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Hands down (if they leave you any), there are no words to describe the grandeur of the most moral army in the history of the world. The mere mention of the acronym IDF (I have goosebumps as I type these letter. Hang on….) induces ..

 My initial reaction is absolute exhaustion at the fact that Palestinians—day in and day out—are engaged in nonviolent protest in order to remain on their land for their human rights, for their dignity, and the only moments we turn our attention to them are during these spectacles when they appe..

Adi Kuntsman and Rebecca L. Stein, Digital Militarism: Israel’s Occupation in the Social Media Age. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2015.

Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?

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By the time you read this who knows how many people will have been killed in Israel’s latest onslaught on Gaza. As I write more than 1200 - mostly civilian - Palestinians have been killed, hundreds of them children. A..

Following Operation Protective Edge, many cities around the world have witnessed demonstrations sympathizing with the people of Gaza. Tel Aviv had a few as well. Haggai Matar, a leftist activist, 

[The following report was published by Amnesty International on 27 February 2014]

Trigger-Happy: Israel`s Use of Excessive Force in the West..

In the newspapers of late, words about a renewed peace process have filled column space. In the streets of Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem, in the West Bank, families read the political scene differently. They listen in the middle of the night for the clatter of soldiers’ boots coming down their st..

[The following report was issued by UNICEF on 6 March 2013.]

Children in Israeli Military Detention: Observations and Recommendations

Executive Summary 

All children in contact wi..

[The following statement was issued by the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council on 12 December 2012.]

The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) strongly condemns yesterday morning’s raid by Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) on the office of a number of Pale..

In this brief study, I examine the many numbers cited by the Israeli military relating to Gaza rocket attacks into Israel.

To begin, Israeli spokespeople frequently remind the world that a million Israeli citizens are within range of Gaza rockets, twelve thousand of which hav..

What can we say to their families who left with Arafat, trusting in the promises of Reagan, Mitterrand, and Perini, who had assured them that the civilian population of the camps would be safe? How can we explain that we allowed children, old people and women to be massacred, and that we are ..

This brief report provides information related to three recent developments in international law related to Israel and Palestine: 

1. The International Criminal Court Prosecutor’s decision as to whether Palestine qualifies as a state for purposes of accepting the co..

[This is the third part of a six-part series associated with a Jadaliyya roundtable discussing targeted killings . Participants include Richard Falk, Nathan Freed Wessl..

On Tuesday, 28 February 2012, Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA organized a Gaza memorial as part of its annual Palestine Awareness Week. In response, Bruins for Israel and StandWi..

 [The following is the latest from Yesh Din on investigations into IDF offenses against Palestinians.]

Alleged Investigation: The Failure of Investigations into Offenses Committed by IDF Soldiers Against Palestinians

PRINCIPAL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIO..