Daily Archives: November 13, 2018

2018-11-13: News Headlines

Staff (2018-11-13). Israel, Hamas Trade Heavy Fire After Deadly Incursion. truthdig.com GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinian militants bombarded Israel with dozens of rockets and mortar shells Monday, while Israeli warplanes struck targets throughout the Gaza Strip in what appeared to be the most intense exchange of fire since a 2014 war. | Palestinian officials said at least three people, including two militants, were killed by Israeli fire and nine were wounded, and an Israeli airstrike destroyed the ruling Hamas group's TV station. In Israel, the national rescue service said at least 20 people were wounded, including a 19-year-old soldier and a 60-year-old woman who were in critical conditio…

IMEMC News (2018-11-13). Israeli Army Abducts Nine Palestinians. imemc.org Updated: Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, nine Palestinians from Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Bethlehem said many army jeeps invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, and the al-Obeyyat area in Bethlehem, searched many homes and abducted Mohammad Ali …

Fight Back (2018-11-13). Urgent Call from PFLP: Gaza under attack! Stand with Palestine, Stand with the Resistance. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Nov. 12 statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). | The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine calls in an urgent action for the friends of Palestine, movements for justice and liberation and the Palestinian and Arab communities everywhere in the world to stand with Gaza under attack at this critical moment. We issue this call in honor and mourning for our two heroic comrades, Mohammed al-Tatari and Mohammed Odeh, martyred today by Zionist occupation forces who attacked them as they fought for the freedom of their land, Pal…

IMEMC News (2018-11-13). Palestinian Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered Monday. imemc.org The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that a young man died, on Tuesday at dawn, from serious wounded her suffered, on Monday evening, after Israeli soldiers fired missiles into an area, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. One Palestinian was killed by a shell fired …

IMEMC News (2018-11-13). Man killed by Palestinian shell in Ashkelon, 2 women critically wounded. imemc.org A day after the Israeli military invaded Gaza in a flagrant violation of the ceasefire negotiated with Palestinian factions, Palestinian resistance fighters fired several hundred crude homemade shells into Israel. One of these shells hit an apartment building in Ashkelon, killing a 48-year old man and wounding two women. Update:…

IMEMC News (2018-11-13). Army Kills Two Palestinians In Gaza. imemc.org Israeli soldiers killed, Tuesday, two Palestinians, and injured many others, in a series of air strikes targeting residential buildings, lands and structures, in various parts of the Gaza Strip. Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the army killed Mos'ab Hos, 20, in Malaka area, …

IMEMC News (2018-11-13). Israeli Missiles Destroy A Hotel In Gaza. imemc.org As the extensive Israeli air strikes continued over various parts of the Gaza Strip, the army fired missiles at a hotel, west of Gaza city, and destroyed it. Media sources in Gaza said the Israeli Airforce fired many missiles into the Al-Amal Hotel, in the densely populated al-Mina' Area, west …

Whitney Webb (2018-11-12). John Bolton Wins "Defender of Israel" Award from Zionist Lobby Group that Helped Appoint Him. mintpressnews.com The ZOA, Bolton's enthusiastic sponsor, led the campaign to remove former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster from his post after railing against McMaster's "anti-Israel" positions, most notably his support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal.

teleSUR Desk (2018-11-12). Jorit, artist behind Che Guevara, Ahed Tamimi mural: 'graffiti is the voice of protest'. mronline.org Italian street artist Jorit Agoch unveiled one of the largest and most impressive murals of the Latin American revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara days ahead of the 51st anniversary of his assassination at the hands of the Bolivian army in La Higuera, Bolivia. | Source

Middle East Monitor (2018-11-12). Noam Chomsky Warns of the Rise of 'Judeo-Nazi Tendencies' in Israel. mintpressnews.com "Take Gaza. If you are going to place two million people in a concentration camp, which is in effect what it is, and put them under a vicious siege, you have to ask yourself; am I justified in doing this? People who try to oppose it are traitors, Arab lovers and so on. You have seen this phenomenon in European history, I don't have to give you examples," – Noam Chomsky

Hossein Alizadeh (2018-11-12). Is Oman Mediating Between Iran And Israel? iranian.com Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu received a warm welcome during his surprise visit to Oman in late October. What made this visit even more interesting was that the two sides did nothing to conceal the news of the visit and the top level meetings in Muscat. Netanyahu was officially invited to go to Muscat where […]

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2018-11-12). World War I Commemoration: Macron Blasts Trump's "America First", Putin and Trump Shake Hands, Putin and Netanyahu Meet "Unofficially", Netanyahu Orders Gaza Strikes. globalresearch.ca

