Monthly Archives: November 2018

2018-11-30: News Headlines

IMEMC News (2018-11-30). Israeli Colonialist Settlers Puncture Tires, Write Racist Graffiti, Near Bethlehem. imemc.org A group of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers infiltrated, on Friday at dawn, into a Palestinian village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, punctured tires of several cars, and wrote racist graffiti. Media sources said the Israeli assailants infiltrated into al-Jab'a village, west or Bethlehem, before puncturing the tires of …

IMEMC News (2018-11-30). Army Abducts Two Palestinians Near Tulkarem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, two Palestinians from Ramin town, east of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers invaded the town, and abducted Saleh As'ad Bseisi, 20, and Qussai Faleh Farhan, 18. It added that the soldiers also fired …

IMEMC News (2018-11-30). Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Kufur Qaddoum. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, wounding three Palestinians with live fire, and causing dozens of suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular …

Asad AbuKhalil (2018-11-30). Israel's Often Overlooked Strategic Battlefield Losses. mintpressnews.com In South Lebanon, the Museum for Resistance, also known as the Mlita Museum, for the town in which it is located, is a wildly popular tourist attraction and a place where you can run into Arabs visiting from around the region. | In it, Hezbollah—the political party with an armed wing that, with Iranian assistance, emerged in response to the Israeli invasion of 1982—celebrates its military successes, displaying weapons captured from the occupation army and replicas of some of its military tunnels. | The museum en…

Kerron àì Luain (2018-11-30). Creeping Neo-Fascism in Ireland and the "Open Borders" Question. counterpunch.org Apparently, so I have read, pop/rock band Coldplay are due to release fresh new music under a fresh new name. The venture will be undertaken in collaboration with the singer Pharrell, who recently revealed himself as a shameless supporter of the Israeli 'Defense' Forces; but that is neither here nor there, for now. The terrifying More

Gershon Baskin (2018-11-30). Encountering Peace: Lost love of the homeland. zcomm.org Netanyahu is tearing Israel apart and it is time for Israel to pull itself away from the divisiveness that he has fostered…

South Front (2018-11-30). Video: Syrian Forces Eliminate Unidentified Aerial Objects Near Damascus. Israel Denies Reports on Its Warplane Shootdown. globalresearch.ca Last night, the Syrian Air Defense Forces (SADF) shot down several unidentified aerial objects over the district of al-Kiswah south of Damascus, according to the state-run media. | Local sources told SouthFront that the SADF had also engaged targets over Damascus …

Junaid S. Ahmad (2018-11-30). Building Global Palestine Solidarity. globalresearch.ca In late November 2018, students, led by the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) at the University of Leeds, immediately mobilized to demonstrate as soon as they found out that Zionist war propagandist, Mark Regev, was visiting campus to speak. Regev …

INA (2018-11-30). 28 Palestinians Injured at Gaza Border. imemc.org At least 28 Palestinians, including a photojournalist, were injured by live bullets or sustained suffocation from teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces continued attacking the Great March of Return protests at the Gaza-Israel border, according to the Ministry of Health. Israeli soldiers fired live bullets and rubber-coated steel rounds …

IMEMC News (2018-11-30). Israeli Soldiers Attack The Weekly Procession In Bil'in. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent procession against the illegal annexation wall and colonies in Bil'in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The protesters marched from the center of the village, carrying Palestinian flags, and chanting for liberation, independence, the release of all detainees and …

IMEMC News (2018-11-30). On International Day of Palestine Solidarity, New BDS Wins in Chile and Ireland. mintpressnews.com The resolution was debated as part of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The text states that "since 1947 there has been a permanent expulsion of Palestinians and loss of their territory, which made impossible the full exercise of the right to national sovereignty held by the Palestinian People." | Mahmoud Nawajaa, from the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) welcomed the decision: | We are glad that the Chilean Congress has marked the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People with concrete measures of solidarity and respect for international law. We urge the C…

Middle East Eye (2018-11-30). CNN Commentator Quickly Fired After Giving Pro-Palestinian Speech at UN. theantimedia.com (MEE) — CNN has fired commentator Marc Lamont Hill on Thursday after he called for justice for Palestinians in a UN speech. "Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN," a CNN spokesperson told Mediaite. CNN staffers later confirmed the sacking on Twitter. CNN did not give a reason for his ouster, nor did the …

