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Month: March 2017

Israeli Killer Receives More Lenient Punishment Than Palestinian Stone Throwers

On Tuesday, February 21, the IDF soldier Elor Azaria received a prison sentence of 18 months for the killing of a Palestinian. The entire incident was captured on a video that was widely shared, but even that was not sufficient for him to be given …

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March 5, 2017 By Richard Hardigan

Anti-Semitism Awareness Act: Senate Bill Criminalizes Criticism of Israel

I attended the funeral of a man named Ahmed just a few days after I had arrived in Palestine. It took place in the El Ain refugee camp on the outskirts of Nablus. The day before, Ahmed had been praying in the camp mosque, and …

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March 5, 2017 By Richard Hardigan

“I Will Never Move Until I Die”: A Tale of One Man’s Resistance in Hebron

October 21, 2016, marked the first anniversary of the death of the Palestinian doctor Hashem al-Azzeh. The proximate cause of his demise is in dispute. Was it excessive tear gas inhalation, or was it the chest pains he had been feeling earlier on that day? …

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March 5, 2017 By Richard Hardigan

Commemorating the Shatila Massacre, 34 Years Ago Today

It began on September 16, 1982, thirty-four years ago today. The Phalange, an Israeli-backed militia, entered the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila and neighboring Sabra, engaging in an orgy of torturing and killing that lasted several days. It is estimated that 3000 people died in …

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March 5, 2017 By Richard Hardigan

Palestinians With Disabilities Are Not Immune From Israeli Violence

On Friday, August 26, Iyad Hamed was shot by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Silwad. The initial military report, echoed by Israeli journalists, seemed like standard fare. “A terrorist fired a weapon at a pillbox post in Ofra. Nobody was hurt. The …

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March 5, 2017 By Richard Hardigan

More Murder, Arrests and Torture: Israeli Response to Uprising in Palestine

Waleed was freezing. He was wearing only a thin t-shirt, and it was a cold March night earlier this year in his village of Awerta, which lies just outside Nablus in the northern half of the West Bank. The soldiers had come for him at …

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March 5, 2017 By Richard Hardigan

Ethnic Cleansing in Palestine: Home Demolitions on the Rise

According to the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions, an Israeli NGO, the Israeli government has demolished 28,000 Palestinian structures since the Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza began in 1967, resulting in the homelessness and suffering of untold numbers of people. There is little …

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March 5, 2017 By Richard Hardigan

The Hares Boys: Israeli Justice in Palestine

On November 26 five Palestinian teenagers were sentenced to fifteen years in prison and fined roughly $40,000 each. This is not an unusual occurrence. Examples of Palestinians being punished for crimes they did not commit abound, but in this case the Israeli authorities have taken …

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March 5, 2017 By Richard Hardigan

Shatila: Remembering the Massacre

“There is one scene I will always remember. There was one child. The mother died, but he was trying to take milk from his mother. He was still alive.” Jamili’s face betrays little emotion as she recalls the scene from thirty-three years ago. She has …

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March 5, 2017 By Richard Hardigan

Struggling to Survive in a Palestinian Refugee Camp in Southern Lebanon

Manar Mohamed begins to cry before I have even asked my first question. She turns to look at her daughter, who is sitting next to her on one of the mattresses that constitute the only furniture of the apartment. At first glance, Farah looks like …

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March 5, 2017 By Richard Hardigan

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