(2018-10-30). Israeli Nation-State Law is 'Apartheid,' Says Democratic Congresswoman. imemc.org Coverage by Forward of US Representative Betty McCollum's groundbreaking speech at USCPR's 2018 national conference, Together We Rise: A US Democratic Party congresswoman described Israel's nation-state law as "apartheid" at a Palestinian rights event, Mondoweiss reported. Accepting a leadership award at the U.
(2018-10-30). Army Conducts Extensive Searches Of Homes In Tulkarem, Abduct Two Palestinians. imemc.org Israeli soldier surrounded, Tuesday, Shweika area, north of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, violently searched and ransacked dozens of homes, and buildings, before abducting two young men. The soldiers abducted Majed Zidan Na'alwa and Omran Hosni Abu Ahmad, from their homes, and took them to …
(2018-10-30). Israeli Forces Demolish Palestinian Home in Jerusalem, Seize Lands in Ramallah. imemc.org Israeli occupation bulldozers, on Monday, demolished a Palestinian owned home in Anata village, northeast of Jerusalem, and confiscated hundreds of dunams of land in Budrus village, to the west of Ramallah. Soldiers demolished a home owned by Saleh Fheidat, in Anata village, under the pretext of building without a permit. According to …
(2018-10-30). Adnan Sentenced to One Year. imemc.org The Israeli military court in Salem, north of the northern occupied West Bank district of Jenin, sentenced Palestinian detainee Khader Adnan to one year in prison, fined him 1,00 shekels ($270) and 18 months suspended sentence for five years, on Monday. Jawad Boulous, head of the legal department in the …
(2018-10-30). Australia and Palestine-Israel: The Threat of the Far Right. imemc.org by Noura Mansour on October 28, 2018 for Al-Shakaba Palestinian Policy Network. The government of Australia, along with Israel and the US, recently voted against the UN resolution to elect Palestine as chair of the Group of 77, enabling it to act like a full member state during 2019. That same week, Australian Prime Minister …
(2018-10-30). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Sixteen Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least sixteen Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Israeli army said the Palestinians were taken prisoner for their participation in ongoing protests in the occupied West Bank. …
(2018-10-30). Why Oman's Embrace Of Israel Is Bad News For The Middle East. iranian.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's surprise visit to Oman last Friday has predictably elicited widespread favourable coverage on the Israeli media. Notwithstanding this fanfare, there is no denying that the visit marks a significant diplomatic victory for Israel as it further erodes the Jewish state's isolation in the Middle East. More importantly, the visit calls into question Oman's […]
(2018-10-30). Central Council Decides to End All Commitments with Israel. imemc.org The Palestinian Central Council (PCC), which met in Ramallah over two days, decided on Monday to end all commitments in the agreements the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has signed with Israel, suspend recognition of Israel until it recognizes the State of Palestine, end security coordination and end the Paris Economic …
(2018-10-30). Trump Administration Ramps Up Threats Against Iran. truthout.org The alleged torture, murder and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, widely believed to have been carried out on orders of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, may put a crimp in Donald Trump's plans to escalate his aggression against Iran. | Saudi Arabia, the United States and Israel are unified in their hatred of Iran, albeit with different motives. Iran has been in the crosshairs of the United States since the 1979 Iranian Revolution overthrew the vicious, US-installed puppet Mohammad…
(2018-10-30). California Jews express heartbreak over recent white supremacist killings in I-80 banner. indybay.org Local Jews hung a banner over Interstate 80 in Berkeley to express their heartbreak over recent racist and anti-Semitic violence against Jewish worshippers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, against Black Americans in the Louisville, Kentucky area, and against Palestinians in Gaza.
(2018-10-30). Israel Quietly Sold $250m Worth of Advanced Spy Equipment to Saudi Arabia: Report. theantimedia.com 
(ZHE) — A new bombshell report in the Jerusalem Post confirms that Israel and Saudi Arabia's somewhat "quiet" but growing security relationship is far more extensive than previously thought, as it now includes a $250 million weapons deal. This is unprecedented as the two nations still don't even have official diplomatic relations, as the kingdom has yet to officially recognize …
(2018-10-29). Union leaders fault top political leaders for role in synagogue massacre. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Two union leaders, D. Taylor of Unite Here and Mary Kay Henry of the Service Employees, plus the Jewish Labor Committee, faulted top U.S. political leaders, implicitly or explicitly, for fomenting the environment that led to the anti-Semitic synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh and other recent acts of hate. Other union leaders, including Teachers President Randi …
(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…
(2018-10-29). Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Jenin And Hebron. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday afternoon, four Palestinians, including a child, from Jenin and Hebron, in the northern and southern parts of the occupied West Bank. The PPS office in Jenin, said the soldiers abducted Nabil Mohammad Abdul-Jabbar, 31, from Sielet ath-Thaher …
(2018-10-29). What It Means to be Israeli: Reflections on Identity From an Israeli Peace Activist. mintpressnews.com 
Israeli peace activist Miko Peled reflects on what it means to be Israeli and the country's often tenuous relationship with faith, land and history.
(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."
(2018-10-29). Pittsburgh Jewish Group Upbraids Trump in Powerful Letter. truthdig.com President Donald Trump often shields himself from criticism of anti-Semitism by hiding behind his Jewish daughter and son-in-law, but some Jewish leaders aren't buying it. Following the mass shooting at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in which 11 people were killed, members of a progressive Jewish organization wrote an open letter to Trump, telling him he's unwelcome in their city until he denounces white nationalism. | The letter was written by 11 members of the Pittsburgh chapter of (2018-10-29). Thoughts from a man who grew up at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue. peoplesworld.org 
The horrific anti-Semitic attack that killed 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh had a special impact on me. I grew up in the heavily Jewish community of Squirrel Hill. I lived within walking distance of the synagogue, was a member of the congregation, attended Sunday school, and had my bar mitzvah …
(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…
(2018-10-29). Soldiers Uproot 200 Olive Trees, 13 Dunams Of Farmland, Near Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, Palestinian agricultural lands in Khirbat Kharouf area, uprooted 200 olive trees, in addition to uprooting 13 Dunams of farmlands, in Beit Ula town, west of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Hashem Badarin, the head of the Palestinian Farmers Services Department in …
(2018-10-29). After The Khashoggi Murder, It is Up To Israel To Repair The Crack In The Axis of Evil. iranian.com On the domestic scene, there is Ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell and many others of a similar caliber, but among world leaders could there by anyone more loathsome than Donald Trump? Because he has so many serious competitors, each of whom is loathsome in different ways, the question is impossible to answer. But Trump is […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 …
(2018-10-29). Illegal Colonialist Settlers Invade Three Homes In Hebron. imemc.org A group of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, Monday, three Palestinian homes in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Local sources in Hebron said the three homes are old and vacant, and added that the Israeli assailants caused damage to their inner walls, …
(2018-10-29). Trump and the GOP Have Blood on Their Hands for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting. truthout.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 US 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 gunm…
(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…
(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
(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…
(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.
(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…
(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…