Ramzy Baroud (2018-11-30). Netanyahu's Predicament: The Era of Easy Wars is over. counterpunch.org When Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered his army to carry out a limited operation in the besieged Gaza Strip on November 12, he certainly did not anticipate that his military adventure would destabilize his government and threaten the very survival of his right-wing coalition. But it did, far more than the multiple police investigations into various corruption cases More

samir (2018-11-30). The PLO calls on Eurovision organizers to not broadcast the contest in Israel's illegal settlements. bdsmovement.net The PLO calls on Eurovision organizers to not broadcast the contest in Israel's illegal settlements: In the NewsThe Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, calls on the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to not broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest to Israel's illegal settlements. | Cultural Boycott Boycott Eurovision 2019November 30, 2018 | By: | …

IMEMC News (2018-11-30). Army Carries Out A Limited Invasion Into Southern Gaza. imemc.org Several armored Israeli army vehicles, including bulldozers, carried out, on Friday morning, a limited invasion into Palestinian lands east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the military vehicles, including four D9 bulldozers, advanced hundreds of meters into the Palestinian lands, and started …

INA (2018-11-30). Irish Boycott Bill Passes First Senate Reading. imemc.org A bill prohibiting the importation and sale of goods and services originating in illegal Israeli settlements approved in July by the Irish Senate, was passed in its first reading, on Wednesday. The Control of Economic Activities (occupied territories) Bill 2018, which was sponsored by Senator Frances Black, seeks to prohibit the import …

INA (2018-11-30). PLO: Solidarity with Palestinians not Just an Abstract Expression of Empathy. imemc.org Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi said, while marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People that coincided on Thursday, that solidarity is not just an abstract expression of empathy; rather, it is an active, positive and concrete engagement. "On November 29, 1947, the United …

Alison Weir (2018-11-30). Media Ignore Largest Foreign Military Aid Package in US History …. To Israel. globalresearch.ca In an astounding case of media negligence, U.S. news media are failing to tell Americans that Congress is about to enact legislation for the largest military aid package to a foreign country in U.S. history. | This aid package would likely …

RT (2018-11-30). CNN sacks contributor after 'anti-Semitic' pro-Palestinian speech at UN. rt.com Academic Marc Lamont Hill lost his contract as a CNN contributor after a speech about Israel and Palestine that critics called anti-Semitic. His firing quickly turned into a battleground in the ongoing US political culture war |

INA (2018-11-30). Chilean Congress Votes to Ban Products from Illegal Israeli Settlements. imemc.org With an overwhelming majority, the National Congress of Chile approved a resolution demanding the government "forbid the entry of products manufactured and coming from Israeli colonies in the occupied Palestinian territory." The resolution had 99 votes in favor and only 7 against. The resolution was debated as part of the International …

PCHR (2018-11-30). PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (22 — 28 November 2018). imemc.org Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes, in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), for the week of 22 — 28 November, 2018. Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded 4 others, including a child, in the West Bank. Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against unarmed civilians and peaceful …

stuart_m (2018-11-30). Israel escalating the demolition of Palestine. greenleft.org.au When it comes to the infrastructure of genocide, you could illustrate it using almost any photo of a school, house, shop or village in the West Bank. You could bookmark a Google maps page of a particular West Bank town — then look again in three or six months time and note the destruction wrought. | This is one way of keeping track of the demolitions of Palestinian homes and Israel's attempts to impose an "Israeli only" identity on the landscape. | There has been a redoubling of Israeli efforts to evict Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and deny remaining Palestinian residents the right to a livelihoo…

Glenn Greenwald (2018-11-30). CNN Submits to Right-Wing Outrage Mob, Fires Marc Lamont Hill Due to His "Offensive" Defense of Palestinians at the U.N. theintercept.com Those who demand that adults be shielded from "offensive" and "traumatic" viewpoints are as craven and toxic as they are authoritarian.

