In the dim light of dawn on May 30th, 2020, Iyad al-Hallaq—a beacon of hope to his mother and a special-needs student passionate about cooking—stepped out of his home, his pockets carrying three forms of identification attesting to his autism. His day had begun like any other until it veered off its familiar track in … Read more
In light of the milestones of 2017 (100 years after the Balfour Declaration, 69 years since the 1948 nakba, 50 years since the 1967 naksa), Josh Ruebner draws on personal anecdotes and reflections, historical documents, and legal analyses to address the question: is Israel a democracy or does its separate and unequal treatment of the Palestinian people render it an apartheid state?
By Mohamed Mohamed
The Hebrew word “hasbara” translates to “explaining,” but it is a euphemism for the propaganda that endorses the state of Israel and its actions. In its efforts to influence world opinion and promote itself on the international stage, Israel’s hasbara campaign has relied on misdirection, careful selection of words, empty semantic arguments, and the omission of crucial facts.
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