Daily Archives: November 18, 2018

2018-11-18: News Headlines

Belen Fernandez (2018-11-19). Why Is This Iranian Regime Change Cult Building A Base… In Albania. iranian.com In early September, Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati travelled to Israel to participate in a counterterrorism summit and some nauseating photo ops with an Israeli cast of characters, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with whom Bushati joked around a bit before getting down to terror-fighting and other business. Israel, of course, has already conspicuously advertised the hypocrisy of its […]

Anti-Media News Desk (2018-11-18). What NYTimes Called Israel's "1st Incursion" Was Actually at Least Its 263rd. theantimedia.com (FAIR) — In a piece headlined "Deadly Gaza Raid by Israel Threatens Nascent Ceasefire" (11/11/18), the New York Times described an Israeli assault near the city of Khan Yunis that killed seven Palestinians as the first known Israeli ground incursion into Gaza since Operation Protective Edge, in July 2014, set off a seven-week war. This depiction of the attack as …

INA (2018-11-18). Hebron-area Elementary School Attacked with Tear Gas. imemc.org Dozens of Palestinian students and teachers suffocated after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces toward an elementary school in Hebron, in the southern West Bank, said WAFA correspondence. Israeli soldiers fired a barrage of tear gas canisters toward an elementary school in the southern part of Hebron city, causing …

INA (2018-11-18). Israeli Minister Storms Al-Aqsa with Dozens of Settlers. imemc.org The Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Uri Ariel, stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, with dozens of Israeli settlers, on Sunday. Firas al-Dibs, head of the Public Relations and Media Department at the Islamic Endowment (Waqf), said that Ariel, along with …

IMEMC News (2018-11-18). Illegal Israeli Colonists Attack A Palestinian Ambulance In Hebron. imemc.org A group of extremist illegal Israeli colonists attacked, Sunday, a Palestinian ambulance while rushing to a patient in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, causing damage. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has reported that it received a call from a family of a patient …

INA (2018-11-18). Journalists Syndicate Condemns Assault on International March. imemc.org The Palestinian Journalists Society (PJS) strongly condemned the suppression of the march of International Federation of Journalists towards Qalandia checkpoint, by Israeli occupation forces, through intensive use of toxic tear gas and sound bombs, which caused the injury of the PJS president Nasse Abu Baker, by a tearing gas bomb …

Fight Back (2018-11-18). New York emergency action for Gaza. fightbacknews.org Brooklyn, NY – Forty activists and community members gathered in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn on November 17 in response to the Palestinian protesters killed and wounded in Gaza this past week. The Palestinian protesters were part of the Great Return March, and were met by Israeli Occupation Forces at the border. | To start off the event, the names of seven murdered by Israel were read aloud, followed by a moment of silence. The crowd then chanted and heard from different speakers. | Despite the fact that numerous Palestinians were murdered, continuous protesting has resulted in some setbacks for Israel. Nerdeen Kiswani f…

Ma'an News (2018-11-18). If World Could Vote, It Would Slam Illegal Israeli Occupation Of Palestine… Oh Wait. iranian.com The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted, early Saturday, in favor of eight resolutions on Palestine and a ninth on the Syrian Golan Heights. Palestine's Permanent Observer to the UN Riyad Mansour said, commenting on the vote, that the votes are proof that the international community stands behind and supports the Palestinian cause despite of […]

INA (2018-11-18). Israeli Sources Admit Hamas in Possession of "Game Changing" Missiles. imemc.org An Israeli website known for its close links to the regime's military intelligence services has admitted that the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas is now possessing "game-changing" missiles that could hit targets in Israel with considerable ease and precision. The Debka file said, in a report on Saturday, that its …

Middle East Eye (2018-11-18). Washington Opposes UN Resolution on Syria's Israeli-occupied Golan. globalresearch.ca The United States opposed on Friday for the first time an annual draft resolution at the United Nations calling on Israel to rescind its authority in the occupied Golan Heights, drawing praise from Israeli officials. | The Golan Heights, Syrian territory …