Shared by Cherise (2018-11-30). CNN Fires Marc Lamont Hill for Daring to Denounce Oppression of Palestinians. truthout.org In a move decried by critics as blatant suppression of dissent and an attack on all who advocate for the rights and dignity of the Palestinian people, CNN on Thursday fired contributor Marc Lamont Hill for daring to denounce the oppression of Palestinians and endorse "a single secular democratic state for everyone" over the …

Staff (2018-11-30). CNN Fires Analyst Following Defense of Palestine at United Nations. truthdig.com In a move decried by critics as blatant suppression of dissent and an attack on all who advocate for the rights and dignity of the Palestinian people, CNN on Thursday fired contributor Marc Lamont Hill for daring to denounce the oppression of Palestinians and endorse "a single secular democratic state for everyone" over the …

Consortiumnews (2018-11-29). Israel's Overlooked Strategic Losses in Wars Against Arabs. consortiumnews.com After conventional Arab armies failed to deter Israeli invasions, Lebanese and Palestinian volunteers have changed the strategic balance in the Middle East, writes As`ad AbuKhalil. 2006 Lebanese War Changed Power Calculus By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News In South… Read more →

Jason Ditz (2018-11-29). Rand Paul Confirms Blocking $38 Billion in US Military Aid to Israel. theantimedia.com (ANTIWAR.COM) — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has confirmed recent reports that he is the one who placed a hold on a major bill providing $38 billion in US military aid to Israel. Sen. Paul says he intends to introduce an amendment to the bill. Sen. Paul said the move is a reaction to pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC's resistance to …

leili (2018-11-29). Chilean Congress Votes to Ban Products From Illegal Israeli Settlements. bdsmovement.net Chilean Congress Votes to Ban Products From Illegal Israeli Settlements: UpdateThe National Congress of Chile overwhelmingly voted to ban products from illegal Israeli settlements built on stolen Palestinian land. | Economic Boycott Military Embargo Sanctions and governmentsNovember 29, 2018 | By: | …

Middle East Monitor (2018-11-29). Trump: US Troops Will Stay in Middle East to Protect Israel. theantimedia.com (MEMO) — US President Donald Trump has admitted that the US only keeps its troops in the Middle East to protect Israel. In an interview with the Washington Post yesterday, Trump explained that he would not withdraw US troops from the region because of the need to support Israel, despite the fact that other US concerns such as oil …

RT (2018-11-29). Swastikas and anti-Semitic slur painted on Jewish professor's office walls. rt.com Red swastikas were spray-painted on a professor's office walls at Columbia University's Teachers College in New York this week, prompting an NYPD investigation. |

amnesty (2018-11-29). State of Palestine: Social Justice Activist on Hunger Strike: Suha Jbara. amnesty.org Suha Jbara has been on hunger strike since 22 November in protest against her detention and torture by Palestinian security forces. Her next court hearing is scheduled for 6 December 2018.

Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski (2018-11-28). Airbnb Pressured to Remove Listings in Illegal Israeli Settlements on Occupied Palestinian Land. therealnews.com House-sharing company Airbnb was pressured to remove listings in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, after a campaign by human rights organizations. CODEPINK's Ariel Gold says this is a big victory for peace activists

amnesty (2018-11-28). Israel: 'Rogue' NSO Group must have licence revoked over controversial surveillance software. amnesty.org Amnesty International is taking legal advice in order to revoke the export licence of Israeli-based NSO Group, after it was revealed the cyber firm's spyware had been used in an attempt to spy on an Amnesty staff member. | A recent investigation by Haaretz newspaper uncovered the firm's sophisticated surveillance tool "Pegasus" was offered to authorities in Saudi Arabia last year. | Two weeks ago, Amnesty International Israel submitted an urgent request to the Israeli Ministry of Defence, demanding that NSO Group's defence export licence be revoked in light of an attempted cyber attack on an Amnesty staff member…

leili (2018-11-27). Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights. bdsmovement.net Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights: UpdateFaculty at Pitzer College in California have overwhelmingly voted to pass two motions that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. As Israel's attacks on Palestinian education escalate, professors and students are standing up for Palestinian rights. | Academic Boycott

leili (2018-11-26). Palestinian Civil Society Urges World Governments to Impose a Military Embargo on Saudi Regime Over Khashoggi Murder and War Crimes in Yemen, On Israel for War Crimes and Apartheid Against Palestinians. bdsmovement.net Palestinian Civil Society Urges World Governments to Impose a Military Embargo on Saudi Regime Over Khashoggi Murder and War Crimes in Yemen, On Israel for War Crimes and Apartheid Against Palestinians: Update"We appeal to progressives and social movements everywhere to pressure their governments to impose strict military embargoes on all states that are perpetrating crimes against hu…

