Renewed attacks on human rights groups in Israel
A campaign planned for Israeli Remembrance Day feeds a growing trend to delegitimize dissent in Israel
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Why dissent in Israel is under attack
The room for political dissent in Israel is narrowing significantly
The room for political dissent in Israel is narrowing significantly: this is the disturbing conclusion from a series of recent developments in Israel and the Occupied Terr
Yair Wallach is a research associate in the University of Cambridge, in the “Conflict in Cities” research programme investigating the impact of nationalist conflicts on everyday urban life in Jerusalem, Belfast and other cities.
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EU Parliament endorses Goldstone report, supports Israeli NGOs
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In a resolution adopted on 10 March, the European Parliament (EP) endorsed the recommendations of the UN Fact-Fin
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Background paper: Sheikh Jarrah - Jewish settlement and Palestinian dispossession
Sheikh Jarrah is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, part of the territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 war. It was illegally annexed to Israel after the end of the war.
Further reading: Ir Amim, June 2009: Evictions and Settlement Plans in Sheikh Jarrah, http://www.ir-amim.org.il/Eng/_Uploads/dbsAttachedFile…
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Im Tirtzu: delegitimising the 'delegitimisers'
A campaign to suppress all criticism now extends to smearing Israeli human rights activists as hostile to Jewish statehood
The word “delegitimisation” has become the most significant weapon in the rhetorical arsenal of those defending Israel against external and internal enemies.
Cross-posted with The Guardian, Comment is Free
Antony Lerman is the Chair of JNews - Alternative Jewish Perspectives on Israel and Palestine, and the former director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research