(2018-12-01). The UN General Assembly Adopts Six Resolutions in Favor of Palestine. globalresearch.ca The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly adopted on Friday evening five resolutions in support of Palestine and a sixth one on the Golan Heights. | The first resolution, titled Jerusalem, was adopted by the UNGA by a recorded vote of …
(2018-12-01). 18 Highlights of BDS Impact in 2018. bdsmovement.net 
18 Highlights of BDS Impact in 2018: UpdateHere are 18 highlights of direct and indirect BDS impact from 2018. We celebrate the extraordinary strides that the BDS movement for Palestinian rights has made with your support. Economic Boycott Cultural Boycott Academic Boycott Military Embargo Local governments …
(2018-12-01). PLO Calls on Eurovision Organizers to Not Broadcast Contest in Israel's Illegal Settlements. imemc.org PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi: "We call on the EBU to respect the Palestinian people's rights and to not broadcast any Eurovision Song Contest events in Israel's illegal settlements…" Giving Israel the privilege of hosting the 2019 Eurovision amounts to rewarding it for and helping it to conceal …
(2018-12-01). UN General Assembly Adopts 5 More Resolutions in Favor of Palestine. imemc.org The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted, on Friday evening, in favor of five resolutions on Palestine and a sixth resolution on the Golan Heights, WAFA correspondence reported. One of the most important resolutions adopted today, by the UNGA, called on member states not to recognize any measures taken by …
(2018-12-01). Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday at dawn, a young Palestinian man from Beit Surik town, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem. The soldiers invaded the home of the young man, and violently searched it, and abducted him after interrogating him and several members of his family. The army claims the young …
(2018-12-01). Army Abducts A Palestinian In Bethlehem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, Hindaza area, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and abducted one Palestinian. The soldiers also broke into and searched several homes in the governorate. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers abducted Mahmoud Sami Obeyyat, 23, after invading …
(2018-12-01). CNN Fires Commentator for Speaking Up for Palestinians. imemc.org CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill was fired on Thursday, following comments he made about Israel, during a speech at a United Nations assembly. Hill, a media studies professor at Temple University, in Pennsylvania, was criticized for calling for a "free Palestine from the river to the sea" during his speech. …
(2018-12-01). CNN fires contributor accused of "anti-Semitism" for defending Palestinian rights. wsws.org While CNN has not provided a full explanation, the firing of Marc Lamont Hill came one day after he made public statements critical of Israeli policy against Palestinians.
(2018-12-01). Israel's Neglected and Abused Beduoin People. indybay.org Library 1316 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702…
(2018-12-01). Social Media Defends Marc Lamont Hill After CNN Firing Over Palestine. iranian.com CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill, who was fired by the US media company after telling the United Nations that the Israeli state "continues to restrict freedom and undermine equality for Palestinians", is receiving widespread support on social media. The 39-year old professor had his contract with CNN terminated following the UN speech, in which he […]
(2018-11-30). Army Abducts Two Palestinians Near Tulkarem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, two Palestinians from Ramin town, east of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers invaded the town, and abducted Saleh As'ad Bseisi, 20, and Qussai Faleh Farhan, 18. It added that the soldiers also fired …
(2018-11-30). Israeli Soldiers Attack The Weekly Procession In Bil'in. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent procession against the illegal annexation wall and colonies in Bil'in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The protesters marched from the center of the village, carrying Palestinian flags, and chanting for liberation, independence, the release of all detainees and …
(2018-11-30). 28 Palestinians Injured at Gaza Border. imemc.org At least 28 Palestinians, including a photojournalist, were injured by live bullets or sustained suffocation from teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces continued attacking the Great March of Return protests at the Gaza-Israel border, according to the Ministry of Health. Israeli soldiers fired live bullets and rubber-coated steel rounds …