Democracy Now! (2018-11-22). Noam Chomsky on Pittsburgh Attack: Revival of Hate Is Encouraged by Trump's Rhetoric. democracynow.org It's been less than a month since a gunman stormed the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing 11 Jewish worshipers. The massacre has been described as the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. After the shooting, we spoke with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned professor, linguist and dissident, about Pittsburgh, Israel's policies toward Gaza and other recent white supremacist and right-wing attacks in the U.S.

ziyaad (2018-11-20). Airbnb's Decision to Exit Israel's Illegal Settlements: A Partial Victory for Human Rights & Accountability. bdsmovement.net Airbnb's Decision to Exit Israel's Illegal Settlements: A Partial Victory for Human Rights & Accountability: BNC StatementAirbnb's decision to end its business in Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory is an important first step. It unfortunately fails to cover settlements in East Jerusalem, which is also occupied according to international law. All Isr…

Reese Erlich (2018-11-16). Foreign Correspondent: Israel Wins a Battle, But Is Losing the War. progressive.org In Gaza this week, Israeli and Palestinian groups clashed and ultimately agreed to a ceasefire.

pacbi (2018-11-15). European Association of Social Anthropologists Pledges Non-Cooperation With Israeli Settlement Universities. bdsmovement.net European Association of Social Anthropologists Pledges Non-Cooperation With Israeli Settlement Universities: In the NewsNear-unanimous membership vote establishes a non-cooperation policy with Israeli academic institutions in the occupied Palestinian territory and expresses solidarity with Palestinian academics bearing the brunt of Israel's discriminatory policies. | …

Phyllis Bennis (2018-11-14). The Crisis in Gaza and a Potential Ceasefire. zcomm.org Discussing the recent Israeli special forces operation inside the Gaza Strip that killed 7 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier, as well as Israeli air strikes and a potential ceasefire…

Huzaifa Zoomkawala (2018-11-12). Palestine: Fadwa Tuqan's poems and data on women's education. zcomm.org And here is my second attempt at bridging the three areas: poems, justice and data visualization. This time, it's the Palestinian poet, Fadwa Tuqan, whose poems I have highlighted alongside some charts depicting the progress over the years on a number of women's education indicators in the West Bank and Gaza. (Earlier, I had used Read more…

samir (2018-11-12). Love Bollywood, hate apartheid! bdsmovement.net Love Bollywood, hate apartheid!: Action AlertThe Israeli government wants to use Bollywood stars to whitewash its oppression against Palestinians. Join us in urging them to refuse to participate. | Cultural BoycottNovember 12, 2018 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

samir (2018-11-07). Top Chef Withdraws From Israel's Round Tables Culinary Propaganda Festival. bdsmovement.net Top Chef Withdraws From Israel's Round Tables Culinary Propaganda Festival: PACBI StatementRound Tables is part of the Israeli government's "gastro-diplomacy" efforts, aimed at distracting attention from Israel's theft of Palestinian land and food resources. | Cultural BoycottNovember 8, 2018 | By: | …

pacbi (2018-11-05). Palestinians Write to ICRC: Conference in Partnership with Hebrew University Undermines Palestinian Human Rights. bdsmovement.net Palestinians Write to ICRC: Conference in Partnership with Hebrew University Undermines Palestinian Human Rights: UpdateAn International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) conference in partnership with Hebrew University, which is deeply complicit in Israel's flagrant violations of international humanitarian law, undermines Palestinian human rights and our nonviolent struggle to ac…

samir (2018-10-30). Open Letter To Gabrielle Hamilton & Other Chefs In Israel's Round Tables Festival. bdsmovement.net Open Letter To Gabrielle Hamilton & Other Chefs In Israel's Round Tables Festival: Open LetterMore than 85 chefs, food writers and food industry figures urge participating chefs in Israel's Round Tables culinary propaganda festival to withdraw. | Cultural BoycottOctober 31, 2018…

