The Silencing of Ghassan Kanafani – Israel’s Addiction to the Quick Fix of Assassination
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The Silencing of Ghassan Kanafani – Israel’s Addiction to the Quick Fix of Assassination

Next month sees the 50th anniversary of the killing of Palestinian novelist and intellectual Ghassan Kanafani in July 1972. His death was attributed to the Mossad and the anniversary of it is worth reflecting upon in the light of a continuing resort to the policy of assassination by the State of Israel.

UN Special Rapporteur Says Israel Is Committing ‘Pitiless’ Apartheid in New Report
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UN Special Rapporteur Says Israel Is Committing ‘Pitiless’ Apartheid in New Report

In a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Michael Lynk says that the situation in the occupied Palestinian Territory has moved beyond occupation and annexation, and now amounts to the crime of apartheid.

Can Israel Stop the World from Saying ‘Apartheid’? Concealing the Suffering in Palestine
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Can Israel Stop the World from Saying ‘Apartheid’? Concealing the Suffering in Palestine

Amnesty International recently released a 280-page report with a sharp headline, “Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians.” Amnesty “concluded that Israel has perpetrated the international wrong of apartheid, as a human rights violation and a violation of public international law.”