2018-09-13: News Headlines

IMEMC News (2018-09-13). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Young Men In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, two young Palestinian men during a nonviolent procession against a conference held by colonialist settlers in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in the center of occupied East Jerusalem. Media sources said several Palestinians managed to enter the area of the gathering, before the conference started, and […]…

IMEMC News (2018-09-13). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians In Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, five Palestinians from their homes in several parts of Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded and searched many homes. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded many homes […]…

IMEMC News (2018-09-13). Journalist Ali Dar Ali Released. imemc.org The Israeli Authorities released, on Wednesday evening, Palestinian journalist Ali Dar Ali, after holding him captive in Ofer prison, built on Palestinian lands in Betunia, near Ramallah in central West Bank. The journalist was held without charges for 40 consecutive days, and was ordered to pay a 2500 Shekels fine. […]…

IMEMC News (2018-09-13). Child Hospitalized After Illegal Colonialist Settler Pepper-Sprayed Him In Hebron. imemc.org Palestinian medical sources in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that a child was hospitalized, on Wednesday at night, after an illegal Israeli colonialist settler pepper-sprayed him in Jaber neighborhood. The sources said the child, identified as Ahmad Mohammad Jaber, 11, was attacked […]…

IMEMC News (2018-09-13). Including Two Children, Israeli Soldiers Abduct Seven Palestinians In Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Thursday, five Palestinians from their homes, in addition to two children at a military roadblock, in several parts of Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded many homes in […]…

IMEMC News (2018-09-13). Israeli Soldiers Shoot a Palestinian In Northern Gaza. imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot, on Wednesday evening, a young Palestinian man near Beit Hanoun (Erez) Terminal, in northern Gaza. Media sources said the soldiers fired many live rounds at Palestinian protesters, wounding one Palestinian who was rushed to Beit Hanoun hospital for treatment. They added that the soldiers also fired live […]…

IMEMC News (2018-09-13). Israeli Soldiers Demolish Al-Wadi Al-Ahmar Village. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the newly established al-Wadi al-Ahmar Palestinian village, which was built for the Palestinian Bedouin families next to the al-Khan al-Ahmar village, threatened with pending Israeli demolition, east of occupied Jerusalem. Dozens of soldiers invaded the area after completely surrounding an isolating it, while […]…

Middle East Monitor (2018-09-13). New Poll: Majority Of Israeli Jews Believe They Are 'Chosen People'. iranian.com The majority of Israeli Jews — 56 per cent — believe that they are the "chosen people" according to a poll conducted by Haaretz. That figure is considerably higher amongst the political right in Israel, at 79 per cent. The findings of the survey — carried out to mark the Jewish New Year — included a […]

Middle East Monitor (2018-09-13). Majority of Israeli Jews Believe They Are 'Chosen People'. mintpressnews.com "Israelis and Americans view Europe as godless and decadent, but for the Brahmins in Brussels, Israel and the United States are drifting into fundamentalist Crazyland."

Motasem A Dalloul (2018-09-12). The White House Countdown Begins for the Death of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). globalresearch.ca After months of speculation about the contradictory remarks delivered by American officials and spokespersons about the …

INA (2018-09-12). Israeli Forces Raid Ashkelon Prison. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners and Former Prisoners Affairs' Committee said, on Wednesday, that a large number of suppression forces of the Israeli Prison Services (IPS), stormed section 3 of the Israeli Ashkelon prison, in central Israel. The committee confirmed that Israeli suppression forces have recently increased raids into Israeli prisons, in […]…

Middle East Monitor (2018-09-12). US Shutters Palestine Liberation Organisation's Diplomatic Mission in Washington. globalresearch.ca Featured image: Outside view of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's office in Washington, US on 10 September …

Hisham H. Ahmed, Ph.D (2018-09-12). The Deal that Lurks Behind the Calm: US, Israel Seek to Exploit Palestinian Divisions and Create More of Them. mintpressnews.com Trump's "deal of the century," which lurks behind the calm, is a deal with and for everybody except the Palestinian people themselves, who are most directly affected and concerned.