(2018-11-30). The PLO calls on Eurovision organizers to not broadcast the contest in Israel's illegal settlements. bdsmovement.net 
The PLO calls on Eurovision organizers to not broadcast the contest in Israel's illegal settlements: In the NewsThe Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, calls on the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to not broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest to Israel's illegal settlements. | Cultural Boycott Boycott Eurovision 2019November 30, 2018 | By: | …
(2018-11-30). Media Ignore Largest Foreign Military Aid Package in US History …. To Israel. globalresearch.ca In an astounding case of media negligence, U.S. news media are failing to tell Americans that Congress is about to enact legislation for the largest military aid package to a foreign country in U.S. history. | This aid package would likely …
(2018-11-30). Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Kufur Qaddoum. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, wounding three Palestinians with live fire, and causing dozens of suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular …
(2018-11-30). Creeping Neo-Fascism in Ireland and the "Open Borders" Question. counterpunch.org 
Apparently, so I have read, pop/rock band Coldplay are due to release fresh new music under a fresh new name. The venture will be undertaken in collaboration with the singer Pharrell, who recently revealed himself as a shameless supporter of the Israeli 'Defense' Forces; but that is neither here nor there, for now. The terrifying More
(2018-11-30). Netanyahu's Predicament: The Era of Easy Wars is over. counterpunch.org When Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered his army to carry out a limited operation in the besieged Gaza Strip on November 12, he certainly did not anticipate that his military adventure would destabilize his government and threaten the very survival of his right-wing coalition. But it did, far more than the multiple police investigations into various corruption cases More
(2018-11-30). On International Day of Palestine Solidarity, New BDS Wins in Chile and Ireland. mintpressnews.com The resolution was debated as part of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The text states that "since 1947 there has been a permanent expulsion of Palestinians and loss of their territory, which made impossible the full exercise of the right to national sovereignty held by the Palestinian People." | Mahmoud Nawajaa, from the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) welcomed the decision: | We are glad that the Chilean Congress has marked the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People with concrete measures of solidarity and respect for international law. We urge the C…
(2018-11-30). Israel escalating the demolition of Palestine. greenleft.org.au 
When it comes to the infrastructure of genocide, you could illustrate it using almost any photo of a school, house, shop or village in the West Bank. You could bookmark a Google maps page of a particular West Bank town — then look again in three or six months time and note the destruction wrought. | This is one way of keeping track of the demolitions of Palestinian homes and Israel's attempts to impose an "Israeli only" identity on the landscape. | There has been a redoubling of Israeli efforts to evict Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and deny remaining Palestinian residents the right to a livelihoo…
(2018-11-30). CNN Submits to Right-Wing Outrage Mob, Fires Marc Lamont Hill Due to His "Offensive" Defense of Palestinians at the U.N. theintercept.com Those who demand that adults be shielded from "offensive" and "traumatic" viewpoints are as craven and toxic as they are authoritarian.
(2018-11-29). Chilean Congress Votes to Ban Products From Illegal Israeli Settlements. bdsmovement.net 
Chilean Congress Votes to Ban Products From Illegal Israeli Settlements: UpdateThe National Congress of Chile overwhelmingly voted to ban products from illegal Israeli settlements built on stolen Palestinian land. | Economic Boycott Military Embargo Sanctions and governmentsNovember 29, 2018 | By: | …
(2018-11-29). Israel's Overlooked Strategic Losses in Wars Against Arabs. consortiumnews.com After conventional Arab armies failed to deter Israeli invasions, Lebanese and Palestinian volunteers have changed the strategic balance in the Middle East, writes As`ad AbuKhalil. 2006 Lebanese War Changed Power Calculus By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News In South… Read more →
(2018-11-29). State of Palestine: Social Justice Activist on Hunger Strike: Suha Jbara. amnesty.org Suha Jbara has been on hunger strike since 22 November in protest against her detention and torture by Palestinian security forces. Her next court hearing is scheduled for 6 December 2018.
