Daily Archives: November 7, 2018

2018-11-07: News Headlines

Stephen Lendman (2018-11-07). Are Trump Regime Hardliners Heading for War on Iran? globalresearch.ca Was the Trump regime's JCPOA pullout and harsh sanctions prelude for something far more aggressive — aiming to weaken and try toppling Iran's government forcefully? | Most world community nations oppose Trump's unacceptable and illegal toughness on Iran. | Israel, its lobby, …

INA (2018-11-07). Fateh Member Denies PA Approval of Truce in Exchange for Funds through Gaza. imemc.org Member of the PLO Executive Committees of the Fateh and the Central Committee of the Fateh movement, Azzam al-Ahmad, denied rumors circulated by Israeli media that the Palestinian leadership had agreed to the truce in exchange for the entry of funds into Gaza through Israel, saying it was unfounded. Al-Ahmad, …

Whitney Webb (2018-11-07). Trump's rules of engagement for troops at U.S.-Mexico border mirror those used by the IDF in Gaza. mronline.org 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." | Source

IMEMC News (2018-11-07). Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians Near Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, three young Palestinian men near Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers stopped three young man, on Palestinian lands near the illegal Mabo Dothan Israeli colony, which was built on lands owned by Palestinians from Ya'bad …

Ramzy Baroud (2018-11-07). Why Is Israel Afraid of Khalida Jarrar? zcomm.org Khalida Jarrar fights for Palestinian women, their freedom and their rights to receive proper education, to seek work opportunity and to better their lives, while facing tremendous obstacles of military occupation, prison and social pressure…

IMEMC News (2018-11-07). PPS: "Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eleven Palestinians In The West Bank" imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until dawn hours, Wednesday, at least eleven Palestinians, including former political prisoners, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The PPS office in Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers abducted Ala' Yousef …

IMEMC News (2018-11-07). Army Injures Twenty Palestinians In Nablus. imemc.org Dozens of Israeli soldiers accompanied many colonialist settlers' buses into the northern West Bank city of Nablus, to visit a historic site, and invaded many neighborhoods in the city to remove the Palestinians from the streets, before clashing with dozens of youngsters, who hurled stones at them, while the soldiers …

IMEMC News (2018-11-07). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Former Political Prisoners Near Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, two former political prisoners from Jenin Governorate, in northern West Bank, and summoned for interrogation a young man from Bethlehem. The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded Ya'bad town, southwest of the city, searched homes and abducted …

IMEMC News (2018-11-07). Army Abducts Five Palestinians, Including A Legislator, Injures Several Others, In West Bank. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, five Palestinians, including a legislator, and injured at least nine Palestinians, in the occupied West Bank. Dozens of soldiers invaded Ethna town, west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and abducted Palestinian legislative Council member and former political prisoner, Mohammad Abu …

IMEMC News (2018-11-07). Army Destroys Road, Prevents Construction Of A Multipurpose Center, Near Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, Ya'bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, destroyed a recently paved road, and prevented the Local Council from starting the construction of a multipurpose center. The Mayor of Ya'bad, Samer Abu Bakr, said dozens of soldiers in several army jeeps, and a …

IMEMC News (2018-11-07). Soldiers Demolish A Residential Building In Jerusalem. imemc.org Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, Ras Shehada area, in Shu'fat refugee camp, in the center of occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished a residential building. The soldiers surrounded Ras Shehada area, and completely isolated it, before demolishing the building, owned by members of Sa'iri family. The demolished property …

IMEMC News (2018-11-07). Israeli Army Abducts A Man Near Tulkarem. imemc.org Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Wednesday, Shweika area, north of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and abducted a man after interrogating him and his family. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded and ransacked the home of Waleed Suleiman Na'alwa, 59, and interrogated him and his family, before abducting …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 […]

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 […]

Ari Paul (2018-11-06). Pittsburgh in the Jewish Press: Solidarity or Bothsidesism. fair.org by Ari Paul | After the first Shabbat to pass since a right-wing maniac murdered 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, there's been a search by the Jewish press for meaning in the terrorism. Tablet, however, took the unusual step of downplaying the factors leading to the massacre, and sought instead to blame the political left. Shortly after the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history was carried out by anti-immigration extremist, Tablet (

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.