IMEMC News (2018-11-18). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians In Bethlehem and Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, five young Palestinian men from several areas in Bethlehem and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS said the soldiers stormed and violently searched many homes, and interrogated several Palestinians, before abducting three. The PPS …

IMEMC News (2018-11-18). Israeli Soldiers Injure Palestinian And International Journalists Near Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force, Saturday, against dozens of Palestinian and international journalists during a nonviolent procession near Qalqilia Terminal, north of occupied East Jerusalem. The soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the journalists, and dozens of residents, while holding a nonviolent procession, …

IMEMC News (2018-11-18). Army Opens Fire At Farmers And Shepherds, In Gaza. imemc.org Israeli soldiers opened fire, Sunday, at many Palestinian farmers and shepherds, in several parts of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources in Gaza said the soldiers fired many live rounds at Palestinian farmers, working on their own lands, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. …

INA (2018-11-18). ISM Report: International and Palestinian Journalists Tear Gassed. imemc.org 11/17/18 | International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah Team The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) decided to hold its annual meeting in Palestine this year, where they demonstrated at the infamous Qalandia checkpoint, on Saturday. Dozens of journalists, holding only international press cards, were immediately met with canisters of tear gas. …

wsws (2018-11-17). Israel: Netanyahu's coalition government collapses, forcing early elections. wsws.org Lieberman has pushed Netanyahu into an election campaign that will be fought over the Gaza debacle and the prime minister's "weakness."

RT (2018-11-17). Lee Camp finds out who meddled with US midterms… but it's not the usual suspects (VIDEO). rt.com A foreign country has indeed meddled with the US midterm elections, pumping millions of dollars to support congressional candidates. However, it wasn't the usual suspect you may easily think of, Lee Camp revealed. |

Tom Luongo (2018-11-17). Is The Gaza Ceasefire The End For Netanyahu? iranian.com The resignation of Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman over the terms of the ceasefire with Palestinians in Gaza has thrown Israeli politics into real turmoil. Depending on whose analysis of this situation you read you may be tempted to see this as a good thing or a bad thing. Bernard at Moon of Alabama sees a weakened Prime […]

INA (2018-11-17). UN Special Rapporteurs Give Israel 60 Days to Respond to 'Deep Concerns' Regarding Jewish Nation-State Law. imemc.org Four Special Rapporteurs express 'deep concern' that Nation-State Law is 'discriminatory in nature and in practice against non-Jewish citizens and other minorities and does not apply the principle of equality between citizens, which is one of the key principles for democratic political systems.' Following a special request for action issued …

RT (2018-11-17). 'I'm half Palestinian': US model Hadid hits back at critics' jibes over Vogue Arabia cover. rt.com US model Gigi Hadid has addressed the severe backlash she received for a veiled appearance on the cover of Vogue Arabia, suggesting critics wrongly questioned her ancestry despite her being half-Palestinian.

Middle East Monitor (2018-11-16). Noam Chomsky Warns of the Rise of 'Judeo-Nazi Tendencies' in Israel. theantimedia.com (MEMO) — Prominent Jewish intellectual Noam Chomsky has raised concerns over what he believes is the rise of "Judeo-Nazi tendencies" in Israel. Speaking to i24NEWS last week, the renowned political dissident, linguist and scholar repeated warnings given by Yeshayahu Leibowitz, an Israeli public intellectual, biochemist and polymath, concerning the dehumanising effect of Israel's brutal occupation of Palestine on the …

Ramzy Baroud (2018-11-16). In Breach of Human Rights, Netanyahu Supports the Death Penalty against Palestinians. counterpunch.org Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is escalating his war on the Palestinian people, although for reasons almost entirely related to Israeli politics. He has just given the greenlight to a legislation that would make it easier for Israeli courts to issue death sentences against Palestinians accused of carrying out 'terrorist' acts. Netanyahu's decision was More

