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Ahed Tamimi’s Lawyer Accuses Interrogators of Sexual Harassment

One of Ahed’s interrogators told her: “You have eyes like an angel” then tries to explain how she is like his sister who “spends all his money on clothes”.

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17 year-old Ahed Tamimi is brought to a courtroom inside Ofer military prison near Jerusalem, Dec. 28, 2017. Tamimi was arrested last week for slapping two Israeli soldiers who shot her 15-year old cousin in the face. She faces charges of attacking soldiers. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)

Israeli lawyer Gaby Lasky who is defending Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi has accused investigators of sexual harassment, Arab48.com reported yesterday. Lasky has filed several complaints against interrogators for verbal and physical sexual harassment but said that no investigations were opened into any of her complaints. She has described this as a

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Saudi Crown Prince: Israelis Have Right to Their Own Land

Israel and Saudi Arabia have no formal ties but rumors of covert interaction have surrounded the two states for many months, amid shared public concerns over the threat believed to be posed by Iran.

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at the Pentagon in Washington, March 22, 2018. (AP/Cliff Owen)

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia has affirmed that Israel has a right to exist, in an interview with the Atlantic released yesterday. Mohammad Bin Salman made his comment in reply to a question which referred to Israel’s alleged ancestral homeland. “I believe that each people, anywhere, has a right to live in their peaceful nation,” explained Bin

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BDS Calls for Boycott of Netflix Israel ‘Propaganda’ Series, Fauda

BDS says that “Fauda” celebrates secret Israeli military units which are known to have carried out numerous assassinations and extrajudicial executions, murder and the brutal arrest of unarmed demonstrators, including children.

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A screenshot from Episode 1 of the Netflix series 'Fauda'.

The international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is leading a campaign against the hit Israeli series, “Fauda”. Denouncing the widely acclaimed series as “racist propaganda for the Israeli occupation army”, BDS called on Netflix, which bought the rights to “Fauda”, to remove the show or face legal action. In its statement

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New Report Claims Israel Failed to ‘Reform’ System of Military Detention for Minors

A report by B’Tselem concludes, “changes Israel made have had no more than a negligible impact on minors’ rights”, and seem to have had “far more to do with improved appearances than with what happens in actual practice”.

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Israeli border police check Palestinian's identification cards at a checkpoint in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015.Palestinian right's groups are calling for people to remember the longstanding occupation that has again sparked recent violence. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

A new report by respected Israeli human rights NGO B’Tselem has demolished claims made by Israeli authorities that significant ‘reforms’ have been made to the system of military detention and prosecution experienced by Palestinian children. The report, ‘Minors in Jeopardy: Violation of the Rights of Palestinian Minors by Israel’s Military Courts’,

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Israel’s “Zionism’s Flagship Bill” Institutionalizes Apartheid

The “Zionism’s flagship bill”, as it’s been described by Israeli politicians, will permit Jewish-only communities and mark a dangerous turning point for Palestinians whose democratic rights will come under greater threat.

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Palestinian men walk past a section of Israel's apartheid wall to cross the Qalandia checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the fourth Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, Friday, July 10, 2015.

The Israeli Knesset is fast-tracking a “nation-state bill” which opposition groups have denounced as “institutionalizing the apartheid regime”. Knesset members approved the final draft of the bill defining Israel exclusively as a nation for Jews. The “Zionism’s flagship bill”, as it’s been described by Israeli politicians, will permit

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Arizona State University Asks Palestinian Academic to Sign Contract Not to Criticize Israel

Arizona State University asked a Palestinian academic to sign a speaker agreement which included a clause that prohibits criticising Israel or engaging with the BDS movement.

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Zaytuna College co-founder Dr. Hatem Bazian is interviewed at Zaytuna College in Berkeley, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP/Jeff Chiu)

Arizona State University is reported to have asked Palestinian academic Hatem Bazian to sign a contract in which he pledges not to criticise Israel at an event organized by the Muslim Students’ Association next month. Chair of American Muslims for Palestine and lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley, Bazian said Arizona State

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Israel Moves to Outlaw Criticism of the Military

The primary target of the bill is Breaking the Silence, an organization of Israeli military veterans who speak out against the brutal nature of the occupation, and had become a major thorn for the government.

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The Israeli Knesset has approved the first reading of a bill that would ban organizations critical of the country’s military. The contentious bill, which passed by 35-23 votes yesterday, was proposed by Education Minister Naftali Bennett. The chairman of the right-wing Jewish Home party is seeking to criminalize organizations that are critical of

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