INA (2018-09-12). French Online Payment Service Provider HelloAsso Refuses to Close Accounts Belonging to BDS Activists. imemc.org Supporters of Palestinian rights in France. [Photo Credit: BDS France] 09/12/18 Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) / France HelloAsso, a French company that provides online payment services, has rejected pressure by Israel lobby groups to shut down the accounts of two French groups which support the BDS movement for […]…

Middle East Monitor (2018-09-12). Trump Appointee Re-Opens Case Over Alleged Anti-Semitism on US Campus. mintpressnews.com In reopening the probe, Marcus is said to have employed the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism which equates criticism of Israel and Zionism with anti-Semitism.

Gary Leupp (2018-09-12). The U.S., Saudi Arabia, and Israel (vs. Iran and the World). counterpunch.org The increasingly embattled and reviled, soon to fall Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the "Iran nuclear deal") in May. He did so in order to fulfill a campaign promise, and express his pathological resentment for his predecessor by undoing an Obama achievement. That's how the whole world understands More

Andrew Korybko (2018-09-12). The Geopolitics of War Crimes, Israel and America: Trump's Taking Putin's Earlier ICC Moves to a Qualitatively New Level. globalresearch.ca President Putin's decision to remove Russia from the International Criminal Court in 2016 over its hyper-politicized …

INA (2018-09-12). Trump Administration Defining BDS Activities at American Universities "Anti-Semitic" imemc.org The US administration is considering measures to ban and sanction the international movement to boycott Israel, from U.S. universities where the movement thrives.

leili (2018-09-12). French Online Payment Service Provider HelloAsso Refuses to Close Accounts Belonging to BDS Activists. bdsmovement.net French Online Payment Service Provider HelloAsso Refuses to Close Accounts Belonging to BDS Activists: UpdateCompany says that BDS is protected by freedom of expression and asserts that people have the right to criticize Israeli policies |

RT (2018-09-12). US Senate candidate, reporter accuse Israeli PM's foreign media spokesman of sexual assault. rt.com Two women, a New York State Senate candidate and a Wall Street Journal reporter, have accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's foreign media spokesman, David Keyes, of sexual assault. |

Shared by Hezvo Mpunga (2018-09-11). Trump Abandons All Pretense of Being a 'Fair Broker' in the Israel-Palestinian Conflict. therealnews.com Gideon Levy explains that the US is doing everything to disempower, humiliate and weaken Palestinian representation. Contrary to common belief, the US is not doing the State of Israel any favors

Shared by Hezvo Mpunga (2018-09-11). Leaked Clips from Censored Documentary on Israel Lobby Reveal Attacks on US Activists. therealnews.com Excerpts of the censored Al Jazeera undercover film on the Israel lobby in the US have started to be leaked. The Electronic Intifada's Ali Abunimah and the Grayzone Project's Max Blumenthal explain how these clips show the Israeli government backing attacks on American pro-Palestinian activists and Black Lives Matter

Democracy Now! (2018-09-11). Trump Admin Punishes PLO for Trying to Prosecute Alleged Israeli War Crimes in International Court. democracynow.org On Monday, President Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, announced the administration will close the Palestine Liberation Organization's office in Washington as retaliation for the Palestinians' efforts to bring alleged Israeli military war crimes to the International Criminal Court. Palestinian diplomat Saeb Erekat called the move "an affirmation of the U.S. administration's determination to continue its policies of blackmail and extortion and undermining the peace process and the two state solution." We speak with Jamil Dakwar, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Human Rights Program.

RT (2018-09-11). Orthodox Jewish women are being shamed for long 'slutty' wigs. rt.com Rabbis in New York are shaming Orthodox Jewish women over wearing wigs deemed to be "too long" and therefore "slutty."

