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WATCH: Israeli Troops Reportedly Stand By As Settlers Open Fire On Palestinians

AP | Posted 05.21.2012

JERUSALEM -- An Israeli human rights group has released a video that suggests Israeli soldiers stood by while Jewish settlers opened fire on Palestini...

Investigation Into Deaths Of 21 Gazans Of Single Family Closed

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.02.2012

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military said Wednesday it has closed its investigation into the shelling deaths of 21 members of a single Palestinian family...

WATCH: Israeli Officer Smashes Protester With Gun

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 04.17.2012

JERUSALEM — A senior Israeli military officer's seemingly unprovoked assault against an unarmed pro-Palestinian activist drew sharp condemnation...

The Party at the End of the World

Julie Gray | Posted 04.15.2012

Julie Gray

America does not know the feeling of having countries, say, 90 minutes away from its border that often say things like America doesn't deserve to exist and brethren will unite to prove this! America does not know what is like to be attacked, routinely, by missiles.

Some Lessons From the Latest Gaza Confrontation

Alan Elsner | Posted 05.17.2012

Alan Elsner

The latest confrontation between Israel and Iranian-backed terrorists in the Gaza Strip seems to be coming to an end. So what are some of the lessons from this episode?

Never Underestimate Israeli Ingenuity

Joshua Gleis | Posted 05.01.2012

Joshua Gleis

As the battle of both words and deeds heats up between Iran and the west, some experts have begun to question whether Israel even truly has the capabi...

American Jews Need to See Israel's Footnote -- Oscar or No

Bradley Burston | Posted 04.24.2012

Bradley Burston

In a stark variation on the concept of two countries divided by a common language, American Jews and Israelis are two peoples unified by their lack of that shared tongue.

Israel Successfully Tests Missile Defense System

AP | Posted 04.11.2012

JERUSALEM -- Israel says it has successfully tested an upgraded radar for the Arrow missile defense system, developed with the United States and desig...

Watching the Barrier's Checkpoints

Yermi Brenner | Posted 03.06.2012

Yermi Brenner

The Separation Barrier was built by the Israeli government to prevent uncontrolled entry of Palestinians into Israel. My latest video report focuses on organization of Israeli women peace-activists who visit these checkpoints on a daily basis.

Israeli Settlers Clash With Troops

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 02.11.2012

JERUSALEM — Dozens of Jewish settlers broke into an army base in the West Bank early Tuesday and lit fires, damaged vehicles and threw stones at...

Official: Israeli Defense Ministry Approved 40 New Houses In West Bank

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 02.11.2012

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IDF Training Israeli Settlers Ahead Of 'Mass Disorder' Expected In September

Haaretz | Chaim Levinson | Posted 10.30.2011

The IDF has conducted detailed work to determine a "red line" for each settlement in the West Bank, which will determine when soldiers will be ordered...

Terrorism, Racism, and the Idea That Israelis Are People, Too

Bradley Burston | Posted 10.25.2011

Bradley Burston

When opposition to Israeli policies crosses the line into hatred and dark stereotyping of Israelis as a whole, does this not constitute racism?

Israeli Air Strikes Hit Gaza After Eilat Attacks

BBC | Posted 10.18.2011

The Israeli military has carried out air strikes over the Gaza Strip, targeting those it blamed for a series of deadly attacks in southern Israel. ...

Conflict Resolution Commandos: A Response to the Flotilla

Roi Ben-Yehuda | Posted 08.28.2011

Roi Ben-Yehuda

Imagine back in 2010 if instead of masked men with guns, trained for intense warfare at sea, boarding a ship in the dead of night, the IDF had dispatched an elite unit of conflict resolution specialists. Could the tragedy at sea been averted?

For Palestinians, Every Day is Nakba Day

Bradley Burston | Posted 07.23.2011

Bradley Burston

There will be those who argue that Jews owe Palestinians nothing in connection with the Nakba. Not true. At the very least, on Nakba Day and every other, Jews owe Palestinians what Jews demand of Palestinians.

On Our Way to Palestine...

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 07.17.2011

Sharmine Narwani

Nour Samaha, a 28-year-old freelance Swiss-Lebanese writer based in Beirut for the past 18 months, participated in the Lebanese Nakba march to Palestine. Her story is riveting.

A Letter to Progressive U.S. Jews: These Are Your People

Bradley Burston | Posted 06.14.2011

Bradley Burston

There is much more that our people, progressive American Jews, can and should do to demonstrate humanist concern on this side of the border.

Palestinian Shepherd Killed By Israeli Army Near Erez Border

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A Palestinian medic says the Israeli army shot and killed a shepherd near Gaza's border with Israel. Adham Abu Salmia s...

Next Step: Repeal "DADT" for Mentally Ill Troops

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert David Jaffee

I applaud the recent repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. When will that same openness and tolerance come for mentally ill troops?

Disaster 101: Guns on College Campuses

Victor Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Victor Schwartz

More students carrying guns at colleges and universities will lead to significantly more deaths than would be prevented by attempts to stop what are very rare mass attacks or even homicides.

End of War: To the End of the Land by David Grossman

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

Nina Sankovitch

To the End of the Land is about war, identity, family, motherhood, friendship, faith (both secular and religious), passion, and love.

Collateral Damage: The Hidden Costs of the Ariel Boycott

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

Qanta Ahmed, MD

Boycotts focus on arresting the most valuable yet vulnerable freedoms: freedom of thought. Like a cluster bomb, boycotts are not particularly surgical in its strike, instead reeking extensive collateral damage.

Lebanon's Jews: Loyalty to Whom? BBC Documentary Tracks Vanished Community

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Magda Abu-Fadil

First came the book, then the documentary, on Lebanon's Jews who pine for their birthplace, singers Fairouz, Sabah and Wadih El Safi, and recall their...

Yes, War Does Have Rules

Bill Van Esveld | Posted 05.25.2011

Bill Van Esveld

Many Israelis take the laws of war seriously. Yet Israel has not incorporated them into domestic legislation; Israeli military law does not specify various war crimes.