Daily Archives: October 29, 2018

2018-10-29: News Headlines

David Sheen (2018-10-29). Israel Crushes Resistance At Home And Abroad. iranian.com The Jewish-Israeli left is in tatters. They make up just a tiny fraction of the Jewish population of the country, and their numbers have been steadily shrinking since the start of the millennium. No alliance of progressive parties can hold a candle to Israel's hawkish governing coalitions. No liberal newspaper can pull the public away […]

IMEMC News (2018-10-29). After Demolishing Their Homes In Early September, Army Summons Three Palestinians For Interrogation. imemc.org Israeli soldiers summoned, Sunday, three Palestinians from the al-Walaja town, northwest of Bethlehem, including one woman, for interrogation for "constructions' violations," although the military demolished their homes, earlier in September of this year. Local activist Ibrahim Awadallah, said the soldiers invaded Jweiza and Khallet as-Samak areas, and summoned Hanan ar-Razem, …

Makia Freeman (2018-10-29). ISIS Is a US-Israeli Creation. Top Ten "Indications" globalresearch.ca Relevant article first posted on GR in April 2016. | ISIS is a US-Israeli creation, a fact as clear as the sky is blue. It's a truth as black and white as the colors on their flag. For many alternative news …

Democracy Now! (2018-10-29). Rabbi: Trump & GOP Have Blood on Their Hands for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting & Hateful Violence. democracynow.org Cecil Rosenthal, David Rosenthal, Melvin Wax, Irving Younger, Daniel Stein, Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Bernice Simon and Sylvan Simon. Those are the names of the 11 worshipers who were gunned down Saturday in Pittsburgh, when a 46-year-old white man named Robert Bowers entered the Tree of Life synagogue and opened fire, yelling "All Jews must die." It is believed to be the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. We speak with Ari Lev Fornari, a rabbi at Kol Tzedek Synagogue in West Philadelphia who has worked with HIAS, a Jewish agency that aids refugees that the gunma…

Hans Stehling (2018-10-29). Israeli Blockade of Gaza.The Only Solution is the Establishment of an Independent Palestinian State. globalresearch.ca Antisemitism needs an excuse and Netanyahu sadly provides it every day on the Israeli- Gaza border. His heavily armed snipers have gratuitously killed over 200 unarmed Palestinians at the March of Return protest and injured over 10,000 at the border …

IMEMC News (2018-10-29). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians, including Two Underage Siblings, Near Bethlehem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, two underage siblings and a young man, in addition to summoning a child for interrogation, in the West Bank governorate of Bethlehem. Several army jeeps abducted Aseel Bassam Abu Aker, 15, and her sister Nisreen, 16, from their home in 'Aida refugee camp, …

TeleSur (2018-10-29). Muslim-American Community Raises Money For Pittsburgh Victims. iranian.com The campaign, hosted by Muslim crowdfunding site LaunchGood, aimed to help the victims, "whether it is the injured victims or the Jewish families who have lost loved ones". The Muslim-American community had raised tens of thousands of dollars in a crowdfunding effort to help Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims which left at least 11 dead and […]

Democracy Now! (2018-10-29). Headlines for October 29, 2018. democracynow.org Anti-Semitic Shooter Kills 11 Jewish Worshipers in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Gunman Held Anti-Semitic, Racist and Xenophobic Views, Jewish Leaders to Trump: "Massacre Is Not the First Act of Terror You Incited", Trump, Conservatives Continue Attacks on George Soros, Kentucky: Shooter Kills Two Black People at Supermarket After Targeting Black Church, Trump-Supporting Suspect of Mail Bomb Campaign to Appear in Court, Brazil Elects Far-Right Candidate Jair Bolsonaro President, Indonesia: 189 Feared Dead After Lion Air Passenger Jet Crashes, Saudis Reject Turkish Demand to Extradite Khashoggi Murder Suspects, Israel Bo…

Max Blumenthal (2018-10-29). Israel's Far Right Blame "Leftist" Victims of Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre. mintpressnews.com As Israeli Minister of Education Naftali Bennett sets out to Pittsburgh, prominent members of the governing Likud Party have blamed the Jewish victims of the neo-Nazi massacre "for causing anti-Semitism."

