Cory Booker Claims He Didn't Know He Held a Pro-Palestine Sign. New Details Cast Doubt on His Denial
Zaid Jilani | theintercept.com | 2018-08-07
Pro-Palestinian activists say they spoke briefly with Booker about their advocacy work before taking a picture with him holding a pro-Palestinian sign. | The post Cory Booker Claims He Didn't Know He Held a Pro-Palestine Sign. New Details Cast Doubt on His Denial appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/08/07/cory-booker-israel-palestine/
Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi Emerges From Israeli Prison a Determined Activist
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-08-07
The young woman captured international attention last year when she was filmed striking Israeli military members after learning that her 15-year-old cousin had been shot by soldiers. | The post Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi Emerges From Israeli Prison a Determined Activist appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/videos/palestinian-teen-ahed-tamimi-emerges-from-israeli-prison-an-international-activist/
Child Detainee Testimonies Point to Torture by Israeli Forces
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-07
Affidavits, from a number of Palestinian children, for the Prisoners' Affairs Commission reveal that they were subjected to systematic beating and torture, during and after detention by Israeli forces, the commission said on Tuesday. Commission attorney Hiba Ighbarieh documented testimonies from three children held at Majido prison, regarding what they …
Child Detainee Testimonies Point to Torture by Israeli Forces
Israeli Soldiers Invade Ya'bad Near Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-07
Several armored Israeli military jeeps invaded, on Monday evening, Ya'bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and fired gas bombs in addition to rubber-coated steel bullets at local youngsters, protesting the invasion. Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers drove provocatively in the town, leading to …
Israeli Soldier Who Killed Palestinian Teen Promoted
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-07
An Israeli soldier who was filmed shooting and killing a fleeing Palestinian teenager, in 2015, has been promoted to the command of the Nahal Brigade. Colonel Yisrael Shomer shot Muhammed ali-Kosba after the seventeen-year-old from the Qalandiah refugee camp, in Jerusalem, had thrown a rock at Shomer's vehicle, near the …
Shaked Warns High Court against Revoking Jewish Nation-State Law
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-07
Israeli Minister of Justice, Ayelet Shaked, warned of an "earthquake" that would occur, in the case that the Israeli High Court of Justice decides to overturn the controversial Jewish Nation-State law. Ma'an reported that, according to the Times of Israel, during an interview with the official Israeli Army Radio, Shaked …
imemc.org/article/shaked-warns-high-court-against-revoking-jewish-nation-state-law/
The UK's Labour Party and Its "Anti-Semitism" Crisis
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-07
The Labour is in the midst of an "antisemitism crisis" orchestrated by the media, pro-Zionist Jewish groups, and the party's Blairite faction bent on ousting Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader. The UK's media is overwhelmingly rightwing and pro-Israel. Even the BBC, terrified of being donated to Rupert Murdoch in a Tory privatization, is pro-Tory and…
counterpunch.org/2018/08/07/the-uks-labour-party-and-its-anti-semitism-crisis/
Israeli Army Kills Two Palestinian Fighters In Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-07
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, issued a statement denouncing the Israeli assassination of two of its fighters, in northern Gaza, and holding Israel accountable for any future escalation. Al-Qassam said the two fighters, Ahmad Abdullah Morjan, 23, and Abdul-Hafeth Mohammad Seelawi, 23, where killed in an Israeli …
Updated: Army Abducts Ten Palestinians In The West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-07
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least ten Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank, during extensive and violent searches of homes and property. The soldiers searched and ransacked at least seven homes Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and interrogated many …
Why Is the Head of the Teacher's Union Pushing for Support of Israel?