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…

2018-11-30: Social Media Postees

Israel's Often Overlooked Strategic Battlefield Losses
Asad AbuKhalil | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-30
In South Lebanon, the Museum for Resistance, also known as the Mlita Museum, for the town in which it is located, is a wildly popular tourist attraction and a place where you can run into Arabs visiting from around the region. | In it, Hezbollah–the political party with an armed wing that, with Iranian assistance, emerged in response to the Israeli invasion of 1982–celebrates its military successes, displaying weapons captured from the occupation army and replicas of some of its military tunnels. | The museum en…
mintpressnews.com/israel-often-overlooked-strategic-battlefield-losses/252421/

Army Abducts Two Palestinians Near Tulkarem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-30
Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, two Palestinians from Ramin town, east of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers invaded the town, and abducted Saleh As'ad Bseisi, 20, and Qussai Faleh Farhan, 18. It added that the soldiers also fired …

Army Abducts Two Palestinians Near Tulkarem

Building Global Palestine Solidarity
Junaid S. Ahmad | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
In late November 2018, students, led by the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) at the University of Leeds, immediately mobilized to demonstrate as soon as they found out that Zionist war propagandist, Mark Regev, was visiting campus to speak. Regev … | The post Building Global Palestine Solidarity appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/victory-leeds-palestine-solidarity-students-la-lucha-continua/5661471

CNN Commentator Quickly Fired After Giving Pro-Palestinian Speech at UN
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-30
(MEE) — CNN has fired commentator Marc Lamont Hill on Thursday after he called for justice for Palestinians in a UN speech. "Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN," a CNN spokesperson told Mediaite. CNN staffers later confirmed the sacking on Twitter. CNN did not give a reason for his ouster, nor did the …

CNN Commentator Quickly Fired After Giving Pro-Palestinian Speech at UN

Army Carries Out A Limited Invasion Into Southern Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-30
Several armored Israeli army vehicles, including bulldozers, carried out, on Friday morning, a limited invasion into Palestinian lands east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the military vehicles, including four D9 bulldozers, advanced hundreds of meters into the Palestinian lands, and started …

Army Carries Out A Limited Invasion Into Southern Gaza

Encountering Peace: Lost love of the homeland
Gershon Baskin | zcomm.org | 2018-11-30
Netanyahu is tearing Israel apart and it is time for Israel to pull itself away from the divisiveness that he has fostered…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/encountering-peace-lost-love-of-the-homeland/

Irish Boycott Bill Passes First Senate Reading
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-30
A bill prohibiting the importation and sale of goods and services originating in illegal Israeli settlements approved in July by the Irish Senate, was passed in its first reading, on Wednesday. The Control of Economic Activities (occupied territories) Bill 2018, which was sponsored by Senator Frances Black, seeks to prohibit the import …

Irish Boycott Bill Passes First Senate Reading

PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (22 — 28 November 2018)
PCHR | imemc.org | 2018-11-30
Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes, in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), for the week of 22 — 28 November, 2018. Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded 4 others, including a child, in the West Bank. Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against unarmed civilians and peaceful …
imemc.org/article/pchr-weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-22-28-november-2018/

Israeli Colonialist Settlers Puncture Tires, Write Racist Graffiti, Near Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-30
A group of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers infiltrated, on Friday at dawn, into a Palestinian village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, punctured tires of several cars, and wrote racist graffiti. Media sources said the Israeli assailants infiltrated into al-Jab'a village, west or Bethlehem, before puncturing the tires of …
imemc.org/article/israeli-colonialist-settlers-puncture-tires-write-racist-graffiti-near-bethlehem/

Israeli Soldiers Attack The Weekly Procession In Bil'in
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-30
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent procession against the illegal annexation wall and colonies in Bil'in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The protesters marched from the center of the village, carrying Palestinian flags, and chanting for liberation, independence, the release of all detainees and …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-attack-the-weekly-procession-in-bilin-5/

Chilean Congress Votes to Ban Products from Illegal Israeli Settlements
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-30
With an overwhelming majority, the National Congress of Chile approved a resolution demanding the government "forbid the entry of products manufactured and coming from Israeli colonies in the occupied Palestinian territory." The resolution had 99 votes in favor and only 7 against. The resolution was debated as part of the International …
imemc.org/article/chilean-congress-votes-to-ban-products-from-illegal-israeli-settlements/

