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 News Cultural BoycottRenowned authors have refused to have their works distributed by Israeli publishers in a stand for Palestinian rights. | July 18, 2018 | By:
| | Melville House Books …
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Homo Israeli-Americanus Putting Your Tax Dollars to Work Again
Tom Clark | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-10
Seeing the remains of 23-year-old Palestinian mother Enas Kammash and her infant child splattered across the wall of their low end shack in Deir Al-Balah on the day The Space Force officially became a thing ostensibly to protect you from some figment and me but not really and we accidentally discovered the place where they're going to…
counterpunch.org/2018/08/10/homo-israeli-americanus-putting-your-tax-dollars-to-work-again/
Israeli Court Extends Remand Of Palestinian Journalist
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-10
Abdul-Nasser Nubani, a lawyer with the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that the Israeli "Ofer" military court, near Ramallah in central West Bank, has extended the remand of a Palestinian journalist, and released four others. The journalist, Ala' Rimawi, 40, was ordered under further interrogation until his court hearing, …
Israel vs. Iran: "Disappear From The World" vs. "Vanish From The Pages Of Time"
Andrew Korybko | iranian.com | 2018-08-10
The global silence over Israel's hopes that "the Iranian regime would disappear entirely from this world" stands in stark contrast to the worldwide outrage over similarly phrased wishes on behalf of Iran 12 years ago to see its Zionist enemy "vanish from the pages of time". [dropcap]I[/dropcap]nternational Relations are characterized by double standards because each actor […] | The post Israel vs. Iran: "Disappear From The World" vs. "Vanish From The Pages Of Time" appeared first on The Irani…
iranian.com/2018/08/10/israel-vs-iran/
Ahed Tamimi Comes Home to Great Joy but Also Reminders of Pain
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2018-08-10
Some eight months after Nariman and Ahed's imprisonment, the Israeli authorities are unhappy with the status that the prisoners and the Tamimi family achieved as symbols of the Palestinian resistance. | The post Ahed Tamimi Comes Home to Great Joy but Also Reminders of Pain appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/as-ahed-tamimi-comes-home-to-great-joy-but-also-reminders-of-pain/247467/
BBC Bows to Pressure from Israel, Changes Gaza Headline "IMMEDIATELY!!!"
Middle East Monitor | mintpressnews.com | 2018-08-10
The BBC has once again come under sharp criticism over its coverage of violence perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinians. Critics called the BBC out over its bias after the broadcaster bowed to pressure from the Israeli Foreign Ministry and changed the headline of a news piece concerning Israeli air strikes on Gaza. | The BBC headline read: "Israeli air strikes 'kill woman and baby'" for a news piece related to the killing of three Palestinians including a pregnant mother and toddler in Gaza on Wednesday night. | The headline attracted the attention of Israel's Foreign Ministry and the Board of Deputies of British Jews, who is currently leading a bitter campaign against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn over a definition of anti-Semitism that conflates criticism of Israel with racism against Jews. | Israel's foreign ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon shot the BBC down…
mintpressnews.com/bbc-changes-gaza-headline/247452/
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: Analysis Academic BoycottThree recent events in Israel's largest universities demonstrate academic and security institutions are actually increasing their cooperation. | July 23, 2018 | By:
| | Shir Hever …
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The Faulty Logic Behind the Attack on BDS
Consortiumnews.com | consortiumnews.com | 2018-08-10
Defenders of Israel are using flawed logic in trying to tar supporters of the age-old tactic of boycotts as anti-semitic, argues Lawrence Davidson. By Lawrence Davidson If you search the topic boycotts on Google you immediately realize how historically common… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/08/09/the-faulty-logic-behind-the-attack-on-bds/
Neocons Concoct Threat Of "Iranian Hackers" To Justify Preemptive "Counterattack" Against Iran
Whitney Webb | iranian.com | 2018-08-10
Recent warnings of an imminent Iranian cyberattack on the U.S. are dubious at best — aimed at ending the U.S.' isolation through dishonest intelligence, while justifying a U.S. "preemptive counterattack" on Iran's infrastructure in a bid to further destabilize the nation. [dropcap]S[/dropcap]everal reports in both American and Israeli media have recently been circulating the claim that Iran is increasingly […] | The post Neocons Concoct Threat Of "Iranian Hackers" To Justify Preemptive "Counterattack" Against Iran appeared…
iranian.com/2018/08/09/iranian-hackers-threat/
If the Gaza Blockade is Bad, Does That Make Hamas Good?