(2018-11-28). Airbnb Pressured to Remove Listings in Illegal Israeli Settlements on Occupied Palestinian Land. therealnews.com 
House-sharing company Airbnb was pressured to remove listings in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, after a campaign by human rights organizations. CODEPINK's Ariel Gold says this is a big victory for peace activists
(2018-11-28). Israel: 'Rogue' NSO Group must have licence revoked over controversial surveillance software. amnesty.org Amnesty International is taking legal advice in order to revoke the export licence of Israeli-based NSO Group, after it was revealed the cyber firm's spyware had been used in an attempt to spy on an Amnesty staff member. | A recent investigation by Haaretz newspaper uncovered the firm's sophisticated surveillance tool "Pegasus" was offered to authorities in Saudi Arabia last year. | Two weeks ago, Amnesty International Israel submitted an urgent request to the Israeli Ministry of Defence, demanding that NSO Group's defence export licence be revoked in light of an attempted cyber attack on an Amnesty staff member…
(2018-11-27). Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights. bdsmovement.net 
Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights: UpdateFaculty at Pitzer College in California have overwhelmingly voted to pass two motions that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. As Israel's attacks on Palestinian education escalate, professors and students are standing up for Palestinian rights. | Academic Boycott …
(2018-11-26). Palestinian Civil Society Urges World Governments to Impose a Military Embargo on Saudi Regime Over Khashoggi Murder and War Crimes in Yemen, On Israel for War Crimes and Apartheid Against Palestinians. bdsmovement.net 
Palestinian Civil Society Urges World Governments to Impose a Military Embargo on Saudi Regime Over Khashoggi Murder and War Crimes in Yemen, On Israel for War Crimes and Apartheid Against Palestinians: Update"We appeal to progressives and social movements everywhere to pressure their governments to impose strict military embargoes on all states that are perpetrating crimes against hu…
(2018-11-22). Noam Chomsky on Pittsburgh Attack: Revival of Hate Is Encouraged by Trump's Rhetoric. democracynow.org 
It's been less than a month since a gunman stormed the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing 11 Jewish worshipers. The massacre has been described as the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. After the shooting, we spoke with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned professor, linguist and dissident, about Pittsburgh, Israel's policies toward Gaza and other recent white supremacist and right-wing attacks in the U.S.
(2018-11-20). Airbnb's Decision to Exit Israel's Illegal Settlements: A Partial Victory for Human Rights & Accountability. bdsmovement.net 
Airbnb's Decision to Exit Israel's Illegal Settlements: A Partial Victory for Human Rights & Accountability: BNC StatementAirbnb's decision to end its business in Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory is an important first step. It unfortunately fails to cover settlements in East Jerusalem, which is also occupied according to international law. All Isr…
(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). European Association of Social Anthropologists Pledges Non-Cooperation With Israeli Settlement Universities. bdsmovement.net 
European Association of Social Anthropologists Pledges Non-Cooperation With Israeli Settlement Universities: In the NewsNear-unanimous membership vote establishes a non-cooperation policy with Israeli academic institutions in the occupied Palestinian territory and expresses solidarity with Palestinian academics bearing the brunt of Israel's discriminatory policies. | …
(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…
(2018-11-12). Love Bollywood, hate apartheid! bdsmovement.net 
Love Bollywood, hate apartheid!: Action AlertThe Israeli government wants to use Bollywood stars to whitewash its oppression against Palestinians. Join us in urging them to refuse to participate. | Cultural BoycottNovember 12, 2018 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
(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…
(2018-11-07). Top Chef Withdraws From Israel's Round Tables Culinary Propaganda Festival. bdsmovement.net 
Top Chef Withdraws From Israel's Round Tables Culinary Propaganda Festival: PACBI StatementRound Tables is part of the Israeli government's "gastro-diplomacy" efforts, aimed at distracting attention from Israel's theft of Palestinian land and food resources. | Cultural BoycottNovember 8, 2018 | By: | …
(2018-11-05). Palestinians Write to ICRC: Conference in Partnership with Hebrew University Undermines Palestinian Human Rights. bdsmovement.net 
Palestinians Write to ICRC: Conference in Partnership with Hebrew University Undermines Palestinian Human Rights: UpdateAn International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) conference in partnership with Hebrew University, which is deeply complicit in Israel's flagrant violations of international humanitarian law, undermines Palestinian human rights and our nonviolent struggle to ac…
(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…