Daily Archives: November 5, 2018

2018-11-05: News Headlines

IMEMC News (2018-11-05). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Children In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, four Palestinian children after storming and searching their homes, in occupied East Jerusalem, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported, Silwanic said the soldiers abducted Adam Mansour Resheq, 15, Yousef Mohammad Hijazi, 14, Yazan Mohammad Froukh, 16, and Ali Ahmad Abu al-Hawa, 17, …

IMEMC News (2018-11-05). Army Shoots A Palestinian Near Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot, Monday, a young Palestinian man near Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, after he reportedly attempted to stab them. The incident took place at Elias Junction, near Keryat Arba' illegal Israeli colony, east of Hebron city; the soldiers shot the young man, identified …

Eds. (2018-11-05). Watch the film the Israel lobby didn't want you to see. mronline.org The Electronic Intifada has obtained a complete copy of The Lobby—USA, a four-part undercover investigation by Al Jazeera into Israel's covert influence campaign in the United States. | Source

IMEMC News (2018-11-05). Palestinian Teen Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered In Gaza. imemc.org A Palestinian teenage boy died from, on Sunday evening, from serious wounds he suffered a day earlier, after Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured him, in Central Gaza. The slain Palestinian has been identified as Emad Khalil Shahin, 17, from the Nusseirat refugee camp in Central Gaza. He was shot …

INA (2018-11-05). Hundreds of Dunams of Palestinian Land under Threat of Seizure in West Bank. imemc.org Israeli authorities, Monday, notified Palestinians in Khilet Makhoul, a locale in the northern Jordan Valley, of their intentions to seize around 356 dunams of land, according to local activist Aref Daraghmeh, WAFA news agency reported. Occupation forces, on Monday, seized 155 dunams of land from areas in Al-Lubban village, near Ramallah, northern …

IMEMC News (2018-11-05). Palestinian Man Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered In Khan Younis. imemc.org Palestinian medical sources have reported that a man died, on Monday morning, from complications resulting from wounds he suffered three weeks earlier, after Israeli soldiers shot him in southern Gaza. The sources said the man, Ghanem Ibrahim Sharab, 44, from Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, …

IMEMC News (2018-11-05). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Six Palestinians, Including Five Former Political Prisoners In Jenin. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, six Palestinians, including five former political prisoners from their homes in Jenin governorate, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The PPS said the soldiers searched many homes and abducted Faraj Omar Sanouri …

INA (2018-11-05). Hebron: Demolition Notices Served to School, 3 Structures. imemc.org Israeli authorities delivered demolition notices to one school and three housing structures in the Masafer Yatta area, in the South Hebron Hills, in the occupied West Bank district of Hebron, on Monday. Coordinator of a local settlement against the Israeli apartheid wall, Rateb al-Jbour, reported that Israeli forces stormed the …

IMEMC News (2018-11-05). Soldiers Abduct A Young Man in Jerusalem, Two In Ramallah. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the al-Matar neighborhood, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted a young man from his home. The soldiers also detained two young men at the Qalandia terminal, north of Jerusalem, and released them a few hours later, in addition to abducting two young …

Dimitri Lascaris (2018-11-05). Legal Battle Over Falsely Labelled Wines From Israel's Illegal Settlements Heats Up. globalresearch.ca In January 2017, Dr. David Kattenburg of Winnipeg, Canada filed a complaint with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) about two wines produced in Israel's illegal settlements. Those wines are sold in Canada bearing labels which falsely proclaim them to …

INA (2018-11-05). Limited Incursion East of Rafah. imemc.org A number of Israeli military vehicles carried out, on Monday morning, a limited incursion east of the Rafah Governate, in the southern besieged Gaza Strip. Local Al Ray sources reported that five bulldozers penetrated, for a limited distance from the military gate located in the area, into Palestinian lands …

INA (2018-11-05). Netanyahu Approves Passing of Death Sentence. imemc.org Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the green light, to the leader of the governing coalition in the Israeli Knesset, to pass a law on the Death Sentence for Palestinian detainees, Israel's Channel 7 reported. According to the channel, Netanyahu gave his approval to members of his Likud party to …

wsws (2018-11-05). Israeli government defends Trump in aftermath of Pittsburgh massacre. wsws.org The spontaneous outpourings of solidarity across Jewish and Muslim communities for the victims of the Pittsburgh atrocity are anathema to the Netanyahu government.

