After 21 months of a one-way ceasefire, Israel is once again escalating attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip. Yesterday, Israeli shelling killed Zaina Attia al-Amour, a 54-year-old grandmother. “My mum was killed while sitting peacefully in our farm,” her son Mohammed al-Amour told Middle East Eye’s Mohammed Omer. Airstrikes in eastern Rafah also injured 21-year-old […]
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Israeli lawyer opposes arms sales to Burundi for use against demonstrators
Mr. Dubi Lavi Defense Exports Controls Agency Ministry of Defense Tel Aviv Sir, Re: Urgent request to activate Provision 9 of the Defense Export Control Law regarding arms sales to Burundi 1. This request is made in my name and in the name of the following human rights activists: Ms. Ada Bilu, Ms. Noni Tal, […]
Don’t give into emotional eating, instead learn what cravings mean and how to overcome them
(NaturalNews) We all experience food cravings, and for good reason as they often hold more meaning than you might think. Next time you have […]
Permanently ghettoizing the Palestinian people is Yitzhak Rabin’s true legacy
This is part of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss. To read the entire series visit the archive page. On the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Isabel Kershner of the New York Times writes that Israelis on both sides of the political spectrum have reached a […]
Video: Even the water flows with tear gas in Gaza
On Friday, October 16th, Israeli soldiers again opened fire across the Gaza border with live ammunition and copious amounts of tear gas on Palestinian youth demonstrators. Amid the chaos, some thirsty protesters at the Nahal Oz demonstration east of Gaza City came across a leaking (what appeared to be faulty) freshwater pipe that is owned […]