

David Swanson: Israel Deporting African Refugees + Israel Pays a Bounty of $5,000 and Arms for Each African Asylum Seeker Expelled + Ethnocracy in the Promised Land

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by David Swanson
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Let’s Try Democracy
February 27, 2018

David Sheen on Israel Deporting African Refugees

David Sheen is an independent journalist and filmmaker born in Canada, now reporting from Israel/Palestine. His work focuses primarily on racial tensions and religious extremism. In 2017, Sheen was named a Front Line Defenders Human Rights Defender, the only person in Israel to receive that honor in a decade.

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Norman Finkelstein: Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom

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TheRealNews on Jan 7, 2018

In his groundbreaking new book Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom, Norman Finkelstein argues that Israel, with U.S. backing, has caused a “humanitarian disaster” in Gaza, and that international human rights groups have failed to uphold justice for its besieged people.

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Abby Martin Interview with Ahed Tamimi and Her Family + How Palestine’s Tamimi Family Resists Israel’s Occupation

Abby Martin Interview with Ahed Tamimi and Her Family

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teleSUR English on Jan 10, 2018

Recently, the struggle for Palestinian human rights gained international attention surrounding a new icon of resistance–16 year old Ahed Tamimi.

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Chris Hedges: Bring Down the Israeli Apartheid State

Chris Hedges: Bring Down the Israeli Apartheid State

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RT America on Dec 10, 2017

Mohammad Saba’aneh, Palestinian Cartoonist, discusses the Israeli occupation of Palestine through his political cartoons.

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Palestine 101: Not That Complicated

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USCPR on Nov 29, 2017

Many people are held back from taking a stand on the issue of Palestine/Israel by the common misconception that it is “complicated.” Here, we explain the steady continuation of the more than 100 year old settler colonial project that is Zionism.

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Abby Martin: On the Streets of Occupied Jerusalem

Abby Martin: On the Streets of Occupied Jerusalem

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teleSUR English on Oct 2, 2017

On the streets of occupied Jerusalem, Abby Martin interviews Jewish Israeli citizens from all walks of life.

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The Ongoing Nakba by Felicity Arbuthnot

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by Felicity Arbuthnot
Writer, Dandelion Salad
London, England
July 30, 2017

The Washington Post reports that:

“All 100 U.S. Senators signed a letter Thursday asking U.N. Secretary General António Guterres to address what the lawmakers call entrenched bias against Israel at the world body.”

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Boycott Israel, Go to Jail?

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Updated: July 21, 2017 (added another video report and a Take Action link)

TheRealNews on Jul 19, 2017

A bipartisan Senate bill would make boycotting Israel punishable by up to 20 years in prison. But a new pushback from groups including the ACLU could help stop the ‘draconian’ measure, says Josh Ruebner of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.

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Palestine Is Still The Issue by John Pilger

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by John Pilger
John Pilger, July 10, 2017
July 12, 2017

When I first went to Palestine as a young reporter in the 1960s, I stayed on a kibbutz. The people I met were hard-working, spirited and called themselves socialists. I liked them. One evening at dinner, I asked about the silhouettes of people in the far distance, beyond our perimeter.

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Norman Finkelstein: Six-Day War, 50-Year Occupation: What Really Happened in June 1967? Parts 1-3

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TheRealNews on Jun 3, 2017

In the first of an extended three-part interview on the 50th anniversary of the June 1967 Arab-Israeli war, author and scholar Norman Finkelstein debunks the enduring myths surrounding that historic confrontation — myths that have sustained​ the ensuing Israeli ​occupation of Palestinian lands​.

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John Pilger: Trump Fired Those Missiles In Order To Save His Political Skin

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with John Pilger

goingundergroundRT on Apr 15, 2017

Legendary journalist and filmmaker John Pilger tells us how close we are now to a nuclear war.

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Abby Martin: Silencing Palestine–Prison and Repression

Abby Martin: Silencing Palestine–Prison and Repression

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teleSUR English on Apr 11, 2017

Israel’s occupation of the West Bank is an internationally-recognized human rights crime—but those being impacted are harshly punished for not only acts of resistance, but even mere advocacy for their rights.

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Abby Martin and Eran Efrati on Institutionalized Israeli War Crimes and Oppression of Palestinians

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teleSUR English on Mar 6, 2017

In a rare, candid conversation, Abby Martin interviews a former Israeli Army combat soldier who served as an occupier in Palestine’s Hebron City.

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Six13: Chanukah (Shake It Off) + Jewish Voice for Peace: End the Occupation of Palestine

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Happy Chanukah!

Six13Sings on Dec 11, 2014

CHAG SAMEACH! Life got you down? You should be thinking about the miracle of light. Just shake it off… it’s Chanukah! Continue reading

Chris Hedges: Israel’s Secret Weapons—”Combat-Tested” Against the People of Gaza

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with Chris Hedges

Originally on RT America on Dec 17, 2016

The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel on Jul 7, 2022

On this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges discusses the influence of the Israeli arms industry with independent journalist Rania Khalek. They examine the Israeli weapons and tactics that are tested on Palestinians in occupied territory and then sold to the world. RT Correspondent Anya Parampil looks at the global reach of the Israeli defense industry.

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