Alison Weir | mintpressnews.com | 2018-08-07
While teachers care about schools & salaries, teachers union head Randi Weingarten is positioning the teacher's union to support the state of Israel. | The post Why Is the Head of the Teacher's Union Pushing for Support of Israel? appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/why-is-the-head-of-the-teachers-union-pushing-for-support-of-israel/247216/
The US as the Nation State of the Protestant Christian People
Ian Berman | mintpressnews.com | 2018-08-07
WASHINGTON — In honor of the shared values between the State of Israel and the United States of America, and the recently passed " Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People" Basic Law, the following bill has been proposed to the U.S. House of Representatives (with an identical bill proposed in the U.S. Senate). Since an overwhelming number of Senators and Representatives, and the White House, strongly support Israel and have not objected to its new Nation State Law, we expect overwhelming support for this proposed bill as it is applied to the United States of America. In addition, we expect no objections from American supporters of Israel who have also been silent about Israel's Nation State Law. | Bill: The U.S. as the Nation-State of the Protestant Christian People | Whereas the United States of America was founded as…
mintpressnews.com/as-in-israel-imaging-the-us-as-a-nation-state-of-the-christian-people/247080/
Palestinian Flats Demolished by Israeli Forces
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-07
Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished, on Tuesday morning, two flats in a building located in the Shu'fat neighborhood, north of occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext of improper licensing. Palestinian resident Suliman al-Muhtaseb said, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, that he was surprised by Israeli soldiers who surrounded the five-story …
US Jewish Activists Interrogated by Israelis over 'Connections with Palestinians'
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-07
Israeli security services held and interrogated Simone Zimmerman, a US Jewish activist, at the border with Egypt for several hours on Sunday, over her alleged "connections with Palestinians." Zimmerman, who resides and works in Israel, tweeted that her and a friend were held at the Taba Crossing for four hours, where they …
US Jewish Activists Interrogated by Israelis over 'Connections with Palestinians'
Army Abducts A Former Political Prisoner In Qabatia
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-07
Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, a former Palestinian political prisoner from Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and invaded the home of a detainee from the town. Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers abducted Majd Kamil Turk, from his home in Qabatia, and also invaded …
Meet Ahed Tamimi, 17-Year-Old West Bank Activist Jailed for 8 Months for Slapping Israeli Soldier
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-06
Seventeen-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi has been freed from Israeli prison after eight months behind bars. Known to some as the Rosa Parks of Palestine, Tamimi became a hero to Palestinians and people around the world last year after a viral video showed her slapping a heavily armed Israeli soldier near her family's home in the occupied West Bank. The incident came just after Tamimi learned her cousin had been gravely wounded by an Israeli soldier who shot him in the head using a rubber-coated steel bullet. Video of Tamimi confronting the soldier went viral, elevating her into a symbol of Palestinian…
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/6/meet_ahed_tamimi_17_year_old
A Glimmer of Hope in Bleak Palestine
Sheldon Richman | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-06
Some of us have longed for the emergence of a charismatic Palestinian figure who, while opposing Israeli oppression and settler-colonialism in all its forms, would also defend individual property rights and free enterprise while condemning both outside donor aid as dependence-inducing and the corrupt, authoritarian, and unrepresentative Palestinian Authority (PA). Such a person has indeed emerged: Khaled Al Sabawi.
counterpunch.org/2018/08/06/a-glimmer-of-hope-in-bleak-palestine/
Washington Increases Funding for Israel's Killing Machine
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-06
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | Israel is Washington's largest recipient of foreign aid. It's mostly for militarism and belligerence — billions of dollars annually, far more than to any other nation. | The Jewish state's imperial wars, …
globalresearch.ca/washington-increases-funding-for-israels-killing-machine/5649774
Settlers Destroy 2,000+ Palestinian-owned Trees and Vines, Backed by Israeli Authorities
B'Tselem | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-06
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | In just over two months, from the beginning of May to 7 July 2018, B'Tselem documented 10 instances in which settlers destroyed a total of more than 2,000 trees and grapevines …
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Who the Hell Are We?
Uri Avnery | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-06
Years ago, I had a friendly discussion with Ariel Sharon. I told him: "I am first of all an Israeli. After that I am a Jew." He responded heatedly: "I am first of all a Jew, and only after that an Israeli!" That may look like an abstract debate. But in reality, this is the…
counterpunch.org/2018/08/06/who-the-hell-are-we/
Health Status of Bethlehem Detainee Deteriorating
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-06
Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs has reported that the health condition of Yasser Rabi'a, aged 44, from the Bethlehem city, in the southern occupied West Bank, is very critical and needs medical attention. The lawyer of the organization explained, according to Al Ray, that Rabi'a suffers from several health problems. He has …
The Unjust Prosecution of the Holy Land Foundation Five
Charles Glass | theintercept.com | 2018-08-05
"For the law holds, that it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer," wrote Sir William Blackstone in 1765, expressing a fundamental principle of Anglo-Saxon justice. Miko Peled, in " Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five," his exhaustive study of the U.S. government's case against five defendants from a friendless minority, demonstrates how American justice has deviated so far from Blackstone that the courts can convict a hundred innocents for one who is guilty. "Injustice" portrays a modern version of Franz Kafka's "Trial" in which five Palestinian-Americans confront the character Joseph K.'s dilemma: "K. was living in a free country, after all, everywhere was at peace, all laws were decent and were upheld, who was it who dared accost him in his own home?" | The FBI, the Treasury Department, and other assorted…
theintercept.com/2018/08/05/holy-land-foundation-trial-palestine-israel/
Kushner wants 'honest effort to disrupt' Palestinian refugee agency, Abbas up in arms
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-05
The Palestinian authorities have slammed a reported plan by the US President's special adviser Jared Kushner to dismantle the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, saying it's a plot to take a key issue off any future negotiations.
