The man chosen as the Israeli military’s new chief rabbi has previously implied that soldiers would be permitted to rape women in war. Karim was at the center of a media controversy in Israel in 2012, when it was revealed that, in 2003, he suggested on a religious website that soldiers were permitted to commit …
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Israeli authorities have shut down a Palestinian radio station in the Israeli-occupied West Bank over “incitement” to violence, the army said Wednesday, the latest in a series of such raids. The overnight operation in Dura near Hebron led to five arrests, according to the Israeli army. Palestinian police confirmed the detentions and said one of …
After Palestinian Ahmed Abu Ghosh won Jordan’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in Rio on Friday for the men’s 68-kg Taekwondo event, claims that the athlete’s roots in the Jerusalem area are “Israeli,” and that his family “relocated” or “moved” to Jordan decades ago have followed. “Fun fact: The family of Jordan’s first-ever gold medalist Ahmad …
Israeli forces destroyed two Palestinian houses in the town of Beit Jala, located 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) south of Jerusalem al-Quds, on Tuesday, Ma’an reported. Earlier in the day, Israeli bulldozers, escorted by a large number of soldiers, rolled into the town of Sa’ir, located eight kilometers (five miles) northeast of al-Khalil (Hebron), and demolished …
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Interviewed on Kol Chai radio station in July 28, Moti Dotan, the leader of Lower Galilee Council, said “I don’t hate Arabs, but I don’t want them at my pools. I don’t go to their pools, either.” He said he was not being being racist but said his views were a result of “cultural differences” …
Israeli authorities on Wednesday approved construction of new Jewish settlement units in the West Bank while “retroactively” approving 178 housing units that have already been built in the occupied territory, Israeli media reported. The Israeli-civil administration’s supreme committee approved 250 new homes in the Jewish-only Elkana settlement in the occupied West Bank. An additional 50 …
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On 9 September 2016, at 7:10 PM, a soldier fired a flare bomb from very short range at 15-year-old Palestinian ‘Abd a-Rahman a-Dabagh during a protest held near the Gaza perimeter fence, east of al-Bureij Refugee Camp. A-Dabagh, a resident of the camp, was killed. The flare bomb hit a-Dabagh above the eye, fractured his …
On 5 September, Israeli police conducting an early morning raid in Shuafat opened fire on a moving car. Ali Nimir, the driver, was wounded. His brother-in-law Mustafa Nimir was killed. An Israeli police spokesperson promptly claimed that the car’s driver had “seemingly attempted to run over officers.” Mainstream media presented Israeli claims as facts. The …
Israel is blocking travel out of the Gaza Strip for thousands of Palestinians on the grounds of unspecified “security preclusions”. This represents a significant tightening of the blockade, despite claims by Israeli officials that restrictions are actually being eased. The data was released by Israeli NGO Gisha in a new factsheet published yesterday. Gisha expressed …
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At least 1,000 Palestinian children have been detained by Israeli forces since the beginning of the year, says the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs. “Some of these minors were held under administrative detention, while others were sentenced to jail or paid large fine in order to be released,” said the committee in a report released …
