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Charlotte Silver

Charlotte Silver is a journalist in San Francisco, formerly based in the West Bank, Palestine. Follow her on Twitter: @CharESilver.

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Lawyer Who Says Palestinians Don’t Exist Sues San Francisco University

Israel lobby group's lawsuit is another effort to censor Palestine activism.

By: Charlotte Silver ,; TheElectronicIntifada

July 2, 2017

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Prisons & Policing

Israel Resorts to Psychological Warfare to Try to Break Palestinian Hunger Strike

More than 1,500 Palestinian prisoners entered their fourth week without food as Israel intensifies its efforts to break the hunger strike.

By: Charlotte Silver ,; TheElectronicIntifada

May 10, 2017

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Israel Passes Law to Legalize Theft of Private Palestinian Land

Israel's parliament approved a bill to retroactively legalize the expropriation by settlers of private Palestinian land.

By: Charlotte Silver ,; TheElectronicIntifada

February 9, 2017

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Israel’s “Less Lethal” Weapons Take Children’s Eyes and Lives

Eight children have been shot in the head or neck, despite instructions not to fire rubber-coated bullets above the torso.

By: Charlotte Silver ,; TheElectronicIntifada

March 28, 2016

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Biggest Israeli Demolition in a Decade Leaves 100 Homeless

The demolitions were carried out in an area Israel declared a closed military zone as far back as the 1970s.

By: Charlotte Silver ,; TheElectronicIntifada

February 7, 2016

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Number of Palestinian Children in Israeli Prisons Doubles

Marah is now one of three Palestinian teenage girls held in Ramle prison with Israeli women convicted of criminal offenses.

By: Charlotte Silver ,; TheElectronicIntifada

December 11, 2015

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Israeli Settlers Demand Demolition of Palestinian Village

Israel has stated that after Ramadan, it would begin to demolish the Susiya village.

By: Charlotte Silver ,; ElectronicIntifada

July 24, 2015

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Author Nora Barrows-Friedman Chronicles Rise of Student Movement for Justice in Palestine

Students for Justice in Palestine groups are proliferating on college campuses around the country and their power is being felt at the highest echelons.

By: Charlotte Silver ,; Truthout

October 27, 2014

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“Our Village Has Become a Ghost Town”: a Distressing Phone Call From Gaza

Raed, 31, knew that his cousin had been killed by an Israeli sniper in Gaza earlier that day, leaving behind a wife and six children.

By: Charlotte Silver ,; ElectronicIntifada

July 29, 2014

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Imperial Sports: An Interview With Dave Zirin

An interview with political sports writer Dave Zirin, about his latest book, explores the unfolding of the World Cup and the Olympics in Brazil, and what we can expect …

By: Charlotte Silver ,; Truthout

June 29, 2014