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![Demonstrators attend a rally to protest against the 'Jewish Nation-State Bill' in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on July 14, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/07/GettyImages-998753404-400x300.jpg)
Israel Illegally Enshrines Apartheid in Its “Basic Law”
Israel's new legislation violates both customary and treaty-based international law.
![Palestinian women demonstrators carry signs during a protest in Ramallah during the First Intifada.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/07/GettyImages-535975952-400x300.jpg)
New Film Highlights Women’s Role in the First Palestinian Intifada
“Naila and the Uprising” is about a women-led, nonviolent, grassroots movement for liberation and gender equality.
![Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on as Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, on June 19, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/07/GettyImages-978862148-400x300.jpg)
Former UN Special Rapporteur on US Withdrawal From the Human Rights Council
With global tensions rising, the US finds itself in a corner by design and incompetence, says Richard Falk.
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Amid Scathing Accusations of War Crimes, UN Votes to Condemn Israeli Violence Against Palestinians
The US also tried to ram through an amendment blaming Hamas for ‘'initiating violence.'’
![A Palestinian woman documents the situation at the border fence with Israel as mass demonstrations continue on May 14, 2018, in Gaza City, Gaza.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/GettyImages-958462634-400x300.jpg)
The Great Return March and the Women of Gaza: Why Palestine’s Feminists Are Fighting on Two Fronts
The Return March, which has just ended, was unique in recent history in Gaza for a number of reasons.
![Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered in Union Square on April 6, 2018, to show solidarity with the tens of thousands of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip carrying out the historic Great March of Return and to mourn the lives of Palestinians shot and killed by Israeli forces along the border.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/GettyImages-943205422-400x300.jpg)
Why Anti-Fascist and Pro-BDS Work Go Hand-in-Hand
They share a commitment to fight bigotry in all its forms.
!["Jews Say No!" monthly protest in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/JSN-photo--400x300.jpg)
The Dangers of Conflating Anti-Zionism With Anti-Semitism
We cannot ignore the structures of oppression within Zionism.
![Palestinians carry an effigy bearing a poster of President Donald Trump during a protest against Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in Gaza City, December 13, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/GettyImages-891665212-400x300.jpg)
Under Trump, US Contempt for International Law Intensifies
Reckless policies have increased the military's role.
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Remembering Palestinian Medic Razan al-Najjar, Killed by the Israeli Defense Forces
Palestinian medic Razan al-Najjar was killed as she ran to provide medical aid to a wounded protester.
![Palestinians gather as part of the "Great March of Return" demonstration after Friday Prayer in Khan Yunis, Gaza on April 13, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/GettyImages-945801476-400x300.jpg)
Freedom Flotilla Sails Again to Gaza in Support of the Palestinian Great March of Return
“This is a civil society to civil society mission.”