- Just the Facts: Doing Business while Palestinian
Doing Business while Palestinian: Just the Facts… Roughly 127,000 Palestinians work inside Israel or in illegal Jewish settlements. Gaza’s economy actually… more - Just the Facts: Christians in the Holy Land
Christians were 80 percent of the population in and around Bethlehem when Israel was founded. Christians make up just 12… more - Just the Facts: Syrian Golan
In June 1967, Israel seized and occupied 1,250 km2 of the Syrian Golan (over 2/3 of the total land mass).… more - Just the Facts: Right of Return
In 1948 over 1 million Palestinians, 73.2% of the native Palestinian Arab population, became refugees or IDPs. More than half… more - Just the Facts: Human Rights
3. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. 5. No one shall be subjected to torture… more - Just the Facts: The Kairos Document
“Why now? Because today we have reached a dead end in the tragedy of the Palestinian people. The decision-makers content… more - Just the Facts: Gender-Based Violence
Roughly 1,360 night raids are conducted on Palestinians each year. Nearly four in ten women in the Gaza Strip face… more - Just the Facts: Children’s Rights
83% of Palestinian children in East Jerusalem live below the Israel-defined poverty line. In 2019, 5,289 permits were issued to… more - Just the Facts: Antisemitism
Major violent incidents of antisemitism worldwide rose from 78 in 1989 to 456 in 2019. In 2020, lockdowns reduced encounters… more - Just the Facts: Anti-Muslim and Anti-Islamic Discrimination
Since 2017, Chinese authorities have destroyed or damaged 16,000 mosques in Xinjiang. Chinese authorities have detained up to 1.5 million… more - Just the Facts: Women in Conflict
33% of Palestinian women in refugee camps have directly experienced physical assault by Israeli Occupation Forces. 9% have been exposed… more - Just the Facts: Profiting from Occupation
Understanding Profiting from Occupation. Some of the international corporations that profit from the illegal occupation of Palestine… ABB Group Adama… more - Just the Facts: Mental Health
Up to 40% of Palestinians suffer from depression. Among areas heavily bombarded during the 2014 war on Gaza, 54% of… more - Just the Facts: Nonviolence in Palestine
PRINCIPLE ONE: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people. PRINCIPLE TWO: Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding.… more - Just the Facts: Bedouin Rights
There are around 40,000 Bedouins in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), most of which are refugees and displaced indigenous tribes.… more - Just the Facts: Blockade of Gaza
The blockade was first imposed on Gaza by Israel in 2006 after Hamas won the Palestinian elections. Gaza’s unemployment rate… more - Just the Facts: Bethlehem
Less than 1% of Area C in Bethlehem has an outline plan approved by the Israeli authorities allowing legal Palestinian… more - Just the Facts: Education Funding and Policy
UNRWA operates 711 elementary and preparatory schools across the West Bank, Gaza, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon. UNRWA schools serve over… more - Just the Facts: Art as Resistance
These are just a few of the artists, be they authors or filmmakers or painters or poets or musicians, who… more - Just the Facts: Christian Zionism
Understanding Christian Zionism: Just the Facts. The Political Agenda of Christian Zionism… “The belief that the Jews remain God’s chosen… more - Just the Facts: U.S. Role in Palestine
Understanding the U.S. Role in Palestine: Just the Facts… At least 26 states have enacted laws infringing upon the right… more - Just the Facts: Indigenous Rights
Understanding Indigenous Rights: Just the Facts. From the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples… The declaration is… more - Just the Facts: Collective Punishment
Understanding Collective Punishment: Just the Facts. Forms of Israel’s collective punishment of Palestinians… checkpoints walls curfews the Nakba Law home… more - Just the Facts: Family Unification
Understanding Family Unification: Just the Facts… Israel controls immigration into both Israel and the occupied Paletinian territories. Israel’s control over… more - Just the Facts: Israeli Apartheid Wall
Understanding the Israeli Apartheid Wall: Just the Facts… 85% of the Wall is located in the West Bank. The Wall… more - Just the Facts: Morally Responsible Investing
