Na'alwa Family Receives Demolition Order
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-15
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday Shweika area in Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, and handed the family of Ashraf Suleiman Na'alwa, 23, an official order for the demolition of their home. Media sources said the soldiers handed the order to the family, and informed that they have until October …
Israeli Soldiers Invade Al-Khan Al-Ahmar, Abduct Four And Injure Seven
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-15
Dozens of Israeli soldiers, accompanied by a bulldozer, invaded the al-Khan al-Ahmar Bedouin community, east of occupied Jerusalem, and started bulldozing adjacent lands, before attacking nonviolent solidarity activists, abducted four and injured seven other. Eyewitnesses said seven nonviolent activist suffered various lacerations after being assaulted by the Israeli soldiers and …
Israeli Soldiers Invade Al-Khan Al-Ahmar, Abduct Four And Injure Seven
Soldiers Confiscate Equipment Near Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-15
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, Masafer Yatta town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and confiscated equipment used for digging water wells, in addition to a crane and electricity generator. Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded Susiya village, in Masafer Yatta, and confiscated the equipment, before taking …
Israel Is Captive to Its 'Destructive Process'
Chris Hedges | truthdig.com | 2018-10-15
As protesters continue to be killed at the Gaza border, Truthdig is reposting a July 14, 2014, column by Chris Hedges on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A new article by Hedges will appear on Truthdig later this week. | Raul Hilberg in his monumental work "The Destruction of the European Jews" chronicled a process of repression that at first was "relatively mild" but led, step by step, to the Holocaust. It started with legal discrimination and ended with mass murder. "The destructive process was a development that was begun with…
truthdig.com/articles/israel-is-captive-to-its-destructive-process-2/
The Khashoggi Affair and and the Anti-Iran Axis
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-15
I've argued that the U.S., Israel and Saudi Arabia comprise an axis (a true "Axis of Evil") united (for very different reasons) in opposition to Iran. The Saudi king has urged Washington to topple the Islamic Republic, which it considers heretical and the fountainhead of regional Shiite militancy. Robert Gates (Defense Secretary 2006-11) recalled meeting…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/15/the-khashoggi-affair-and-and-the-anti-iran-axis/
Syria's Chessboard
Conn Hallinan | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-15
The Syrian civil war has always been devilishly complex, with multiple actors following different scripts, but in the past few months it appeared to be winding down. The Damascus government now controls 60 percent of the country and the major population centers, the Islamic State has been routed, and the rebels opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are largely cornered in Idilb Province in the country's northwest. But suddenly the Americans moved the goal posts–maybe–the Russians have fallen out with the Israelis, the Iranians are digging in their heels, and the Turks are trying to multi-task wi…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/15/syrias-chessboard/
PPS: "Israeli Soldiers Abduct Sixteen Palestinians In the West Bank"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-15
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has confirmed that Israeli soldiers abducted, late at night and on Monday at dawn, at least 16 Palestinians, including children, during extensive and violent invasions and searches of homes across the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem. In Bethlehem, the soldiers abducted Zein Mohammad al…
PPS: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct Sixteen Palestinians In the West Bank”
Positing Corbyn's Labour Party as Practitioners of "Soviet Anti-Semitism"
Adeyinka Makinde | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
A recent opinion piece by a certain Ben Cohen for the 'Jewish News Syndicate' entitled " Soviet anti-Semitism in a British guise" presented the view that the Jeremy Corbyn-led British Labour Party has adopted the trappings of an … | The post Positing Corbyn's Labour Party as Practitioners of "Soviet Anti-Semitism" appeared first on Global R…
globalresearch.ca/positing-corbyns-labour-party-as-practitioners-of-soviet-anti-semitism/5656959
Illegal Israeli Colonists Attack Palestinian Olive Pickers, Injure One, Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-15
A number of illegal extremist Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, Monday, Palestinian orchards in Deir al-Hatab village, east of the northern West bank city of Nablus, and attacked Palestinians picking their olive trees, wounding one. The attack was carried out by colonists from Elon Moreh illegal colony, which was built on …
Illegal Israeli Colonists Attack Palestinian Olive Pickers, Injure One, Near Nablus
Updated: "Palestinian, Who Was Killed In Alleged Stabbing Attempt, Identified"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-15
The Palestinian, who was killed by Israeli soldiers near an illegal colony, north of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank, Monday, has been identified as Elias Saleh Yassin, 22, from Biddya village, west of Salfit. The Palestinian was shot dead by soldiers stationed at the "Gitai" Junction, close to Ariel …
Updated: "Palestinian, Who Was Killed In Alleged Stabbing Attempt, Identified"
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-15
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, three Palestinians from their homes in Hebron governorate, in the south part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in the city, and in Surif town, northwest of Hebron, before abducting the three …
Trump's Middle East Delusions Persist
Sheldon Richman | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-15
Trump has already claimed to have resolved the refugee and Jerusalem issues simply through unilateral moves, moves that pleased the Israelis and pissed off the Palestinians, who are expected to relinquish any right of return for the dispossessed and to give up any hope for an East Jerusalem capital of any future state. And Team Trump has cut all aid to the Palestinians, refugees or not, intending to redirect the money elsewhere (but not to the taxpayers) — unless they play ball.