Eric Ortiz (2018-09-10). Letter from Britain: The Real Reason for the 'Anti-Semite' Campaign Against Jeremy Corbyn. consortiumnews.com Panic drives the smear attack against Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn whose background as a radical socialist, not his criticism of Israel and support for the Palestine, threatens the British establishment's hold on power, argues Alexander Mercouris. By Alexander Mercouris… Read more →

Democracy Now! (2018-09-10). Headlines for September 10, 2018. democracynow.org Activists Rally at Protests Worldwide to Demand Urgent Action on Climate Change | , Syrian and Russian Militaries Continue Offensive in Idlib, Obama Slams Trump as "Threat to Democracy", Trump Ex-Campaign Adviser George Papadopoulos Sentenced to 14 Days in Prison | , Senator Warren: Time to Use 25th Amendment to Remove Trump from Office | , U.S. to Adopt Aggressive Stance Against International Criminal Court, Israeli Soldiers Kill 2 Palestinian Protesters Friday | , NYT: U.S. Officials Met with Rebel Venezuelan Officials to Discuss Coup Against Maduro | , Egyptian Court Sentences 75 Muslim Brotherhood Members to…

Sheldon Richman (2018-09-10). Trump, Spinoza and the Palestinian Refugees. counterpunch.org As though we had any ground for doubt heretofore, we can now clearly see — in light of his end to $350 million in annual humanitarian assistance to five million Palestinian refugees — Donald Trump's cruel and spiteful nature. It was not enough to stack the so-called peace process against the Palestinians in every possible way, More

leili (2018-09-10). #KhanAlAhmar: BDS is Our Most Powerful Tool For Accountability and Justice. bdsmovement.net #KhanAlAhmar: BDS is Our Most Powerful Tool For Accountability and Justice: BNC StatementPopular struggle and international solidarity have defended the Palestinian community of Khan al-Ahmar from expulsion, stopping bulldozers manufactured by international corporations from demolishing homes and a school. E…

RT (2018-09-10). 'Collective punishment against us': US shuts down Palestine Liberation Organization's office in DC. rt.com The US State Department has announced it is shutting down the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) office in Washington, DC, a move which a top PLO official says is aimed at "collectively punishing the Palestinian people."

RT (2018-09-10). 'ICC is dead to us': US to use 'any means' to shield citizens & allies from war-crime probes. rt.com The US will fight back using any means necessary if the International Criminal Court ever dares to probe an American or Israeli, and will punish those who cooperates with war-crime investigations, John Bolton is set to announce.

RT (2018-09-10). 'Unjust court': Bolton vows to use 'any means' to protect US ally Israel from ICC. rt.com The US has announced its decision not to cooperate with the International Criminal Court, vowing to protect itself and its "friend and ally" Israel from the judicial body. It also threatened sanctions against the "unjust" court.

Shared by Hezvo Mpunga (2018-09-09). Israel: US Cuts to UNRWA Deepen Crisis for Palestinian Refugees. therealnews.com US President Donald Trump has cut funding for UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, which helps some 5 million Palestinians. DW's Tania Krà§mer went to Hamas-controlled Gaza, where UN employees are facing a funding crisis. TRNN re-posts selected DW stories as part of a new cooperation agreement with DW

RT (2018-09-09). 'Completely contrary to reality': Trump's Israel embassy move irreversible, US ambassador says. rt.com The US does not have any politicians on the horizon who would dare to reverse Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and relocate American embassy there, according to the US ambassador.

leili (2018-09-07). Boycott Eurovision Song Contest Hosted by Israel. bdsmovement.net Boycott Eurovision Song Contest Hosted by Israel: In the NewsMore than 140 artists from Europe and beyond support the appeal from Palestinian artists to boycott the contest next year. Quotes from signatories here. | |

leili (2018-09-07). Quotes from Signatories of Boycott Eurovision 2019 Artists' Letter. bdsmovement.net Quotes from Signatories of Boycott Eurovision 2019 Artists' Letter : In the NewsQuotes from signatories of Boycott Eurovision 2019 artists' letter published in The Guardian. |

RT (2018-09-06). Roy Moore names Borat creator in $95m lawsuit over bogus 'pedophile detector' interview – reports. rt.com Former Senate candidate Roy Moore is suing Sacha Baron Cohen, after the Borat creator duped the politician into appearing in a comedy sketch involving a fake "pedophile detector" supposedly developed by Israeli military chiefs.

