For much of the past two years, Israel has been exporting weapons and military training to the Philippine security forces under President Rodrigo Duterte. As part of Duterte’s brutal drug war, police officers and masked militiamen have been raiding the country’s poorest neighborhoods, where they execute men and young boys […]
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem blasts Israel’s prime minister over travel ban
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem has called Israel’s prime minister a ‘‘bully’’ and says she won’t visit as long as he remains the country’s leader. In a statement posted online Saturday, she said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to bar a visit by two Democratic congresswomen was ‘‘a welcome sign […]
Israeli forces storm Jerusalem stadium, intercept sports event
Israeli forces and intelligence officers on Sunday raided Burj al-Laqlaq stadium in the Old City of Jerusalem and removed all banners put up inside the building for the Jerusalem families league season. The Israeli forces attacked the Palestinian citizens who were there and assaulted a number of them before forcing […]
Hashtag honouring Palestinian grandmothers trends after Israel bans Tlaib
Social media users are sharing photos and stories of their Palestinian grandmothers on Twitter to show support for US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, who was barred from visiting the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Israel. Last week, Israel announced their plans to bar Tlaib and US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from […]