IMEMC News (2018-10-29). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Twenty Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn at least twenty-two Palestinians, including two sisters, ages 14 and 15, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The soldiers invaded many governorates in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, searched …

INA (2018-10-28). Israeli Forces Open Fire on Gaza Farmers. imemc.org Israeli occupation forces, on Sunday morning, opened fire at Palestinian farmers in the northern Gaza strip. Local PNN sources said that Israeli soldiers opened fire on farmers in the town of Beit Hanoun, injuring one of them Ma'an sources confirmed that one farmer was injured by Israeli forces and transferred …

Max Blumenthal (2018-10-28). Members of Netanyahu's Likud Blame Victims of Pittsburgh Pogrom and Echo the Killer's Rhetoric. grayzoneproject.com As Israeli Minister of Education Naftali Bennett sets out to Pittsburgh, prominent members of the governing Likud Party have blamed…

Ali Salam (2018-10-28). 470 Illegal Settlement Units Approved East of Jerusalem. imemc.org Maale Adumim is an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian Territories, seven kilometres east of Jerusalem, with a population of more than 37,000 settlers. According to Ma'an News Agency, Hebrew-language media sources claim 470 new housing units were approved by the Israeli government on Thursday, with a total of …

IMEMC News (2018-10-28). Updated: Israeli Army Kills Three Children In Gaza. imemc.org The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that Israeli soldiers fired a shell, on Sunday evening, at Palestinians, near the perimeter fence area, between Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah, in the Gaza Strip, killing three children. The Palestinian Health Ministry has official identified the three slain children as Khaled Bassam Mahmoud …

PCHR (2018-10-28). Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Submit File to ICC Prosecutor: Investigate and Prosecute Pillage, Appropriation and Destruction of Palestinian Natural Resources. imemc.org Today, on 26 October 2018, Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) submitted a 500-page file on alleged crimes committed by Israelis, in particular high-level Israeli officials, and individuals associated with corporations that are extracting and destroying Palestinian natural resources. The organisations …

Middle East Monitor (2018-10-28). US To Reveal 'Deal Of The Century' To Israel Next Week. iranian.com Israeli public radio said on Friday that the US administration would reveal the details of its "Deal of the Century" to Israel next week. US President Donald Trump's envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt, is scheduled to travel to the region to meet with Israeli officials and reveal the details of the US plan, Quds […]

Maan News (2018-10-28). Israel Launches Over 80 Airstrikes Across Gaza (Videos). iranian.com Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting more than 80 sites across the besieged Gaza Strip, on Saturday, as a form of response to 30 rockets fired from Gaza towards Israel, according to the Israeli army. A Ma'an reporter said that Israeli warplanes carried out continuous airstrikes over Gaza since the predawn hours until Saturday morning. […]

INA (2018-10-28). Hunger Striking Detainee Khader Adnan Stops Drinking. imemc.org Palestinian detainee Khader Adnan, who has been on an open-ended hunger strike for 57 days, in protest of being detained without charge or trial, has also stopped drinking water, the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said on Sunday, according to WAFA correspondence. "Prisoner Khader Adnan has decided to step up …

The Iranian (2018-10-28). US Foreign Policy Mindset In A Nutshell: Ann Coulter Says Trump Should Order US Military To Invade Mexico. iranian.com US Foreign Policy Mindset In A Nutshell: Ann Coulter Says Trump Should Order US Military To Invade Mexico "We didn't ask for Iraq's approval to go in," the controversial conservative pundit told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. What will political commentator/author/proud racist Ann Coulter suggest next, the Israeli approach of snipers killing weaponless men, women […] | The post

Jacob Eder (2018-10-28). Why HIAS Became a Target of Hate. zcomm.org The aid agency has transformed itself over the past decade from a group that aids refugees because they are Jewish, to a group of Jews that aids refugees.

IMEMC News (2018-10-28). Colony's Guard Attacks Two Palestinians Near Nablus. imemc.org An armed guard of an illegal Israeli colony near Qaryout town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, attacked a member of the town's local council and a bulldozer driver, while conducting preparation work for a new agricultural road. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israeli …

INA (2018-10-28). Hamas Condemns Attack on US Synagogue. imemc.org "The Islamic Palestinian Resistance Movement condemns the killing of any human, whether he is a Muslim, Christian, Jew or a follower of any religion," quoted the official. "It is with deep regret and profound sadness that we received the news about the terrorist attack on a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh, which resulted in …

wsws (2018-10-28). Eleven killed in deadliest attack on Jewish community in US history. wsws.org The attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh occurs in the midst of an international escalation of fascist violence.