The Electronic Intifada (2018-11-04). Watch the Film the Israel Lobby Didn't Want You to See. globalresearch.ca The Electronic Intifada has obtained a complete copy of The Lobby – USA, a four-part undercover investigation by Al Jazeera into Israel's covert influence campaign in the United States. | It is today publishing the first two episodes. The Paris-based Orient …

Middle East Eye (2018-11-04). Why Benjamin Netanyahu Defends the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. theantimedia.com The Saudi crown prince is the key Arab linchpin of the Trump-Netanyahu deal of the century and shares Netnayahu's animosity toward both Iran and Erdogan. (MEE) — For the past month, while governments and media outlet around the world sounded a drumbeat of shock and dismay over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, all that could be …

RT (2018-11-04). 'Die Jew Rats' synagogue vandal was anti-hate-crime intern & Democratic activist. rt.com In a bizarre twist, the man who spray painted anti-Semitic graffiti on a Brooklyn synagogue turned out to be "queer," black, former anti-hate-crime intern, James Polite: a 26-year-old with loving Jewish foster parents. |

Democracy Now! (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…

stuart_m (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…

Whitney Webb (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."

Kathryn Shihadah (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.

Fight Back (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…

Democracy Now! (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…

Ruth Messinger (2018-11-01). How Do We Move Forward From the Synagogue Shooting? thenation.com How Do We Move Forward From the Synagogue Shooting?

Democracy Now! (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…

Democracy Now! (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.

Ari Paul (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…

Democracy Now! (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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

2018-11-05: Social Media Postees

Palestinian Man Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered In Khan Younis
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-05
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a man died, on Monday morning, from complications resulting from wounds he suffered three weeks earlier, after Israeli soldiers shot him in southern Gaza. The sources said the man, Ghanem Ibrahim Sharab, 44, from Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-man-dies-from-serious-wounds-suffered-in-gaza/

Netanyahu Approves Passing of Death Sentence
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-05
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the green light, to the leader of the governing coalition in the Israeli Knesset, to pass a law on the Death Sentence for Palestinian detainees, Israel's Channel 7 reported. According to the channel, Netanyahu gave his approval to members of his Likud party to …
imemc.org/article/netanyahu-approves-passing-of-death-sentence/

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Six Palestinians, Including Five Former Political Prisoners In Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-05
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, six Palestinians, including five former political prisoners from their homes in Jenin governorate, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The PPS said the soldiers searched many homes and abducted Faraj Omar Sanouri …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-six-palestinians-including-five-former-political-prisoners-in-jenin/

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Children In Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-05
Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, four Palestinian children after storming and searching their homes, in occupied East Jerusalem, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported, Silwanic said the soldiers abducted Adam Mansour Resheq, 15, Yousef Mohammad Hijazi, 14, Yazan Mohammad Froukh, 16, and Ali Ahmad Abu al-Hawa, 17, …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-four-children-in-jerusalem/

Limited Incursion East of Rafah
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-05
A number of Israeli military vehicles carried out, on Monday morning, a limited incursion east of the Rafah Governate, in the southern besieged Gaza Strip. Local Al Ray sources reported that five bulldozers penetrated, for a limited distance from the military gate located in the area, into Palestinian lands …
imemc.org/article/limited-incursion-east-of-rafah/

Army Shoots A Palestinian Near Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-05
Israeli soldiers shot, Monday, a young Palestinian man near Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, after he reportedly attempted to stab them. The incident took place at Elias Junction, near Keryat Arba' illegal Israeli colony, east of Hebron city; the soldiers shot the young man, identified …
imemc.org/article/army-shoots-a-palestinian-near-hebron/

Legal Battle Over Falsely Labelled Wines From Israel's Illegal Settlements Heats Up
Dimitri Lascaris | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-05
In January 2017, Dr. David Kattenburg of Winnipeg, Canada filed a complaint with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) about two wines produced in Israel's illegal settlements. Those wines are sold in Canada bearing labels which falsely proclaim them to … | The post Legal Battle Over Falsely Labelled Wines From Israel's Illegal Settlements Heats Up appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/legal-battle-over-falsely-labelled-wines-from-israels-illegal-settlements-heats-up/5658985

Hebron: Demolition Notices Served to School, 3 Structures
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-05
Israeli authorities delivered demolition notices to one school and three housing structures in the Masafer Yatta area, in the South Hebron Hills, in the occupied West Bank district of Hebron, on Monday. Coordinator of a local settlement against the Israeli apartheid wall, Rateb al-Jbour, reported that Israeli forces stormed the …
imemc.org/article/hebron-demolition-notices-served-over-school-3-structures/

Palestinian Teen Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered In Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-05
A Palestinian teenage boy died from, on Sunday evening, from serious wounds he suffered a day earlier, after Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured him, in Central Gaza. The slain Palestinian has been identified as Emad Khalil Shahin, 17, from the Nusseirat refugee camp in Central Gaza. He was shot …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-teen-dies-from-serious-wounds-suffered-in-gaza/

Soldiers Abduct A Young Man in Jerusalem, Two In Ramallah
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-05
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the al-Matar neighborhood, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted a young man from his home. The soldiers also detained two young men at the Qalandia terminal, north of Jerusalem, and released them a few hours later, in addition to abducting two young …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-abduct-a-young-man-in-jerusalem-two-in-ramallah/