counterpunch.org/2018/10/15/trumps-middle-east-delusions-persist/
Army Abducts Five Palestinians In Tulkarem, One In Qalqilia, And Two In Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-15
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, five Palestinians from several areas of the northern West Bank governorate of Tulkarem, one in nearby Qalqilia, and two in Jerusalem, during violent invasions and searches of homes. The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers stormed …
Army Abducts Five Palestinians In Tulkarem, One In Qalqilia, And Two In Jerusalem
Sabra and Shatila: The Secret Papers. Carefully Planned Israeli Atrocities Led by Ariel Sharon
Jeremy Salt | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
Sabra and Shatila, September 1982, stands as one of the worst single atrocities in modern history. Up to 3500 Palestinians were massacred when Israel's Falangist proxies surged through the two Beirut camps in September 1982. Israel sought to dump … | The post Sabra and Shatila: The Secret Papers. Carefully Planned…
globalresearch.ca/sabra-and-shatila-the-secret-papers-carefully-planned-israeli-atrocities-led-by-ariel-sharon/5656976
Palestinian Authority Challenges Israel's New Settlement Approval in Hebron
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2018-10-14
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned on Sunday that there would be "serious repercussions of an Israeli expansion project of the old city of al-Khalil. (Hebron)". The warning came after 31 new settlement housing units were approved by the Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday.
Palestinian Authority Challenges Israel's New Settlement Approval in Hebron
Video: Israel Grounds Its F-35 Stealth Jet Fighters, Unable to "Challenge" Syria's S-300 Air Defenses?
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-14
On October 11, the Israeli military announced that it had halted flights of F-35I stealth fighter jets following the crash of the US Marine Corps F-35B jet in South Carolina on September 28. The Israeli Air Force (IAF) stated that … | The post Video: Israel Grounds Its F-35 Stealth Jet Fighters, Unable to "Challenge" Syria's S-300 Air Defenses? appeared first on Global Research
globalresearch.ca/video-israels-f35i-stealth-f-35-jet-fighters-to-challenge-syrias-s-300-air-defenses-israel-grounds-its-f-35-fleet/5656899
UN Condemns Settler Stoning of Palestinian Woman
INA | imemc.org | 2018-10-14
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov condemned, on Sunday, the murder of a Palestinian woman by extremist Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. In a statement, Mladenov said, according to Days of Palestine: "I condemn this Friday's attack in the occupied West Bank in …
imemc.org/article/un-condemns-settler-stoning-of-palestinian-woman/
Brutal beating of elderly Orthodox Jew in Brooklyn captured on CCTV (SHOCKING VIDEO)
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-14
A shocking video has emerged of an elderly Jewish man getting pummeled by an attacker in the middle of a pedestrian crossing in Brooklyn, New York. The assailant knocked down the 62-year-old man before striking him multiple times.
rt.com/usa/441241-brooklyn-orthodox-jew-beaten/
The Art of No Mideast Deal
Eric Ortiz | consortiumnews.com | 2018-10-13
Donald Trump once advertised an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan as his greatest achievement-in-the-making, but like many of the president's negotiations, the Kushner-Greenblatt strategy is a one-sided bargain, writes Patrick Lawrence. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News Whatever happened to President… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/10/13/the-art-of-no-mideast-deal/
It's frighteningly easy to track someone down via DNA, scientist reveals
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-13
A scientist at Israeli genealogy firm MyHeritage has published a paper revealing that public genealogy databases can identify relatives — third cousins and closer — in nearly two-thirds of people of European descent.
