Daily Archives: October 26, 2018

2018-10-26: News Headlines

Ramzy Baroud (2018-10-26). 'A Cruel Choice'. zcomm.org Why Israel Targets Palestinian Schools…

Andrew Levine (2018-10-26). After the Khashoggi Murder, It is Up To Israel to Repair the Crack in the Axis of Evil. counterpunch.org Israel and Saudi Arabia used to be mortal enemies. Though hardly close friends now, they have become de facto allies. To make their mark on the world, they are both utterly dependent on the United States. The United States depends on Saudi Arabia for its oil, for the financial clout its oil makes possible, and for keeping the global oil market on track in ways that accord with America's global interests. Israel has nothing comparable to offer the United States — it is no longer even useful as an off-shore military base — but the political clout of the Israel lobby, both Jewish and Evangelical Christian, mo…

Ron Jacobs (2018-10-26). Refugees, A Hog Wallow, and the Midterms. counterpunch.org While reading media descriptions of the migrant procession through Central America and Mexico two stories came to mind. The first is the song by Bob Marley and the Wailers titled "Exodus." The second is the flight of the Israelites from the Pharaoh's Egypt. When examined even just a little, neither the song or the biblical More

Robert Fantina (2018-10-26). Trump, Saudi Arabia and the Khashoggi Murder. counterpunch.org Is there no crime so obvious, so egregious and so blatant that it won't be overlooked by United States President Donald Trump, if doing so suits his twisted needs? He looks past Israeli barbarity, despite the obvious, unspeakable human rights abuses that that rogue, racist apartheid nation commits. He ignores the abject suffering caused by More

Ramzy Baroud (2018-10-26). 'A Cruel Choice': Why Israel Targets Palestinian Schools. counterpunch.org Several Palestinian students, along with teachers and officials, were wounded in the Israeli army attack on a school south of Nablus in the West Bank on October 15. The students of Al- Sawiya Al-Lebban Mixed School were challenging an Israeli military order to shut down their school based on the ever-versatile accusation of the school More

pip.hinman (2018-10-26). Palestinian champions 'drift' racing for women. greenleft.org.au Noor Daoud was the only woman to take to the track in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where the Palestinian car racer impressed the crowds with her "drift" driving skills. | On Palestine's streets, Daoud mastered the art of drift — deliberately oversteering to make the rear wheels skid —and travelled to Sharm el-Sheikh for a regional competition. | "Since I was little I've become used to meeting up with the guys to play football or tennis," said the 27-year-old on the sidelines of the competition. | Racing

Alison Weir (2018-10-26). Israeli Social Media Star May Have Worked as a Secret Agent on US College Campuses. mintpressnews.com The Forward reports that a hugely popular pro-Israel speaker and writer, Hen Mazzig, has been secretly working directly for the Israeli government. It appears that his actions may have violated U.S. espionage laws.

SouthFront (2018-10-26). Israel Rejects Russian 'Restrictions' On Israeli Airstrikes In Syria. iranian.com Israel is rejecting reported Russian demands that Israel give the Russian military additional warning before carrying out airstrikes in Syria, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman claimed on October 25. "We will not accept any restrictions on our freedom of operation, and when it comes to national security, we will take action," the defense minister told Army Radio […]

Joe Catron (2018-10-26). Will Israel's Gaza Massacres Finally Prod the ICC into Action? mintpressnews.com Both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, normally reserved in their criticism of Israel, have accused the occupying state of "war crimes." Some hope the sheer scale of Israeli fire against unarmed civilians, along with the copious documentation of it, will prod the ICC to action.