PLO: Solidarity with Palestinians not Just an Abstract Expression of Empathy
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-30
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi said, while marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People that coincided on Thursday, that solidarity is not just an abstract expression of empathy; rather, it is an active, positive and concrete engagement. "On November 29, 1947, the United …
imemc.org/article/plo-solidarity-with-palestinians-not-just-an-abstract-expression-of-empathy/

Creeping Neo-Fascism in Ireland and the "Open Borders" Question
Kerron àì Luain | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-30
Apparently, so I have read, pop/rock band Coldplay are due to release fresh new music under a fresh new name. The venture will be undertaken in collaboration with the singer Pharrell, who recently revealed himself as a shameless supporter of the Israeli 'Defense' Forces; but that is neither here nor there, for now. The terrifying…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/30/creeping-neo-fascism-in-ireland-and-the-open-borders-question/

28 Palestinians Injured at Gaza Border
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-30
At least 28 Palestinians, including a photojournalist, were injured by live bullets or sustained suffocation from teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces continued attacking the Great March of Return protests at the Gaza-Israel border, according to the Ministry of Health. Israeli soldiers fired live bullets and rubber-coated steel rounds …
imemc.org/article/28-palestinians-injured-at-gaza-border/

On International Day of Palestine Solidarity, New BDS Wins in Chile and Ireland
IMEMC News | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-30
The resolution was debated as part of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The text states that "since 1947 there has been a permanent expulsion of Palestinians and loss of their territory, which made impossible the full exercise of the right to national sovereignty held by the Palestinian People." | Mahmoud Nawajaa, from the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) welcomed the decision: | We are glad that the Chilean Congress has marked the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People with concrete measures of solidarity and respect for international law. We urge the C…
mintpressnews.com/on-international-palestine-day-of-solidarity-new-bds-wins-in-chile-and-ireland/252435/

Media Ignore Largest Foreign Military Aid Package in US History …. To Israel
Alison Weir | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
In an astounding case of media negligence, U.S. news media are failing to tell Americans that Congress is about to enact legislation for the largest military aid package to a foreign country in U.S. history. | This aid package would likely … | The post Media Ignore Largest Foreign Military Aid Package in US History …. To Israel appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/media-ignore-largest-foreign-military-aid-package-in-us-history-to-israel/5661531

CNN sacks contributor after 'anti-Semitic' pro-Palestinian speech at UN
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-30
Academic Marc Lamont Hill lost his contract as a CNN contributor after a speech about Israel and Palestine that critics called anti-Semitic. His firing quickly turned into a battleground in the ongoing US political culture war | …
rt.com/usa/445189-cnn-sacks-contributor-israel-palestine/

Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Kufur Qaddoum
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-30
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, wounding three Palestinians with live fire, and causing dozens of suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-in-kufur-qaddoum/

Netanyahu's Predicament: The Era of Easy Wars is over
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-30
When Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered his army to carry out a limited operation in the besieged Gaza Strip on November 12, he certainly did not anticipate that his military adventure would destabilize his government and threaten the very survival of his right-wing coalition. But it did, far more than the multiple police investigations into various corruption cases…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/30/netanyahus-predicament-the-era-of-easy-wars-is-over/

Israel escalating the demolition of Palestine
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-30
When it comes to the infrastructure of genocide, you could illustrate it using almost any photo of a school, house, shop or village in the West Bank. You could bookmark a Google maps page of a particular West Bank town — then look again in three or six months time and note the destruction wrought. | This is one way of keeping track of the demolitions of Palestinian homes and Israel's attempts to impose an "Israeli only" identity on the landscape. | There has been a redoubling of Israeli efforts to evict Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and deny remaining Palestinian residents the right to a livelihoo…
greenleft.org.au/content/israel-escalating-demolition-palestine

CNN Submits to Right-Wing Outrage Mob, Fires Marc Lamont Hill Due to His "Offensive" Defense of Palestinians at the U.N
Glenn Greenwald | theintercept.com | 2018-11-30
Those who demand that adults be shielded from "offensive" and "traumatic" viewpoints are as craven and toxic as they are authoritarian. | The post CNN Submits to Right-Wing Outrage Mob, Fires Marc Lamont Hill Due to His "Offensive" Defense of Palestinians at the U.N. appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/11/29/cnn-submits-to-right-wing-outrage-mob-fires-marc-lamont-due-to-his-offensive-defense-of-palestinians-at-the-un/

