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State Dept Spokesperson Under Fire for ‘Spineless’ Refusal to Condemn Israel’s Killing of Children in Gaza
Asked straightforwardly whether he condemns the killing of Palestinian children, Price replied that the Biden administration does not "have independent confirmation of facts on the ground yet" and is "hesitant to get into reports that are just emerging." ...[Read more]
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‘A Disgrace’: Israel Sending Covid Vaccines Overseas as Occupied Palestinians Left Without Access
"Deeply, deeply messed up... Honduras, 7,500 miles away, will get some but Palestinians living under Israeli control still neglected." ...[Read more]
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‘Better Late Than Never’: Palestinians Welcome ICC Decision Enabling War Crimes Probe of Israel
An investigation "would not, for sure, bring my kids back to life," said a survivor of an Israeli airstrike. "However, I am certain that I need to continue to try to find some sort of justice." ...[Read more]
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Israel’s Vaccine Success Unleashes a Debate on Palestinian Inequities
Israel quickly became the world leader in vaccinating its population against Covid-19, but almost all Palestinian residents of the occupied West Bank are still waiting for their first doses of the inoculation. That disparity has set off a roiling debate ...[Read more]
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Israel Is Refusing to Give Palestinians COVID Vaccines
Israel has been praised for launching an aggressive coronavirus vaccination drive. There’s just one problem: they’re excluding Palestinians in occupied territories. ...[Read more]
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Israel isn’t a democracy, it’s an ‘apartheid regime,’ rights group says
Israel is no longer a democracy but an "apartheid regime" devoted to cementing the supremacy of Jews over Palestinians, the country's best-known human rights group said in a report published Tuesday. B'Tselem, which until now has confined its work to scru ...[Read more]
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Medical apartheid: Israeli vaccine drive excludes millions of Palestinians in occupied territories
Israel has administered COVID-19 vaccines faster than any country in the world, with more than 14% of Israelis receiving vaccines so far. Despite the fast rollout, human rights groups are expressing alarm over Israel's decision not to vaccinate Palestinia ...[Read more]
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Israel Denounced for Smear Campaig Against Palestinian Journalist It Killed in Gaza
"They've gone too far now," says Jan Egeland, a former diplomat who helped broker the Oslo Peace Accord. "Decent people have to wake up." ...[Read more]
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Seeing Gaza Through the Lens of Yaser Murtaja, a Palestinian Journalist Killed by Israel
YASER MURTAJA, A Palestinian photojournalist, was one of nine civilians killed by Israeli snipers on Friday in Gaza, but his death was perhaps the clearest rebuke to Israel’s official position that its sharpshooters have only fired live ammunition at � ...[Read more]
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‘There Are No Innocent People in Gaza’: Israeli Army Chief
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday that there were "no innocent people" in the besieged Gaza strip where at least 30 Palestinians have been killed over the course of 10 days of protests. ...[Read more]
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Israel Detains 10 Ahed Tamimi Relatives, Teen Who Was Shot in the Face
Mohammed Tamimi was hit by a rubber bullet fired by an Israeli soldier which was the cause of Ahed’s altercation with the Israeli troops. Nearly 10 Palestinians, including five minors, were abducted and detained by the Israeli forces, during a raid in t ...[Read more]
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