INA (2018-10-25). Israeli Forces Repress March at Jerusalem Gate. imemc.org Dozens of solidarity activists and journalists, on Wednesday evening, suffered from tear gas inhalation, during Israeli occupation forces' repression of a peaceful march at the Jerusalem Gate, in the town of Abu Dis, southeast of occupied Jerusalem. Resistance to the wall and settlements, along with activists of the Popular Resistance …

IMEMC News (2018-10-25). Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Young Man In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at night, a young Palestinian man from Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, while the military prosecutors' office demanded remanding a detained child. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the police summoned Jadallah Rajabi for …

IMEMC News (2018-10-25). Army Injures Many Schoolchildren In Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers fired, Thursday, several gas bombs into the Nahda Basic School for Boys, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, causing dozens of students and teacher to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, including some students who fainted. Rawhi az-Zaro, the principal of the school, said the soldiers …

Abdel Nasser Issa (2018-10-25). Post-Khashoggi: Israel's Loss, Bin Salman's Retreat And Erdogan's Advance. iranian.com The usually-talkative Israel when it comes to claims of democracy and human rights has been silent over what it fears to be the dangerous retreat, or even collapse, of one of the pillars of its camp in the region and its most important ally, who Trump described as "our boy" — Saudi Arabia. This is […]

Ali Salam (2018-10-25). Khalida Jarrar's Administrative Detention Renewed. imemc.org Palestinian parliament member Khalida Jarrar, has been in prison since July 2 of 2017, and her sentence has been extended by four additional months, a Maan reporter posted a copy of the renewal order. Jarrar was initially detained in 2015, spent 14 months in Israeli prison, and spent a year …

IMEMC News (2018-10-25). Israeli Soldiers Abduct 15 Palestinians In The West Bank. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least fifteen Palestinians, including former political prisoners, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS said the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes, and interrogated dozens of Palestinians while inspecting their ID …

PCHR (2018-10-25). PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (18 — 24 October 2018). imemc.org Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) for the week of (18 — 24 October, 2018. Israeli soldiers continued to use excessive force against unarmed civilians and peaceful protestors in the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian youngster was killed in eastern Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, …

IMEMC News (2018-10-25). Israeli Soldiers Injure Eleven Palestinians In Abu Dis. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Abu Dis town, east of occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters, wounding eleven. Media sources in Abu Dis said several army jeeps invaded the town, and fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades. They added that eleven Palestinians …

IMEMC News (2018-10-25). Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Qalqilia. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Qalqilia city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and abducted two young Palestinian men. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Eyad Salem Abu Shehab and Ahmad Mohammad Abu Shehab, and took them to an unknown destination. They added that the soldiers …

INA (2018-10-25). Gaza Water Crisis: Political Solution Needed, Not a Technological One. imemc.org Water contamination is a serious problem in Gaza, but supposedly well-intentioned reports that call attention to the crisis offer only technical solutions that are not only unworkable, but completely ignore the Israeli blockade. TRNN Video & Transcript GREG WILPERT: It's The Real News Network, and I'm Greg Wilpert, joining you from …

INA (2018-10-25). Nelson Mandela's Grandson Visits Injured Palestinian Boy. imemc.org Nelson Mandela's grandson Zwelivelile "Mandla" Mandela recently visited Palestinian teenager Muhammad Tamimi in the hospital of Johannesburg, in South Africa. Tamimi was shot in the head, in his village of Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. He spent at least four days in a coma and …

Democracy Now! (2018-10-22). Headlines for October 22, 2018. democracynow.org Trump to Withdraw from 1987 U.S.-Russia Nuclear Deal, Plans to Establish Biological Definition of Gender Threatens Trans Rights, Saudi Arabia Says Khashoggi Killed in "Fistfight" Amid Mounting U.S. Pressure, NYT: Saudi Troll Farm Targeted Khashoggi, Other Critics on Twitter, Afghanistan: 27 Killed, 100 Injured as Voters Head to Polls, Gaza: Israeli Forces Shoot and Injure 130 Palestinian Protesters, Israel Delays Plans to Evict Bedouin Village in West Bank, Central American Caravan Crosses into Mexico as Trump Threats Mount, Honduras: Lawyers for Victim Berta Cáceres Removed from Murder Trial, Florida: $339 Milli…

