Israeli Aggression

By Joharah Baker – The West Bank 

Politics is a funny game, and as the popular saying goes, also makes strange bedfellows. That is why, when well-known adversaries become unlikely allies, most people are not necessarily fazed or even remotely surprised. Human rights, however, is a different story. Designed to be clear-cut, human rights are supposedly universally applied across the board, regardless of political considerations, race, religion or gender. That is why, when Israel’s closest friends are also the world’s most democratic ones, Palestinians and their supporters chalk up the inconsistencies to politics. However, when the issue comes to basic human rights, even the most unfazed of us is shocked at just how much Israel can get away with.

On December 14, UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur to the Palestinian Territories, Richard Falk, was deported from Israel after arriving at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport from Geneva. Falk, an elderly Jewish American professor, was forced to spend the night in one of Ben Gurion’s infamous holding cells before being transported back to Switzerland.

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British telecom firm severs ties with Israeli counterparts

UK’s FreedomCall informs Israeli company of decision via email, blames Gaza operation Meir Orbach

British telecommunications firm FreedomCall has terminated its cooperation
with Israel’s MobileMax due to the IDF operation in Gaza.

"We received an email from the British company informing us that it is
severing all ties with us and any other Israeli company following Israel’s
strike in Gaza," said CEO Raanan Cohen.

"We weren’t expecting this from them and there was no prior warning. I don’t
intend to appeal to them or answer the letter."

The email from FreedomCall said, "As a result of the Israeli government
action in the last few days we will no longer be in a position to consider
doing business with yourself or any other Israeli company."

MobileMax, established in 2004, produces a program providing cellular phones
with inexpensive international service.

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