How Israel Legitimizes the Abuse of Palestinian Political Prisoners

Conflating political activism and resistance with terrorism has long been an effective tool by which to demonize a struggle for liberation.

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
Israel Political Prisoners Feature photo

Each year Palestinian Prisoners Day comes and goes while the prisoners remain in their cells and their conditions worsen. The destructive effects that Israel’s imprisonment of thousands of Palestinians has on society cannot be overstated. Israel justifies its treatment of these prisoners with false claims that the Palestinian men, women, and

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The Virus of Occupation: Israelis Have Taken To Spitting on Palestinians During Coronavirus

Spitting at someone is a universal insult. In Israel, however, spitting at Palestinians is an entirely different story. 

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Israel coronavirus Feature photo

Now that we know that the deadly coronavirus can be transmitted through saliva droplets, Israeli soldiers and illegal Jewish settlers are working extra hard to spit at as many Palestinians, their cars, doorknobs, and so on, as possible. If this sounds to you too surreal and repugnant, then you might not be as familiar with the particular breed

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Betty McCollum Is Pushing Congress to Stop Subsidizing the Torture of Palestinian Children

“The legislation I am introducing is expressly intended to end U.S. support and funding for Israel’s systematic military detention, interrogation, abuse, torture, and prosecution of Palestinian children.” – Betty McCollum

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Betty McCollum Feature photo

In December 2018, a 17-year-old Palestinian teen, Ayham Sabah, was sentenced by an Israeli military court to 35 years in prison for his alleged role in a stabbing attack targeting an Israeli soldier in an illegal Jewish settlement in the West Bank. Sabah was only 14 years old when the alleged attack took place.  Another alleged attacker, Omar

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