Hundreds of Dunams of Palestinian Land under Threat of Seizure in West Bank
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-05
Israeli authorities, Monday, notified Palestinians in Khilet Makhoul, a locale in the northern Jordan Valley, of their intentions to seize around 356 dunams of land, according to local activist Aref Daraghmeh, WAFA news agency reported. Occupation forces, on Monday, seized 155 dunams of land from areas in Al-Lubban village, near Ramallah, northern …
imemc.org/article/hundreds-of-dunams-of-palestinian-land-under-threat-of-seizure-in-west-bank/

Watch the film the Israel lobby didn't want you to see
Eds. | mronline.org | 2018-11-05
The Electronic Intifada has obtained a complete copy of The Lobby–USA, a four-part undercover investigation by Al Jazeera into Israel's covert influence campaign in the United States. | Source…
mronline.org/2018/11/04/watch-the-film-the-israel-lobby-didnt-want-you-to-see/

Israeli government defends Trump in aftermath of Pittsburgh massacre
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-05
The spontaneous outpourings of solidarity across Jewish and Muslim communities for the victims of the Pittsburgh atrocity are anathema to the Netanyahu government.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/05/isra-n05.html

Watch the Film the Israel Lobby Didn't Want You to See
The Electronic Intifada | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-04
The Electronic Intifada has obtained a complete copy of The Lobby – USA, a four-part undercover investigation by Al Jazeera into Israel's covert influence campaign in the United States. | It is today publishing the first two episodes. The Paris-based Orient … | The post Watch the Film the Israel Lobby Didn't Want You to See appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/watch-the-film-the-israel-lobby-didnt-want-you-to-see/5658882

Why Benjamin Netanyahu Defends the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-04
The Saudi crown prince is the key Arab linchpin of the Trump-Netanyahu deal of the century and shares Netnayahu's animosity toward both Iran and Erdogan. (MEE) — For the past month, while governments and media outlet around the world sounded a drumbeat of shock and dismay over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, all that could be …

Why Does Israel's Netanyahu Defend the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia?

'Die Jew Rats' synagogue vandal was anti-hate-crime intern & Democratic activist
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-04
In a bizarre twist, the man who spray painted anti-Semitic graffiti on a Brooklyn synagogue turned out to be "queer," black, former anti-hate-crime intern, James Polite: a 26-year-old with loving Jewish foster parents. | …
rt.com/usa/443086-synagogue-graffiti-democrat-suspect/

Running for human rights: Palestine needs support
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-02
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/running-human-rights-palestine-needs-support

Interview with Charlotte Kates, of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-11-02
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…
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/11/1/interview-charlotte-kates-samidoun-palestinian-prisoner-solidarity-network

Trump's Rules of Engagement for Troops at US-Mexico Border Mirror Those Used By the IDF in Gaza
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-02
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." | The post Trump's Rules of Engagement for Troops at US-Mexico Border Mirror Those Used By the IDF in Gaza appeared first on MintPress News
mintpressnews.com/trumps-rules-of-engagement-for-troops-at-us-mexico-border-mirror-those-used-by-the-idf-in-gaza/251396/

Midterm Scoreboard Reveals Massive Influence of Pro-Israel PACs on Congressional Candidates
Kathryn Shihadah | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-02
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. | The post Midterm Scoreboard Reveals Massive Influence of Pro-Israel PACs on Congressional Candidates appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/midterm-scoreboard-reveals-massive-influence-of-pro-israel-pacs-on-congressional-candidates/251414/

Broad City's Ilana Glazer: Why I Canceled My Event at a NY Synagogue After Anti-Semitic Vandalism
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-02
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…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/2/broad_citys_ilana_glazer_why_i

Noam Chomsky on Pittsburgh Attack: Revival of Hate Is Encouraged by Trump's Rhetoric
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-02
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…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/2/noam_chomsky_on_pittsburgh_attack_revival

Allan Nairn: The U.S. Is Facing Incipient Domestic Fascism, But Rightist Revolution Can Be Stopped
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-01
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…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/1/allan_nairn_the_us_is_facing

How Do We Move Forward From the Synagogue Shooting?
Ruth Messinger | thenation.com | 2018-11-01
How Do We Move Forward From the Synagogue Shooting?
thenation.com/article/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-hias-jewish-solidarity/

Headlines for October 30, 2018
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-30
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…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/30/headlines

Synagogue Shooter Shares His HIAS Obsession With Far-Right Media
Ari Paul | fair.org | 2018-10-30
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…
fair.org/home/synagogue-shooter-shares-his-hias-obsession-with-far-right-media/

"We Stand with You": HIAS Responds to Synagogue Massacre with Message of Hope for Refugees
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-30
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.
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/30/we_stand_with_you_hias_responds

Headlines for October 29, 2018
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-29
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…
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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…
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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.
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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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