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![Activists from Filipino organizations march during a May 2021 Chicago rally in support of Palestine.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/Photo-from-May-12-2021-Rally_Chicago_Paul_Goyette-400x300.jpg)
Israel Sends Weapons to Duterte. Filipinx and Palestinian Struggle Are Linked.
Filipinx activists opposing settler colonialism at home have many reasons to organize in solidarity with Palestine.
![A group of environmentalists gather to stage a demonstration to draw attention to global warming and climate change in Brussels, Belgium, on March 14, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1231715839-400x300.jpg)
Belgium Court Declares Inadequate Climate Policy a Human Rights Violation
A Brussels court on Thursday ruled that Belgium's climate policy breaches its duty of care and human rights obligations.
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Germany Gave My Family Reparations. Palestinians Deserve the Same From Israel.
Thousands of Jews in Israel get reparations for expulsion and persecution, yet Israel denies the same for Palestinians.
![Palestinian protesters run to take cover during a protest against the expanding of Jewish settlements and the Israeli annexation plan in the village of Beita, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, on June 8, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1233347035-400x300.jpg)
Sustainable Peace Must End Israeli Apartheid. Anything Else Is Just a Ceasefire.
Naftali Bennett, who is expected to succeed Benjamin Netanyahu, is more of an extreme opponent of Palestinian rights.
![The Zim San Diego has been stranded since June 2 as an ongoing community picket line deters it from docking at the Seattle Port.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0611-litvin-3-400x300.jpg)
BDS Is Gaining Momentum With #BlockTheBoat Actions in Oakland and Seattle
The current protests build on a long history of port shutdown organizing.
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Native Water Protectors Test Treaty Rights Strategy as Line 3 Fight Escalates
The White Earth Band is asserting jurisdiction over 1855 Treaty territories -- including Line 3 trespass violations.
![Palestinian activist twins Mona and Mohammad el-Kurd (right), speak to reporters after being released by Israeli authorities in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem on June 6, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1233306449-400x300.jpg)
Israel Condemned for Arrest of Journalist, 2 Activists in Sheikh Jarrah
The crackdown came days before Israel's Supreme Court rules on whether to allow more ethnic cleansing in East Jerusalem.
![A view of Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, on November 22, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/GettyImages-1065036494-400x300.jpg)
Refugees Insist Humanitarian Organization UNHCR Disregards Their Humanity
With few or no media outlets available to them, refugees’ grievances are drowned out by the UNHCR-perpetuated narrative.
![Naftali Bennett, Israeli parliament member from the Yamina party, attends a special session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in which MPs will elect a new president, in Jerusalem, on June 2, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1233227693-400x300.jpg)
Palestinian Lives Still Won’t Matter Under the Next Israeli Government
If chosen to succeed Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister, Naftali Bennett won't end apartheid or the occupation.
![Rep. Barbara Lee listens during a commemoration rally on June 1, 2021, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1321184554-400x300.jpg)
Barbara Lee Introduces Bill to Help Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange
Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange sprayed by the U.S. continue to suffer but have never been adequately compensated.