Marilyn Garson | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-10
Of what use are unrealized human rights to Gazan Palestinians — and what happens when an aspirational right confronts the hard reality of Hamas? I. We, expressing outrage and support for the people of Gaza from a distance, can refer to Israel's illegal blockade, settler colonialism, apartheid or the right to armed resistance. These are…
counterpunch.org/2018/08/10/if-the-gaza-blockade-is-bad-does-that-make-hamas-good/
Israel carries out new strikes on Gaza
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-10
The latest assault, which killed three people, follows repeated threats by the Israeli government to launch another full-scale military intervention.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/10/gaza-a10.html
Colombia to Recognize Palestinian State
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-09
Colombia has reportedly decided to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state, only days before Ivan Duque took office, according to an official letter by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Aria Angela Holguin, to the Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Malki. The recognition came a few days before the end …
Palestinian Poet Dareen Tatour Turns Herself In to Finish Sentence
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-09
The Palestinian poet, photographer and social media activist Dareen Tatour, from the town of Reineh, in northern Israel, turned herself in on Wednesday, to the Israel Prison Service, to serve two months that were left of her five-month prison sentence, according local sources. An Israeli court had earlier sentence Tatour, …
Palestinian Poet Dareen Tatour Turns Herself In to Finish Sentence
Israel officially recognizes colonial settlement outpost built on stolen Palestinian land
Celine Hagbard | imemc.org | 2018-08-09
After initially seizing Palestinian land from four villages "for military purposes" last year, Israeli military authorities transferred the seized land to Israeli civilians in direct violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and is now recognizing the illegal colony 'Adei Ad'. The land on which the colony was constructed was stolen …
Israel officially recognizes colonial settlement outpost built on stolen Palestinian land
Flotilla Passengers Released by Israel; Many Battered and Bruised; USS Liberty Survivor Held For Days
Consortiumnews.com | consortiumnews.com | 2018-08-09
Defending their illegal blockade of Gaza against what they see as infiltrators rather than activists bringing aid and making a point, Israeli soldiers physically assaulted a number of delegates and arrested them, including a USS Liberty survivor. By Ann Wright… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/08/09/flotilla-passengers-released-by-israel-many-battered-and-bruised-uss-liberty-survivor-held-days/
Why does Rashida Tlaib Support US Military Aid to Israel?
Ali Abunimah | mintpressnews.com | 2018-08-09
There has been much euphoria over the Michigan primary win on Tuesday that sets up Palestinian American Rashida Tlaib to become the first Muslim woman to enter Congress if, as widely expected, she wins the general election in November. | "As the child of immigrants and an Arab, Tlaib is acutely aware of the issues that impact our community," the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee said in a message congratulating her. "In Congress, we know she will continue to be a strong advocate for the community, and we look forward to working with her." | That has been a widely shared sentiment — backed by an assumption that because she is a Palestinian American, Tlaib can be counted on to be a strong voice for Palestinian rights. | But hard political experience tells us otherwise, and the time to look at Tlaib's troubling relationship…
mintpressnews.com/why-does-rashida-tlaib-support-us-military-aid-to-israel/247420/
Women Prisoners' Update: Susan Abu Ghannam Seized by Occupation Forces
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-09
Photo: Susan Abu Ghannam, Wattan TV Susan Abu Ghannam, the mother of Mohammed Abu Ghannam, a 22-year-old man slain by Israeli occupation forces in Jerusalem on 21 July 2017, was seized by Israeli occupation forces who invaded her family home in Jerusalem on 5 August. Her detention was first extended …
imemc.org/article/women-prisoners-update-susan-abu-ghannam-seized-by-occupation-forces/
UN: 'Well-being of 2 Million' in Gaza at Stake as Emergency Fuel Runs Dry
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-09
To avert hospital closures, raw sewage overflowing onto streets of Gaza, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, on Wednesday, called on the Israeli occupation to allow UN-purchased emergency fuel the besieged enclave. "Restricting the entry of emergency fuel to Gaza is a dangerous practice, with grave consequences on the rights of people in …
UN: ‘Well-being of 2 Million’ in Gaza at Stake as Emergency Fuel Runs Dry
Resigned Knesset Member: Jewish Nation-state Law Is 'Ethnic Cleansing'
Mustafa Abu Sneineh | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-09
A Knesset member who resigned in protest over the Jewish nation-state law says the legislation "normalises and enshrines in law" the superiority of Israeli Jews over their Arab peers, and warned …
globalresearch.ca/resigned-knesset-member-jewish-nation-state-law-is-ethnic-cleansing/5650095