RT (2018-09-06). Israel targeted Black Lives Matter in bid to counter support for BDS — censored documentary leak. rt.com Footage leaked from an explosive, censored documentary on Israeli influence in the US reveals Israeli officials boasting of targeting Black Lives Matter and convincing Martin Luther King's friend to write pro-Israel propaganda.

Democracy Now! (2018-09-05). Headlines for September 5, 2018. democracynow.org Dozens Arrested Disrupting First Day of Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings, U.S. to End All Funding for U.N. Agency Providing Humanitarian Aid to Palestinians, Nearly 500 Migrant Children Remain Separated from Their Parents, "Fear": Bob Woodward's New Book Depicts Trump White House as "Crazytown", Amazon Becomes Second-Ever U.S. Company to Reach $1 Trillion in Market Value, California Lawmakers Pass Net Neutrality Bill, in Rebuke to Trump's FCC, Mexican Television Reporter Javier Enrique Rodríguez Valladares Killed in Cancún, Worst Typhoon to Hit Japan in 25 Years Kills at Least 10, Iraq: At Least 5 Killed by Securi…

Max Blumenthal (2018-09-05). Censored Documentary Exposes the Israeli Government's Attack on Black Lives Matter. grayzoneproject.com Exclusive footage from the censored Al Jazeera documentary, "The Lobby — USA," shows Israeli government officials taking credit for attacks…

Max Blumenthal (2018-08-29). Leaked Scenes from Censored Documentary Reveal Israel Lobbyist Noah Pollak Astroturfing an Anti-Palestinian Protest. grayzoneproject.com Exclusive leaked scenes from Al Jazeera's "The Lobby — USA" documentary show how Emergency Committee for Israel Executive Director Noah…

leili (2018-08-27). Labour Party Must Reject Biased IHRA Definition That Stifles Advocacy For Palestinian Rights. bdsmovement.net Labour Party Must Reject Biased IHRA Definition That Stifles Advocacy For Palestinian Rights: UpdatePalestinian civil society issues a statement urging the UK Labour Party and trade unions to reject IHRA's false, anti-Palestinian definition of antisemitism which…

pacbi (2018-08-24). FIFA Continues to Ignore Israel's Very Real Violence. bdsmovement.net FIFA Continues to Ignore Israel's Very Real Violence: UpdateThe world governing body of football ignores Israel's attacks on Palestinian athletes while it sanctions the President of the Palestinian Football Association. | Cul…

leili (2018-08-22). "SodaStream is Still Subject to Boycott" bdsmovement.net "SodaStream is Still Subject to Boycott": UpdateThe BDS movement for Palestinian rights responds to PepsiCo Buying SodaStream | Economic BoycottAugust 22, 2018 | By: | | Palestinian Boycott, Divestme…

Hamzah Raza (2018-08-22). Meet the Owner of Canary Mission's Anonymous Anti-Palestinian Blacklisting Website. grayzoneproject.com Canary Mission has exploited its anonymity to smear college students with impunity. The Grayzone has obtained documents identifying the owner…

pacbi (2018-08-20). More Than Half of the Invited Speakers Withdraw From Scientific Workshop at Israeli Settlement University. bdsmovement.net More Than Half of the Invited Speakers Withdraw From Scientific Workshop at Israeli Settlement University: Upda…

pacbi (2018-08-10). Western Authors Take Stand in Israel/Palestine Conflict by Refusing to Be Published in Israel. bdsmovement.net 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…

pacbi (2018-08-10). Oppression Education: Israeli Academic Institutions Throw Their Lot With the Israeli Security Elite. bdsmovement.net 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 increa…