(2018-11-20). Airbnb Ends West Bank Settlement Listings, Causing Uproar in Israel. theantimedia.com 
(MEE) — Home rental company Airbnb has announced it plans to remove listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move that comes after several years of pressure from Palestinian human rights groups. The US-based company said it currently has about 200 listings in Israeli settlements in the West Bank and made its decision after …
(2018-11-20). Israeli Army Killed 52 Palestinian Children Since Beginning of 2018. theantimedia.com 
(MEMO) — According to Defence for Children International Palestine (DCIP), since the beginning of the year, the Israeli Occupation Forces have killed 52 children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 46 of whom in the Gaza Strip. The international movement said in a statement on Monday that among the children the occupation forces have killed, 18 …
(2018-11-20). New American Nazis: Inside the White Supremacist Movement That Fueled Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting. democracynow.org 
Neo-Nazis are on the rise in America. Nearly a month after a gunman killed eleven Jewish worshipers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, we look at the violent hate groups that helped fuel the massacre. On the same day that shooter Robert Bowers opened fire in the synagogue, a neo-Nazi named Edward Clark that Bowers had been communicating with online took his own life in Washington, D.C. The man's brother, Jeffrey Clark, has since been arrested on weapons charges. The brothers were both linked to the violent white supremacist group Atomwaffen. We speak with A.C. Thompson, correspondent for FRONTLINE PBS a…
(2018-11-20). Airbnb Set to Remove Listings from Occupied West Bank that Serve Jewish Settlers. mintpressnews.com The BDS movement has served as one of the most effective methods for drawing attention to Israel's occupation of Palestine and apartheid policies — similar to the boycott movements that successfully targeted apartheid South Africa.
(2018-11-20). Israeli Supreme Court Upholds Apartheid Rule. globalresearch.ca Repressive Israeli rule way exceeds the worst of South African apartheid. The Occupied Territories are virtual battlegrounds, Gaza most of all. | Palestinians are terrorized daily by Israeli soldiers and police, along with PA security forces, acting as the Jewish state's …
(2018-11-20). US Warns of 'Consequences' as Palestine Joins International Bodies including the ICC. globalresearch.ca The United States has threatened "consequences" as Palestinians step up efforts for statehood demanding accession to almost a dozen international bodies and conventions. | The threat came after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed the documents on Thursday to join the Universal …
(2018-11-20). Netanyahu's Ceasefire Is Meant to Keep Gaza Imprisoned. globalresearch.ca Palestinians in Gaza should have been able to breathe a sigh of relief last week, as precarious ceasefire talks survived a two-day-long, heavy exchange of strikes that threatened to unleash yet another large-scale military assault by Israel. | Late on Tuesday, …
(2018-11-20). U.S Green Party Urges International Criminal Court to Prosecute Israel for Crimes Against Palestinians. globalresearch.ca The Hague, The Netherlands (Monday, November 19, 2018) – Members of the Green Party United States traveled to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday, November 29, 2018 to deliver a letter calling for a full investigation of Israel for …
(2018-11-20). Video: Turkey Attacks Own Proxies in Syria, Netanyahu Names Himself Defense Minister. globalresearch.ca From November 18 to November 20, the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) carried out a military operation against their own proxies in the region of Afrin. The TAF attacked and partially disarmed a group of about 200 members of the al-Sharqiyah …
(2018-11-20). Selected Articles: Gaza as Israel's Military Training Ground. globalresearch.ca For seventeen years, Global Research, together with partner independent media organizations, has sought Truth in Media with a view to eventually "disarming" the corporate media's disinformation crusade. | To reverse the tide, we call upon our readers to participate in an …
(2018-11-20). Registering Israel's "Useful Idiots" globalresearch.ca Depending on what criteria one uses, there are between 200 and 600 groups in the United States that wholly or in part are dedicated to furthering the interests of Israel. The organizations are both Jewish, like the Zionist Organization of …
(2018-11-20). We Remember the Great War, While Palestinians Live It. zcomm.org For these refugees, still in their hovels and shacks as you read these words, the First World War never ended — not even now, today, on the hundredth anniversary of the "end" of the First World War…
(2018-11-20). AirBnB announces: No more listings in Israeli colonial settlements. imemc.org On Monday, the international crowdsourced bed and breakfast company AirBnB announced that they will no longer allow listings that are located in Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. The decision comes after a two year campaign of Human Rights Watch and other organizations, who pointed out that the promotion of …
(2018-11-20). Army Abducts A Woman At Qalandia Terminal, North Of Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday afternoon, a Palestinian woman at the Qalandia Terminal, north of occupied East Jerusalem, allegedly for "intending to stab soldiers." The woman, Afkar Jamal Abdul-Fattah Kamil, 25, is from Qabatia town, south of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Her uncle said …
(2018-11-20). Palestinian Teen Dies From Wounds Suffered On November 14 In Jerusalem. imemc.org Palestinian teenage boy died, Tuesday, from serious wounds he suffered on, Wednesday November 14, 2018, allegedly after attempting to stab Israeli officers at a police station in occupied East Jerusalem. The Palestinian, identified as Abdul-Rahman Ali Abu Jamal, 17, from Jabal al-Mokabber, allegedly climbed the fence of a police station, …