T.J. Coles (2018-11-16). Israel Cannot Use Violent Self-Defense While Occupying Gaza. counterpunch.org Whenever bombings and shootings escalate in the Middle East, Israeli propagandists say that Israel is exercising its right of military self-defense against indiscriminate attacks coming from the Gaza Strip. But as this article documents, the right to use force in self-defense is contingent on Israel ending its military occupation and blockade of Gaza. DON'T MISQUOTE More

Mehdi Hasan (2018-11-16). Chuck Schumer Caved to Facebook and Donald Trump. He Shouldn't Lead Senate Democrats. theintercept.com Schumer has sided with the GOP on Wall Street, Israel, Iraq, Iran, and Facebook. Almost any other Democrat should be Senate minority leader instead.

Randi Nord (2018-11-16). Celebrities Raised $60 Million for the Israeli Military Before It Bombed Gaza. theantimedia.com (MPN) — Just two weeks before Israel pounded Gaza with bombs last night, over 1,200 celebrities came together to raise a record-breaking $60 million to support the Israeli Defense Forces and Israel's occupation of Palestine at a gala called Friends of Israeli Defense Forces (FIDF). The Israeli jets bombing the Gaza Strip targeted the Al-Aqsa TV headquarters …

Reese Erlich (2018-11-16). Foreign Correspondent: Israel Wins a Battle, But Is Losing the War. progressive.org In Gaza this week, Israeli and Palestinian groups clashed and ultimately agreed to a ceasefire.

Jonah Raskin (2018-11-16). A California Jew in a Time of Anti-Semitism. counterpunch.org When I was eleven-years-old, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, two American-born Jews, were sent to the electric chair after they were found guilty of stealing the secret of the atomic bomb and then handing it to the Soviets. That event seared my childhood more than any other; my parents were also Jewish and had belonged to the American Communist Party from 1938 to 1948. More

IMEMC News (2018-11-16). Boston Billboard Honoring Gaza First Responders Removed over Claims of Anti-Semitism. mintpressnews.com Nearly 3 weeks into its planned 4-week run, an electronic billboard honoring first responders in the Gaza Strip was pulled on November 13th when the billboard company received phone calls and email complaints labeling their staff as terrorists and anti-Semites and threatening a boycott. | The Palestine Advocacy Project sponsored the billboard on Interstate 93, near Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to highlight the desperate situation in the Gaza Strip, and to emphasize the humanity and agency of the people of Gaza, who are often portrayed as terrorists or victims. | The billboard included a photo of deceased Palestini…

Consortiumnews (2018-11-15). Newly Elected Progressives Face Palestine Taboo. consortiumnews.com After they won their primaries, some young progressives curbed their pro-Palestine rhetoric. Now they are in Washington getting oriented. Next up: early test votes in the new year sponsored by the pro-Israel lobby, writes As`ad AbuKhalil. Newly-Elected Progressives Confront AIPAC Test… Read more →

Asad AbuKhalil (2018-11-15). With Midterms Over, Newly Elected Progressives Face the Palestine Taboo and the Israel Lobby. mintpressnews.com After they won their primaries, some young progressives curbed their pro-Palestine rhetoric. Now they are in Washington getting oriented. Next up: early test votes in the new year sponsored by the pro-Israel lobby.

pip.hinman (2018-11-15). 'SBS: Don't screen Eurovision 2019 in Israel'. greenleft.org.au Protesters gathered outside the SBS offices in Artarmon on November 15 to urge the national multicultural broadcaster not to screen Eurovision 2019, which will be held in Israel. | They handed out leaflets to SBS staff that read: "We love SBS and we love Eurovision, but is a song contest worth more than human rights? Are advertising dollars worth more than international law? | "We can't celebrate Eurovision in Israel while the Israeli government enforces apartheid and ongoing human rights abuses against Palestinians. | "Just like the campaign that ended apartheid in South Africa, your international solidarity is…

splcenter (2018-11-15). Court rejects neo-Nazi's free speech defense in SPLC case. splcenter.org A federal judge has rejected neo-Nazi leader Andrew Anglin's attempt to dismiss an SPLC lawsuit seeking to hold him accountable for orchestrating a campaign of terror against a Jewish woman and her family in Montana.

