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Posted by: John Phoenix Protest after Israel passes death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks, in Jerusalem (Reuters) A new Israeli military order makes execution the default sentence for Palestinians convicted in attacks that kill Israelis, deepening the dual legal system built on racial discrimination, military rule and permanent proximity to death. By Zeynep Conkar, reposted from TRT World, May 19, 2026 Israel has become the first Western-aligned “democracy” to legislate a mandatory death penalty targeting a single ethnic group under military occupation, and this week, it put that law into force. The order was signed on Sunday by Major General Avi Bluth, commander of the Israeli army’s Central Command, at the request of Defense Mini...

Posted by: John Phoenix Israeli soldiers patrol the market in the Old City of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, last year. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP) Since January 2023, entire families have packed up their belongings and left the areas where they grew up, places in which they invested their labor and their hopes By Amira Hass, reposted from Haaretz, May 20, 2026 5,375 – that’s the number of attacks Jewish Israeli civilians committed in the West Bank between the start of 2023 and just over a week ago. These are attacks that ended in dead and wounded Palestinians and/or thefts of sheep and damage to animals, plants, property and livelihood. They don’t include the times when these ambassadors of hatred and supremacy merely engaged in intimidation and provocation...

Posted by: John Phoenix Student protesters in 2026 generally have less space to operate than even this graduating student protester in New York City in 2025. Jimin Kim ZUMAPRESS. American universities are failing in the face of Trump and the censorship efforts of pro-genocide politicians, administrators and students whose voices are outweighing the many students who want an honest appraisal of Israel’s occupation and apartheid policies. By Michael F. Brown, reposted from Electronic Intifada, May 18, 2026 Does Vietnam still haunt Americans? Forever wars in the Middle East and Donald Trump’s war of aggression against Iran – which began with the killing of scores of young school children in Minab before moving on to casual threats of genocide&nbs...

Postedby: John Phoenix   Israeli commandos in full battle gear board a sailboat with unarmed peace activists, part of the Gaza humanitarian flotilla. (screenshot) News roundup for Wednesday, May 20, 2026, Day 957 since Israel began its 2023 genocide on the Palestinian people.  Compilation of news reports – IAK staff NEWS & HEADLINES FROM GAZA: For some basic info on the Palestine-Israel conflict, go here. For more critical context, skim this, this, and this. To read about a remarkable but underreported, 20-month-long peaceful protest in Gaza against Israel, go here. Gaza Enters ‘Most Dangerous’ Famine Phase as Aid Shortfalls Deepen Economic Collapse: Warnings of mass hunger issued by Gaza’s Government Media...

Posted by: John Phoenix IOF forces memebers with dogs they taught how to rape Palestinian Prisoners. (Screenshot by Caitlin Johnstone) A number of recent reports by reputable human rights agencies and news websites have detailed the prevalence of this horrifying form of torture. by Caitlin Johnstone, reposted from Caitlin Johnstone’s Substack, December 3, 2025 One thing I try not to think about very often is how many reports we’ve been seeing about Israeli prison guards training dogs to rape Palestinian captives in torture camps like Sde Teiman. Drop Site News has a new write-up about a testimony from a journalist published by the Palestinian Journalists Protection Center. The reporter says that during his 20 months of hell in Israeli prison...

Posted by: John Phoenix 16-year-old Faris Ibrahim Faris Abu Jabal (L) 17-year-old Mahmoud Hani Mohammad Al-Majayda (C) and Mohammad Nael Khamis Al-Zoghbi, 17, were all tortured by Israel. ( (Photos: Courtesy of the families, via DCI)) As the Western media was obsessing over any claim of minor suffering of Israeli captives, thousands of Palestinians were subject to systematic round-the-clock abuses. By Robert Inlakesh, Reposted from The Palestine Chronicle, December 11, 2025 Last month, a series of shocking reports of rape and extreme torture were published by human rights groups, only to be ignored by the Western mainstream media. Among the newly released evidence of such horrendous crimes was the case of a 42-year-old Palestinian woman who testified to ...

Posted by: John Phoenix Red Cross bus, carrying Palestinians released in the 6th round of the ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement between Hamas and Israel, arrives Gaza European Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza on February 15, 2025. ([Ashraf Amra – Anadolu Agency]) Anonymous testimonies from freed Palestinian prisoners have revealed the horrific sexual torture inflicted on them by Israel reposted from The New Arab Warning: Graphic descriptions of rape and torture throughout this article Anonymous testimonies from Palestinian prisoners have revealed the horrific rape, torture, and abuse that they suffered while being detained by Israel, despite Israeli attempts to threaten them into silence. Israel released 1,968 Palestinian prisoners as par...

Posted by: John Phoenix On October 13th 2017, 16 children and 2 adults were ambushed and arrested in Hebron by the Israeli soldiers. They were detained in a cage at checkpoint 56,  cable-tied,  kicked, and hit, then transferred to an Israeli police station where they were subjected to further physical and psychological violence. All were eventually released without charge, after threats were made to their families. (From Christian Peacemaker Teams) More than 50,000 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank have been detained by Israel since 1967, according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.  reposted from The New Arab [Editor’s note: Defense for Children International – Palestine reports:  Since 1...