IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
Benjamin Netanyahu, as the longest-serving prime minister in Israeli history, has been the face of his nation in recent times. So it’s understandable to think that the news of his likely departure from leading the Israeli government represents a radical shift in Israeli politics. But this won’t be the case.
on June 8, 2021
Sheikh Jarrah families rejected Avichai Mendelbit’s stance, saying the case is not a legal issue but forced expulsion.
on June 7, 2021
The all-female staff at Clifton’s Palestinian American Community Center received about 30 calls including slurs, death threats and threats of sexual abuse.
on June 3, 2021
Decision to launch inquiry into human rights abuses in Israel and Palestine described as ‘welcome step’ amid international shift in willingness to look at Israeli war crimes.
on June 3, 2021
Palestinian schoolteacher Eman Basher went viral for her tweets about living through Israeli airstrikes. She writes about the experience here.
on May 28, 2021
The truth is that the Palestinian citizens of Israel and the Jewish majority of the country have never coexisted. We Palestinians living in Israel “sub-exist,” living under a system of discrimination and racism with laws that enshrine our second-class status and with policies that ensure we are never equals.
on May 26, 2021
More than 100 progressive groups signed onto a May 14 statement asking Biden to denounce “Israel’s use of disproportionate and deadly force against Palestinians in Gaza” and “condemn Israeli government plans to forcibly displace Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem.”
on May 25, 2021
“This is what we warned about. Israel will target us all when you stop looking.”
on May 25, 2021