Miko Peled (2018-11-15). The Palestinian People Are As Unified as Hamas and Fatah are Obsolete. mintpressnews.com There is a solid, grassroots leadership in Palestine. From Al-Jalil in the north to the Naqab in the south, and from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea, Palestinians on the ground are well aware that the Hamas-Fatah politics have little to do with them.

Phyllis Bennis (2018-11-14). The Crisis in Gaza and a Potential Ceasefire. zcomm.org Discussing the recent Israeli special forces operation inside the Gaza Strip that killed 7 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier, as well as Israeli air strikes and a potential ceasefire…

splcenter (2018-11-14). SPLC: Judge rules First Amendment doesn't protect neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin's antisemitic trolling of Tanya Gersh. splcenter.org Chief Judge Dana L. Christensen of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana ruled today that the First Amendment does not protect Andrew Anglin, the publisher of the neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer, from liability for his decision to launch an antisemitic "troll storm" directed at Tanya Gersh, a Jewish real estate agent in Whitefish, Montana.

Democracy Now! (2018-11-13). Gaza Is Already Unlivable: A Response to Israel's Deadly Airstrikes Targeting TV Station & Homes. democracynow.org The death toll in Gaza has risen to at least six after Israel launched its heaviest airstrikes on the region since 2014, targeting scores of buildings, including the TV station Al-Aqsa TV. Israeli airstrikes also reportedly hit dozens of homes. Militants in Gaza responded by launching hundreds of homemade rockets into Israel. One person in Israel, a Palestinian man in Ashkelon, was reportedly killed. Some 16 others were injured, including at least two critically. The escalation began after a team of Israeli commandos drove into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis Sunday in a clandestine raid that killed seven H…

Democracy Now! (2018-11-13). Headlines for November 13, 2018. democracynow.org California's Record-Breaking Wildfires Kill At Least 44 Across State, Arizona's U.S. Senate Seat Flips Blue as Sinema Declares Victory, Trump Falsely Claims Voter Fraud in FL, Says Races Should Go to Republicans, Mississippi Senator Under Fire for "Public Hanging" Comment, Daily Beast: ICE Imprisoning Record High of 44,000 People, Audio of Khashoggi's Murder May Implicate Saudi Crown Prince, Amnesty Int'l Withdraws Top Honor from Burmese Leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Gaza: Israeli Airstrikes Kill 6 Palestinians as Fighting Intensifies, DRC: Ebola Outbreak Worst in Country's History, Kills Almost 200, NYT Investigation…

Huzaifa Zoomkawala (2018-11-12). Palestine: Fadwa Tuqan's poems and data on women's education. zcomm.org And here is my second attempt at bridging the three areas: poems, justice and data visualization. This time, it's the Palestinian poet, Fadwa Tuqan, whose poems I have highlighted alongside some charts depicting the progress over the years on a number of women's education indicators in the West Bank and Gaza. (Earlier, I had used Read more…

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…

2018-11-18: Social Media Postees

Why Is This Iranian Regime Change Cult Building A Base… In Albania
Belen Fernandez | iranian.com | 2018-11-19
In early September, Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati travelled to Israel to participate in a counterterrorism summit and some nauseating photo ops with an Israeli cast of characters, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with whom Bushati joked around a bit before getting down to terror-fighting and other business. Israel, of course, has already conspicuously advertised the hypocrisy of its […] | The post Why Is This Iranian Regime Change Cult Building A Base… In Albania appeared fir…
iranian.com/2018/11/18/why-is-this-iranian-regime-change-cult-building-a-base-in-albania/

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians In Bethlehem and Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-18
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, five young Palestinian men from several areas in Bethlehem and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS said the soldiers stormed and violently searched many homes, and interrogated several Palestinians, before abducting three. The PPS …

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians In Bethlehem and Jerusalem

