Articles by Ben White
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UN Report: Israel Has Established an ‘Apartheid Regime’
Ben White – Al Jazeera,
20 Mar 2017
15 Mar 2017 – A new UN report accuses Israel of having established “an apartheid regime that oppresses and dominates the Palestinian people as a whole”. It urged governments to “support boycott, divestment and sanctions [BDS] activities and respond positively to calls for such initiatives”. It was authored by Virginia Tilley, professor of political science at Southern Illinois University, and Richard Falk, former UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, and professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University.
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Ben White - Middle East Monitor,
31 Oct 2016
21 Oct 2016 – Let us begin with the facts: Israeli authorities have tightened the long-standing blockade of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli blockade – an illegal policy of collective punishment in the words of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon – is continuing to severely harm the lives of Gaza’s two million residents, furthering the enclave’s de-development.
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Ben White | Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Les faits sont là, parlants, et Ben White les relèvent: Israël resserre drastiquement le blocus sur Gaza. Un blocus qui, rappelons-le, viole allègrement le droit international. Mais Israël s’en fout. Reste à savoir pourquoi l’Etat colonial durcit les restrictions maintenant.
→ read full articleIn Israel, Racism Is the Law
Ben White – Al Jazeera,
7 Mar 2016
Successive Israeli governments since 1948 are responsible for the institutionalised discrimination against Palestinians. The Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, under military rule within this de facto single state, are subjected to severe policies of discrimination and segregation, as well as military brutality and repression.
→ read full article(Français) Contrecarrer le changement démocratique: Etre Palestinien en Israël
Ben White, Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Dec 2015
Quelques morceaux choisis du livre de Ben White, ‘Etre Palestinien en Israël’. Edité par La Guillotine, cet ouvrage indispensable traite d’une question clé ignorée par le “processus de paix” officiel et par les commentateurs les plus influents : celle de la minorité palestinienne à l’intérieur d’Israël.
→ read full articleThe Truth about West Bank Demolitions
Ben White – Al Jazeera,
16 Feb 2015
Driving Palestinians out of Area C will facilitate its future annexation to Israel. In January , UN official James W Rawley urged Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian structures, including those ‘provided by the international community to support vulnerable families’.
→ read full articleIsraeli Think-Tank Holds Anti-BDS ‘Hackathon’
Ben White – Middle East Monitor,
26 Jan 2015
16 Jan 2015 – Pro-Israel activists have vowed to fight back against a growing global boycott campaign. Improving Zionist groups’ “toolbox” in the fight against Palestine solidarity campaigners means “develop[ing] methodologies to be able to penetrate, with messaging and for other purposes, often protected and niche internet-mediated worlds.”
→ read full articleRacism and the Hypocrisy of Israel’s Advocates
Ben White – Al Jazeera,
18 Feb 2013
The vital fight against anti-Semitism is “cynically abused to defend Israel’s institutionalised racism”.
→ read full articleIsrael Is an Apartheid State (No Poll Required)
Ben White – Al Jazeera,
5 Nov 2012
A new Ha’aretz poll indicates a majority of Jewish Israelis favour apartheid – but that’s nothing new. There is no need for such a poll in order to reach the conclusion that Israel is guilty of apartheid: The facts speak for themselves.
→ read full articleIsrael: Ethnic Cleansing in the Negev
Ben White – Al Jazeera,
22 Oct 2012
The forced relocation of Bedouins in southern Israel fits Foreign Affairs’ definition of ethnic cleansing.
→ read full articleUK’s Student Body Endorses Divestment
Ben White – The Electronic Intifada,
9 Jan 2012
In a historic move, the National Union of Students (NUS) in the UK has thrown its weight behind campaigns targeting companies complicit in Israel’s occupation and breaches of international law. In a similar move to the South African Anti-Apartheid movement, activists in Palestine – from Students’ Unions to LGBTQ organisations – have asked international supporters to refrain from supporting companies and institutions that profit from or maintain the occupation.
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