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Benjamin Netanyahu

'A Disgrace': Israel Sending Covid Vaccines Overseas as Occupied Palestinians Left Without Access

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein attend a ceremony for the arrival of a plane carrying a shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on January 10, 2021.

'Better Late Than Never': Palestinians Welcome ICC Decision Enabling War Crimes Probe of Israel

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Israeli warplanes launched attacks on the residential "Italian tower" in the al-Nasr neighborhood of Gaza City during "Operation Protective Edge" in August of 2014. (Photo: Ibrahim Khader/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

An investigation "would not, for sure, bring my kids back to life," said a survivor of an Israeli airstrike. "However, I am certain that I need to continue to try to find some sort of justice."

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Palestinians Left to Wait—and Die—as Israel Prepares to Vaccinate Against Covid-19

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Empty streets are a sign of the times throughout Gaza, which is living under a government-imposed coronavirus curfew. (Photo: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images)

"Israel has the legal, moral, and humanitarian responsibility to vaccinate the...

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'Reckless, Provocative, and Illegal': Sanders Warns Assassination of Iranian Scientist Designed to Kill Diplomacy

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Anti-war activists protest in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. on January 4, 2020.

"We must not allow that to happen. Diplomacy, not murder, is the best path...

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet at the Prime Ministry Office in West Jerusalem on November 19, 2020.

'Iran in the Crosshairs?' Reports of Secret Meeting Between Netanyahu, MbS, and Pompeo Spark Fears of War Plot

Palestinian women protest the upcoming visit of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to an illegal Israeli settlement in the unlawfully occupied West Bank on November 18, 2020. (Photo: Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

"Proudly Pro-BDS": Jewish-Led Groups Condemn Pompeo for Declaring Boycott-Divestment Movement Anti-Semitic

A man reads about the U.S. election results on November 9, 2020 in Tehran, Iran. The people in Iran seem hopeful that President-elect Joe Biden will lift the sanctions imposed by outgoing President Donald Trump. (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

As Trump Ignores Election Results and Plans 'Flood' of Sanctions, Biden Signals Possible Shift in US Relations With Iran

President Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office after announcing an agreement between the U.S., Israel, and Sudan to normalize relations between Jerusalem and Khartoum. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Palestinian and Peace Leaders Condemn Trump's Israel-Sudan Normalization Deal as 'Stab in the Back'

Protesters in the illegally-occupied Palestinian city of Ramallah in the West Bank protest Israel's peace pacts with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on September 15, 2020. (Photo: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images)

For Palestinians and Their Supporters, Arab-Israeli Pacts Are 'A Stab in The Back' Amid Ongoing Oppression

US Vice President and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a meeting at the latter's office in Jerusalem, Israel on March 9, 2016 (Photo: Debbie Hill/AFG/Getty Images)

Citing 'Unbreakable Commitment,' Harris Vows Biden Would Never Place Conditions on US Military Aid to Israel

Critics Say Trump Push to Sell Fighter Jets and Armed Drones to Emirates Confirms US-Israel-UAE Deal 'Was Never About Peace'

Palestinian Rights Advocates Refuse to Applaud Israel-Trump-UAE Deal That Upholds 'Ongoing, Devastating Apartheid'

Demonstrators take part in a rally as Palestinians call for a 'day of rage' to protest against Israel's plan to annex parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in Gaza City July 1, 2020. (Photo: Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

'Day of Rage': Palestinians and Global Allies Rise Up Against Annexation Plan and Israeli Apartheid

A general view shows ongoing construction work in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev, near the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on June 24, 2020. (Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images)

With Demand 'Echoing Across the World,' UN Chief Calls on Israel to Abandon Illegal Annexation Plan

47 UN Human Rights Experts Condemn US Support for Israel's 'Unlawful' Annexation Plan

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) holds a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) after traveling abroad for the first time amid the novel coronavirus pandemic in West Jerusalem on May 13, 2020.

Amid Pandemic, Pompeo Heads to Israel to 'Provoke War With Iran,' Ensure West Bank Annexation

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CODEPINK

Over 50 Organizations/Groups to Protest the UAE and Bahrain Normalization with Israel During Deal Signing at the White House

Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Slams Trump’s So-Called Middle East "Peace Plan"

Amnesty International - USA

Dismal ‘Peace Deal’ Would Exacerbate Violations, Enshrine Impunity Between Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories

Jewish Voice for Peace

Trump's "Peace Plan" Is a Farce With Deadly Consequences

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

Shift on Israeli Settlements Violates Norms Established at Nuremberg, Human Rights Attorneys Say

Jewish Voice for Peace

We Must Not Just Watch, Yet Again, As Israel’s Massive Military Dominates and Destroys Palestinian Lives and Livelihoods in Gaza

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James North

Trump and Netanyahu Keep Trying to Goad Iran Conflict. They Have 18 Days.

Juan Cole

Everyday War Crimes: Israeli PM Netanyahu Gets Covid Vaccine, Squatters Get Vaccine, But Not Occupied Palestinians

Juan Cole

Affirming Jim Crow, Israeli Parliament Votes Down Bill Guaranteeing Equality for Palestinian-Israelis

Mitchell Plitnick

Israel, the UAE, & Bahrain Didn’t Sign Peace Deals, They’re Military Alliances to Counter Iran

Ted Snider

Peace Plans That Have Nothing to Do With Peace

Ariel Gold

Peace Through Weapons Sales to the UAE

Ramzy Baroud

Netanyahu vs Gantz: Gaza Escalation as Reflection of Israel’s Political Rivalry

Juan Cole

In Further War Crime, Israelis Cut Electricity to Gaza, Idling 50,000 Factory Workers

James Zogby

Why Is the Democratic Party So Timid on Palestinian Rights?

Sina Toossi

The Beginning of the U.S.-Iran Hot War?