Saed Bannoura (2018-11-12). Army Abducts Ten Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Monday, at least ten Palestinians, including two children, and summoned one for interrogation, after invading and searching many homes in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers searched homes in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and abducted two …

If Americans Knew (2018-11-12). Israeli Forces Detain 8-year-old Palestinian Child Near Hebron. globalresearch.ca According to Defense for Children International, Israel is the only country in the world that automatically prosecutes children in military courts that lack basic and fundamental fair trial guarantees. | The majority of Palestinian child detainees are charged with throwing …

INA (2018-11-12). Gaza Lays to Rest 7 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Airstrike (VIDEO). imemc.org Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, on Monday, took part in the funeral of seven of their fallen who were killed during Israeli airstrikes on the southern region of the besieged coastal enclave. The Palestinians who were killed in the Israeli offensive have been identified as: Noureddin Mohammad Salama Baraka, 37.

INA (2018-11-12). UPDATE: 3 Dead, Others Injured — Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Continue. imemc.org Israeli ongoing airstrikes against the northern part of the Gaza Strip have left three Palestinians dead, and at least five others wounded, said WAFA sources. Mohammad Zakariya al-Tatri, age 27, and Mohammed Zohdi Odeh, 22, were killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting the northern part of the Strip. Furthermore, Hamad Mohammad …

Shared by Samantha Borek (2018-11-12). Israel Denounced for Attack After Late-Night Raid Kills Seven Palestinians. truthout.org Just hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted — despite the abundance of evidence to the contrary — that he wants to " avoid" military conflict with the Palestinians, a unit of Israeli soldiers flagrantly violated a ceasefire agreement Sunday night by invading the occupied Gaza Strip and …

INA (2018-11-12). One Israeli Critically Injured in Mortar Attack. imemc.org A mortar fired from the besieged Gaza Strip, on Monday, hit a bus in an Israeli community surrounding Gaza, critically injuring one Israeli. According to Israeli media, a mortar was fired from Gaza and directly hit an Israeli bus, critically injuring a 19-year-old Israeli. No other injuries were reported.

INA (2018-11-12). BDS: Love Bollywood, Hate Apartheid! (VIDEO). imemc.org Four famous Bollywood actors are due to perform in apartheid Israel. The event has been postponed once already. This is our chance to get it cancelled altogether.

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 …

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

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…

2018-11-13: Social Media Postees

Israel, Hamas Trade Heavy Fire After Deadly Incursion
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-11-13
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinian militants bombarded Israel with dozens of rockets and mortar shells Monday, while Israeli warplanes struck targets throughout the Gaza Strip in what appeared to be the most intense exchange of fire since a 2014 war. | Palestinian officials said at least three people, including two militants, were killed by Israeli fire and nine were wounded, and an Israeli airstrike destroyed the ruling Hamas group's TV station. In Israel, the national rescue service said at least 20 people were wounded, including a 19-year-old soldier and a 60-year-old woman who were in critical conditio…
truthdig.com/articles/israel-hamas-trade-heavy-fire-after-deadly-incursion/

Israeli Army Abducts Nine Palestinians
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-13
Updated: Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, nine Palestinians from Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Bethlehem said many army jeeps invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, and the al-Obeyyat area in Bethlehem, searched many homes and abducted Mohammad Ali …

Israeli Army Abducts Nine Palestinians

Palestinian Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered Monday
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-13
The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that a young man died, on Tuesday at dawn, from serious wounded her suffered, on Monday evening, after Israeli soldiers fired missiles into an area, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. One Palestinian was killed by a shell fired …

Palestinian Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered Monday

Urgent Call from PFLP: Gaza under attack! Stand with Palestine, Stand with the Resistance
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-11-13
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Nov. 12 statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). | The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine calls in an urgent action for the friends of Palestine, movements for justice and liberation and the Palestinian and Arab communities everywhere in the world to stand with Gaza under attack at this critical moment. We issue this call in honor and mourning for our two heroic comrades, Mohammed al-Tatari and Mohammed Odeh, martyred today by Zionist occupation forces who attacked them as they fought for the freedom of their land, Pal…
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/11/12/urgent-call-pflp-gaza-under-attack-stand-palestine-stand-resistance

Army Kills Two Palestinians In Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-13
Israeli soldiers killed, Tuesday, two Palestinians, and injured many others, in a series of air strikes targeting residential buildings, lands and structures, in various parts of the Gaza Strip. Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the army killed Mos'ab Hos, 20, in Malaka area, …

