Israeli NGO: Israeli Soldiers, Settlers Conducting “Joint Assaults” on Palestinian Village

The rise in recent attacks involving cooperation between settlers and IDF soldiers seems to be a prelude to Israel’s efforts to formally annex the entire West Bank.

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TEL AVIV -- Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has provided evidence showing Israeli soldiers joining settlers in a series of attacks targeting the Palestinian village of ‘Urif, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. The village, home to around 3,600 Palestinians, has been a target of extremist settlers for years given its close proximity

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Watch | Israel Censors News on IDF Funding and Support of Syrian Rebels

This incident once again demonstrates that all claims of Tel Aviv that it is not involved in the ongoing conflict in Syria are false.

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The Israeli military is censoring news reports on Israel providing weapons and supplies to militant groups in Syria. The Jerusalem Post was told by the military censor to remove its story “IDF Confirms: Israel Provided Light-Weapons To Syrian Rebels”. However, the report providing details on the transfer of significant amounts of cash, weapons and

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Released Israeli Soldier Says “No Remorse” for Extrajudicial Murder of Wounded Palestinian, Would Do It Again

Azaria was released from prison in early May after only serving nine months, just half of his sentence. In contrast, Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi served eight months for slapping an Israeli soldier — just one month less than Azaria, who was convicted of manslaughter.

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Israeli solider Sgt. Elor Azaria waits for the verdict inside the military court in Tel Aviv, Israel on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. (AP/Heidi Levine).

TEL AVIV -- Elor Azaria, the Israeli soldier who was convicted of manslaughter in 2017 for shooting an unarmed and injured Palestinian in occupied Hebron, told Israel Hayom in an interview partially released on Wednesday that he feels “no remorse” for the deed and would do it again if ever faced with a similar situation. In the interview, Azaria

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Haaretz Reports Israel Targeting Civilians in Gaza as “Collective Punishment”

The admission in Haaretz is the ultimate expression of the IDF’s impunity, as its war crimes against Palestinians have been ignored for so long that it now openly admits that it is targeting civilians in the world’s largest “open-air prison.”

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Palestinians inspect the Said al-Mis'hal cultural center after it was hit destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Aug. 9, 2018. Khalil Hamra | AP

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL -- A newspaper article published in the Hebrew-language version of Israeli newspaper Haaretz has stated that the Israeli military (IDF) is intentionally targeting civilians in Gaza as a form of collective punishment aimed at placing Hamas -- which Israel continues to regard as a resistance group, though it has governed Gaza since

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Israel’s IDF Sets New Annual Record for Killing Children in Palestine

Despite the IDF’s killing of over 160 and the wounding of 17,000 unarmed Palestinian protesters, and despite the great international outcry this has caused, the Israeli Supreme Court has ruled that the IDF’s rules of engagement are in line with “international parameters.”

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GAZA CITY, PALESTINE -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have killed at least 35 Palestinian children, around 30 in Gaza and five in the occupied West Bank, making 2018 a record-breaking year for child fatalities in Palestine with nearly four months still to go. The NGO Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP) determined the total number

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US Military Aid to Israel Set to Exceed $3.8B, or $23,000 Per Year for Every Jewish Family Living in Israel

The massive funding for Israel’s military is the result of the 2016 U.S.-Israel Memorandum of Understanding on security assistance between the Israeli and U.S. governments, which called for annual funding of $3.8 billion — or $23,000 per year for every Jewish family living in Israel — for the next 10 years.

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers his speech as U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman listen, during the opening ceremony of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, May 14, 2018. Sebastian Scheiner | AP

WASHINGTON -- In an event largely overlooked by the U.S. media, the Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would provide Israel with $3.3 billion in military aid along with over $500 million for missile defense over the course of the next year. The bill, officially titled the “United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018,” is

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