(2018-11-09). Army Injures Several Nonviolent Protesters in Bil'in. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent procession against the illegal Annexation Wall and Colonies, in Bil'in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing many injuries. Media sources said the soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at the nonviolent protesters, causing dozens to suffer the …
(2018-11-09). Soldiers Abduct A Child Near Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, eight-year-old child, at the entrance of Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media activist Mohammad Awad said the soldiers chased the child, identified as Omar Rabea' Abu Ayyash, 8, and abducted him. The soldiers claimed they were …
(2018-11-09). The "Blue Wave" Was Also a "Muslim Wave" truthout.org With the Muslim Ban, the promotion of torturer Gina Haspel to CIA director, and increases in hate crimes, it's been a rough year for us Muslims in the United States. | So hearing the words "Salam Alaikum" as Ilhan Omar took the national stage on Election Night to accept her win as Representative of Minnesota's 5th District made it feel like I could finally breathe a little bit easier. | The first Somali-American elected to Congress, Omar joined Rashida Tlaib, a daughter of Palestinian refugees, as the first Muslim women to be elected to US Congress. | The election of these women to Congress is a direct repudiatio…
(2018-11-09). Canada's Trudeau Condemns BDS in Apology to Jewish WWII Refugees. globalresearch.ca Justin Trudeau used an apology for Canada's historical rejection of Jewish refugees during World War II to condemn the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian human rights. | The Canadian prime minister apologised in the House of Commons on …
(2018-11-09). Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians Near Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, two former political prisoners from their homes in Arraba and Methaloon towns, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers abducted Yazid Jom'a Taher, after invading and violently searching his home. The …
(2018-11-09). Israeli Colonists Puncture Tires, Write Racist Graffiti, Near Salfit. imemc.org A group of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, on Friday at dawn, Kafr ed-Deek town, west of Salfit in Central West Bank, punctured tires of several parked cars and wrote racist graffiti. Media sources in Tubas said the assailants punctured the tires of several cars, before writing racist anti-Palestinian graffiti …
(2018-11-09). Army Injures Many Palestinians, Abducts Three And Attacks Ambulance Near Ramallah. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinians while praying on lands Israel intends to illegally annex in Jabal ar-Reesan, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, wounding many of them, including a medic, and abducted three. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Fares Nasser, Mohammad Manthoum, and a …
(2018-11-09). Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Child Near Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, a Palestinian child in Ya'bad child, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Abdul-Hakim Abu Bakr, 15, while he was in the southern area of the town, and took him to an unknown destination. On Wednesday, the …
(2018-11-09). Netanyahu Approves Death Penalty Targeting Palestinian Prisoners. globalresearch.ca The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, approved passing a bill into law that allows execution of Palestinian prisoners, Hebrew-language news sites reported on Monday.Netanyahu reportedly gave the green light, on Sunday, to members of his Likud policitical party to …
(2018-11-09). Soldiers Attack Students During School Celebration. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded Thursday, Beit Ta'mar Palestinian village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and started firing live rounds at students, teachers and officials of the Ministry of Education, during a school celebration. Media sources said the soldiers, and many illegal colonialist settlers, surrounded the area, before the …
(2018-11-09). Israeli repression fails to stop Palestinians marching. greenleft.org.au 
As Palestine's national day on November 15 and the 34th consecutive Friday of the Great March of Return set for the next day approach, Palestinians in Gaza look set to be handed an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire deal. Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, meanwhile, look set to face the death penalty if they are convicted of "terrorism". | The Great March of Return, in which Gazans march every Friday to demand the right of return to the lands they were expelled from, has been notable for the
(2018-11-09). A Tale of Two Massacres. counterpunch.org 
On the morning of 28 October 2018 Robert Bowers walked into a suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania synagogue filled with worshippers. He was armed with an assault rifle and several handguns. Bowers proceeded to kill eleven people and wound six. It was the deadliest attack on Jews in American history. Bowers is a 46-year-old truck driver who lived More
(2018-11-09). Facebook Allows Governments to Decide What to Censor. counterpunch.org 
Facebook and other social media companies give governments free reign to censor political dissent on their websites — and that is not "fake news." Facebook's unholy alliance with government actors includes Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United States. These partnerships have led to arrests and killings both in the US and abroad. Glenn Greenwald reported More
(2018-11-09). When It Comes To Stone Throwing, Democrats Live In A Glass House. counterpunch.org 
While shepherds watched their flocks by night A mile away the soldiers dynamite the inn Of the little family whose fifteen year old, like David Threw a stone at the Israeli Goliath, but without David's success. For this crime against the mighty, the lowly are rendered homeless, And pitch their tent beside the empty tomb. More
(2018-11-08). Contaminated Drinking Water in Gaza Spurs 'Blue Baby Syndrome'. imemc.org The unshaven doctor with circles under his eyes enters the children's ward at Al Nassar Hospital in Gaza City. It's a Thursday evening, almost the weekend. The ward is bleak and eerily quiet, but for the occasional wail of an infant.
