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The Israel Exception From U.S. Laws
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Israel occupies the apex of power in the United States. It is no surprise, therefore, that the law is routinely warped to cosset or shield Israel. One prominent example is the Leahy Law of 1997, which prohibits security assistance to any security unit of a foreign country credibly accused of a gross violation of human rights, such as extrajudicial killing, torture or prolonged arbitrary detention. The State Department has de facto carved out an Israel exception to the Leahy Law. No Israeli security unit has ever been disqualified from U.S. security assistance despite what all the world knows and can see in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle East.

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Demands for Investigation into IDF Killing of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi in West Bank Go Unanswered
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Calls for an investigation into the death of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, after she was shot in the head and killed by Israeli Occupation Force (IOF) soldiers have gone unanswered. Eygi, a dual American-Turkish citizen, was killed near the town of Beita in the West Bank on Sept. 6, 2024, following a peaceful protest with other foreign nationals to prevent illegal settlement of Palestinian land. Since she was killed, members of her family, over 100 U.S. congressional representatives, human rights organizations and others have been demanding an independent investigation into her death. To date, no report has been issued.

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Preserving Identity: How Palestinians Protect and Celebrate Their Heritage in the Face of Erasure
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Palestinian heritage has endured endless challenges—internal displacement, massacres of population, occupation and cultural appropriation. Yet this cultural identity is tenaciously celebrated and defended. To Palestinians, our embroidery, the keffiyeh and cuisine are all symbols of our history and struggle and embody our resistance. When adopted by others, they are means of showing solidarity.

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Loot: How Israel Stole Palestinian Property
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In meticulous detail, Loot: How Israel Stole Palestinian Property describes the pillaging of Palestinian moveable property by Jewish Zionists in 1948, a process that began while the ethnic cleansing of the indigenous population was still underway. Early Israeli propagandists liked to pontificate that the plucky Zionist pioneers “made the desert bloom,” but in fact they walked into a fully furnished homeland, and everywhere they set their gaze, they found much to covet. They took whatever could be removed—furniture, pianos, Persian rugs, fine china, bed sheets, refrigerators and factory equipment. Farming equipment was commandeered by the agricultural cooperatives set up in the country. Sometimes they broke into still-occupied homes and demanded the right to live in a room or two.

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