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March 21, 2014

New, updated edition of Ben White's book on 'Israeli apartheid'

Pluto Press is tonight (21 March 2014) launching a new edition of Ben White's sharp and demanding analysis of Israeli-Palestinian politics, Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide.
March 21, 2014

Churches' chief expresses concern over Israeli Knesset law

World Council of Churches General Secretary Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has expressed “grave concern” about a law recently passed by the Israeli Knesset or parliament.
February 2, 2013

United Methodists asked to avoid SodaStream products

United Methodists have been asked to avoid SodaStream products advertised during the Super Bowl, as part of a boycott of illegal Israeli settlements.
January 15, 2012

Religious row over gender segregation in Israel

Should Israel allow segregation by gender in the public sphere simply because one religious group - ultra-Orthodox Jews - demand it?
October 11, 2011

New survey shows dissatisfaction among Israeli Jews

Some 80 per cent of Jewish Israelis are dissatisfied with how the government handles issues of religion and state, a new survey suggests.
May 30, 2011

Armenian Genocide and Israeli recognition

If the motion for recognition of the Armenian Genocide was successful this year in the Israeli Knesset, despite his misgivings, Harry Hagopian - alongside scores of other Armenian and non-Armenian scholars, activists, sympathisers and grassroots - will rejoice at this moral and equitable achievement.
May 27, 2011

Israel is holding the Kirk's work hostage

The Church of Scotland General Assembly agreed, under threat, to withdraw a resolution calling for a UK ban on goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Paraic Reamonn says that the ethnically-defined nature of the current Israeli state, its treatment of Palestinians and what its policies are doing to the identity of Jewish people should be a matter of priority concern to Christians and others of goodwill.
January 11, 2011

UN chief deplores razing of East Jerusalem hotel for new Israeli settlements

The UN Secretary-General has deplored the destrustion of an hotel in occupies Est Jerusalem to make way for new Israeli settlements.
September 1, 2010

WCC condemns killing of Israelis in the West Bank

The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches has condemned the killings of the four Israeli settlers near Hebron in the West Bank.
May 14, 2010

Agencies concerned about the impact of Israel joining the OECD

Israel joining the OECD at a time when civil society in the country is increasingly under threat is a matter of real concern, say development and human rights NGOs.