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European Union Funding Effort to Prosecute Israeli Officials for Human Rights Violations

Israeli human rights organizations say that they are seeking to put political pressure on the government by putting the IDF’s apparent impunity at the top of the international agenda.

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An Israeli police officer raises his baton on Palestinians worshipers near the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, July 27, 2017 (AP/Mahmoud Illean)

The European Union is funding a project to prosecute Israel Defence Forces (IDF) officers for committing violations against Palestinian civilians, according to Israel Hayom, which quotes a local human rights organization. The pro-Israel group NGO Monitor analyses the funding and performance of non-governmental organizations which keep an eye on

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Israeli Lawmaker Proclaims ‘Jewish Race’ Superior to All Others

“You can understand why we usually win a lot of Nobel Prizes,” he said.

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Israeli soldiers and relatives of new Jewish immigrants from the U.S. and Canada, wave Israeli flags to welcome them as they arrive at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, July 23, 2013. A total of 231 Jewish immigrants arrived on the flight from the U.S. Tuesday and were welcomed in a ceremony at the airport. Israel's Law of Return accords any Jew and eligible non-Jewish relatives the legal right to assisted immigration and settlement in Israel, as well as Israeli citizenship. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A lawmaker from the ruling Likud party said Wednesday that the “Jewish race” is the smartest in the world and possessing of the “highest human capital,” which is why, he said, the Israeli public did not buy into the allegations of wrongdoing by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reports The Time Of Israel. MK Miki Zohar made the comments during a

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Watch: Violence Erupts in West Bank as Palestinian Authority Deploys Tear Gas on Protestors

The protesters called for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to remove sanctions he imposed on Gaza.

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Palestinian protesters run from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a protest of outside Ofer security prison in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Protests in the West Bank descended into violence last night after Palestinian Authority (PA) police attempted to break up demonstrations demonstrating against the PA’s policies in the Gaza Strip. Riot police arrested journalists and dozens of protesters and fired tear gas and stun grenades into the crowds in Nablus and Ramallah. Security forces

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The Saudi-Led Coalition Just Launched an Attack on Yemen’s Hudaydah

The move comes as part of efforts to regain control of Hudaydah, Yemen’s most strategic port.

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A Yemeni man looks at a World Food Program ship at the port of Aden, Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition has launched an attack on Yemen’s port city Hudaydah, Al Jazeera reported today. Air strikes began pounding Hudaydah, supporting a ground assault by the Yemeni government led by internationally recognised President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. Houthi positions on the outskirts including Seham and Qazabah have been targeted

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300 Global Figures Write Open Letter Accusing Israel of War Crimes

They also accuse Israel’s high court of “rubber stamping” the criminal policies of the Israeli government.

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A Palestinian man tries to stop work by an Israeli bulldozer during a protest outside the village of Deir Qaddis, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, July 13, 2016. Dozens of Palestinians demonstrated Wednesday in front of Israeli bulldozers that were bulldozing land outside Deir Qaddis village near Ramallah for an apparent plan to expand a nearby Jewish settlement. The protesters forced the bulldozers to stop, but residents said they resumed work after the protesters left the area.

Israel’s forcible transfer of thousands of Palestinians has been denounced as a war crime by over 300 elected officials, legal scholars, academics, artists, faith leaders and activists from around the world. The universal show of solidarity to the Palestinians was published in an open letter which voiced strong opposition to Israel’s plans to

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At Least 525 Palestinians Injured Today by Israeli Forces on the Gaza Border

Activists on the ground in the east of Khan Younis also reported that ambulances were being targeted with gas bombs by Israeli forces.

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At least 525 Palestinians have been wounded on the Gaza border by Israeli occupation forces who violently suppressed protests as part of Al-Quds Day, the Ministry of Health said today. The Gaza Ministry of Health said at least seven people were in critical condition as a result of their injuries. Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters and live

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Israel Rejects Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi’s Request for Early Release

During her parole session, Tamimi stressed: “I will get out of prison with my head up.”

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Ahed Tamimi is brought to a courtroom inside the Ofer military prison near occupied Jerusalem, Jan. 15, 2018. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)

A parole board in the Rimonim prison rejected a request filed by detained Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi’s lawyer to reduce her sentence and grant her early release. Israel’s Channel 10 reported that Tamimi, who was sentenced in March to eight months in prison, filed a request to be released before serving the last third of the sentence, but a

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