Israel's Overlooked Strategic Losses in Wars Against Arabs
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-29
After conventional Arab armies failed to deter Israeli invasions, Lebanese and Palestinian volunteers have changed the strategic balance in the Middle East, writes As`ad AbuKhalil. 2006 Lebanese War Changed Power Calculus By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News In South… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/29/israels-overlooked-strategic-losses-in-wars-against-arabs/

Trump: US Troops Will Stay in Middle East to Protect Israel
Middle East Monitor | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-29
(MEMO) — US President Donald Trump has admitted that the US only keeps its troops in the Middle East to protect Israel. In an interview with the Washington Post yesterday, Trump explained that he would not withdraw US troops from the region because of the need to support Israel, despite the fact that other US concerns such as oil …

Trump: US Troops Will Stay in Middle East to Protect Israel

Rand Paul Confirms Blocking $38 Billion in US Military Aid to Israel
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-29
(ANTIWAR.COM) — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has confirmed recent reports that he is the one who placed a hold on a major bill providing $38 billion in US military aid to Israel. Sen. Paul says he intends to introduce an amendment to the bill. Sen. Paul said the move is a reaction to pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC's resistance to …

Rand Paul Confirms Blocking $38 Billion in US Military Aid to Israel

Swastikas and anti-Semitic slur painted on Jewish professor's office walls
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-29
Red swastikas were spray-painted on a professor's office walls at Columbia University's Teachers College in New York this week, prompting an NYPD investigation. | …
rt.com/usa/445178-us-swastika-college-columbia/

State of Palestine: Social Justice Activist on Hunger Strike: Suha Jbara
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-11-29
Suha Jbara has been on hunger strike since 22 November in protest against her detention and torture by Palestinian security forces. Her next court hearing is scheduled for 6 December 2018.
amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/9478/2018/en/

Airbnb Pressured to Remove Listings in Illegal Israeli Settlements on Occupied Palestinian Land
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2018-11-28
House-sharing company Airbnb was pressured to remove listings in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, after a campaign by human rights organizations. CODEPINK's Ariel Gold says this is a big victory for peace activists | The post Airbnb Pressured to Remove Listings in Illegal Israeli Settlements on Occupied Palestinian Land appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/airbnb-pressured-to-remove-listings-in-illegal-israeli-settlements-on-occupied-palestinian-land

Israel: 'Rogue' NSO Group must have licence revoked over controversial surveillance software
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-11-28
Amnesty International is taking legal advice in order to revoke the export licence of Israeli-based NSO Group, after it was revealed the cyber firm's spyware had been used in an attempt to spy on an Amnesty staff member. | A recent investigation by Haaretz newspaper uncovered the firm's sophisticated surveillance tool "Pegasus" was offered to authorities in Saudi Arabia last year. | Two weeks ago, Amnesty International Israel submitted an urgent request to the Israeli Ministry of Defence, demanding that NSO Group's defence export licence be revoked in light of an attempted cyber attack on an Amnesty staff member…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/11/israelroguenso-group-must-have-licence-revoked-over-controversial-surveillance-software/

Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-11-27
Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights: UpdateFaculty at Pitzer College in California have overwhelmingly voted to pass two motions that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. As Israel's attacks on Palestinian education escalate, professors and students are standing up for Palestinian rights. | Academic Boycott Stu…
bdsmovement.net/news/pitzer-college-faculty-votes-support-bds-palestinian-rights

Palestinian Civil Society Urges World Governments to Impose a Military Embargo on Saudi Regime Over Khashoggi Murder and War Crimes in Yemen, On Israel for War Crimes and Apartheid Against Palestinians
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-11-26
Palestinian Civil Society Urges World Governments to Impose a Military Embargo on Saudi Regime Over Khashoggi Murder and War Crimes in Yemen, On Israel for War Crimes and Apartheid Against Palestinians: Update"We appeal to progressives and social movements everywhere to pressure their governments to impose strict military embargoes on all states that are perpetrating crimes against hu…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinian-civil-society-urges-world-governments-impose-military-embargo-saudi-regime-over