Democracy Now! (2018-10-22). "Reminiscent of South Africa's Grand Apartheid": Israeli Human Rights Group Slams Israel at U.N. democracynow.org Shortly after Israel announced a new "zero tolerance" policy toward demonstrations in Gaza, some 130 Palestinians were injured Friday while protesting ongoing Israeli occupation and demanding the right of return. Four paramedics and 25 children were among the injured. Ten thousand protesters gathered along Israel's heavily militarized separation barrier with Gaza as part of the weekly Great March of Return protests that began March 30. Since then, Israeli forces have killed at least 170 Palestinians, including more than 30 children, and injured thousands more. We speak with Hagai El-Ad, the executive director of…

Democracy Now! (2018-10-19). Netanyahu Attacks Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem for Criticizing Israeli Occupation at U.N. democracynow.org Fears are growing as Israel escalates its military presence along its heavily militarized separation barrier with Gaza. Israel has deployed 60 tanks to meet Palestinian protesters gathering today to protest the ongoing Israeli occupation and demand the right of return for those displaced from their homes. Israel has announced it is implementing a "zero tolerance" policy toward protesters in Gaza, who have been staging weekly Friday protests since March 30 under the banner of the Great March of Return. Since then, Israeli forces have killed at least 170 Palestinians, including more than 30 children, and injured at…

Ricardo Vaz (2018-10-11). Venezuela Takes Center Stage in Brazilian Far Right Presidential Campaign. venezuelanalysis.com Frontrunner Bolsonaro has vowed to sever diplomatic relations with Caracas and back sanctions while establishing closer ties with the ultra-right government in Israel.

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…

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…

2018-10-26: Social Media Postees

After the Khashoggi Murder, It is Up To Israel to Repair the Crack in the Axis of Evil
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-26
Israel and Saudi Arabia used to be mortal enemies. Though hardly close friends now, they have become de facto allies. To make their mark on the world, they are both utterly dependent on the United States. The United States depends on Saudi Arabia for its oil, for the financial clout its oil makes possible, and for keeping the global oil market on track in ways that accord with America's global interests. Israel has nothing comparable to offer the United States — it is no longer even useful as an off-shore military base — but the political clout of the Israel lobby, both Jewish and Evangelical Christian, mo…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/26/after-the-khashoggi-murder-it-is-up-to-israel-to-repair-the-crack-in-the-axis-of-evil/

Palestinian champions 'drift' racing for women
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-10-26
Noor Daoud was the only woman to take to the track in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where the Palestinian car racer impressed the crowds with her "drift" driving skills. | On Palestine's streets, Daoud mastered the art of drift — deliberately oversteering to make the rear wheels skid –and travelled to Sharm el-Sheikh for a regional competition. | "Since I was little I've become used to meeting up with the guys to play football or tennis," said the 27-year-old on the sidelines of the competition. | Racing now dominates her lif…
greenleft.org.au/content/palestinian-champions-%E2%80%98drift%E2%80%99-racing-women

Will Israel's Gaza Massacres Finally Prod the ICC into Action?
Joe Catron | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-26
Both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, normally reserved in their criticism of Israel, have accused the occupying state of "war crimes." Some hope the sheer scale of Israeli fire against unarmed civilians, along with the copious documentation of it, will prod the ICC to action. | The post Will Israel's Gaza Massacres Finally Prod the ICC into Action? appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/will-israels-gaza-massacres-finally-prod-the-icc-into-action/251074/

Trump, Saudi Arabia and the Khashoggi Murder
Robert Fantina | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-26
Is there no crime so obvious, so egregious and so blatant that it won't be overlooked by United States President Donald Trump, if doing so suits his twisted needs? He looks past Israeli barbarity, despite the obvious, unspeakable human rights abuses that that rogue, racist apartheid nation commits. He ignores the abject suffering caused by…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/26/trump-saudi-arabia-and-the-khashoggi-murder/

