Daily Archives: November 6, 2018

2018-11-06: News Headlines

Jonathan Cook (2018-11-06). With Brazil's Bolsonaro, Israel Finds Another Natural Partner on the Far-right. globalresearch.ca The victory of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil's presidential election last week has won Israel a passionate new friend on the international stage. The world's fifth-most populous nation will now be "coloured in blue and white", an Israeli official said, referring …

Alastair Crooke (2018-11-06). The Unraveling Of The Netanyahu Project For The Middle East. iranian.com Nahum Barnea, a leading Israeli commentator, writing in Yedioth Ahronoth in May (in Hebrew), set out, unambiguously, the 'deal' behind Trump's Middle East policy: In the wake of the US exit from JCPOA [which occurred on 8 May], Trump, Barnea wrote, will threaten a rain of 'fire and fury' onto Tehran … whilst Putin is expected to […]

IMEMC News (2018-11-06). Army Demolishes Two Homes In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday morning, Beit Hanina town, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished two Palestinian homes. Media sources said the soldiers surrounded the ash-Qariyya neighborhood, in Beit Hanina, and declared it a closed military zone. They added that the soldiers stormed the two homes, owned by Kamel …

IMEMC News (2018-11-06). Soldiers Shoot A Woman Allegedly For Attempting To Stab Them. imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot, Tuesday, a Palestinian woman at a gas station near the entrance of Kfar Adumim illegal colony, which was built on Palestinian lands in the al- 'Ezariyya town, east of Jerusalem, after she reportedly attempted to stab them. Israeli sources quoted the military claiming that "the woman carried …

Jonathan Cook (2018-11-06). With Brazil's Bolsonaro, Israel finds another natural partner on the far-right. zcomm.org Bolsonaro has told Israel that it can count on Brazil's vote at the United Nations, and has threatened to close the Palestinian embassy in Brasilia…

IMEMC News (2018-11-06). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eighteen Palestinians In The West Bank. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until morning hours Tuesday, at least eighteen Palestinians, including a wounded young man, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The PPS office in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, said the soldiers …

Electronic Intifada (2018-11-06). 'The Lobby': Watch The Film The Israel Lobby Didn't Want You To See. iranian.com 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 XXI has published the same episodes with French subtitles. The film was made by Al Jazeera during 2016 and was completed in […]

Randi Nord (2018-11-06). Photo of Brazil President-Elect Bolsonaro's Sons Wearing IDF and Mossad Shirts Goes Viral. theantimedia.com (MPN) — Just a week after far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro's electoral victory in Brazil's presidential election, the consequences of fascism and support for apartheid and ethno-nationalism rising to power are already coming to fruition. A photo of Bolsonaro's sons donning shirts depicting logos of Israel's Mossad spy agency and "Israeli Defense Forces" (military) has gone viral, highlighting …

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). 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 …

Randi Nord (2018-11-05). Photo of Brazil President-Elect Bolsonaro's Sons Wearing IDF and Mossad Shirts Goes Viral. mintpressnews.com A senior Israeli diplomat, quoted by Haaretz, stated that with Bolsonaro in charge, "Brazil will now be colored in blue and white" — a reference to the colors of Israel's national flag.

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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! (2018-10-30). "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.

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…

2018-11-06: Social Media Postees

Soldiers Shoot A Woman Allegedly For Attempting To Stab Them
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-06
Israeli soldiers shot, Tuesday, a Palestinian woman at a gas station near the entrance of Kfar Adumim illegal colony, which was built on Palestinian lands in the al- 'Ezariyya town, east of Jerusalem, after she reportedly attempted to stab them. Israeli sources quoted the military claiming that "the woman carried …

Soldiers Shoot A Woman Allegedly For Attempting To Stab Them

Army Demolishes Two Homes In Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-06
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday morning, Beit Hanina town, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished two Palestinian homes. Media sources said the soldiers surrounded the ash-Qariyya neighborhood, in Beit Hanina, and declared it a closed military zone. They added that the soldiers stormed the two homes, owned by Kamel …

Army Demolishes Two Homes In Jerusalem

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eighteen Palestinians In The West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-06
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until morning hours Tuesday, at least eighteen Palestinians, including a wounded young man, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The PPS office in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, said the soldiers …

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eighteen Palestinians In The West Bank

'The Lobby': Watch The Film The Israel Lobby Didn't Want You To See
Electronic Intifada | iranian.com | 2018-11-06
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 XXI has published the same episodes with French subtitles. The film was made by Al Jazeera during 2016 and was completed in […] | The post 'The Lobby': Watch The Film The Israel Lobby Didn't Want You To See appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/05/the-lobby-film-israel/

With Brazil's Bolsonaro, Israel finds another natural partner on the far-right
Jonathan Cook | zcomm.org | 2018-11-06
Bolsonaro has told Israel that it can count on Brazil's vote at the United Nations, and has threatened to close the Palestinian embassy in Brasilia…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/with-brazils-bolsonaro-israel-finds-another-natural-partner-on-the-far-right/

The Unraveling Of The Netanyahu Project For The Middle East
Alastair Crooke | iranian.com | 2018-11-06
Nahum Barnea, a leading Israeli commentator, writing in Yedioth Ahronoth in May (in Hebrew), set out, unambiguously, the 'deal' behind Trump's Middle East policy: In the wake of the US exit from JCPOA [which occurred on 8 May], Trump, Barnea wrote, will threaten a rain of 'fire and fury' onto Tehran … whilst Putin is expected to […] | The post The Unraveling Of The Netanyahu Project For The Middle East appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/06/the-unraveling-of-the-netanyahu-project-for-the-middle-east/

With Brazil's Bolsonaro, Israel Finds Another Natural Partner on the Far-right
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-06
The victory of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil's presidential election last week has won Israel a passionate new friend on the international stage. The world's fifth-most populous nation will now be "coloured in blue and white", an Israeli official said, referring … | The post With Brazil's Bolsonaro, Israel Finds Another Natural Partner on the Far-right appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/brazils-bolsonaro-israel-finds-another-natural-partner-far-right/5659040

Photo of Brazil President-Elect Bolsonaro's Sons Wearing IDF and Mossad Shirts Goes Viral
Randi Nord | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-06
(MPN) — Just a week after far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro's electoral victory in Brazil's presidential election, the consequences of fascism and support for apartheid and ethno-nationalism rising to power are already coming to fruition. A photo of Bolsonaro's sons donning shirts depicting logos of Israel's Mossad spy agency and "Israeli Defense Forces" (military) has gone viral, highlighting …

Photo of Brazil President-Elect Bolsonaro’s Sons Wearing IDF and Mossad Shirts Goes Viral

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/

Photo of Brazil President-Elect Bolsonaro's Sons Wearing IDF and Mossad Shirts Goes Viral
Randi Nord | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-05
A senior Israeli diplomat, quoted by Haaretz, stated that with Bolsonaro in charge, "Brazil will now be colored in blue and white" — a reference to the colors of Israel's national flag. | The post Photo of Brazil President-Elect Bolsonaro's Sons Wearing IDF and Mossad Shirts Goes Viral appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/grim-sign-bolsonaro-sons-mossad-idf-shirts-signal-pro-apartheid-fascist-tide-brazil/251489/

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 …

Hundreds of Dunams of Palestinian Land under Threat of Seizure in West Bank

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

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 …

Army Shoots A Palestinian Near Hebron

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 …

Hebron: Demolition Notices Served to School, 3 Structures

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/

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/

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/

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 …

Netanyahu Approves Passing of Death Sentence

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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 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/

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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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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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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