Boycott Derails Jerusalem’s Transit System

An ill-fated light railway under construction in Jerusalem was originally heralded by Israeli officials as a way to cement the city’s “unification” four decades after the city’s Palestinian half was illegally annexed to Israel.  But the only unity generated among...

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The Missing Link in Palestinian Organ Theft

The hyperventilating by Israel's leaders over a story published in a Swedish newspaper last month suggesting that the Israeli army assisted in organ theft from Palestinians has distracted attention from the disturbing allegations made by Palestinian families that were...

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Israel Begins Sell-Off of Refugees’ Land

TZIPORI, Israel -- Amin Muhammad Ali, a 74-year-old refugee from a destroyed Palestinian village in northern Israel, says he only feels truly at peace when he stands among his ancestors' graves.   The cemetery, surrounded on all sides by Jewish homes and farms, is a...

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The Reality of Israel’s ‘Open’ Jerusalem

No one would have been more surprised than Fawziya Khurd by the recent pronouncement of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, that Israel operates an "open city" policy in Jerusalem.  Mr Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday that Israel's annexation...

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The Two-State Solution, Israeli-Style

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has been much criticized in Israel, as well as abroad, for failing to present his own diplomatic initiative on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process to forestall US intervention. Mr Netanyahu may have huffed and puffed...

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Israeli Army Beats and Tortures Children

The rights of Palestinian children are routinely violated by Israel's security forces, according to a new report that says beatings and torture are common. In addition, hundreds of Palestinian minors are prosecuted by Israel each year without a proper trial and are...

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