rt.com/usa/435138-israel-kushner-palestine-refugee-agency/
Israeli Commandos Brutally Attack Freedom Flotilla Activists in International Waters
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-08-04
Indigenous leader Larry Commodore returns to Canada after being released from an Israeli prison | The post Israeli Commandos Brutally Attack Freedom Flotilla Activists in International Waters appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/israeli-commandos-brutally-attack-freedom-flotilla-activists-in-international-waters
Kushner's Cynical "Deal of the Century" for Palestinians in Action
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-03
Hindsight is unfair — but it might tell the truth. First, Donald Trump proclaims Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, thus depriving the Palestinians of their capital in the east of the city. The Palestinians are appalled. Mahmoud Abbas says he will no longer talk to the United States. So Trump rages that…
counterpunch.org/2018/08/03/kushners-cynical-deal-of-the-century-for-palestinians-in-action/
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: Update Cultural Boycott Red Card IsraelFollowing 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. | July 31, 2018 | By:
| | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
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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 News Cultural Boycott Boycott Eurovision 2019In 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. | June 27, 2018 | By:
| | Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) …
bdsmovement.net/news/celebrities-and-public-figures-launch-irish-campaign-boycott-eurovision-2019-israel
Gaza Flotilla Ship Al Awda Violently Seized by Israelis; USS Liberty Survivor Amongst Those Captured
Consortiumnews.com | consortiumnews.com | 2018-07-30
UPDATED: Israeli forces have violently boarded a ship, being followed by Consortium News, that was headed to Gaza bringing humanitarian aid. A survivor of the USS Liberty is now in Israeli custody. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News Israeli… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/07/30/gaza-flotilla-ship-al-awda-violently-seized-by-israelis-uss-liberty-survivor-amongst-those-captured/
Amid Deadly Israeli Crackdown on Gaza Protests, Chomsky Says U.S. Must End Support for "Murderers"
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-07-30
In Gaza, thousands gathered Saturday for the funeral of 11-year-old Majdi al-Satari, who died after he was shot in the head by an Israeli sniper Friday at protests near the separation fence with Israel. Seventeen-year-old Moumin al-Hams and 43-year-old Ghazi Abu Mustafa were also shot and killed by Israeli snipers at the protests. In total, Israeli soldiers have killed at least 150 Palestinians since the Palestinians' nonviolent Great March of Return protests began on March 30. For more, we speak with world-renowned political dissident, author and linguist Noam Chomsky. He is a laureate professor in the Departmen…
www.democracynow.org/2018/7/30/amid_deadly_israeli_crackdown_on_gaza
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 News Cultural Boycott Boycott Eurovision 2019The Lord Mayor of Dublin has called for…
bdsmovement.net/news/dublin-lord-mayor-calls-boycott-next-years-eurovision-israel
Noam Chomsky Condemns Israel's Shift to Far Right & New "Jewish Nation-State" Law
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-07-30
Israel has passed a widely condemned law that defines Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people and gives Jews the sole right to self-determination. It also declares Hebrew the country's only official language and encourages the building of Jewish-only settlements on occupied territory as a "national value." The law has drawn international condemnation and accusations that Israel has legalized apartheid. For more, we speak with world-renowned political dissident, author and linguist Noam Chomsky. He is a laureate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and professor emeritus…
www.democracynow.org/2018/7/30/noam_chomsky_condemns_israel_s_shift
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 News Cultural Boycott Boycott Eurovision 2019The petition cites Israel's human rights violations against Palestinian people and calls on national broadcaster RUV to withdraw Iceland from the contest. | May 16, 2018 | By:
| | Euronews …
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Headlines for July 30, 2018
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-07-30
Eight Die as Wildfires Rage Across California, India: More Than 500 People Have Died in Monsoon Season So Far, North Korea Returns Remains of U.S. Soldiers Killed During Korean War, Trump Threatens Government Shutdown over Funding for $25 Billion Border Wall, Judge to Appoint Independent Monitor to Oversee Detention Centers with Children, "Quiet Skies": Boston Globe Reveals TSA Domestic Surveillance Program, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says She Plans to Serve 5 More Years on Bench, U.S. Officials Hold Direct Peace Talks with the Taliban, Gaza: Israeli Soldiers Kill 3 Palestinians, Including 11-Year-Old Boy, Palestinian A…
