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Israeli Raid on Seven Human Rights Groups Is Attack on Palestinian Civil Society

Marjorie Cohn Truthout
Most of the Palestinian human rights groups that were ransacked on August 18 have been in Israel’s crosshairs since last October, when Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz baselessly declared that Israel had designated six of those groups under its 2016 Counter Terrorism Law as “terrorist organizations”

The Real Danger of Israel’s New Government

Phyllis Bennis Counterpunch
Despite the presence of centrist, center-left, and one small Palestinian party, power in the new government lies with the far right. There will be no shift in the conditions of life for Palestinians.
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