Israeli Social Media Star May Have Worked as a Secret Agent on US College Campuses
Alison Weir | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-26
The Forward reports that a hugely popular pro-Israel speaker and writer, Hen Mazzig, has been secretly working directly for the Israeli government. It appears that his actions may have violated U.S. espionage laws. | The post Israeli Social Media Star May Have Worked as a Secret Agent on US College Campuses appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/social-media-star-hen-mazzig-may-have-worked-as-a-secret-israeli-agent/251062/

'A Cruel Choice'
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2018-10-26
Why Israel Targets Palestinian Schools…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-cruel-choice/

Israel Rejects Russian 'Restrictions' On Israeli Airstrikes In Syria
SouthFront | iranian.com | 2018-10-26
Israel is rejecting reported Russian demands that Israel give the Russian military additional warning before carrying out airstrikes in Syria, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman claimed on October 25. "We will not accept any restrictions on our freedom of operation, and when it comes to national security, we will take action," the defense minister told Army Radio […] | The post Israel Rejects Russian 'Restrictions' On Israeli Airstrikes In Syria appeared first on The Ir…
iranian.com/2018/10/25/israel-rejects-russian-restrictions-on-israeli-airstrikes-in-syria/

Refugees, A Hog Wallow, and the Midterms
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-26
While reading media descriptions of the migrant procession through Central America and Mexico two stories came to mind. The first is the song by Bob Marley and the Wailers titled "Exodus." The second is the flight of the Israelites from the Pharaoh's Egypt. When examined even just a little, neither the song or the biblical…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/26/refugees-a-hog-wallow-and-the-midterms/

'A Cruel Choice': Why Israel Targets Palestinian Schools
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-26
Several Palestinian students, along with teachers and officials, were wounded in the Israeli army attack on a school south of Nablus in the West Bank on October 15. The students of Al- Sawiya Al-Lebban Mixed School were challenging an Israeli military order to shut down their school based on the ever-versatile accusation of the school…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/26/a-cruel-choice-why-israel-targets-palestinian-schools/

Army Injures Many Schoolchildren In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-25
Israeli soldiers fired, Thursday, several gas bombs into the Nahda Basic School for Boys, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, causing dozens of students and teacher to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, including some students who fainted. Rawhi az-Zaro, the principal of the school, said the soldiers …

Army Injures Many Schoolchildren In Hebron

Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Qalqilia
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-25
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Qalqilia city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and abducted two young Palestinian men. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Eyad Salem Abu Shehab and Ahmad Mohammad Abu Shehab, and took them to an unknown destination. They added that the soldiers …

Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Qalqilia

PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (18 — 24 October 2018)
PCHR | imemc.org | 2018-10-25
Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) for the week of (18 — 24 October, 2018. Israeli soldiers continued to use excessive force against unarmed civilians and peaceful protestors in the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian youngster was killed in eastern Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, …

PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (18 – 24 October 2018)

Israeli Soldiers Abduct 15 Palestinians In The West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-25
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least fifteen Palestinians, including former political prisoners, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS said the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes, and interrogated dozens of Palestinians while inspecting their ID …

Israeli Soldiers Abduct 15 Palestinians In The West Bank

Khalida Jarrar's Administrative Detention Renewed
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2018-10-25
Palestinian parliament member Khalida Jarrar, has been in prison since July 2 of 2017, and her sentence has been extended by four additional months, a Maan reporter posted a copy of the renewal order. Jarrar was initially detained in 2015, spent 14 months in Israeli prison, and spent a year …
imemc.org/article/khalida-jarrar-administrative-detention-renewed/

Post-Khashoggi: Israel's Loss, Bin Salman's Retreat And Erdogan's Advance
Abdel Nasser Issa | iranian.com | 2018-10-25
The usually-talkative Israel when it comes to claims of democracy and human rights has been silent over what it fears to be the dangerous retreat, or even collapse, of one of the pillars of its camp in the region and its most important ally, who Trump described as "our boy" — Saudi Arabia. This is […] | The post Post-Khashoggi: Israel's Loss, Bin Salman's Retreat And Erdogan's Advance appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/25/post-khashoggi-israels-loss-bin-salmans-retreat-and-erdogans-advance/

