In Detaining Peter Beinart, Israel has Declared It No Longer Represents Millions of Jews Overseas
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-22
Nazareth. There are few places in Israel where its apartheid character is more conspicuous than the imposing international airport just outside Tel Aviv, named after the country's founding father, David Ben Gurion. Most planes landing in Israel have to circle over the West Bank before making their descent. Below, more than two million Palestinians living…
counterpunch.org/2018/08/22/in-detaining-peter-beinart-israel-has-declared-it-no-longer-represents-millions-of-jews-overseas-2/
Detained Journalist Released Under Strict Conditions
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-22
The Israeli Authorities released, on Tuesday evening, a Palestinian journalist from the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after forcing him to pay a fine, in addition to preventing him for working in his profession for two months. The journalist, Ala' Rimawi, was abducted, along with three other reporters, on …
Israel Refuses To Grant Medical Treatment For Gaza Patients Related To Hamas Members
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-22
The Israeli government has informed the High Court of its decision refusing to allow medical treatment for Gaza patients, even those who require life-saving intervention, "if they are related to members of Hamas," except for patients 16 years of age, or younger. The government said that even if the patients' …
Israel Refuses To Grant Medical Treatment For Gaza Patients Related To Hamas Members
Trump's Recent Remark on Israel Ignores How Apartheid Works
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-08-22
In a conversation earlier this summer with Jordan's King Abdullah II, Trump reportedly said, " [In a one-state scenario,] the prime minister of Israel in a few years will be called Mohammed." | The post Trump's Recent Remark on Israel Ignores How Apartheid Works appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/trumps-recent-remark-on-israel-ignores-how-apartheid-works/
Uri Avnery: One of My Few Heroes in the Middle East
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-22
It was somehow fitting that first news of Uri Avnery's plight should reach me from one of Israel's staunchest enemies, the Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt. One legend sending sad news of another, you see, a socialist preparing to mourn a fellow socialist, sending his sympathy for the 94-year-old Israeli political philosopher. That same philosopher was…
counterpunch.org/2018/08/22/uri-avnery-one-of-my-few-heroes-in-the-middle-east/
KPFA Management Abandoning The Station's Principles
Steve Gilmartin | indybay.org | 2018-08-22
The KPFA of 2018, however, seems all-too aligned with national security state messaging, with its constant parroting of corporate media's evidence-free "Russia meddled" narrative and, with occasional exceptions, no recognition of the grotesque but almost completely unexamined and outsized influence of the state of Israel over US politics. | The unhealthy hierarchical structure of the station–well protected and benefited paid staff versus a majority of unprotected unpaid staff–also falls into the pattern of haves and have-nots in our society at large, and the negative consequence of such a structure is…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/08/20/18817012.php
'Something very good' for Palestinians: Israel friend Trump now wants fair play in Middle East
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-22
After sparking fury by moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, President Donald Trump has now dangled a carrot in front of Palestinians by promising that they "will get something very good" in future negotiations.