Fight Back (2018-10-27). Two Palestinians killed in the Great Return March. fightbacknews.org According to widespread media reports, two Palestinian protesters were killed in Gaza, October 26, while participating in the Great Return March. According to the news outlet Ma'an, "Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qidra, identified one of them as Muhammad Khalid Mahmoud Abed al-Nabi, 27, saying that al-Nabi succumbed to his wounds while being treated at the al-Shifa Hospital." | More 200 unarmed Palestinians have been killed and thousands wounded since the onset of the Great Return March demonstrations. | The Trump administration has constantly backed the Israeli occupation'

RT (2018-10-27). 'All these Jews need to die': Pittsburgh shooter used AR-15 & handguns in synagogue massacre. rt.com The gunman who opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue didn't want any of the Jews inside to live, he told police at the scene. Armed with a rifle and handguns, the man surrendered after killing several people and firing at police.

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.

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.

Middle East Monitor (2018-10-26). Israel is Lobbying Europe to Declare BDS "Fundamentally Anti-Semitic" mintpressnews.com In its ongoing battle against the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign Israel is pushing for European political parties to declare the movement "fundamentally anti-Semitic." The latest drive saw Israel's Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Ze'ev Elkin, attending a conference in Brussels backed by the Israeli government which proposed a text for prospective MEPs and political parties to sign up to before European elections in May next year. | The text, the Guardian reported, urges European parties to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) "working definition of anti-Se…

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…

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…

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…

2018-10-29: Social Media Postees

Israel's Far Right Blame "Leftist" Victims of Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre
Max Blumenthal | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-29
As Israeli Minister of Education Naftali Bennett sets out to Pittsburgh, prominent members of the governing Likud Party have blamed the Jewish victims of the neo-Nazi massacre "for causing anti-Semitism." | The post Israel's Far Right Blame "Leftist" Victims of Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/israels-far-right-blame-leftist-victims-of-pittsburgh-synagogue-massacre/251135/

ISIS Is a US-Israeli Creation. Top Ten "Indications"
Makia Freeman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-29
Relevant article first posted on GR in April 2016. | ISIS is a US-Israeli creation, a fact as clear as the sky is blue. It's a truth as black and white as the colors on their flag. For many alternative news … | The post ISIS Is a US-Israeli Creation. Top Ten "Indications" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/isis-is-a-us-israeli-creation-top-ten-indications/5518627

Israeli Blockade of Gaza.The Only Solution is the Establishment of an Independent Palestinian State
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-29
Antisemitism needs an excuse and Netanyahu sadly provides it every day on the Israeli- Gaza border. His heavily armed snipers have gratuitously killed over 200 unarmed Palestinians at the March of Return protest and injured over 10,000 at the border … | The post Israeli Blockade of Gaza.The Only Solution is the Establishment of an Independent Palestinian State appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/israeli-blockade-of-gaza-now-has-repercussions-6000-miles-away/5658320

Muslim-American Community Raises Money For Pittsburgh Victims
TeleSur | iranian.com | 2018-10-29
The campaign, hosted by Muslim crowdfunding site LaunchGood, aimed to help the victims, "whether it is the injured victims or the Jewish families who have lost loved ones". The Muslim-American community had raised tens of thousands of dollars in a crowdfunding effort to help Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims which left at least 11 dead and […] | The post Muslim-American Community Raises Money For Pittsburgh Victims appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/29/muslim-american-community-raises-money-for-pittsburgh-victims/

After Demolishing Their Homes In Early September, Army Summons Three Palestinians For Interrogation
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-29
Israeli soldiers summoned, Sunday, three Palestinians from the al-Walaja town, northwest of Bethlehem, including one woman, for interrogation for "constructions' violations," although the military demolished their homes, earlier in September of this year. Local activist Ibrahim Awadallah, said the soldiers invaded Jweiza and Khallet as-Samak areas, and summoned Hanan ar-Razem, …

After Demolishing Their Homes In Early September, Army Summons Three Palestinians For Interrogation

Rabbi: Trump & GOP Have Blood on Their Hands for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting & Hateful Violence
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-29
Cecil Rosenthal, David Rosenthal, Melvin Wax, Irving Younger, Daniel Stein, Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Bernice Simon and Sylvan Simon. Those are the names of the 11 worshipers who were gunned down Saturday in Pittsburgh, when a 46-year-old white man named Robert Bowers entered the Tree of Life synagogue and opened fire, yelling "All Jews must die." It is believed to be the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. We speak with Ari Lev Fornari, a rabbi at Kol Tzedek Synagogue in West Philadelphia who has worked with HIAS, a Jewish agency that aids refugees that the gunma…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/29/rabbi_trump_gop_have_blood_on

