Nana has published a video (featured in this Hebrew article) of the brutal beating of U.S. citizen, Tariq Khdeir, the cousin of Mohamed Abu Khdeir, who was murdered by Israeli extremists a few days ago in East Jerusalem. His parents says he was in the yard of his uncle when he was assaulted mercilessly by two Border Police wielding truncheons. They … [Read more...]
African Refugees ‘Occupy’ Tel Aviv
Tonight I am proud and ashamed at the same time. Earlier today, 30,000 African refugees and their Israeli supporters massed in Rabin Square demanding that Israel treat them as human beings and accord them basic rights guaranteed under international law. They do this in the face of rampant Israeli racism fomented by the ugliest ranting of elected officials … [Read more...]
Israeli Attorney General Refuses to Prosecute Jilani’s Police Killers
Yesterday, Israel's Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein announced his refusal to prosecute Border Police officers Maxim Vinogradov and Khir Al-Din Shadi, who executed East Jerusalem Palestinian Ziad Jilani in 2010, after a minor traffic accident on the city's crowded streets. A lower court had earlier found insufficient evidence to prosecute Jilani. His … [Read more...]
Ziad Jilani’s Israeli Police Murderer Exposed for First Time
Thanks to the family of Ziad Jilani, an Israeli Palestinian who was murdered by Israeli police over two years ago, for revealing his killer was policeman Maxim Vinogradov. The Jilani family asked me not to publish until Amira Hass did in Haaretz (Hebrew), which happened today. Back in 2010, I wrote two posts (here and here) about the killing after it … [Read more...]