What NYTimes Called Israel's "1st Incursion" Was Actually at Least Its 263rd
Anti-Media News Desk | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-18
(FAIR) — In a piece headlined "Deadly Gaza Raid by Israel Threatens Nascent Ceasefire" (11/11/18), the New York Times described an Israeli assault near the city of Khan Yunis that killed seven Palestinians as the first known Israeli ground incursion into Gaza since Operation Protective Edge, in July 2014, set off a seven-week war. This depiction of the attack as …

What NYTimes Called Israel’s "1st Incursion" Was Actually at Least Its 263rd

If World Could Vote, It Would Slam Illegal Israeli Occupation Of Palestine… Oh Wait
Ma'an News | iranian.com | 2018-11-18
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted, early Saturday, in favor of eight resolutions on Palestine and a ninth on the Syrian Golan Heights. Palestine's Permanent Observer to the UN Riyad Mansour said, commenting on the vote, that the votes are proof that the international community stands behind and supports the Palestinian cause despite of […] | The post If World Could Vote, It Would Slam Illegal Israeli Occupation Of Palestine… Oh Wait appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/18/world-slam-illegal-israeli-occupation-of-palestine/

Israeli Sources Admit Hamas in Possession of "Game Changing" Missiles
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-18
An Israeli website known for its close links to the regime's military intelligence services has admitted that the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas is now possessing "game-changing" missiles that could hit targets in Israel with considerable ease and precision. The Debka file said, in a report on Saturday, that its …

Israeli Sources Admit Hamas in Possession of "Game Changing" Missiles

Illegal Israeli Colonists Attack A Palestinian Ambulance In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-18
A group of extremist illegal Israeli colonists attacked, Sunday, a Palestinian ambulance while rushing to a patient in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, causing damage. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has reported that it received a call from a family of a patient …

Illegal Israeli Colonists Attack A Palestinian Ambulance In Hebron

Washington Opposes UN Resolution on Syria's Israeli-occupied Golan
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-18
The United States opposed on Friday for the first time an annual draft resolution at the United Nations calling on Israel to rescind its authority in the occupied Golan Heights, drawing praise from Israeli officials. | The Golan Heights, Syrian territory … | The post Washington Opposes UN Resolution on Syria's Israeli-occupied Golan appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/washington-opposes-un-resolution-on-syrias-israeli-occupied-golan/5660242

Hebron-area Elementary School Attacked with Tear Gas
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-18
Dozens of Palestinian students and teachers suffocated after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces toward an elementary school in Hebron, in the southern West Bank, said WAFA correspondence. Israeli soldiers fired a barrage of tear gas canisters toward an elementary school in the southern part of Hebron city, causing …

Hebron-area Elementary School Attacked with Tear Gas

Journalists Syndicate Condemns Assault on International March
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-18
The Palestinian Journalists Society (PJS) strongly condemned the suppression of the march of International Federation of Journalists towards Qalandia checkpoint, by Israeli occupation forces, through intensive use of toxic tear gas and sound bombs, which caused the injury of the PJS president Nasse Abu Baker, by a tearing gas bomb …

Journalists Syndicate Condemns Assault on International March

Israeli Minister Storms Al-Aqsa with Dozens of Settlers
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-18
The Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Uri Ariel, stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, with dozens of Israeli settlers, on Sunday. Firas al-Dibs, head of the Public Relations and Media Department at the Islamic Endowment (Waqf), said that Ariel, along with …
imemc.org/article/israeli-minister-storms-al-aqsa-with-dozens-of-settlers/

New York emergency action for Gaza
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-11-18
Brooklyn, NY – Forty activists and community members gathered in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn on November 17 in response to the Palestinian protesters killed and wounded in Gaza this past week. The Palestinian protesters were part of the Great Return March, and were met by Israeli Occupation Forces at the border. | To start off the event, the names of seven murdered by Israel were read aloud, followed by a moment of silence. The crowd then chanted and heard from different speakers. | Despite the fact that numerous Palestinians were murdered, continuous protesting has resulted in some setbacks for Israel. Nerdeen Kiswani f…
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/11/18/new-york-emergency-action-gaza