Israel Crushes Resistance At Home And Abroad
David Sheen | iranian.com | 2018-10-29
The Jewish-Israeli left is in tatters. They make up just a tiny fraction of the Jewish population of the country, and their numbers have been steadily shrinking since the start of the millennium. No alliance of progressive parties can hold a candle to Israel's hawkish governing coalitions. No liberal newspaper can pull the public away […] | The post Israel Crushes Resistance At Home And Abroad appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/28/israel-crushes-resistance-at-home-and-abroad/

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Twenty Palestinians In West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-29
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn at least twenty-two Palestinians, including two sisters, ages 14 and 15, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The soldiers invaded many governorates in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, searched …

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Twenty Palestinians In West Bank

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians, including Two Underage Siblings, Near Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-29
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, two underage siblings and a young man, in addition to summoning a child for interrogation, in the West Bank governorate of Bethlehem. Several army jeeps abducted Aseel Bassam Abu Aker, 15, and her sister Nisreen, 16, from their home in 'Aida refugee camp, …

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians, including Two Underage Siblings, Near Bethlehem

Why HIAS Became a Target of Hate
Jacob Eder | zcomm.org | 2018-10-28
The aid agency has transformed itself over the past decade from a group that aids refugees because they are Jewish, to a group of Jews that aids refugees.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-hias-became-a-target-of-hate/

Israeli Forces Open Fire on Gaza Farmers
INA | imemc.org | 2018-10-28
Israeli occupation forces, on Sunday morning, opened fire at Palestinian farmers in the northern Gaza strip. Local PNN sources said that Israeli soldiers opened fire on farmers in the town of Beit Hanoun, injuring one of them Ma'an sources confirmed that one farmer was injured by Israeli forces and transferred …

Israeli Forces Open Fire on Gaza Farmers

US To Reveal 'Deal Of The Century' To Israel Next Week
Middle East Monitor | iranian.com | 2018-10-28
Israeli public radio said on Friday that the US administration would reveal the details of its "Deal of the Century" to Israel next week. US President Donald Trump's envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt, is scheduled to travel to the region to meet with Israeli officials and reveal the details of the US plan, Quds […] | The post US To Reveal 'Deal Of The Century' To Israel Next Week appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/27/us-to-reveal-deal-of-the-century-to-israel-next-week/

US Foreign Policy Mindset In A Nutshell: Ann Coulter Says Trump Should Order US Military To Invade Mexico
The Iranian | iranian.com | 2018-10-28
US Foreign Policy Mindset In A Nutshell: Ann Coulter Says Trump Should Order US Military To Invade Mexico "We didn't ask for Iraq's approval to go in," the controversial conservative pundit told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. What will political commentator/author/proud racist Ann Coulter suggest next, the Israeli approach of snipers killing weaponless men, women […] | The post US Foreign Policy Mindset In A Nutshell: Ann Coulter Says Trump Should Order US Mi…
iranian.com/2018/10/27/us-foreign-policy-mindset-in-a-nutshell-ann-coulter-says-donald-trump-should-order-u-s-military-to-invade-mexico/

Hunger Striking Detainee Khader Adnan Stops Drinking
INA | imemc.org | 2018-10-28
Palestinian detainee Khader Adnan, who has been on an open-ended hunger strike for 57 days, in protest of being detained without charge or trial, has also stopped drinking water, the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said on Sunday, according to WAFA correspondence. "Prisoner Khader Adnan has decided to step up …

Hunger Striking Detainee Khader Adnan Stops Drinking

Members of Netanyahu's Likud Blame Victims of Pittsburgh Pogrom and Echo the Killer's Rhetoric
Max Blumenthal | grayzoneproject.com | 2018-10-28
As Israeli Minister of Education Naftali Bennett sets out to Pittsburgh, prominent members of the governing Likud Party have blamed… | The post Members of Netanyahu's Likud Blame Victims of Pittsburgh Pogrom and Echo the Killer's Rhetoric appeared first on Grayzone Project.
grayzoneproject.com/2018/10/28/members-of-netanyahus-likud-blame-victims-of-pittsburgh-pogrom-and-echo-the-killers-rhetoric/