(2018-11-08). PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (01 — 07 November 2018). imemc.org Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes, in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), for the week of 01 — 07 November, 2018. Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against unarmed civilians and peaceful protestors in the Gaza Strip. A civilian succumbed to wounds he sustained during his participation in the …
(2018-11-08). Nations the World Over Disapprove of US Foreign Policy, Except for Israel. mintpressnews.com Last week, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn the US embargo against Cuba. A total of 189 member-nations said Cuba did not deserve this embargo, which began in 1961 and has continued unabated to this day. Only two countries — the United States and Israel — voted against the motion. No country abstained. | Cuba's minister for foreign affairs, Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla, has said the US embargo has cost the small socialist island state upwards of
(2018-11-08). Watch the Leaked Documentary the Israel Lobby Didn't Want You to See. theantimedia.com 
(MPN) — A leaked Al Jazeera documentary detailing the tactics of the Israeli lobby in the United States and elsewhere has revealed that pro-Israel groups regularly invented smears, including false accusations of sexual assault, to discredit professors and students on U.S. university campuses that support equal rights for Palestinians and the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement. BDS is …
(2018-11-08). Updated: "Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian In Central Gaza" imemc.org The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed, Thursday, a young man, and injured several others, east of the al-Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip. It said that Mohammad 'Ala Abu Shabin, 20, was shot with a live round in the upper chest, when …
(2018-11-08). More Iranians Caught Traveling With Fake Israeli Passports. iranian.com Bulgarian border guards at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint have detained three Iranian men who attempted to enter the country from Turkey using fake Israeli passports, the local daily Sofia Globe reported November 2. "The three men, aged 21, 28, and 32, arrived at the checkpoint on Bulgaria's border with Turkey October 31. They presented Israeli […]
(2018-11-07). Snowden: Israeli Spyware Used By Governments to Pursue Journalists Targeted for Assassination. mintpressnews.com 
Snowden also noted that in addition to its role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the NSO Group's most notorious software product was regularly used by the government of Mexico to target journalists.
(2018-11-07). Leaked Documentary Shows Israel Lobby Used Fake Sexual Assault Claims Against BDS Activists. mintpressnews.com Some pro-Israel activists have twisted efforts to give sexual assault survivors stronger voices by using fake harassment claims as ammo in their fight against Palestine solidarity activists.
(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
(2018-11-07). Hollywood Stars Raise Record $60 Million for the Israeli Army. theantimedia.com 
(MEMO) — Hollywood celebrities raised a record breaking $60 million for the Israeli military at the Friends of the Israel Defence Forces (FIDF) annual gala last week. This year's sold-out Western Region event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel welcomed more than 1,200 supporters of Israel, including prominent actors and singers like Ashton Kutcher, Pharrell Williams, Gerard Butler, and …
(2018-11-07). Is BDS Behind Israel's Staggering Decline in Diamond Exports. mintpressnews.com 
The Israeli diamond exchange initially blamed the decline on weak global demand and more recently on globalization but the sudden steep decline shows that's plainly not the case.
(2018-11-06). Pittsburgh in the Jewish Press: Solidarity or Bothsidesism. fair.org 
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 ( 11/3/18) argue…
(2018-11-02). Noam Chomsky on Pittsburgh Attack: Revival of Hate Is Encouraged by Trump's Rhetoric. democracynow.org 
The nation is continuing to grieve the 11 Jewish worshipers who were gunned down at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh Saturday in what is being described as the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. Funerals were held Thursday for three more victims of the shooting: husband and wife Sylvan and Bernice Simon, and Richard Gottfried. Robert Bowers, who is accused of the mass shooting, pleaded not guilty Thursday. Bowers is charged with 44 counts, including murder and hate crimes. We speak with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned professor, linguist and dissident, about the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh a…
(2018-11-02). Broad City's Ilana Glazer: Why I Canceled My Event at a NY Synagogue After Anti-Semitic Vandalism. democracynow.org 
A political event hosted by Ilana Glazer of Comedy Central's "Broad City" at the Union Temple Synagogue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, was canceled Thursday night after anti-Semitic and racist messages were found scrawled on walls throughout the building. Among the messages were "Jew Better Be Ready" "Insert Oven Here" "End is now," "Hitler," "Free Smoke for [N-word] Jews" and "FPEE PR." The graffiti comes amid a surge in anti-Semitic hate crimes nationwide, including Saturday's massacre of 11 Jewish worshipers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Amy Goodman was scheduled to speak at the event about cove…
(2018-10-30). Synagogue Shooter Shares His HIAS Obsession With Far-Right Media. fair.org 
Breitbart headline pulls together Jews, refugees, organizers and the "Obama government" in one "anti-Trump" package. | As the facts of the fatal antisemitic attack at a Pittsburgh synagogue unfold, one of shooter Robert Bowers' motives has come to the forefront: his obsession with his target's association with HIAS, formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. | Originally founded in the late 1800s to assist Jewish refugees, HIAS today works to resettle refugees of many backgrounds, operating with offices around the globe. Bowers may have acted alone on his fear that the group was helping an "invasion" of…
(2018-10-28). Members of Netanyahu's Likud Blame Victims of Pittsburgh Pogrom and Echo the Killer's Rhetoric. grayzoneproject.com As Israeli Minister of Education Naftali Bennett sets out to Pittsburgh, prominent members of the governing Likud Party have blamed…
(2018-09-05). Censored Documentary Exposes the Israeli Government's Attack on Black Lives Matter. grayzoneproject.com Exclusive footage from the censored Al Jazeera documentary, "The Lobby — USA," shows Israeli government officials taking credit for attacks…
(2018-08-29). Leaked Scenes from Censored Documentary Reveal Israel Lobbyist Noah Pollak Astroturfing an Anti-Palestinian Protest. grayzoneproject.com Exclusive leaked scenes from Al Jazeera's "The Lobby — USA" documentary show how Emergency Committee for Israel Executive Director Noah…