(2018-11-20). Navy Opens Fire At Fishing Boats, Army Invades Lands, In Gaza. imemc.org Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Tuesday morning, at several Palestinian fishing boats, while the soldiers invaded agricultural lands, in the Gaza Strip. Media sources in Gaza said several armored military vehicles, stationed at Abu Safiya army base, across the perimeter fence, invaded farmlands, east of the al-Maghazi refugee camp, …
(2018-11-20). Israel Seeks To Undermine US 1st Amendment, Will Sue Airbnb. iranian.com Airbnb, the giant online apartment rental site will delist 200 apartments of Israeli squatters on the Palestinian West Bank. The company has long been criticized for violating international law by dealing with the illegal colonists. Israel occupied the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza in 1967, and has introduced Apartheid rule there, keeping the Palestinians stateless. By […]
(2018-11-20). Soldiers Abduct Eight Palestinians In Occupied Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, eight Palestinians from their homes, mainly in the al-'Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes, and abducted eight Palestinians, including five from the al-Isawiya town. It …
(2018-11-20). Israeli Colonialist Settlers Cause Damage To Under-Construction Park Near Nablus. imemc.org A group of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers attacked, Tuesday, an under-construction park, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, causing damage. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the assailant attacked the under-construction park, owed by Ahmad Far'uniyya. The …
(2018-11-20). Army Abducts A Palestinian, Summon Another For Interrogation, In Hebron. imemc.org Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and Beit Ummar town, north of the city, before abducting a young man, and summoned another Palestinian for interrogation. Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded and …
(2018-11-20). Army Abducts Fourteen Palestinians In The West Bank. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least fourteen Palestinians, from their homes in several parts of the West Bank, especially in occupied East Jerusalem. The PPS office in Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted two children, identified as …
(2018-11-20). Netanyahu's ceasefire is meant to keep Gaza imprisoned. zcomm.org
(2018-11-20). Knesset Approves Colonialist Constructions In Silwan. imemc.org The Israeli Knesset approved, Monday, the construction of residential units for colonialist settlers, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, in the area that Israel has termed "The City of David National Park." Media sources said 63 Knesset members approved the plan, while 41 others …
(2018-11-19). The Tide Is Turning: Israel Is Losing On Two War Fronts. iranian.com The botched Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip on 12 November is delineating Tel Aviv's failure to utilise its army as a tool to achieve Palestinian political concessions. Now that Palestinian popular resistance has gone global through the exponential rise and growing success of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement, the Israeli government […]
(2018-11-19). Art of the Smear: the Israel Lobby Busted. counterpunch.org 
In 2016 and 2017 Al Jazeera produced a program that unmistakenly documents the Israel government and U.S. Israel lobby's all-out effort to spy on, smear, and disrupt American students and other activists who are working to build an understanding of the Palestinians' plight. The Lobby — USA, however, has never been broadcast by Al Jazeera. Reporting indicates that it was suppressed after pressure from the lobby on the government of Qatar, which funds Al Jazeera. Nevertheless, it is now available at The Electronic Intifada and on YouTube. Watch all four parts here and here. What the program presents is shocki…
(2018-11-19). We Remember the Great War, While Palestinians Live It. counterpunch.org 
There was something gruesomely familiar about the way we commemorated the supposed end of the First World War a hundred years ago. Not just the waterfalls of poppies and the familiar names — Mons, the Somme, Ypres, Verdun — but the almost total silence about all those who died in the First World War, whose eyes were More
(2018-11-19). Why the UAE and Saudi Arabia Are Reaching Out to Syria's Assad. theantimedia.com 
(MEE) — Last week the United Arab Emirates announced it was negotiating the reopening of its embassy in Damascus and restoring full ties with Syria. After the opening of the Nassib border crossing on the Jordan-Syria border, for the first time since the war began, Syria now has a through road linking Turkey to Jordan. At the same time the Israelis …
(2018-11-19). Israeli Forces Wound 25 Palestinians, Including AP Cameraman, in Gaza Boat Protest. imemc.org The weekly protest at the Gaza beach to protest the ongoing Israeli closure of sea access to Gaza was met with violence from Israeli forces today, who fired live ammunition at protesters in boats and along the shore. 25 were wounded with live bullets, including an AP camera operator. The …
(2018-11-19). The US Is Recklessly Stoking The Fire Of A Sunni-Shia War. iranian.com All wars initiated or supported by the US establishment — from the occupation of Iraq in 2003, the second Israeli war on Lebanon in 2006, the regime-change in Syria in 2011 and the occupation of a third of Iraq in 2014 — have failed in their goal of stoking the fire of sectarian war between Sunni and […]
(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 …
(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…
(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.
(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.
(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…
(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 →
(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.
(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…
(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.
(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…
(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…
(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…
(2018-10-28). 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…