Dr. Zvi Zameret, former director of instruction of Israel’s education ministry – Image Credit: Tikun Olam
by Richard Silverstein
Tikun Olam
Court security guards watch as Israeli ultranationalists (R) protest against interrogation methods used by the Shin Bet against suspects in a fatal arson attack in a West Bank village five months ago, during a court hearing in the case in Petah Tikva, Israel, Dec. 28, 2015. The placard in Hebrew reads: "The High Court turned me into an easy prey. I'm worried that the Shin Bet will murder my soul." (photo by REUTERS/Baz Ratner) (Courtesy Al Monitor)
IllustrationNetalie credit Ron-Raz
Haftom Zarhum, a 29-year-old Eritrean migrant, was shot by a security guard and kicked by bystanders [AP]
A relative holds up a photo of a one-and-a-half year old boy, Ali Dawabsheh, in a house that had been torched in a suspected attack by Jewish settlers in Duma village near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 31, 2015.CREDIT: AP PHOTO/MAJDI MOHAMMED
by Stuart Littlewood Intifada Palestine
“We who are born here on this divine land, we who are dedicated to the message of peace and freedom and the defense of human values, and of the strength of the olive tree…we declare our presence as a wound crying in the depths of time and space in spite of the tempests which try to rend our roots from the very earth to which we gave our name.” Mahmoud Darwish at the 50th anniversary of the Nakba*
Killed 56, injured 1385, carried out 8636 raids and attacks, demolished 172 homes…
by Stuart Littlewood
The Palestinian Embassy, for once, has done something useful and released figures that paint a shocking picture of Israel’s mega-crimes against their helpless Palestinian neighbours over the past year.
