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Dec 1 2010, Marco Villa

Israel women also get to oppress Palestinians! How’s that for feminism!!!

Every year thousands of Israeli women seek to opt-out of mandatory service in the Israeli occupation army (or IDF) by claiming that they are Orthodox or ultra-Orthodox Jews....

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Hamas has declared its objection to the recent relaunch of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, saying that Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas does...
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Here comes the second day of Eid Al Fitr, and along comes my pondering of news happening around the world; things happening on the day, or being talked about on the...
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If, in Israel, no great suspense adheres to the question of what will come of the newest round of direct peace talks - “not much” is the consensus - real...
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Israeli soldiers are routinely taking degrading photographs of dead and captured Palestinians and posting them on the internet, human rights groups have said.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday called on Israel’s defense establishment to stop focusing on the document that sparked a row over the appointment...
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Five rockets landed near Eilat Monday morning, one of which injured four people in nearby Jordan, in front of the Intercontinental Hotel. One of the casualties was in...
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When Israel launched a brutal and savage war against 1.5million Palestinians in Gaza in December 2008-January 2009 it brought this: A devastating attack on the...
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One of the owners of the Libyan vessel Almathea headed towards Gaza said on Tuesday that if Israel will only allow the ship to dock in Ashdod instead of reaching Gaza,...
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A Israeli soldier is to face charges over the shooting of two Palestinian women during Operation Cast lead in Gaza a year and a half ago, the army said on Wednesday.
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A new video has been released from the Israeli attacked flotilla heading to Gaza. The IDF attacked the flotilla and left at least 19 people dead. Most victims were...
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I have been documenting, or, rather reporting on the documentation, of IDF Lies in the wake of the Gaza flotilla: After its massacre of nine Turkish civilians, Israel...
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Ten years ago, on May 24, 2000, the IDF completed its unilateral withdrawal from southern Lebanon. This year on May 24, the IDF, some might say, was busy paying the...
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When Palestinians protest brutal Israeli occupation and war they are often joined by international and Israeli peace activists - peacefully protest the Wall. The...
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After previously accusing Sweden of anti-Semitism after the nation’s leading daily published unverified reports accusing the IDF of killing Palestinians for the...
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LAST Monday started out with troops of the Israeli Defence Forces demolishing a single caravan from a lonely hilltop in the north of the West Bank. Not large enough to...
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Okay, Israel has officially lost it. I will quote liberally from this story in Ha’aretz because it merits it so much: The Pope and the cardinals of the Vatican...
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It is the early morning of the 17th of April 2003 when you are torn from the tranquility of sleep. You can hear your door crack and break as it slams to the floor,...
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Peace talks have resumed between Hamas and Israel with Egypt playing the mediator role. This is a historic time as Israel has consistently claimed that it refuses to...
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