A Palestinian was arrested by Israeli police after an alleged attempted stabbing close to Armon Hanatziv, an illegal Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem. In almost every other case, such suspects have been shot

The best analogy of Israel to the civil rights struggle is the Palestinian citizens of Israel, 20 percent of the population of the so-called Jewish state who are not Jewish, says former civil rights worker Dorothy Zellner

Carlos Latuff explores the debate among US presidential candidates over the US/Israel relationship.

Ari Shavit attempts to silence Breaking the Silence by employing an inappropriate biblical quote in his Ha’aretz column and calling for “unending devotion to the Zionist enterprise”

A Georgia-based program that has sent thousands of American law enforcement officials to Israel for counter-terrorism training is promoting Islamophobia into police forces across the U.S..

Orientalism is alive and well at the New York Times, as the paper tries to explain the Saudi-Iran dispute by citing 7th century theology.

After Hamas released video of former Israeli prisoner Gilad Shalit, in a possible effort to initiate another deal, Hamas arrested satirist Ayman Al-aloul for mocking the video. Hamas treats prisoners under Islamic law, but not dissenters.

NYT piece by Diaa Hadid says Palestinians in Haifa get to enjoy freedoms they wouldn’t in Arab society; but a main source for the piece says on Facebook that the Times quoted him out of context and censored his support for cultural resistance to Israel.

Israel charged two suspects this morning in district court for an arson attack on the West Bank village of Duma where Jewish extremists killed three Palestinians five months ago in most high-profile case of settler violence. The lead suspect is Amiram Ben-Uliel, 21, who is said to have confessed to the firebombing. His alleged accomplice, 17, is unnamed.

An Israeli living in France returns home and reports tragically that people shut out knowledge of apartheid and meantime live in fear.