(2018-11-03). Child Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered In 2014. imemc.org Palestinian medical sources have reported, Saturday, that a child died from serious wounds he suffered after the army fired a missile at his home, during the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip, in the summer of 2014. The Al-Wafa' Rehabilitation Hospital said the child Mohammad Nasr al-Reefy, 14, was seriously …
(2018-11-03). Israeli Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Ni'lin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent procession against the Annexation Wall and colonies, in Ni'lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The soldiers attacked many locals, and international peace activists, marching against the illegal Annexation …
(2018-11-03). Palestinian-American Writer Deported from Israel. imemc.org Israeli authorities banned and deported, on Friday night, a Palestinian-American writer and activist from the Ben Gurion airport, in Tel Aviv, as she had planned to attend a literary festival in the occupied West Bank. Haaretz online newspaper reported that the Israeli Population, Immigration and Border Authority said it prevented …
(2018-11-03). Military Intensifies Raids on Tulkarem. imemc.org Israeli forces, on Saturday evening, raided a number of homes and terrorized residents in the city of Tulkarem, northern occupied West Bank, in a step seen as a collective punishment measure against the city's population, according to witnesses. Soldiers raided homes and buildings under construction and conducted wide-scale searches, while …
(2018-11-03). Israeli Colonists Attack Two Palestinians In Hebron. imemc.org A number of extremist illegal Israeli colonialist settlers attacked, on Friday evening, two Palestinians in the Salaima neighborhood in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the assailants attacked the two Palestinians in their neighborhood, near the Ibrahimi Mosque, causing various cuts and bruises. …
(2018-11-03). Army Abducts Two Palestinians In Nablus. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday at dawn, two young Palestinian men from their homes in Nablus governorate, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Nablus said several army jeeps invaded Tal Street, before the soldiers invaded and searched homes, and abducted Mohammad al-Qassas. They added …
(2018-11-03). Israel & Gaza Close To Ceasefire says Israeli Source. imemc.org Israel and Palestinian factions in Gaza are close to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, a report said Saturday, citing a high-level Israeli source. According to the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, an unnamed senior political figure leaked that a deal was in the making between Israel and the Gazan administration to allow Qatar …
(2018-11-03). MADA: Israeli Attacks on Media Expands and Grows More Violent. imemc.org In 2013 , the UN General Assembly proclaimed November 2nd to be an International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, by virtue of Resolution 68/163. The aim of this resolution is to confront the culture of impunity for perpetrators of crimes and attacks against journalists, and to empower …
(2018-11-03). Israeli PM Set to Attend Inauguration of Brazil's Bolsonaro, Highlighting Likud Support for Ethno-Nationalist Politicians Abroad. globalresearch.ca Following the victory of Jair Bolsonaro in Sunday's Brazilian election, events have suggested that the consequences of the far-right politician's rise to power will reach far beyond Latin America. Indeed, the Middle East is set to feel the effects of …
(2018-11-03). Palestinian Prisoners: A Battleground for International Solidarity. imemc.org The following article, by Charlotte Kates, the international coordinator of Samidoun, initially appeared in Arabic in Al-Adab magazine, published on November 2, 2018. The Arabic text can be read online at the Al-Adab website. The article appeared in an issue with a special focus on Palestinian prisoners, including testimonies from current …
(2018-11-03). Solidarity Shabbat Services: All Beliefs Welcome at Participating Bay Area Synagogues. indybay.org Multiple Bay Area Synagogues are Participating. See the link below.