rt.com/usa/441142-dna-privacy-warning-genealogy/
Meet Ten Corporate Giants Helping Israel Massacre Gaza Protesters
Joe Catron | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-12
"The Israeli military relies on a network of international companies, supplying everything from sniper rifles to tear gas, to carry out its massacres of protesters in Gaza. These companies are knowingly supporting war crimes, and are complicit in state-orchestrated murder." — Tom Anderson, researcher for Corporate Occupation | The post Meet Ten Corporate Giants Helping Israel Massacre Gaza Protesters appeared first on MintPress…
mintpressnews.com/meet-ten-corporate-giants-helping-israel-massacre-gaza-protesters/250617/
Palestinian Union of Social Workers and Psychologists Urges Colleagues Not to Participate in International Meeting in Tel Aviv
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-10-12
Palestinian Union of Social Workers and Psychologists Urges Colleagues Not to Participate in International Meeting in Tel Aviv: In the NewsPalestinian social workers and ps…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinian-union-social-workers-and-psychologists-urges-colleagues-not-participate
Choices Made: From Zionist Settler Colonialism to Decolonization
Jeff Halper | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-12
Any approach to ending settler colonialism in historic Palestine must begin with Zionism. Regardless of Palestinian policies, responses and negotiating positions, not substantially just political settlement is possible without dismantling the structures of domination erected by settler Zionism. Decolonization must contend with this fundamental asymmetry. It must also direct our attention to Zionist agency. The campaign of settler colonialism was entered into deliberately and the colonial situation constructed consciously and systematically. A political actor was responsible, and that was the Zionist movement, sin…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/12/choices-made-from-zionist-settler-colonialism-to-decolonization/
Venezuela and Israel Take Center Stage in Brazil's Far Right Presidential Campaign
Ricardo Vaz | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-12
Frontrunner Bolsonaro has vowed to sever diplomatic relations with Caracas and back sanctions while establishing closer ties with the ultra-right government in Israel. | The post Venezuela and Israel Take Center Stage in Brazil's Far Right Presidential Campaign appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/venezuela-takes-center-stage-in-brazilian-far-right-presidential-campaign/250639/
"Educators Who Bravely Act on Principle Should be Championed, Not Punished"
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-10-12
"Educators Who Bravely Act on Principle Should be Championed, Not Punished": UpdatePalestinian civil society responds to efforts by the University of Michigan to silence teachers who act in support of Palestinian human rights: "As long as Israeli universi…
bdsmovement.net/news/%E2%80%9Ceducators-who-bravely-act-principle-should-be-championed-not-punished%E2%80%9D
The Risks of Being a Journalist in Gaza
Walaa Al Ghussein | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-12
Mohammed Al-Zaanoun, Gaza-based photojournalist. Covering events in Gaza since 2006. On a Friday [during the Great Return March], my friend urged me to leave. He said, "Aren't you sick of taking photos? Enough, we're exposed, leave this place." I kept telling him to wait — there was a photo I felt the need to take.
counterpunch.org/2018/10/12/the-risks-of-being-a-journalist-in-gaza/
That Single Line of Blood: Nassir al-Mosabeh and Mohammed al-Durrah
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-12
As the frail body of 12-year-old Nassir Al-Mosabeh fell to the ground on Friday, September 28, history was repeating itself in a most tragic way. Little Nassir was not just another number, a 'martyr' to be exalted by equally poor refugees in Gaza, or vilified by Israel and its tireless hasbara machine. He was much…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/12/that-single-line-of-blood-nassir-al-mosabeh-and-mohammed-al-durrah/
US student critical of Israel detained at Tel Aviv airport for more than a week
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-12
Lara Alqasem, 22, was targeted because she is president of the University of Florida's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, which supports the BDS campaign against Israel.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/12/isra-o12.html
'Entire Middle East' should look like Israel — Pompeo
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-12
Israel is everything the US wishes the Middle East would be, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared in a speech, while bashing the Obama administration's approach to Iran as resembling a "Disney movie."