www.democracynow.org/2018/7/30/headlines
Israel forces teachers to leave Palestine
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-07-27
Israel forces teachers to leave Palestine: In the News Academic BoycottIsrael is obstructing academic freedom at Palestinian universities through vari…
bdsmovement.net/news/israel-forces-teachers-leave-palestine
Glasgow City Council Concedes to Supporters of Palestinian Rights, Vows to Refrain From Sponsoring Future Arms Fairs
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-07-27
Glasgow City Council Concedes to Supporters of Palestinian Rights, Vows to Refrain From Sponsoring Future Arms Fairs: Update Military Embargo Boycott HP Apartheid Free Zones Local governments Sanctions and governmentsGlasgow City Council promises supporters of Palestinian rights that it will no longer sponsor arms fairs featuring Israeli weapons manufacturers and will ensure that the city's guidelines for hosting events reflect that "Glasgow is a human rights respecting city." | July 27, 2018 | By:
| | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) …
bdsmovement.net/news/glasgow-city-council-concedes-supporters-palestinian-rights-vows-refrain-sponsoring-future-arms
Headlines for July 27, 2018
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-07-27
700+ Migrant Families Still Separated as Reunification Deadline Passes, Protests Target President Trump's Family Separation Policy, House Votes 359-54 in Favor of Record Military Spending Bill, Michael Cohen Says Trump Knew in Advance About Meeting with Russians, House Republicans Set to Punish Rod Rosenstein over Mueller Probe, Pakistan: Imran Khan Claims Victory as Opponents Allege Vote Rigging, Gaza: Palestinians Call for Renewed Protests, Palestinian Teen Who Slapped Soldier to Be Released from Israeli Jail, Hundreds of African Refugees Scale Border Wall into Spanish Enclave, Laos: Aid Groups Say Death Toll f…
www.democracynow.org/2018/7/27/headlines
Palestinians Urge Irish Football Association to Cancel "Friendly" Match with Apartheid Israel
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-07-27
Palestinians Urge Irish Football Association to Cancel "Friendly" Match with Apartheid Israel: Update Red Card IsraelHolding a friendly match with Israel sends the message that ending the dreams of Palestinians footballers is not significant. Palestinians urge the Irish Fo…
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Headlines for July 26, 2018
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-07-26
900+ Immigrant Families Still Separated at Deadline for Reunification, 8 Arrested at Protest of Chase Bank's Ties to Immigration Detention, Trump Says He's Reached a Deal to Halt Trade War with EU, White House Bars CNN Correspondent After She Questions Trump, Pakistan: Imran Khan Poised to Become PM as Opposition Rejects Vote, Syria: 216 Killed in ISIS Attacks on Southern City, Saudi Arabia Halts Oil Shipments as Yemeni Rebels Attack Tankers, Gaza: Israeli Strikes Kill 3 Palestinians as Ceasefire Breaks, U.N. Agency for Palestinians Lays Off Hundreds as U.S. Cuts Funding, White House Delays Planned Putin-Trump Me…
www.democracynow.org/2018/7/26/headlines
Israel Deports Human Rights Defender, Researchers and Delegation Over Support for Palestinian Rights
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-07-26
Israel Deports Human Rights Defender, Researchers and Delegation Over Support for Palestinian Rights: Update Right To Boycott Apartheid Free Zones Local governmentsIsrael's actions expose its escalating repression and system of apartheid | July 26, 2018 | By:
| | Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) …
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Headlines for July 25, 2018
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-07-25
Pakistan: Millions Head to Polls as Suicide Bomb at Polling Station Kills Dozens, In Audio, Trump & Michael Cohen Discuss Payoff to Playboy Model Karen McDougal, White House Edits Transcript of Trump's Summit with Putin, U.S. to Provide Emergency Relief to Farmers Hurt by Trump's Trade War, Ivanka Trump Shutting Down Namesake Fashion Brand, Israel Shoots Down Syrian Jet; Bombing in Southern Syria Kills Dozens, Laos: 26 Killed and Thousands Displaced in Dam Collapse, Death Toll from Greek Wildfires Rises to 76, India: Nationwide Truckers' Strike Enters Sixth Day, Republican Brian Kemp Wins Georgia Primary, Will Fa…
www.democracynow.org/2018/7/25/headlines
Ukraine Attacks Journalists Who Reported Israeli Weapons Flow to Its Neo-Nazi Militia
Ben Norton | grayzoneproject.com | 2018-07-10
Ukraine's embassy in Israel attacked Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal by name, along with The Real News and Electronic Intifada, spreading… | The post Ukraine Attacks Journalists Who Reported Israeli Weapons Flow to Its Neo-Nazi Militia appeared first on Grayzone Project.
grayzoneproject.com/2018/07/10/ukraine-embassy-israel-arming-nazis-max-blumenthal/