(2018-11-03). After Pittsburgh, We Can No Longer Cry Wolf on "Campus Anti-Semitism" truthout.org If the charge of antisemitism becomes a tactic to suppress open criticism and debate on the State of Israel, its practices of dispossession and occupation, its founding and the ongoing implications of that founding for Palestinians, then it will lose its claim to truth…. Who will believe the charge when it is used to name and oppose the rising forms of fascism or actual ideologies bound up with its actual toxicity? | —Dr. Judith Butler, On Antisemitism: Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice | The tragic
(2018-11-02). Updated: Israeli Army Injures Many Palestinians In Gaza. imemc.org Several Palestinians were injured by live bullets or sustained suffocation from teargas inhalation on Friday, as Israeli forces attacked the Great March of Return protests at Gaza-Israel border, the Health Ministry in Gaza has reported.. The forces fired live bullets and rubber-coated steel rounds at the protesters who gathered at …
(2018-11-02). Noam Chomsky on Pittsburgh Attack: Revival of Hate Is Encouraged by Trump's Rhetoric. democracynow.org 
The nation is continuing to grieve the 11 Jewish worshipers who were gunned down at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh Saturday in what is being described as the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. Funerals were held Thursday for three more victims of the shooting: husband and wife Sylvan and Bernice Simon, and Richard Gottfried. Robert Bowers, who is accused of the mass shooting, pleaded not guilty Thursday. Bowers is charged with 44 counts, including murder and hate crimes. We speak with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned professor, linguist and dissident, about the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh a…
(2018-11-02). Noam Chomsky: White Supremacists Are Encouraged by Trump's Rhetoric. truthout.org The nation is continuing to grieve the 11 Jewish worshipers who were gunned down at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh Saturday in what is being described as the worst anti-Semitic attack in US history. Funerals were held Thursday for three more victims of the shooting: husband and wife Sylvan and Bernice Simon, and Richard Gottfried. Robert Bowers, who is accused of the mass shooting, pleaded not guilty Thursday. Bowers is charged with 44 counts, including murder and hate crimes. We speak with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned professor, linguist and dissident, about the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh…
(2018-11-02). Trump's Rules of Engagement for Troops at US-Mexico Border Mirror Those Used By the IDF in Gaza. mintpressnews.com 
The intent behind Trump's new rules of engagement and considerable militarization of the U.S. border appears to be greenlighting the U.S. military to function as an IDF-style military police force whenever the next "threat" emerges, whether it be "foreign invaders" or "internal enemies."
(2018-11-02). Netanyahu Hails New Brazilian President's Plan to Move Embassy to Jerusalem. globalresearch.ca Jair Bolsonaro has confirmed he intends to defy the Palestinians and most of the world by moving his country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. | Brazil would become the second major country after the United States to do …
(2018-11-02). Israel Asked US to Stand by Saudi Arabia After Khashoggi Murder. mintpressnews.com 
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the United States to stand by Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman (MBS) after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi | The revelation was made by the Washington Post yesterday, citing info…
(2018-11-02). Midterm Scoreboard Reveals Massive Influence of Pro-Israel PACs on Congressional Candidates. mintpressnews.com The scoreboard presents 29 bills and resolutions that were introduced on behalf of Israel, some openly drafted by AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
(2018-11-02). By Way Of Deception — False Flag Terror Acts Press Europe To Sanction Iran. iranian.com Israels secret service Mossad, with the CIA behind it, is framing Iran with alleged assassination plots in Europe. In September a terror attack killed some 30 people in Iran. Two entities, an Arab separatist movement as well as the Islamic State terror group ISIS, took responsibility. After an investigation Iran found that it was ISIS […]
(2018-11-02). UN General Assembly again condemns US anti-Cuban blockade. peoplesworld.org 
The United Nations General Assembly on November 1 once more backed a Cuban resolution calling upon the United States to end its anti-Cuban U.S. economic, financial and commercial blockade. The vote was overwhelming; 189 nations approved the resolution and two others, the United States and Israel, rejected it. This was the 27th annual occasion in which …
(2018-11-02). Interview with Charlotte Kates, of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! interviewed Charlotte Kates, International Coordinator of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, on the fight to free Palestinian political prisoners. We encourage all of our readers to support this effort. | | Fight Back!: Why is the issue of political prisoners so important to the fight to liberate Palestine? | | Charlotte Kates: From the earliest days of the Palestinian national liberation movement, imprisonment has always been a weapon used by the colonizer – and it has always been an inspiration for Palestinian resistance. This is true from the revolts against British colon…
(2018-11-02). Running for human rights: Palestine needs support. greenleft.org.au 
As I walked through the tight alleyways of Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza earlier this year, I was followed by dozens of curious barefoot children, fascinated that a foreigner had made them a visit. The siege on Gaza has made it nearly impossible for outsiders to enter. | With the children a few steps behind me, smiling and giggling, I made my way through the dusty camp, being greeted and welcomed by Palestinians who came to their doorways as we passed. | I gratefully accepted an invitation from a fisher's wife to come into their home to see how they lived. She offered me tea on a small silver tray as we…
(2018-11-02). Broad City's Ilana Glazer: Why I Canceled My Event at a NY Synagogue After Anti-Semitic Vandalism. democracynow.org 
A political event hosted by Ilana Glazer of Comedy Central's "Broad City" at the Union Temple Synagogue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, was canceled Thursday night after anti-Semitic and racist messages were found scrawled on walls throughout the building. Among the messages were "Jew Better Be Ready" "Insert Oven Here" "End is now," "Hitler," "Free Smoke for [N-word] Jews" and "FPEE PR." The graffiti comes amid a surge in anti-Semitic hate crimes nationwide, including Saturday's massacre of 11 Jewish worshipers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Amy Goodman was scheduled to speak at the event about cove…
(2018-11-01). How Do We Move Forward From the Synagogue Shooting? thenation.com How Do We Move Forward From the Synagogue Shooting?