rt.com/usa/436559-trump-palestinians-virginia-rally/
More Than Half the Invited Speakers Withdraw From Scientific Workshop at Israeli Settlement University
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-21
August 20, 2018 / By Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) / Six of the eleven invited speakers have confirmed their withdrawal from a physics workshop at Ariel University, which is built on occupied Palestinian land in an illegal Israeli settlement. Palestinian academics urge remaining speakers to withdraw from …
Trump Says Israel's Prime Minister 'Will Soon Be Called Mohammed'
Middle East Monitor | mintpressnews.com | 2018-08-21
Trump allegedly made the comments to Jordan's King Abdullah while the latter visited the White House in late June though the comments have only emerged this weekend. | The post Trump Says Israel's Prime Minister 'Will Soon Be Called Mohammed' appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/trump-says-will-soon-called-mohammed/248050/
Uri Avnery y un legado ´sin miedos, sin prejuicios ª
Marylín Luis Grillo | peoplesworld.org | 2018-08-21
Este 20 de agosto, la causa palestina ha perdido a uno de sus mayores defensores. Uri Avnery –periodista, intelectual, exparlamentario, un hombre de izquierda y de paz– falleció a los 94 años, diez días después de sufrir una embolia cerebral, en un hospital de Tel Aviv. | Como judío en la Alemania nazi, tuvo que huir en 1933 hacia Palestina, entonces colonia británica. Vio nacer Israel, y en los albores de una alocada juventud fue guerrillero sionista contra los árabes y luchó con el ejército israelí. Sin embargo, toda su vida posterior la dedicó a intentar crear en el Oriente Próximo un territorio de estabilidad y abogó con fuerza dentro de su propio país por la solución de dos Estados. | ´Éramos menos de un centenar en el mundo los que en 1949 defendíamos esta idea ª, explicó en 2011 refiriéndose a…
peoplesworld.org/article/uri-avnery-y-un-legado-sin-miedos-sin-prejuicios/
Israeli Government: Knesset Can Make Laws Everywhere in the World, Violate Sovereignty of Foreign States
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-21
The Israeli government has declared that "the Knesset [is permitted] to legislate laws everywhere in the world" and that it is authorized "to violate the sovereignty of foreign countries via legislation that would be applied to events occurring in their territories," in legal materials it recently submitted to the Israeli …
Israel To Build 650 New Units In Beit El Colony
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-21
The Israeli government and the "Construction and Planning Committee" of the Civil Administration office, have approved additional 650 new units in Beit El illegal colony, near Ramallah, in central West Bank. The new approval amends the earlier one of 296 units, and was made, last week, in coordination between Beit …
Noam Chomsky Slams Israeli Interference in US Politics as Far Greater Than Russian
haaretz | mintpressnews.com | 2018-08-21
In an interview on Democracy Now, the renowned linguist said that Russian interference in the U.S. elections was minor in comparison to open Israeli interference. | The post Noam Chomsky Slams Israeli Interference in US Politics as Far Greater Than Russian appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/election-interference-israel/248079/
Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery's legacy 'without fear, without prejudice'
Marylín Luis Grillo | peoplesworld.org | 2018-08-21
This Monday, August 20, the Palestinian cause lost one of its greatest defenders. Uri Avnery–a journalist, intellectual, former member of parliament, a man of the left and of peace–died at the age of 94, ten days after suffering a stroke, in a hospital in Tel Aviv. | As a Jew in Nazi Germany, he had to flee in 1933 to Palestine, then a British colony. He saw Israel born, and, at the dawn of a mad youth, he was a Zionist guerrilla against the Arabs and fought with the Israeli army. However, his whole subsequent life was spent trying to create a stable territory in the Middle East and he strongly advocated the two-state solution within his own country. | "There were less than a hundred of us in the world who defended this idea in 1949," he said in 2011, referring to…
peoplesworld.org/article/israeli-peace-activist-uri-avnerys-legacy-without-fear-without-prejudice/
In Detaining Peter Beinart, Israel Has Declared it No Longer Represents Millions of Jews Overseas
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-21
Nazareth There are few places in Israel where its apartheid character is more conspicuous than the imposing international airport just outside Tel Aviv, named after the country's founding father, David Ben Gurion. Most planes landing in Israel have to circle over the West Bank before making their descent. Below, more than two million Palestinians living…
counterpunch.org/2018/08/21/in-detaining-peter-beinart-israel-has-declared-it-no-longer-represents-millions-of-jews-overseas/
UN: Funds Urgently Needed for Life-saving Services in Gaza
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-21
The Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, Jamie McGoldrick, on Tuesday, called on the donor community to immediately fund the procurement of emergency fuel to prevent essential services in the Gaza Strip from shutting down completely, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the …
I'm One of the Young People Who Walked Off Birthright Israel This Summer
Bethany Zaiman | thenation.com | 2018-08-20
I'm One of the Young People Who Walked Off Birthright Israel This Summer appeared first on The Nation.