Army Opens Fire At Farmers And Shepherds, In Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-18
Israeli soldiers opened fire, Sunday, at many Palestinian farmers and shepherds, in several parts of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources in Gaza said the soldiers fired many live rounds at Palestinian farmers, working on their own lands, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. …

Army Opens Fire At Farmers And Shepherds, In Gaza

Israeli Soldiers Injure Palestinian And International Journalists Near Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-18
Israeli soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force, Saturday, against dozens of Palestinian and international journalists during a nonviolent procession near Qalqilia Terminal, north of occupied East Jerusalem. The soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the journalists, and dozens of residents, while holding a nonviolent procession, …

Israeli Soldiers Injure Palestinian And International Journalists Near Jerusalem

ISM Report: International and Palestinian Journalists Tear Gassed
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-18
11/17/18 | International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah Team The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) decided to hold its annual meeting in Palestine this year, where they demonstrated at the infamous Qalandia checkpoint, on Saturday. Dozens of journalists, holding only international press cards, were immediately met with canisters of tear gas. …

ISM Report: International and Palestinian Journalists Tear Gassed

Israel: Netanyahu's coalition government collapses, forcing early elections
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-17
Lieberman has pushed Netanyahu into an election campaign that will be fought over the Gaza debacle and the prime minister's "weakness."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/17/isra-n17.html

Lee Camp finds out who meddled with US midterms… but it's not the usual suspects (VIDEO)
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-17
A foreign country has indeed meddled with the US midterm elections, pumping millions of dollars to support congressional candidates. However, it wasn't the usual suspect you may easily think of, Lee Camp revealed. | …
rt.com/usa/444242-lee-camp-israel-midterms/

Is The Gaza Ceasefire The End For Netanyahu?
Tom Luongo | iranian.com | 2018-11-17
The resignation of Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman over the terms of the ceasefire with Palestinians in Gaza has thrown Israeli politics into real turmoil. Depending on whose analysis of this situation you read you may be tempted to see this as a good thing or a bad thing. Bernard at Moon of Alabama sees a weakened Prime […] | The post Is The Gaza Ceasefire The End For Netanyahu? appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/17/gaza-ceasefire-the-end-for-netanyahu/

UN Special Rapporteurs Give Israel 60 Days to Respond to 'Deep Concerns' Regarding Jewish Nation-State Law
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-17
Four Special Rapporteurs express 'deep concern' that Nation-State Law is 'discriminatory in nature and in practice against non-Jewish citizens and other minorities and does not apply the principle of equality between citizens, which is one of the key principles for democratic political systems.' Following a special request for action issued …

UN Special Rapporteurs Give Israel 60 Days to Respond to 'Deep Concerns' Regarding Jewish Nation-State Law

'I'm half Palestinian': US model Hadid hits back at critics' jibes over Vogue Arabia cover
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-17
US model Gigi Hadid has addressed the severe backlash she received for a veiled appearance on the cover of Vogue Arabia, suggesting critics wrongly questioned her ancestry despite her being half-Palestinian. | …
rt.com/usa/444266-gigi-hadid-vogue-arabia/

Noam Chomsky Warns of the Rise of 'Judeo-Nazi Tendencies' in Israel
Middle East Monitor | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-16
(MEMO) — Prominent Jewish intellectual Noam Chomsky has raised concerns over what he believes is the rise of "Judeo-Nazi tendencies" in Israel. Speaking to i24NEWS last week, the renowned political dissident, linguist and scholar repeated warnings given by Yeshayahu Leibowitz, an Israeli public intellectual, biochemist and polymath, concerning the dehumanising effect of Israel's brutal occupation of Palestine on the …

Noam Chomsky Warns of the Rise of ‘Judeo-Nazi Tendencies’ in Israel

In Breach of Human Rights, Netanyahu Supports the Death Penalty against Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-16
Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is escalating his war on the Palestinian people, although for reasons almost entirely related to Israeli politics. He has just given the greenlight to a legislation that would make it easier for Israeli courts to issue death sentences against Palestinians accused of carrying out 'terrorist' acts. Netanyahu's decision was…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/16/in-breach-of-human-rights-netanyahu-supports-the-death-penalty-against-palestinians/