rt.com/usa/441041-pompeo-middle-east-like-israel/
Israeli Authorities Step Up anti-BDS Policies: Political Test to Enter Israel
Shared by Gregory Wilpert | therealnews.com | 2018-10-12
Israel border authorities have detained US-Palestinian student for her alleged Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activism, denying her entry into Israel, despite having a visa. Tallie Ben-Daniel of Jewish voice for Peace discusses the case and what it means for the BDS movement | The post Israeli Authorities Step Up anti-BDS Policies: Political Test to Enter Israel appeared first on…
therealnews.com/stories/israeli-authorities-step-up-anti-bds-policies-political-test-to-enter-israel
Venezuela Takes Center Stage in Brazilian Far Right Presidential Campaign
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-10-11
Frontrunner Bolsonaro has vowed to sever diplomatic relations with Caracas and back sanctions while establishing closer ties with the ultra-right government in Israel.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14095
Don't Call Nikki Haley a Moderate. She's an Extremist on Israel, Iran, and Human Rights
Mehdi Hasan | theintercept.com | 2018-10-11
Trump's outgoing U.N. ambassador is getting applause from the media for being so moderate. But Haley has been a champion for right-wing causes. | The post Don't Call Nikki Haley a Moderate. She's an Extremist on Israel, Iran, and Human Rights. appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/10/11/nikki-haley-resigns-un-ambassador/
Rashid Khalidi: From Iran to Palestine, Nikki Haley Put a Nice Face on Trump's "Horrific" U.S. Policies
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-10
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has announced she is resigning her post at the end of the year. The former South Carolina governor–one of the few women in Trump's Cabinet–gave no reason for her departure. During Nikki Haley's time as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the United States withdrew from the Paris climate accord; the U.N. Human Rights Council; the Iran nuclear deal; UNRWA, the U.N. agency that provides humanitarian aid to Palestinians; and UNESCO, the U.N. educational and cultural agency. We speak with Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said professor of Arab studies at Columbia…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/10/rashid_khalidi_from_iran_to_palestine
Nobel Prize Winner Supports BDS Movement For Palestinian Rights, Ending Military Aid to Israel
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-10-05
Nobel Prize Winner Supports BDS Movement For Palestinian Rights, Ending Military Aid to Israel: UpdateA Nobel Prize has been awarded to George P. Smith, a renowned scientist and longtime advocate for Palestinian rights who suppor…
bdsmovement.net/news/nobel-prize-winner-supports-bds-movement-palestinian-rights-ending-military-aid-israel
Palestinians Call on EU to Halt Normalization Programs and End Complicity With Israel's Violations of Palestinian Rights and International Law
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-10-03
Palestinians Call on EU to Halt Normalization Programs and End Complicity With Israel's Violations of Palestinian Ri…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinians-call-eu-halt-normalization-programs-and-end-complicity-israels-violations
Palestinian Environmental and Professional Organizations Urge MedPine to Relocate KKL-JNF Sponsored Forestry Conference from Israel
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-09-21
Palestinian Environmental and Professional Organizations Urge MedPine to Relocate KKL-JNF Sponsored Forestry Conference from Israel: Open LetterPalestinian environment…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinian-environmental-and-professional-organizations-urge-medpine-relocate-kkl-jnf
Palestinians Thank Prof. Cheney-Lippold for Refusing to Be Complicit in Academically Whitewashing Israeli Apartheid
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-09-21
Palestinians Thank Prof. Cheney-Lippold for Refusing to Be Complicit in Academically Whitewashing Israeli Apartheid: UpdatePalestinians welcome Prof. Cheney-Lippold's stand for Palestinian rights and urge academics to end all collabo…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinians-thank-prof-cheney-lippold-refusing-be-complicit-academically-whitewashing-israeli
More than 200 Palestinian Sports Clubs Urge Puma to End Sponsorship of Israeli Teams in Illegal Settlements
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-09-20
More than 200 Palestinian Sports Clubs Urge Puma to End Sponsorship of Israeli Teams in Illegal Settlements: Open LetterPalestinian football clubs and sports associatio…
bdsmovement.net/news/more-200-palestinian-sports-clubs-urge-puma-end-sponsorship-israeli-teams-illegal-settlements
Apartheid is Always Bitter! A Palestinian Appeal to Chefs to Withdraw from Round Tables in Tel Aviv
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-09-19
Apartheid is Always Bitter! A Palestinian Appeal to Chefs to Withdraw from Round Tables in Tel Aviv: UpdatePalestinian workers', women's and farmers' associations urge international chefs to cancel their participati…
bdsmovement.net/news/apartheid-always-bitter-palestinian-appeal-chefs-withdraw-round-tables-tel-aviv