Israeli Soldiers Injure Eleven Palestinians In Abu Dis
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-25
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Abu Dis town, east of occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters, wounding eleven. Media sources in Abu Dis said several army jeeps invaded the town, and fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades. They added that eleven Palestinians …

Israeli Soldiers Injure Eleven Palestinians In Abu Dis

Nelson Mandela's Grandson Visits Injured Palestinian Boy
INA | imemc.org | 2018-10-25
Nelson Mandela's grandson Zwelivelile "Mandla" Mandela recently visited Palestinian teenager Muhammad Tamimi in the hospital of Johannesburg, in South Africa. Tamimi was shot in the head, in his village of Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. He spent at least four days in a coma and …

Nelson Mandela’s Grandson Visits Injured Palestinian Boy

Gaza Water Crisis: Political Solution Needed, Not a Technological One
INA | imemc.org | 2018-10-25
Water contamination is a serious problem in Gaza, but supposedly well-intentioned reports that call attention to the crisis offer only technical solutions that are not only unworkable, but completely ignore the Israeli blockade. TRNN Video & Transcript GREG WILPERT: It's The Real News Network, and I'm Greg Wilpert, joining you from …

Gaza Water Crisis: Political Solution Needed, Not a Technological One

Israeli Forces Repress March at Jerusalem Gate
INA | imemc.org | 2018-10-25
Dozens of solidarity activists and journalists, on Wednesday evening, suffered from tear gas inhalation, during Israeli occupation forces' repression of a peaceful march at the Jerusalem Gate, in the town of Abu Dis, southeast of occupied Jerusalem. Resistance to the wall and settlements, along with activists of the Popular Resistance …

Israeli Forces Repress March at Jerusalem Gate

Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Young Man In Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-25
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at night, a young Palestinian man from Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, while the military prosecutors' office demanded remanding a detained child. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the police summoned Jadallah Rajabi for …

Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Young Man In Jerusalem

Imposing 'Balance' Requires Distortion of Palestine/Israel Struggle
Gregory Shupak | fair.org | 2018-10-23
Since the Palestinians' Great Return March began on March 30, Israel has killed 217 Palestinians in Gaza, 163 of whom were participating in the demonstrations. Among the dead are 33 children, three paramedics and four people with disabilities; Israel has injured a further 11,155 Palestinians, many of whom will be maimed for l…
fair.org/home/imposing-balance-requires-distortion-of-palestine-israel-struggle/

"Reminiscent of South Africa's Grand Apartheid": Israeli Human Rights Group Slams Israel at U.N
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-22
Shortly after Israel announced a new "zero tolerance" policy toward demonstrations in Gaza, some 130 Palestinians were injured Friday while protesting ongoing Israeli occupation and demanding the right of return. Four paramedics and 25 children were among the injured. Ten thousand protesters gathered along Israel's heavily militarized separation barrier with Gaza as part of the weekly Great March of Return protests that began March 30. Since then, Israeli forces have killed at least 170 Palestinians, including more than 30 children, and injured thousands more. We speak with Hagai El-Ad, the executive director of…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/22/reminiscent_of_south_africas_grand_apartheid

Netanyahu Attacks Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem for Criticizing Israeli Occupation at U.N
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-19
Fears are growing as Israel escalates its military presence along its heavily militarized separation barrier with Gaza. Israel has deployed 60 tanks to meet Palestinian protesters gathering today to protest the ongoing Israeli occupation and demand the right of return for those displaced from their homes. Israel has announced it is implementing a "zero tolerance" policy toward protesters in Gaza, who have been staging weekly Friday protests since March 30 under the banner of the Great March of Return. Since then, Israeli forces have killed at least 170 Palestinians, including more than 30 children, and injured at…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/19/netanyahu_attacks_israeli_human_rights_group

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