Chuck Schumer Caved to Facebook and Donald Trump. He Shouldn't Lead Senate Democrats
Mehdi Hasan | theintercept.com | 2018-11-16
Schumer has sided with the GOP on Wall Street, Israel, Iraq, Iran, and Facebook. Almost any other Democrat should be Senate minority leader instead. | The post Chuck Schumer Caved to Facebook and Donald Trump. He Shouldn't Lead Senate Democrats. appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/11/16/chuck-schumer-caved-to-facebook-and-donald-trump-he-shouldnt-lead-senate-democrats/

Foreign Correspondent: Israel Wins a Battle, But Is Losing the War
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2018-11-16
In Gaza this week, Israeli and Palestinian groups clashed and ultimately agreed to a ceasefire.
progressive.org/dispatches/israel-wins-a-battle-but-is-losing-the-war-181116/

Israel Cannot Use Violent Self-Defense While Occupying Gaza
T.J. Coles | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-16
Whenever bombings and shootings escalate in the Middle East, Israeli propagandists say that Israel is exercising its right of military self-defense against indiscriminate attacks coming from the Gaza Strip. But as this article documents, the right to use force in self-defense is contingent on Israel ending its military occupation and blockade of Gaza. DON'T MISQUOTE…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/16/israel-cannot-use-violent-self-defense-while-occupying-gaza/

Celebrities Raised $60 Million for the Israeli Military Before It Bombed Gaza
Randi Nord | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-16
(MPN) — Just two weeks before Israel pounded Gaza with bombs last night, over 1,200 celebrities came together to raise a record-breaking $60 million to support the Israeli Defense Forces and Israel's occupation of Palestine at a gala called Friends of Israeli Defense Forces (FIDF). The Israeli jets bombing the Gaza Strip targeted the Al-Aqsa TV headquarters …

Celebrities Raised $60 Million for the Israeli Military Before It Bombed Gaza

A California Jew in a Time of Anti-Semitism
Jonah Raskin | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-16
When I was eleven-years-old, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, two American-born Jews, were sent to the electric chair after they were found guilty of stealing the secret of the atomic bomb and then handing it to the Soviets. That event seared my childhood more than any other; my parents were also Jewish and had belonged to the American Communist Party from 1938 to 1948.
counterpunch.org/2018/11/16/a-california-jew-in-a-time-of-anti-semitism/

Boston Billboard Honoring Gaza First Responders Removed over Claims of Anti-Semitism
IMEMC News | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-16
Nearly 3 weeks into its planned 4-week run, an electronic billboard honoring first responders in the Gaza Strip was pulled on November 13th when the billboard company received phone calls and email complaints labeling their staff as terrorists and anti-Semites and threatening a boycott. | The Palestine Advocacy Project sponsored the billboard on Interstate 93, near Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to highlight the desperate situation in the Gaza Strip, and to emphasize the humanity and agency of the people of Gaza, who are often portrayed as terrorists or victims. | The billboard included a photo of deceased Palestini…
mintpressnews.com/boston-billboard-honoring-gaza-first-responders-removed-over-claims-of-anti-semitism/252014/

'SBS: Don't screen Eurovision 2019 in Israel'
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-15
Protesters gathered outside the SBS offices in Artarmon on November 15 to urge the national multicultural broadcaster not to screen Eurovision 2019, which will be held in Israel. | They handed out leaflets to SBS staff that read: "We love SBS and we love Eurovision, but is a song contest worth more than human rights? Are advertising dollars worth more than international law? | "We can't celebrate Eurovision in Israel while the Israeli government enforces apartheid and ongoing human rights abuses against Palestinians. | "Just like the campaign that ended apartheid in South Africa, your international solidarity is…
greenleft.org.au/content/sbs-dont-screen-eurovision-2019-israel

