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What if Israel had decided to expel the settlers of Hebron?
After the massacre of 29 Palestinians in Hebron, Yitzhak Rabin could have taken action against the settlers there. Instead, he put Palestinians under closure.
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Amiram Goldblum
November 13, 2019
‘There is no justice in Israel — it’s always postponed’
The Nawara family expected to hear the sentence of the Israeli soldier who killed their son, Nadeem. Instead, they were forced to sit quietly while the soldier’s lawyer argued that it was not his client but Nadeem who was guilty of a crime. The hearing began poorly. Siam Nawara was on the stand, testifying in what was supposed…
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Joshua Leifer
January 10, 2018
High Court: Israel won’t demolish homes of Palestinian teen’s killers
Court rejects petition filed by family of Muhammad Abu Khdeir, claiming too much time passed since his murder and the filing of the petition. By +972 Magazine Staff Israel’s High Court of Justice on Tuesday ruled that the families of three Israelis who were convicted of kidnapping and murdering Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-year-old Palestinian who was…
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July 5, 2017
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Beyond Gaza: Runners-up for 2014’s ‘Story of the Year’
The Gaza war was a clear choice for +972’s selection as story of the year (read it here). But the other nominated stories need to be told, too. +972 bloggers explain why they made their nominations. From the kidnappings to a new paradigm for Jewish-Arab relations to a growing opposition among U.S. Jews. The kidnap-murder…
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December 31, 2014
Investigation of Abu Khdeir murder tainted by racism, police incompetence
Between shoddy work and a culture of racism toward Palestinians, it is no wonder that the police failed to prevent the brutal murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir. On Wednesday night, Israel’s Channel 10 broadcast a one-hour investigative report that delves deeply into the circumstances surrounding the murder of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir. Last July three Jewish Israelis,…
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Lisa Goldman
November 13, 2014
Minister: Demolish homes in response to deadly J’lem attack [updated]
This is the second such attack in as many weeks. Israeli ministers and MKs call for mass arrests, home demolitions in response. In separate incident, Palestinian teen is kidnapped and injured in East Jerusalem. [Updated with details of a second incident in the West Bank Wednesday night.] One person was killed and 13 others injured, two critically, when…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
November 5, 2014
After Abu Khdeir murder, an ugly collision of homophobia and racism
After Mohammed Abu Khdeir was burned to death, many Israeli Jews insisted he died at the hands of Palestinians. They seized on unfounded rumors of his alleged homosexuality rather than facing the truth of the horrible act. By Shaked Spier (Translated from Hebrew by Yossefa Mekyton and Shaked Spier) Alongside the pain, belligerence and anger,…
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Haokets
July 27, 2014
Following wave of protests, Israel arrests scores of Arab activists, minors
Hundreds of Arab citizens of Israel have been detained in recent weeks, including dozens of minors. Abusive interrogations and preemptive arrests suggest that many of the tactics of occupation have crossed the Green Line. By Hagar Sheizaf (Translated by Ofer Neiman) The murder of Muhammed Abu Khdeir and the military onslaught in Gaza have brought about…
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July 22, 2014
An open letter to the family of Mohammed Abu Khdeir
As Israel and the Palestinians descend further into open violence, concerned Israelis challenge their fellow citizens in an attempt to forge a joint Israel-Palestinian resistance to violence. (Translated from Hebrew by Idit Arad and Matan Kaminer) Our hands shed this blood, our hands set Mohammed Abu Khdeir on fire, our hands fanned the flames. We…
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Haokets
July 16, 2014
In Jerusalem, Jews and Palestinians pay the price for latest wave of violence
An inside look at the financial and psychological costs of the recent unrest in one of the country’s most segregated cities. By Corey Sherman As the rocket alert sirens rang out in Jerusalem Tuesday night, a group of friends passed around a pungent hashish cigarette on Yohanan Horkanus Street, an alleyway nestled between the commercial center…
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July 12, 2014
Not just escalation: A frightening new era of Jewish-Arab relations in Israel
Attacks by Jewish hooligans on Arabs, unprecedented incitement by right-wing politicians and clashes between Israeli Police and Arab youth. We’ve been here before, but never like this. By Ron Gerlitz This article is written at the height of an extensive, violent escalation in the Jewish-Arab conflict, both within Israel and between Israel and the Palestinians…
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July 12, 2014
Dispatch from Gaza: You can never be emotionally ready
I have witnessed two wars and even more escalations, and yet I have never been ready for the trauma. By Abeer Ayoub GAZA – It’s 2 a.m. and the electricity is off for the night. I can’t sleep because of the extremely hot weather and my two sisters are lying next to me checking the…
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July 8, 2014
Tariq Abu Khdeir wasn’t the first and he won’t be the last
Israel has detained over 7,000 Palestinian children over the past 12 years. Many of them report beatings, abuse and a denial of rights by security forces. It’s time to put things in the wider context. The detention and abuse of Palestinian children by Israeli security forces has, for a change, been all over the international news…
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Noa Yachot
July 7, 2014
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