Daily Archives: November 11, 2018

2018-11-11: News Headlines

IMEMC News (2018-11-11). Palestinian Dies From Serious Wounds He Suffered Two Weeks Ago Near Ramallah. imemc.org The Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah, in central West Bank, has reported that a young man died, Saturday, from serious wounds he suffered two weeks earlier, when Israeli soldiers fired live rounds at Palestinians, protesting the illegal annexation of their lands, near Ramallah. The Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Ibrahim Shreiteh, …

Middle East Monitor (2018-11-11). Snowden: Saudi Arabia Used Israeli Spyware to Target Khashoggi. theantimedia.com (MEMO) — US whistle-blower Edward Snowden yesterday claimed that Saudi Arabia used Israeli spyware to target murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Addressing a conference in Tel Aviv via a video link, Snowden claimed that software made by an Israeli cyber intelligence firm was used by Saudi Arabia to track and target Khashoggi in the lead up to his murder on …

IMEMC (2018-11-11). Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. indybay.org Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes, in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), for the week of 01 — 07 November, 2018.

IMEMC News (2018-11-11). Updated: Army Injures Many Schoolchildren Near Bethlehem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers injured, Sunday, eight Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in two villages in Bethlehem governorate in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli attacks took place in Dar Salah village and Teqoua' town, during activities marking the 14th anniversary of …

IMEMC News (2018-11-11). Army Attacks A Park Near A School In Bethlehem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, on Saturday evening, a Palestinian park near the Tahadi 5 School in Beit Ta'mar village, east of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades. Hasan Breijiyya, the head of the Bethlehem office of the National Committee against the Annexation Wall and …

IMEMC News (2018-11-11). Israeli Soldiers Attack School In Hebron, Injure Students. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Sunday, a Palestinian school in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, causing many students, and one teacher, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers attacked Tareq Bin Ziad School during a ceremony marking the 14th anniversary …

IMEMC News (2018-11-11). Colonialist Settlers Prevent Entry of Trucks Filled With Essential Goods to Gaza. imemc.org A group of illegal colonialist settlers gathered, on Sunday morning, near Karem Abu Salem Crossing, leading to the besieged Gaza Strip, and prevented many trucks, loaded with goods, supplies and fuel, from entering the coastal region. The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said dozens of colonists blocked the main road leading …

IMEMC (2018-11-11). Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Child Near Jenin. indybay.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, a Palestinian child in Ya'bad child, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

IMEMC News (2018-11-11). Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Bethlehem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, several communities in the West Bank governorate of Bethlehem, searched many homes and abducted four Palestinians. The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers abducted Awni Ahmad Taqatqa, 14, from his home in Beit Fajjar town, south …

IMEMC (2018-11-11). At Least 37 Injured at Gaza's Borders. indybay.org

IMEMC (2018-11-11). IDF Soldiers Abduct A Child Near Hebron. indybay.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.

IMEMC (2018-11-11). Israeli Colonists Puncture Tires, Write Racist Graffiti, Near Salfit. indybay.org

Vijay Prashad (2018-11-10). The World Disapproves Of US Foreign Policy, Except For Israel. iranian.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 […]

INA (2018-11-10). Palestinians Condemn Hollywood Fundraiser for Israeli Army. imemc.org Palestinian citizens have condemned the actions of several Hollywood stars who celebrated and raised millions of dollars to fund the Israeli army, last week. The London-based news outlet Middle East Eye reported, according to Ma'an, that the gala was organized on November 1st, by Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces, …

IMEMC News (2018-11-10). Corpse of Palestinian, Killed by the Army in September, Transferred to Family. imemc.org The Israeli army transferred, on Friday evening, the corpse of a young Palestinian man who was killed by the soldiers in September of this year, back to his family for burial. Media sources in occupied Jerusalem said the corpse of Mohammad Oleyyan, 26, was finally handed to his family, after …

INA (2018-11-10). 14 Years Since the Passing of Yasser Arafat: His Legacy Lives. imemc.org The 14th anniversary for the passing of President Yasser Arafat (Abu Ammar) coincides on Sunday, WAFA reports. On November 11, 2004, Arafat died at a French hospital where he was flown to after suffering from a sudden illness, following a tight and inhuman Israeli military siege of the presidential headquarters …

IMEMC News (2018-11-10). France Denounces Israel's Decision to Build 792 New Units in Jerusalem. imemc.org France has denounced an Israeli decision to building 792 new units in the illegal Ramat Shlomo and Ramot colonies, in occupied Jerusalem. The statement came after the so-called "Planning and Construction Committee" approved the plans, in the two colonies, located north of occupied East Jerusalem. France said it condemns the …

