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 […]
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Can UK parliament ignore 100,000 calls for Netanyahu’s arrest?
Ali Abunimah Rights and Accountability 5 September 2015 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduces his UK counterpart David Cameron in the Knesset, 12 March 2014. More than 100,000 UK residents are calling for Netanyahu’s arrest during a planned visit to London this month. 10 Downing Street The UK parliament may debate whether Israeli Prime Minister […]
Can UK parliament ignore 100,000 calls for Netanyahu’s arrest?
Ali Abunimah Rights and Accountability 5 September 2015 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduces his UK counterpart David Cameron in the Knesset, 12 March 2014. More than 100,000 UK residents are calling for Netanyahu’s arrest during a planned visit to London this month. 10 Downing Street The UK parliament may debate whether Israeli Prime Minister […]
Netanyahu eulogizes settler movement founder convicted of manslaughter
Rabbi Moshe Levinger, a hero of the settler movement and co-founder of its fundamentalist Gush Emunim group, who established Jewish communities in Hebron and throughout the West Bank, conducted armed takeovers of Palestinian homes, and was convicted of manslaughter, died on Saturday in the settlement of Hebron where he lived. Levinger was 80. After his […]