470 Illegal Settlement Units Approved East of Jerusalem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2018-10-28
Maale Adumim is an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian Territories, seven kilometres east of Jerusalem, with a population of more than 37,000 settlers. According to Ma'an News Agency, Hebrew-language media sources claim 470 new housing units were approved by the Israeli government on Thursday, with a total of …

470 Illegal Settlement Units Approved East of Jerusalem

Updated: Israeli Army Kills Three Children In Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-28
The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that Israeli soldiers fired a shell, on Sunday evening, at Palestinians, near the perimeter fence area, between Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah, in the Gaza Strip, killing three children. The Palestinian Health Ministry has official identified the three slain children as Khaled Bassam Mahmoud …

Updated: Israeli Army Kills Three Children In Gaza

Israel Launches Over 80 Airstrikes Across Gaza (Videos)
Maan News | iranian.com | 2018-10-28
Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting more than 80 sites across the besieged Gaza Strip, on Saturday, as a form of response to 30 rockets fired from Gaza towards Israel, according to the Israeli army. A Ma'an reporter said that Israeli warplanes carried out continuous airstrikes over Gaza since the predawn hours until Saturday morning. […] | The post Israel Launches Over 80 Airstrikes Across Gaza (Videos) appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/28/israel-launches-over-80-airstrikes-across-gaza-videos/

Hamas Condemns Attack on US Synagogue
INA | imemc.org | 2018-10-28
"The Islamic Palestinian Resistance Movement condemns the killing of any human, whether he is a Muslim, Christian, Jew or a follower of any religion," quoted the official. "It is with deep regret and profound sadness that we received the news about the terrorist attack on a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh, which resulted in …

Hamas Condemns Attack on US Synagogue

Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Submit File to ICC Prosecutor: Investigate and Prosecute Pillage, Appropriation and Destruction of Palestinian Natural Resources
PCHR | imemc.org | 2018-10-28
Today, on 26 October 2018, Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) submitted a 500-page file on alleged crimes committed by Israelis, in particular high-level Israeli officials, and individuals associated with corporations that are extracting and destroying Palestinian natural resources. The organisations …

Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Submit File to ICC Prosecutor: Investigate and Prosecute Pillage, Appropriation and Destruction of Palestinian Natural Resources

Colony's Guard Attacks Two Palestinians Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-28
An armed guard of an illegal Israeli colony near Qaryout town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, attacked a member of the town's local council and a bulldozer driver, while conducting preparation work for a new agricultural road. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israeli …

Colony’s Guard Attacks Two Palestinians Near Nablus

Eleven killed in deadliest attack on Jewish community in US history
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-28
The attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh occurs in the midst of an international escalation of fascist violence.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/27/pitt-o28.html

Two Palestinians killed in the Great Return March
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-10-27
According to widespread media reports, two Palestinian protesters were killed in Gaza, October 26, while participating in the Great Return March. According to the news outlet Ma'an, "Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qidra, identified one of them as Muhammad Khalid Mahmoud Abed al-Nabi, 27, saying that al-Nabi succumbed to his wounds while being treated at the al-Shifa Hospital." | More 200 unarmed Palestinians have been killed and thousands wounded since the onset of the Great Return March demonstrations. | The Trump administration has constantly backed the Israeli occupation'…
fightbacknews.org/2018/10/26/two-palestinians-killed-great-return-march

'All these Jews need to die': Pittsburgh shooter used AR-15 & handguns in synagogue massacre
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-27
The gunman who opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue didn't want any of the Jews inside to live, he told police at the scene. Armed with a rifle and handguns, the man surrendered after killing several people and firing at police. | …
rt.com/usa/442440-pittsburgh-jewish-synagogue-shooter/

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/

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/

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/

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

Israel is Lobbying Europe to Declare BDS "Fundamentally Anti-Semitic"
Middle East Monitor | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-26
In its ongoing battle against the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign Israel is pushing for European political parties to declare the movement "fundamentally anti-Semitic." The latest drive saw Israel's Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Ze'ev Elkin, attending a conference in Brussels backed by the Israeli government which proposed a text for prospective MEPs and political parties to sign up to before European elections in May next year. | The text, the Guardian reported, urges European parties to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) "working definition of anti-Se…
mintpressnews.com/israel-is-lobbying-europe-to-declare-bds-fundamentally-anti-semitic/251082/

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…
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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.
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