Democracy Now! (2018-11-09). Headlines for November 9, 2018. democracynow.org SoCal Mass Shooter Was Veteran with History of Mental Health Issues, Wildfires Rage In Northern and Southern California, Judge Halts Construction of Keystone XL Pipeline, Congressional Responses to Sessions Firing Seek to Protect Mueller, Protesters Take to the Streets to Call for Protection of Mueller Probe, Trump to End Asylum for Migrants Entering U.S. Outside of Ports of Entry, Court Rules Trump Cannot End DACA, Key Midterm Races Still Uncalled, FL Races Likely Headed to Recounts, WH Press Secretary Shares Doctored Video of CNN Reporter Acosta, North Korea-U.S. Talks Postponed, Gaza: Israeli Forces Shoot and…

Democracy Now! (2018-11-09). Rashida Tlaib on Impeaching Trump, Occupied Palestine & Becoming One of First Muslim Congresswomen. democracynow.org On Tuesday evening, Palestinian American Rashida Tlaib in Michigan and Somali American Ilhan Omar in Minnesota became the first two Muslim women ever elected to Congress. Rashida Tlaib is a Democratic Socialist who supports the Palestinian right of return and a one-state solution. She also supports Medicare for all, a $15 minimum wage and abolishing ICE. The child of immigrants, Tlaib has spoken out against the Trump administration's travel bans.

Fred_F (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

Lawrence Davidson (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

David Archuleta Jr. (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

Nick Pemberton (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

Vijay Prashad (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 …

Whitney Webb (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 …

Whitney Webb (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.

Whitney Webb (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.

Ari Paul (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…

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…

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…

2018-11-11: Social Media Postees

Palestinian Dies From Serious Wounds He Suffered Two Weeks Ago Near Ramallah
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-11
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah, in central West Bank, has reported that a young man died, Saturday, from serious wounds he suffered two weeks earlier, when Israeli soldiers fired live rounds at Palestinians, protesting the illegal annexation of their lands, near Ramallah. The Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Ibrahim Shreiteh, …

Palestinian Dies From Serious Wounds He Suffered Two Weeks Ago Near Ramallah

Snowden: Saudi Arabia Used Israeli Spyware to Target Khashoggi
Middle East Monitor | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-11
(MEMO) — US whistle-blower Edward Snowden yesterday claimed that Saudi Arabia used Israeli spyware to target murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Addressing a conference in Tel Aviv via a video link, Snowden claimed that software made by an Israeli cyber intelligence firm was used by Saudi Arabia to track and target Khashoggi in the lead up to his murder on …

Snowden: Saudi Arabia Used Israeli Spyware to Target Khashoggi

Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Child Near Jenin
IMEMC | indybay.org | 2018-11-11
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, a Palestinian child in Ya'bad child, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/09/18818945.php

Updated: Army Injures Many Schoolchildren Near Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-11
Israeli soldiers injured, Sunday, eight Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in two villages in Bethlehem governorate in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli attacks took place in Dar Salah village and Teqoua' town, during activities marking the 14th anniversary of …

Updated: Army Injures Many Schoolchildren Near Bethlehem

Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-11
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, several communities in the West Bank governorate of Bethlehem, searched many homes and abducted four Palestinians. The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers abducted Awni Ahmad Taqatqa, 14, from his home in Beit Fajjar town, south …

Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Bethlehem

Colonialist Settlers Prevent Entry of Trucks Filled With Essential Goods to Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-11
A group of illegal colonialist settlers gathered, on Sunday morning, near Karem Abu Salem Crossing, leading to the besieged Gaza Strip, and prevented many trucks, loaded with goods, supplies and fuel, from entering the coastal region. The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said dozens of colonists blocked the main road leading …

Colonialist Settlers Prevent Entry of Trucks Filled With Essential Goods to Gaza

Army Attacks A Park Near A School In Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-11
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Saturday evening, a Palestinian park near the Tahadi 5 School in Beit Ta'mar village, east of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades. Hasan Breijiyya, the head of the Bethlehem office of the National Committee against the Annexation Wall and …

Army Attacks A Park Near A School In Bethlehem

Israeli Soldiers Attack School In Hebron, Injure Students
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-11
Israeli soldiers attacked, Sunday, a Palestinian school in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, causing many students, and one teacher, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers attacked Tareq Bin Ziad School during a ceremony marking the 14th anniversary …

Israeli Soldiers Attack School In Hebron, Injure Students

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
IMEMC | indybay.org | 2018-11-11
Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes, in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), for the week of 01 — 07 November, 2018.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/09/18818953.php