Noam Chomsky on Pittsburgh Attack: Revival of Hate Is Encouraged by Trump's Rhetoric
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-22
It's been less than a month since a gunman stormed the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing 11 Jewish worshipers. The massacre has been described as the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. After the shooting, we spoke with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned professor, linguist and dissident, about Pittsburgh, Israel's policies toward Gaza and other recent white supremacist and right-wing attacks in the U.S.
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/22/noam_chomsky_on_pittsburgh_attack_revival

Airbnb's Decision to Exit Israel's Illegal Settlements: A Partial Victory for Human Rights & Accountability
ziyaad | bdsmovement.net | 2018-11-20
Airbnb's Decision to Exit Israel's Illegal Settlements: A Partial Victory for Human Rights & Accountability: BNC StatementAirbnb's decision to end its business in Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory is an important first step. It unfortunately fails to cover settlements in East Jerusalem, which is also occupied according to international law. All Isr…
bdsmovement.net/news/airbnbs-decision-exit-israels-illegal-settlements-partial-victory-human-rights-accountability

Foreign Correspondent: Israel Wins a Battle, But Is Losing the War
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2018-11-16
In Gaza this week, Israeli and Palestinian groups clashed and ultimately agreed to a ceasefire.
progressive.org/dispatches/israel-wins-a-battle-but-is-losing-the-war-181116/

The Crisis in Gaza and a Potential Ceasefire
Phyllis Bennis | zcomm.org | 2018-11-14
Discussing the recent Israeli special forces operation inside the Gaza Strip that killed 7 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier, as well as Israeli air strikes and a potential ceasefire…
zcomm.org/zvideo/the-crisis-in-gaza-and-a-potential-ceasefire/

Love Bollywood, hate apartheid!
samir | bdsmovement.net | 2018-11-12
Love Bollywood, hate apartheid!: Action AlertThe Israeli government wants to use Bollywood stars to whitewash its oppression against Palestinians. Join us in urging them to refuse to participate. | Cultural BoycottNovember 12, 2018 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
bdsmovement.net/news/love-bollywood-hate-apartheid

Palestine: Fadwa Tuqan's poems and data on women's education
Huzaifa Zoomkawala | zcomm.org | 2018-11-12
And here is my second attempt at bridging the three areas: poems, justice and data visualization. This time, it's the Palestinian poet, Fadwa Tuqan, whose poems I have highlighted alongside some charts depicting the progress over the years on a number of women's education indicators in the West Bank and Gaza. (Earlier, I had used Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/palestine-fadwa-tuqans-poems-and-data-on-womens-education/

Top Chef Withdraws From Israel's Round Tables Culinary Propaganda Festival
samir | bdsmovement.net | 2018-11-07
Top Chef Withdraws From Israel's Round Tables Culinary Propaganda Festival: PACBI StatementRound Tables is part of the Israeli government's "gastro-diplomacy" efforts, aimed at distracting attention from Israel's theft of Palestinian land and food resources. | Cultural BoycottNovember 8, 2018 | By: | …
bdsmovement.net/news/top-chef-withdraws-from-israels-gastro-propaganda-festival

Palestinians Write to ICRC: Conference in Partnership with Hebrew University Undermines Palestinian Human Rights
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-11-05
Palestinians Write to ICRC: Conference in Partnership with Hebrew University Undermines Palestinian Human Rights: UpdateAn International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) conference in partnership with Hebrew University, which is deeply complicit in Israel's flagrant violations of international humanitarian law, undermines Palestinian human rights and our nonviolent struggle to ac…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinians-write-icrc-conference-partnership-hebrew-university-undermines-palestinian-human

Open Letter To Gabrielle Hamilton & Other Chefs In Israel's Round Tables Festival
samir | bdsmovement.net | 2018-10-30
Open Letter To Gabrielle Hamilton & Other Chefs In Israel's Round Tables Festival: Open LetterMore than 85 chefs, food writers and food industry figures urge participating chefs in Israel's Round Tables culinary propaganda festival to withdraw. | Cultural BoycottOctober 31, 2018…
bdsmovement.net/news/open-letter-gabrielle-hamilton-round-tables