An Israeli general has confirmed that when snipers stationed along Israel-Gaza boundary shoot at children, they are doing so deliberately, under clear and specific orders. In a radio interview, Brigadier-General (Reserve) Zvika Fogel describes how a sniper identifies the “small body” of a child and is given authorization to shoot. Fogel’s statements could be used …
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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas announced that his country will not allow Turkish politicians to carry out election campaign rallies, ahead of upcoming snap parliamentary and presidential elections that will be held on June 24, 2017. The Social Democrat (SPD) Party politician’s statement comes after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that he will address Turkish …
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Turkish community in Germany still faces discrimination and institutional racism at every single aspect of life from eduction to justice in Germany. One prominent Harvard-educated lawyer says German judges hand longer prison sentences to defendants just for having Turkish names. Mehmet Daimaguler studied law in prestigious Harvard and Yale in the United States. But he …
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Jerusalem-born actor was due to receive 2018 Genesis prize but cancels saying she ‘cannot in good conscience’ attend ceremony. Natalie Portman has pulled out of a major award ceremony due to take place in Israel, citing her “distress” at recent events in the country. Portman, who was born in Jerusalem and holds dual Israeli and US …
New York City’s Public Design Commission voted unanimously to remove the statue of J. Marion Sims, a 19th century surgeon who conducted experimental operations on female slaves, from its place of honor in Central Park. It was the first decision to alter a prominent New York monument since Mayor Bill de Blasio called for a review of “symbols of hate” …
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Starbucks will close all of its over 8,000 U.S. stores for an afternoon dedicated to racial bias training, the coffee company announced amid an uproar. The shutdown of Starbucks’ company-owned retail stores and corporate offices will take place on May 29 in order to train 175,000 employees on how to spot “unconscious bias” after two black …
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Unknown vandals attempted to set a West Bank mosque on fire overnight, in a possible hate crime against Palestinians. The incident took place in the village of Aqraba, north of Nablus, and saw the words “Death” and “Price tag” daubed on the mosque’s external walls. No one was hurt in the incident. Referred to in Israel as “price-tag …
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Reddit’s CEO Steve Huffman has found himself once again embroiled in a controversy surrounding his website’s policy on moderation. In a Reddit thread announcing the platform’s 2017 transparency report findings, in which Reddit identified and listed close to 1,000 suspected Russia-linked propaganda accounts that have been banned, Huffman replied to a straightforward question about the company’s rules around hate …
The Illinois man accused of painting swastikas on more than 200 gravestones across Memorial Day weekend has had a long history of run-ins with the law, reportedly ranging from trying to punch an officer to writing letters to a judge blasting the country’s “crooked” legal system. Timothy V. McLean, a 34-year-old from Glen Carbon, was …
Israeli police planned to teach children how to shoot at Palestinians as part of a training exercise in a school. The incident in the Menashe Regional Council, near Haifa in northern present-day Israel, was brought to light in recent days when Palestinian citizens of Israel took photos of what was happening. Jamal Zahalka, a member …
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