With Midterms Over, Newly Elected Progressives Face the Palestine Taboo and the Israel Lobby
Asad AbuKhalil | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-15
After they won their primaries, some young progressives curbed their pro-Palestine rhetoric. Now they are in Washington getting oriented. Next up: early test votes in the new year sponsored by the pro-Israel lobby. | The post With Midterms Over, Newly Elected Progressives Face the Palestine Taboo and the Israel Lobby appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/newly-elected-progressives-grapple-palestine-taboo/251944/

Newly Elected Progressives Face Palestine Taboo
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-15
After they won their primaries, some young progressives curbed their pro-Palestine rhetoric. Now they are in Washington getting oriented. Next up: early test votes in the new year sponsored by the pro-Israel lobby, writes As`ad AbuKhalil. Newly-Elected Progressives Confront AIPAC Test… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/14/newly-elected-progressives-face-palestine-taboo/

Court rejects neo-Nazi's free speech defense in SPLC case
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-11-15
A federal judge has rejected neo-Nazi leader Andrew Anglin's attempt to dismiss an SPLC lawsuit seeking to hold him accountable for orchestrating a campaign of terror against a Jewish woman and her family in Montana.
splcenter.org/news/2018/11/15/court-rejects-neo-nazi%25E2%2580%2599s-free-speech-defense-splc-case

The Palestinian People Are As Unified as Hamas and Fatah are Obsolete
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-15
There is a solid, grassroots leadership in Palestine. From Al-Jalil in the north to the Naqab in the south, and from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea, Palestinians on the ground are well aware that the Hamas-Fatah politics have little to do with them. | The post The Palestinian People Are As Unified as Hamas and Fatah are Obsolete appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/the-people-of-palestine-are-as-unified-as-hamas-and-fatah-are-obsolete/251913/

The Crisis in Gaza and a Potential Ceasefire
Phyllis Bennis | zcomm.org | 2018-11-14
Discussing the recent Israeli special forces operation inside the Gaza Strip that killed 7 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier, as well as Israeli air strikes and a potential ceasefire…
zcomm.org/zvideo/the-crisis-in-gaza-and-a-potential-ceasefire/

SPLC: Judge rules First Amendment doesn't protect neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin's antisemitic trolling of Tanya Gersh
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-11-14
Chief Judge Dana L. Christensen of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana ruled today that the First Amendment does not protect Andrew Anglin, the publisher of the neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer, from liability for his decision to launch an antisemitic "troll storm" directed at Tanya Gersh, a Jewish real estate agent in Whitefish, Montana.
splcenter.org/news/2018/11/14/splc-judge-rules-first-amendment-doesn%25E2%2580%2599t-protect-neo-nazi-andrew-anglin%25E2%2580%2599s-antisemitic

Gaza Is Already Unlivable: A Response to Israel's Deadly Airstrikes Targeting TV Station & Homes
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-13
The death toll in Gaza has risen to at least six after Israel launched its heaviest airstrikes on the region since 2014, targeting scores of buildings, including the TV station Al-Aqsa TV. Israeli airstrikes also reportedly hit dozens of homes. Militants in Gaza responded by launching hundreds of homemade rockets into Israel. One person in Israel, a Palestinian man in Ashkelon, was reportedly killed. Some 16 others were injured, including at least two critically. The escalation began after a team of Israeli commandos drove into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis Sunday in a clandestine raid that killed seven H…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/13/gaza_is_already_unlivable_a_response

Palestine: Fadwa Tuqan's poems and data on women's education
Huzaifa Zoomkawala | zcomm.org | 2018-11-12
And here is my second attempt at bridging the three areas: poems, justice and data visualization. This time, it's the Palestinian poet, Fadwa Tuqan, whose poems I have highlighted alongside some charts depicting the progress over the years on a number of women's education indicators in the West Bank and Gaza. (Earlier, I had used Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/palestine-fadwa-tuqans-poems-and-data-on-womens-education/

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/