Understanding Morally Responsible Investing: Just the Facts. Methods of morally responsible investing… “…A campaign of sanctions which highlights the moral… more - Just the Facts: Nuclear Israel
Understanding Nuclear Israel: Just the Facts… Israel began to research nuclear weapons soon after it declared independence in 1948 and… more - Just the Facts: Palestinian Refugees
Understanding Palestinian Refugees: Just the Facts… At least 8.7 of 13.05 million (66.7%) Palestinians worldwide are forcibly displaced persons. Among… more - Just the Facts: Tourism and Pilgrimage
Israel… Has full control over who can visit Palestine and restricts access of tourists to the occupied territory. Uses tourism… more - Just the Facts: Environmental Effects of Occupation
Palestinians have been denied access to the Jordan River, their main surface water resource, since 1967. 40% of surface water… more - Just the Facts: Child Fatalities
A total of 67 Palestinian children were killed in the Gaza Strip and 2 children were killed in Israel in… more - Just the Facts: Preserving History and Culture
The Israel’s Defense Ministry’s secretive security department, Malmab, has for decades run a program to conceal the events of 1948so… more - Just the Facts: The Ongoing Nakba
Between 100,000 and 150,000 Palestinians were displaced under the Mandate, roughly a million were displaced in the Nakba, and another… more - Just the Facts: U.S. Support of Israel
The Obama-Netanyahu Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) increased U.S. military aid by 27% per year. It increased U.S. military aid to… more - Just the Facts: Freedom of Speech
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As an occupying power, Israel is obligated under international law to: protect civilians, refrain from forcible transfer of population, and… more - Just the Facts: Minors in Military Courts
About 800,000 Palestinian men, women and children have been detained since 1967. Children as young as 12 years can be… more - Just the Facts: Conditions in Gaza
Since the start of the blockade in 2005, the number of businesses in Gaza has decreased from 3,500 to 250.… more - Just the Facts: Natural Resources
Palestinians have been denied access to the Jordan River, their main surface water resource, since 1967. 40% of surface water… more - Just the Facts: Olive Trees
Since 1967 between 800,000 and 2 million Palestinian olive trees have been uprooted by Israeli authorities. Palestinians lose US $12.3… more - Just the Facts: Women in Peacebuilding
Worldwide, the proportion of peace agreements with gender equality provisions increased from 14 to 22 per cent between 1995 and… more - Just the Facts: Restrictions on Movement
In 2016, Israeli forces deployed an average of 107 adhoc ‘flying’ checkpoints along West Bank roads each week. Between 2000… more - Just the Facts: Settlements and Violence
About 250 Israeli settlements have been established across the occupied West Bank since 1967. More than 620,000 Israelis currently live… more - Just the Facts: Discriminatory Policies towards the Palestinian People
So this week’s Just the Facts isn’t really a list of facts and figures. It is, however, a visual that helps demostrate… more - Just the Facts: Medical Rights
In Palestine 1.9 million people have very limited access to healthcare, including 1.3 million refugees. Life expectancy in Palestine is… more - Just the Facts: Palestinian Citizens of Israel
In 1914, Palestinians comprised about 92% of the population. During the Nakba (“Catastrophe”), over 750,000 Palestinians fled or were forced… more - Just the Facts: Jerusalem
90% of Jerusalem’s city budget is directed towards Jewish Israeli neighborhoods. Only 10% is directed towards Palestinian neighborhoods, home to… more - Just the Facts: Building Permit Discrimination
Just the Facts: Building Permit Discrimination Israel’s Civil Administration (CA) rejects almost all building permit applications submitted by Palestinians. Applications… more - Just the Facts: Christian Emigration from the Holy Land
Understanding Christian Emigration from the Holy Land: Just the Facts… Christians were 80 percent of the population in and around… more - Just the Facts: 2020: Palestine and the Occupation in Numbers
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