Israel’s Auschwitz Commemoration: A Kidnapping of Jewish history

Miko Peled reflects on the Israeli government’s politicization of Jewish suffering during the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
Israel Auschwitz Feature photo

As world leaders gathered in Jerusalem to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, Zochrot, an Israeli NGO that works to raise awareness among Israeli Jews of the injustices faced by Palestinians, posted a comment on their Facebook page. The post, written in Hebrew, reminded visiting world leaders that the

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Vegan Washing: How Israel Uses Veganism to Gloss Over Palestinian Oppression

In Israel, a country that cares about animals more than its indigenous human population, you can be vegan, but you can’t support Palestinian rights.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Israel Vegan

Most of us are now aware that we constantly receive micro-targeted advertisements in our social media feeds based on our interests, location or habits. Those in the vegan community are no exception. However, an increasing number of promoted posts targeted at vegans on apps like Facebook or Twitter are clearly Israeli Defense Force (IDF) propaganda.

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Israeli Settlers Torch Cars, Spray-Paint Racist Slogans In West Bank

The slogans — written in Hebrew — included ‘Death to Arabs’ and ‘Glory to Jews’ as well as the phrase ‘Price Tag.

Al Akhbar
By Al Akhbar
Israel Palestinians

Palestinians stand inside a mosque vandalized and torched by suspected Israeli extremists in the village of Jabaa, near Bethlehem, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Photo: Mahmoud Illean/AP Israeli settlers torched two cars belonging to Palestinians and spray-painted anti-Arab slogans on the streets of a village in the occupied West Bank at dawn

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