Israel Air Strikes on Gaza: The UK Has Licensed Over £340 Million of Arms to Israel Since 2014 Bombing Campaign
CAAT, Campaign Against Arms Trade | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-09
Israeli military air strikes on Gaza killed at least three people last night, including a pregnant woman and her 18 month old daughter. | This follows months of increased tensions and atrocities: …
globalresearch.ca/israel-air-strikes-on-gaza-the-uk-has-licensed-over-340-million-of-arms-to-israel-since-2014-bombing-campaign/5650101
Jewish nation-state law ends any claim of a democratic Israel
Ben Jamal | peoplesworld.org | 2018-08-09
The passage of the Jewish Nation-State Basic Law by Israel's parliament, the Knesset, has been widely condemned as undermining any claim on Israel's part to be a liberal democracy. | Aymen Odeh, the head of the Arab Joint List group of parties in the Knesset, described it starkly as representing "the death of our democracy." | The reality is that Israel has never truly been a liberal democracy that treats all its citizens as equal regardless of race or ethnicity. | In a liberal democracy, the state should be officially neutral with respect to the ethnic or cultural identity of its citizens so that members of all ethnic groups enjoy the same citizenship rights. | The nation state law makes clear that in Israel only Jews have a right to national self-determination. The law gives no recognition to the rights of 20…
peoplesworld.org/article/jewish-nation-state-law-ends-any-claim-of-a-democratic-israel/
Israeli Airstrike Levels Five-story Building in Gaza City
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-09
An Israeli airstrike on a cultural center in Gaza City, on Thursday, turned the five-story building into rubble, according to WAFA correspondence. He said that Israeli warplanes fired 10 missiles at the building, for no apparent reason other than to inflict as much damage as possible in Gaza. Israel has …
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (02– 08 August 2018)
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-09
Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) for the week of 02-08 August, 2018. Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against Palestinian protestors in the Gaza Strip. 2 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were killed while another civilian succumbed to his pervious wounds.
Detainee Suspends Hunger Strike After Reaching An Agreement For His Release
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-09
Palestinian political prisoner, Anas Ibrahim Shadeed, 22, has suspended hunger strike, which lasted for 22 days, after reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Authority to end his Administrative Detention and release him on December 19, 2018. His brother, Abdul-Majid, said Anas, from Doura town southwest of Hebron in southern …
Detainee Suspends Hunger Strike After Reaching An Agreement For His Release
PayPal closes pro-Palestinian group's account in collusion with Israeli government
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-09
PayPal's action is part of a broader censorship drive by US technology and social media giants, working closely with US and Israeli intelligence agencies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/09/payp-a09.html
Israel is Turning From a Security State to a Private Security State
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-08-08
TRNN's Shir Hever discusses his book on the privatization of Israeli security, the role of the Palestinian Authority as a subcontractor, and the international impact of Israeli security firms | The post Israel is Turning From a Security State to a Private Security State appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/israel-is-turning-from-a-security-state-to-a-private-security-state
As Trump Takes His Sanctions Battle To Europe, Who Is More "Isolated": Iran Or US?
Elliott Gabriel | iranian.com | 2018-08-08
Today, all speak about the isolation of Trump, Netanyahu and bin Salman. These three persons are the symbol of suppression, violence and mistrust in the world. — Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he U.S. has made good on its threats to reimpose sanctions on Iran following Washington's unilateral withdrawal from the six-party nuclear deal. The […] | The post As Trump Takes His Sanctions Battle To Europe, Who Is More "Isolated": Iran Or US? appeared first on The I…
iranian.com/2018/08/07/us-iran-isolated/
Mass protest led by Druze against Israel's Nation State law
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-08
The demonstration was reported to be around 150,000 strong, making it the largest-ever Druze rally.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/08/druz-a08.html
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/
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
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/
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) …
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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
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
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
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…
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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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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
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/