At Least 37 Injured at Gaza's Borders
IMEMC | indybay.org | 2018-11-11
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/09/18818952.php

IDF Soldiers Abduct A Child Near Hebron
IMEMC | indybay.org | 2018-11-11
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.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/09/18818951.php

Israeli Colonists Puncture Tires, Write Racist Graffiti, Near Salfit
IMEMC | indybay.org | 2018-11-11
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/09/18818946.php

The World Disapproves Of US Foreign Policy, Except For Israel
Vijay Prashad | iranian.com | 2018-11-10
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 […] | The post The World Disapproves Of US Foreign Policy, Except For Israel appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/09/world-disapproves-of-us-foreign-policy/

Palestinians Condemn Hollywood Fundraiser for Israeli Army
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-10
Palestinian citizens have condemned the actions of several Hollywood stars who celebrated and raised millions of dollars to fund the Israeli army, last week. The London-based news outlet Middle East Eye reported, according to Ma'an, that the gala was organized on November 1st, by Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces, …

Palestinians Condemn Hollywood Fundraiser for Israeli Army

Corpse of Palestinian, Killed by the Army in September, Transferred to Family
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-10
The Israeli army transferred, on Friday evening, the corpse of a young Palestinian man who was killed by the soldiers in September of this year, back to his family for burial. Media sources in occupied Jerusalem said the corpse of Mohammad Oleyyan, 26, was finally handed to his family, after …

Corpse of Palestinian, Killed by the Army in September, Transferred to Family

14 Years Since the Passing of Yasser Arafat: His Legacy Lives
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-10
The 14th anniversary for the passing of President Yasser Arafat (Abu Ammar) coincides on Sunday, WAFA reports. On November 11, 2004, Arafat died at a French hospital where he was flown to after suffering from a sudden illness, following a tight and inhuman Israeli military siege of the presidential headquarters …

14 Years Since the Passing of Yasser Arafat: His Legacy Lives

France Denounces Israel's Decision to Build 792 New Units in Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-10
France has denounced an Israeli decision to building 792 new units in the illegal Ramat Shlomo and Ramot colonies, in occupied Jerusalem. The statement came after the so-called "Planning and Construction Committee" approved the plans, in the two colonies, located north of occupied East Jerusalem. France said it condemns the …

France Denounces Israel’s Decision to Build 792 New Units in Jerusalem

Rashida Tlaib on Impeaching Trump, Occupied Palestine & Becoming One of First Muslim Congresswomen
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-09
On Tuesday evening, Palestinian American Rashida Tlaib in Michigan and Somali American Ilhan Omar in Minnesota became the first two Muslim women ever elected to Congress. Rashida Tlaib is a Democratic Socialist who supports the Palestinian right of return and a one-state solution. She also supports Medicare for all, a $15 minimum wage and abolishing ICE. The child of immigrants, Tlaib has spoken out against the Trump administration's travel bans.
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/9/rashida_tlaib_on_impeaching_trump_occupied

When It Comes To Stone Throwing, Democrats Live In A Glass House
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-09
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.
counterpunch.org/2018/11/09/when-it-comes-to-stone-throwing-democrats-live-in-a-glass-house/

Facebook Allows Governments to Decide What to Censor
David Archuleta Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-09
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…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/09/facebook-allows-governments-to-decide-what-to-censor/

Nations the World Over Disapprove of US Foreign Policy, Except for Israel
Vijay Prashad | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-08
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
mintpressnews.com/nations-the-world-over-disapprove-of-us-foreign-policy-except-for-israel/251637/

Watch the Leaked Documentary the Israel Lobby Didn't Want You to See
Whitney Webb | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-08
(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 …

Watch the Leaked Documentary the Israel Lobby Didn't Want You to See

Leaked Documentary Shows Israel Lobby Used Fake Sexual Assault Claims Against BDS Activists
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-07
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. | The post Leaked Documentary Shows Israel Lobby Used Fake Sexual Assault Claims Against BDS Activists appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/leaked-documentary-shows-israel-lobby-used-fake-sexual-assault-claims-against-bds-activists/251605/

Snowden: Israeli Spyware Used By Governments to Pursue Journalists Targeted for Assassination
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-07
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. | The post Snowden: Israeli Spyware Used By Governments to Pursue Journalists Targeted for Assassination appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/snowden-israeli-spyware-used-by-governments-to-pursue-journalists-targeted-for-assassination/251612/

Pittsburgh in the Jewish Press: Solidarity or Bothsidesism
Ari Paul | fair.org | 2018-11-06
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…
fair.org/home/pittsburgh-in-the-jewish-press-solidarity-or-bothsidesism/

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/