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PPS: "Israeli Soldiers Abduct 14 Palestinians In The West Bank"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-20
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, fourteen Palestinians, including a former political prisoner who was imprisoned for 15 years, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The PPS office in Nablus, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded the …
PPS: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct 14 Palestinians In The West Bank”
UK Ethnic Groups Call Out Attempts to Silence Discourse on Palestine
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-20
A total of 84 British black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) organizations came out strong, last week, on attempts in the United Kingdom to silence discourse on Palestine, particularly those critical of Israel and its racist policies against Palestinians. The letter, published in the Independent, criticized recent attempts by the …
UK Ethnic Groups Call Out Attempts to Silence Discourse on Palestine
VIDEO: Palestinian Farmers Assaulted in East Jerusalem
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-20
Israeli municipality staff have assaulted Palestinian farmers and vendors in the streets of occupied East Jerusalem on Monday, a day before the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Locals said, according to Ma'an, that Israeli municipality staff, under armed security by Israeli forces, targeted Palestinian farmers in the streets of the …
imemc.org/article/video-palestinian-farmers-assaulted-in-east-jerusalem/
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian In Northern Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-20
Israeli soldiers killed, on Monday morning, a young Palestinian man near the parameter fence, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army said its opened fire at a Palestinian, who reportedly opened fired at the soldiers in northern Gaza, and killed him. The army said no soldiers …
More Than Half of the Invited Speakers Withdraw From Scientific Workshop at Israeli Settlement University
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-08-20
More Than Half of the Invited Speakers Withdraw From Scientific Workshop at Israeli Settlement University: UpdateSix of the eleven invited speakers have confirmed their withdrawal from a physics workshop at Ariel University, which is built on occupied Palestinian land in an illegal Israeli settlement. Palestinian academics urge remaining speakers to withdraw from the workshop. | Academic BoycottAugust 20, 2018 | By:
| | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
bdsmovement.net/news/more-half-invited-speakers-withdraw-scientific-workshop-israeli-settlement-university
A Mighty Voice for Peace Has Gone Silent: Uri Avnery, 1923-2018
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-20
We received word early this morning that Israeli human rights activist and long-time CounterPunch contributor Uri Avnery died in Tel Aviv, following a heart attack. Avnery, who was one of the first Israelis to call for the creation of a Palestinian state, was 94. He lived a sprawling life. He was born in Germany in…
counterpunch.org/2018/08/20/a-mighty-voice-for-peace-has-gone-silent-uri-avnery-1923-2018/
Israel steps up harassment of prominent critics of anti-Palestinian and racialist agenda
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-20
Israel's government is criminalising those protesting its policies on the basis that they represent "the de-legitimisation of Israel," a "threat to state security" or are "anti-Semitic."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/20/isra-a20.html
New Information Reveals How Israel Covered-Up the Killing of Four Boys in Gaza
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-08-18
Shir Hever discusses the Intercept report, revealing that the Israeli military used an armed drone to kill four children playing football and injure four others. The Israeli investigation of the killing is exposed as a sham | The post New Information Reveals How Israel Covered-Up the Killing of Four Boys in Gaza appeared first on
therealnews.com/stories/new-information-reveals-how-israel-covered-up-the-killing-of-four-boys-in-gaza
Iran And The Doomsday Machine
Daryan Rezazad | iranian.com | 2018-08-17
In Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, "Dr. Strangelove", any mention of the Doomsday Machine was verboten. However, back in May 2018 the intrepid Pepe Escobar, who tends to ignore verboten warnings, presented some raw reality: It's also no secret among Persian Gulf traders that in the — hopefully unlikely — event of a US-Saudi-Israeli war in Southwest […] | The post Iran And The Doomsday Machine appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/08/17/iran-and-the-doomsday-machine/
Oppression Education: Israeli Academic Institutions Throw Their Lot With the Israeli Security Elite
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-08-10
Oppression Education: Israeli Academic Institutions Throw Their Lot With the Israeli Security Elite: AnalysisThree recent events in Israel's largest universities demonstrate academic and security institutions are actually increasing their cooperation. | Academic BoycottJuly 23, 2018 | By:
| | Shir Hever …
bdsmovement.net/news/oppression-education-israeli-academic-institutions-throw-their-lot-israeli-security-elite
Western Authors Take Stand in Israel/Palestine Conflict by Refusing to Be Published in Israel
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-08-10
Western Authors Take Stand in Israel/Palestine Conflict by Refusing to Be Published in Israel: In the NewsRenowned authors have refused to have their works distributed by Israeli…
bdsmovement.net/news/western-authors-take-stand-israel-palestine-conflict-refusing-be-published-israel
Top 70 Moments of Solidarity & BDS for Palestine in 2018
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-08-08
Top 70 Moments of Solidarity & BDS for Palestine in 2018: UpdateHere's a short-list of moments in 2018 demonstrating growing recognition of Israel's crimes against the Palestinian people and inspiring efforts around the world to hold Israel accountable for its gross violations of human rights. Support for Palestinian rights has grown in parliaments, city c…
bdsmovement.net/news/top-70-moments-solidarity-bds-palestine-2018
Team Justice Scores. Adidas No Longer Sponsoring Israel Football Association
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-07-31
Team Justice Scores. Adidas No Longer Sponsoring Israel Football Association: UpdateFollowing a global campaign, Adidas is no longer sponsoring football teams in illegal Israeli settlements. Palestinians call on new sponsor Puma to end complicity with Israel's violations of international law. | Cultural Boycott Red Card IsraelJuly 31, 2018 | By:
| | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
bdsmovement.net/news/team-justice-scores-adidas-no-longer-sponsoring-israel-football-association
Irish MEP calls for 2019 Eurovision Boycott in light of Israel's 'Nation State' vote
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-07-30
Irish MEP calls for 2019 Eurovision Boycott in light of Israel's 'Nation State' vote: In the NewsMember of European Parliament calls on Ireland's public br…
bdsmovement.net/news/irish-mep-calls-2019-eurovision-boycott-light-israels-nation-state-vote
Over 18,000 people sign petition calling on Iceland to boycott Israel Eurovision
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-07-30
Over 18,000 people sign petition calling on Iceland to boycott Israel Eurovision: In the NewsThe petition cites Israel's human rights violations against Palestinian people and calls on national broadcaster RUV to withdraw Iceland from the contest. | Cultural Boyc…
bdsmovement.net/news/over-18000-people-sign-petition-calling-iceland-boycott-israel-eurovision
Dublin Lord Mayor calls for boycott of next year's Eurovision in Israel
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-07-30
Dublin Lord Mayor calls for boycott of next year's Eurovision in Israel: In the NewsThe Lord Mayor of Dublin has called for a boycott of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest following Israels's win in Lisbon on Saturday night.
bdsmovement.net/news/dublin-lord-mayor-calls-boycott-next-years-eurovision-israel
Celebrities and public figures launch Irish campaign to boycott Eurovision 2019 in Israel
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-07-30
Celebrities and public figures launch Irish campaign to boycott Eurovision 2019 in Israel: In the NewsIn a stand for Palestinian rights, music legends, former Eurovision winner, commentator and presenters, performaning arts trade unions and well known LGBTQ+ and feminist campaigners and others endorse the call for Ireland to boycott Eurovision 2019. | Cultural Boycott Boycott Eurovision 2019June 27, 2018 | By:
| | Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) …
bdsmovement.net/news/celebrities-and-public-figures-launch-irish-campaign-boycott-eurovision-2019-israel