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Advertisements ReThinking Foreign Policy is proud to announce its support of Betty McCollum’s historic legislation, the Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act. The legislation, which is endorsed by more than 70 organizations and is co-sponsored by 13 other members of theContinue Reading

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There is no rational justification for Israel to simply be exempted from U.S. laws regarding the aid we give. As the largest recipient of aid over the past thirty years, we should expect Israel to honor U.S. law to the letter. This letter demands just that, and given the amount of harm that home demolitions do to Palestinian civilians, the overwhelming majority of whom have committed no violation worse than building without a permit, it is long overdue.Continue Reading

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“We at B’Tselem have an uncompromising position against violence against innocent civilians. But the government in Israel imagines that the recent violence came out of nowhere, and if there is any context, it is only Palestinian incitement and anti-Semitism. We also reject that notion. The context of what we are witnessing is the occupation.”Continue Reading