3-year-old Palestinian boy detained for his terror tee shirt

Israel feels threatened by the most benign of forms of Palestinian resistance: meet the Terror Tee Shirt.

Kathryn ShihadahJune 11, 2022m-16, occupation, checkpoint, israeli fragility, resistance Comment

Israeli soldiers who allowed Omar As'ad to die did not have a momentary "moral failure"

Israel is lying about its soldiers’ actions that night. This wasn’t a fluke – it was standard operating procedure.

Kathryn ShihadahFebruary 2, 2022omar as'ad, police brutality, israeli military, dual citizen, human rights abuse, censorship, media bias, occupationComment

Palestinian senior citizen dies after hit-and-run by Israeli police

On January 5th, an Israeli tow truck escorted by a police vehicle hit Suleiman Hathaleen, a 70+ year-old shepherd, and dragged him several meters. Then both Israeli vehicles fled. Official Israeli narrative of the incident doesn’t even mention that a Palestinian had been struck. Hathaeen died Sunday of his injuries. His death was just the latest incident in the alarming story of Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills.

Israeli trash is poisoning Palestinians in the West Bank

Burning Israeli trash for valuable raw metals is an “occupational bio-hazard” for thousands of Palestinians who have run out of options.

Kathryn ShihadahJanuary 16, 2022beit awwa, cancer, copper, deir samet, environment, idhna, occupation, pollution, separation wall, toxic wasteComment

Palestine is a place. Palestinians are a people.

Those who support Israel’s “right to exist” do so to the exclusion of a whole other people group. Palestinians exist. And Palestine has been around for a long time.

PH Quickie: olive harvest is a Catch-22 for Palestinian farmers

Palestinian farmers face an almost impossible situation – Israeli settlers stand ready to do whatever it takes to displace them, and Israeli police are willing to let it happen.

Kathryn ShihadahOctober 19, 2021occupation, settler violence, olive harvest, land confiscationComment

AP ignores Israel’s brutality in its Morning Wire

As Israel – recipient of billions in US taxpayer dollars a year – continues killing, wounding, and imprisoning Palestinians of all ages, and demolishing their homes, AP’s Morning Wire failed to report any of it.

Kathryn ShihadahAugust 27, 2021apartheid, associated press, gaza, censorship, media bias, occupationComment

Gaza border protest: reading between the tweets

Times of Israel editor Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian tweeted about Saturday’s Gaza border protest – using half-truths & Israel-centric reasoning that defies logic.

Kathryn ShihadahAugust 25, 2021emanuel fabian, gaza border, gaza protest, idf, mannie fabian, occupation, media biasComment

Congresswoman Manning: let’s put your Sderot experience in context

Freshman Congresswoman Kathy Manning (D-NC) needs an accurate frame of reference before she talks about her Israeli bomb shelter moment. Here is a synopsis of the issue for her perusal.

Kathryn ShihadahFebruary 7, 2021capitol riott, gaza, gaza border, kathy manning, najd, occupation, rocket, sderotComment

Israel’s obscene mismanagement of the Covid-19 vaccine

“No country has done what we are able to do,” said Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu. He is so right – but not in the way he thinks he is.

Kathryn ShihadahFebruary 6, 2021covid, pandemic, coronavirus, occupation, laws of occupation, apartheidComment

What Israel partisans aren't telling us about Oslo and the Covid vaccine

Contrary to pro-Israel journalism-propaganda, Israel does bear responsibility for Palestinian health during the pandemic.

Kathryn ShihadahJanuary 31, 2021covid, coronavirus, pandemic, oslo accords, occupationComment

Israel has been “disappearing” Palestinians since 1967

Israel has worked behind the scenes for years to erase Palestinians from their own Population Registry, creating an artificial Jewish majority in “Judea and Samaria” (the West Bank), and robbing Palestinians of basic human rights.

Kathryn ShihadahSeptember 27, 2020occupation, annexation, apartheid, area c, oslo accords, population transferComment

Among this Week’s Victims of Israeli State Violence: A Disabled Elderly Palestinian Man

Israel’s shoot-first-ask-questions-later policy is just one layer of the daily violence Palestinians experience, this week has been no exception.

Kathryn ShihadahAugust 23, 2020state violence, checkpoint, occupationComment

Republican platform panders to Israel zealots

The Republican National Committee platform of 2016, resurrected for 2020, will once again genuflect before Israel – ignoring the realities of human rights, international law, and logic.

Kathryn ShihadahAugust 23, 2020RNC, republican, occupation, jerusalemComment

Draft Democratic platform fails to endorse justice for Palestinians

Palestinian rights are becoming mainstream, and support for Israel is declining – especially among Democrats. But you’d never guess it from the Democratic Party platform, which refuses to use the word “occupation,” endorses $38 billion to Israel, and opposes BDS,.

Kathryn ShihadahJuly 26, 2020bds, democratic platform, dnc, occupation, annexation, biden, settlement, singling out israel, two state solutionComment

Look at the occupation - do not look the other way

In 8 minutes, your heart will be gripped by the plight of the Palestinian people.

Kathryn ShihadahJuly 7, 2020occupation, video, police brutalityComment

Trump-Kushner “Peace” Plan ignores elephants in the room: Israel created this mess

The Trump-Kushner “Peace” Plan is slick and businesslike, with an aura of objectivity and balance – but it is exactly the opposite, and something about it stinks.

Israel is Scrooge: Gazan Christians banned from Bethlehem this Christmas

Controlling borders is occupation. Restricting movement at Christmas is cruel and unnecessary.

Kathryn ShihadahDecember 15, 2019christmas, occupation, religion, freedom of movementComment

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