Army Kills Two Palestinians In Gaza

Man killed by Palestinian shell in Ashkelon, 2 women critically wounded
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-13
A day after the Israeli military invaded Gaza in a flagrant violation of the ceasefire negotiated with Palestinian factions, Palestinian resistance fighters fired several hundred crude homemade shells into Israel. One of these shells hit an apartment building in Ashkelon, killing a 48-year old man and wounding two women. Update:…
imemc.org/article/israeli-man-killed-by-palestinian-shell-in-ashkelon-2-women-critically-wounded/

Israeli Missiles Destroy A Hotel In Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-13
As the extensive Israeli air strikes continued over various parts of the Gaza Strip, the army fired missiles at a hotel, west of Gaza city, and destroyed it. Media sources in Gaza said the Israeli Airforce fired many missiles into the Al-Amal Hotel, in the densely populated al-Mina' Area, west …
imemc.org/article/israeli-missiles-destroy-a-hotel-in-gaza/

John Bolton Wins "Defender of Israel" Award from Zionist Lobby Group that Helped Appoint Him
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-12
The ZOA, Bolton's enthusiastic sponsor, led the campaign to remove former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster from his post after railing against McMaster's "anti-Israel" positions, most notably his support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal. | The post John Bolton Wins "Defender of Israel" Award from Zionist Lobby Group that Helped Appoint Him appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/john-bolton-wins-defender-of-israel-award-from-zionist-lobby-group/251729/

Jorit, artist behind Che Guevara, Ahed Tamimi mural: 'graffiti is the voice of protest'
teleSUR Desk | mronline.org | 2018-11-12
Italian street artist Jorit Agoch unveiled one of the largest and most impressive murals of the Latin American revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara days ahead of the 51st anniversary of his assassination at the hands of the Bolivian army in La Higuera, Bolivia. | Source…
mronline.org/2018/11/12/jorit-artist-behind-che-guevara-ahed-tamimi-mural-graffiti-is-the-voice-of-protest/

Is Oman Mediating Between Iran And Israel?
Hossein Alizadeh | iranian.com | 2018-11-12
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu received a warm welcome during his surprise visit to Oman in late October. What made this visit even more interesting was that the two sides did nothing to conceal the news of the visit and the top level meetings in Muscat. Netanyahu was officially invited to go to Muscat where […] | The post Is Oman Mediating Between Iran And Israel? appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/12/is-oman-mediating-between-iran-and-israel/

Army Abducts Ten Palestinians In West Bank
Saed Bannoura | imemc.org | 2018-11-12
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Monday, at least ten Palestinians, including two children, and summoned one for interrogation, after invading and searching many homes in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers searched homes in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and abducted two …
imemc.org/article/army-abducts-ten-palestinians-in-west-bank/

Gaza Lays to Rest 7 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Airstrike (VIDEO)
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-12
Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, on Monday, took part in the funeral of seven of their fallen who were killed during Israeli airstrikes on the southern region of the besieged coastal enclave. The Palestinians who were killed in the Israeli offensive have been identified as: Noureddin Mohammad Salama Baraka, 37.
imemc.org/article/gaza-lays-to-rest-7-palestinians-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-video/

UPDATE: 3 Dead, Others Injured — Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Continue
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-12
Israeli ongoing airstrikes against the northern part of the Gaza Strip have left three Palestinians dead, and at least five others wounded, said WAFA sources. Mohammad Zakariya al-Tatri, age 27, and Mohammed Zohdi Odeh, 22, were killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting the northern part of the Strip. Furthermore, Hamad Mohammad …
imemc.org/article/update-israeli-airstrikes-on-gaza-continue-3-dead-others-injured/

Israeli Forces Detain 8-year-old Palestinian Child Near Hebron
If Americans Knew | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-12
According to Defense for Children International, Israel is the only country in the world that automatically prosecutes children in military courts that lack basic and fundamental fair trial guarantees. | The majority of Palestinian child detainees are charged with throwing … | The post Israeli Forces Detain 8-year-old Palestinian Child Near Hebron appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/israeli-forces-detain-8-year-old-palestinian-child-near-hebron/5659601

One Israeli Critically Injured in Mortar Attack
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-12
A mortar fired from the besieged Gaza Strip, on Monday, hit a bus in an Israeli community surrounding Gaza, critically injuring one Israeli. According to Israeli media, a mortar was fired from Gaza and directly hit an Israeli bus, critically injuring a 19-year-old Israeli. No other injuries were reported.
imemc.org/article/one-israeli-critically-injured-in-mortar-attack/

BDS: Love Bollywood, Hate Apartheid! (VIDEO)
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-12
Four famous Bollywood actors are due to perform in apartheid Israel. The event has been postponed once already. This is our chance to get it cancelled altogether.
imemc.org/article/bds-love-bollywood-hate-apartheid-video/

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

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

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/