Running through Israeli and, to an extent U.S. policy toward Palestine is a current which rejects political rights in favor of economic amelioration. The underlying sentiment is that Israel can avoid recognizing Palestinian rights, including statehood, if it improves the quality of life for Palestinians under Occupation. Supporters of this view repeatedly … [Read more...]
Israel “Legalizes” Settlements Built on Privately-Owned Palestinian Land
I really wanted to use the term "steals" in the headline. But I figured I better use a slightly less confrontational term there and then really let loose in the post itself. The Knesset just "legalized" the theft of thousands of dunams of land it doesn't own. It stole this land from private Palestinian landowners in a shady deal that is characteristic of … [Read more...]
Suspected IDF Murderer of Palestinian Boy Identified
MEMO uploaded a YouTube video of the IDF shooting of a Palestinian teenager, Qusai al-Amour in the West Bank last week. The video was shot by Palestinians and begins showing his lifeless body just after being shot. The remainder of the video shows soldiers dragging him with his body and head bumping along the ground as they haul him to a military vehicle. … [Read more...]
Israeli Bedouin Kills Border Policeman Ethnically-Cleansing His Village
When is "terror," terror? When is it something else? Who defines what is "terror?" Tonight's post will be difficult to write because it will try to parse the linguistic thicket defining "terrorism" in the Israeli context. Most of us understand terror as an act of violence by individuals or groups aggrieved for their treatment at the hands of others. … [Read more...]