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

2018-11-07: Social Media Postees

Are Trump Regime Hardliners Heading for War on Iran?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-07
Was the Trump regime's JCPOA pullout and harsh sanctions prelude for something far more aggressive — aiming to weaken and try toppling Iran's government forcefully? | Most world community nations oppose Trump's unacceptable and illegal toughness on Iran. | Israel, its lobby, … | The post Are Trump Regime Hardliners Heading for War on Iran? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/are-trump-regime-hardliners-heading-for-war-on-iran/5659102

Trump's rules of engagement for troops at U.S.-Mexico border mirror those used by the IDF in Gaza
Whitney Webb | mronline.org | 2018-11-07
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." | Source…
mronline.org/2018/11/07/99048/

Fateh Member Denies PA Approval of Truce in Exchange for Funds through Gaza
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-07
Member of the PLO Executive Committees of the Fateh and the Central Committee of the Fateh movement, Azzam al-Ahmad, denied rumors circulated by Israeli media that the Palestinian leadership had agreed to the truce in exchange for the entry of funds into Gaza through Israel, saying it was unfounded. Al-Ahmad, …

Fateh Member Denies PA Approval of Truce in Exchange for Funds through Gaza

Army Injures Twenty Palestinians In Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-07
Dozens of Israeli soldiers accompanied many colonialist settlers' buses into the northern West Bank city of Nablus, to visit a historic site, and invaded many neighborhoods in the city to remove the Palestinians from the streets, before clashing with dozens of youngsters, who hurled stones at them, while the soldiers …

Army Injures Twenty Palestinians In Nablus

Why Is Israel Afraid of Khalida Jarrar?
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2018-11-07
Khalida Jarrar fights for Palestinian women, their freedom and their rights to receive proper education, to seek work opportunity and to better their lives, while facing tremendous obstacles of military occupation, prison and social pressure…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-is-israel-afraid-of-khalida-jarrar/

Army Abducts Five Palestinians, Including A Legislator, Injures Several Others, In West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-07
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, five Palestinians, including a legislator, and injured at least nine Palestinians, in the occupied West Bank. Dozens of soldiers invaded Ethna town, west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and abducted Palestinian legislative Council member and former political prisoner, Mohammad Abu …

Army Abducts Five Palestinians, Including A Legislator, Injures Several Others, In West Bank

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Former Political Prisoners Near Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-07
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, two former political prisoners from Jenin Governorate, in northern West Bank, and summoned for interrogation a young man from Bethlehem. The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded Ya'bad town, southwest of the city, searched homes and abducted …

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Former Political Prisoners Near Jenin

PPS: "Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eleven Palestinians In The West Bank"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-07
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until dawn hours, Wednesday, at least eleven Palestinians, including former political prisoners, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The PPS office in Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers abducted Ala' Yousef …

PPS: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eleven Palestinians In The West Bank”

Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians Near Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-07
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, three young Palestinian men near Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers stopped three young man, on Palestinian lands near the illegal Mabo Dothan Israeli colony, which was built on lands owned by Palestinians from Ya'bad …

Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians Near Jenin

Israeli Army Abducts A Man Near Tulkarem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-07
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Wednesday, Shweika area, north of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and abducted a man after interrogating him and his family. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded and ransacked the home of Waleed Suleiman Na'alwa, 59, and interrogated him and his family, before abducting …

Israeli Army Abducts A Man Near Tulkarem

Army Destroys Road, Prevents Construction Of A Multipurpose Center, Near Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-07
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, Ya'bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, destroyed a recently paved road, and prevented the Local Council from starting the construction of a multipurpose center. The Mayor of Ya'bad, Samer Abu Bakr, said dozens of soldiers in several army jeeps, and a …

Army Destroys Road, Prevents Construction Of A Multipurpose Center, Near Jenin

Soldiers Demolish A Residential Building In Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-07
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, Ras Shehada area, in Shu'fat refugee camp, in the center of occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished a residential building. The soldiers surrounded Ras Shehada area, and completely isolated it, before demolishing the building, owned by members of Sa'iri family. The demolished property …

Soldiers Demolish A Residential Building In Jerusalem

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

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 …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-shoot-a-woman-allegedly-for-attempting-to-stab-them/

'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/

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/

Pittsburgh in the Jewish Press: Solidarity or Bothsidesism
Ari Paul | fair.org | 2018-11-06
by Ari Paul | After the first Shabbat to pass since a right-wing maniac murdered 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, there's been a search by the Jewish press for meaning in the terrorism. Tablet, however, took the unusual step of downplaying the factors leading to the massacre, and sought instead to blame the political left. Shortly after the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history was carried out by anti-immigration extremist, Tablet ( 11…
fair.org/home/pittsburgh-in-the-jewish-press-solidarity-or-bothsidesism/

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/

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/

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

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

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

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

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/

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.
grayzoneproject.com/2018/10/28/members-of-netanyahus-likud-blame-victims-of-pittsburgh-pogrom-and-echo-the-killers-rhetoric/

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.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14095