The Afrikaans word “apartheid”, which translates to “separateness”, entered the realm of international law in response to racist regimes in South Africa. Apartheid refers to an institutionalized system of segregation based on race. The 1973 United Nations...
Grayzone journalist Jeremy Loffredo embedded himself within a community of Israelis who have chosen to block humanitarian aid into Gaza. Loffredo interviewed several Jewish settlers to see why they chose to block humanitarian aid, which he emphasizes is illegal. The...
The Defense for Children – Palestine (DCIP) is an organization that “defend children’s rights by offering free legal aid, documenting violations of international law, and advocating for greater protections.” The DCIP was founded in 1991 as an independent, local branch...
“One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” —Omar El Akkad, Journalist Why We Record: Defying Fragmentation and Erasure in...
“What I saw today made me feel ashamed to be Jewish” – Don Pardo, former Director of Mossad Tamir Pardo, the former Director of Mossad from 2011–2016, recently toured the West Bank, after which he delivered a sobering assessment of the mistreatment of Palestinian...
The Akevot Institute for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Research published a previously suppressed IDF intelligence report dating from 1948. This report contradicts the Israeli narrative about the major factor in the displacement of Israel’s Arab residents during the...
David Sheen is a Toronto-born, Haifa-based investigative journalist, who has worked for dozens of local, regional, and international news outlets, from Haaretz to Electronic Intifada, since 2010. He has focused extensively on the Israeli far-right, including the...
In the Knesset, who is left-wing? Who is right-wing? Are these terms even useful? Investigative journalist, David Sheen, gave a series of lectures for an international audience; he threw out the traditional breakdown of Israeli politics in favor of a new alignment...