(2018-11-01). Israel's Netanyahu Chooses Trump Over American Jews … Again. mintpressnews.com 
Trump and Netanyahu have demonstrated in Pittsburgh that their worldview is a good deal closer to that of Robert Bowers than it is to that of most U.S. Jews or, indeed, most Americans.
(2018-11-01). Israeli PM Set to Attend Inauguration of Brazil's Bolsonaro, Highlighting Likud Support for Ethno-Nationalist Politicians Abroad. mintpressnews.com 
European and American ethno-nationalists in recent years have combined anti-Semitic rhetoric with fervent support for Israel's apartheid policies and efforts to fortify its status as an exclusively Jewish ethnostate.
(2018-11-01). On Boycotts, Academic Freedom, and the Struggle for Justice in Israel-Palestine. thenation.com On Boycotts, Academic Freedom, and the Struggle for Justice in Israel-Palestine…
(2018-11-01). Zarif Accuses Israel Of 'False Flag' Operation In Denmark Assassination Plot. iranian.com An alleged Iranian murder plot in Denmark to kill a political dissident has been swept aside by the country's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif as a "false flag" operation carried out by the Israeli Mossad. The remark was made by Zarif in relation to the uncovering of a murder plot by Sweden's intelligence agencies in September. […]
(2018-11-01). Allan Nairn: The U.S. Is Facing Incipient Domestic Fascism, But Rightist Revolution Can Be Stopped. democracynow.org 
The 2018 U.S. midterm elections mark a critical point in the era of President Donald Trump, as the potential Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives has unleashed a torrent of white supremacist vitriol in the run-up to November 6. In the past week alone, a militant Trump supporter was accused of mailing three pipe bombs to CNN and 12 bombs to people Trump frequently criticizes; two African-Americans were murdered by a white supremacist outside Louisville, Kentucky; and 11 Jewish worshipers were massacred in a Pittsburgh synagogue by a white supremacist who railed on social media against Jews who help…
(2018-10-30). Headlines for October 30, 2018. democracynow.org Trump to End Birthright Citizenship in Violation of Constitution, Trump Continues Attacks on Caravan, Sends 5,200 Troops to Border, Advocacy Groups Raise Alarm over Sick Kids in Central American Caravan, 220 Immigrant Children in U.S. Still Separated from Families, Pittsburgh Leaders Oppose Trump Visit, WH Denies Trump Rhetoric Responsible for Recent Extremist Violence, Fifteenth "Suspicious Package" Found in Atlanta in Mail Bomb Campaign, Fiancée of Murdered Saudi Journalist Demands Justice, Gaza: Israeli Forces Kill 1, Injure 25 at Separation Barrier Protest, Tunisia: Suicide Bomber Injures Nine, Air Pollution…
(2018-10-30). "We Stand with You": HIAS Responds to Synagogue Massacre with Message of Hope for Refugees. democracynow.org 
Shortly before gunman Robert Bowers opened fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing 11 worshipers, he attacked a Jewish organization with a history of aiding millions of refugees: HIAS. Bowers wrote on a far-right social media site, "HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I'm going in." We speak with Melanie Nezer, the senior vice president for public affairs for HIAS, formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. HIAS has provided assistance to refugees for more than 130 years.
(2018-10-30). Synagogue Shooter Shares His HIAS Obsession With Far-Right Media. fair.org 
Breitbart headline pulls together Jews, refugees, organizers and the "Obama government" in one "anti-Trump" package. | As the facts of the fatal antisemitic attack at a Pittsburgh synagogue unfold, one of shooter Robert Bowers' motives has come to the forefront: his obsession with his target's association with HIAS, formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. | Originally founded in the late 1800s to assist Jewish refugees, HIAS today works to resettle refugees of many backgrounds, operating with offices around the globe. Bowers may have acted alone on his fear that the group was helping an "invasion" of…
(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). 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…
(2018-10-28). 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…
(2018-10-11). 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…