Daily Archives: December 3, 2018

2018-12-03: News Headlines

IMEMC News (2018-12-03). Army Injures Dozens Of Palestinians Near Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday evening, Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, attacked many residents and stores, before firing gas bombs at Palestinians who protested the invasion, causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The invasion targeted several areas in …

Alternative Information Center (2018-12-03). Report: Israel Abducts Dozens of Palestinians in Crackdown on Palestinian Authority. imemc.org A Palestinian being detained by Israeli forces. Photo credit: Addameer.

Middle East Monitor (2018-12-03). Two U.S. Police Departments Cancel Training with Israel. mintpressnews.com For the first time since the program's inception in 2002, US police departments are cancelling their annual training trips to Israel amid pressure from organizations affiliated with the BDS movement.

IMEMC News & Agencies (2018-12-03). Information War between Palestinian Resistance and Israel Heats Up after Botched Raid. imemc.org Motasem Ahmed Dalloul is a staff writer at the Middle East Monitor. He is a specialist in Middle East affairs. | The war between Hamas (which leads the Palestinian resistance) and Israel is now also being fought online.

Ali Salam (2018-12-03). 9 Palestinians Shot By Israeli Forces in Gaza. imemc.org At the 18th weekly Naval March, hundreds of Palestinians gathered along the northern coast of the besieged Gaza Strip Monday. Nine Palestinians were injured by projectiles shot by the Israeli army, while dozens of other protesters suffocated from tear gas. The nine casualties include 1 hit with live ammunition, 4 …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2018-12-03). Turkey Sends Gaza 8.5 Tons of Medicine & Supplies. imemc.org The Ministry of Health, on Monday, sent from its warehouses, in the West Bank city of Nablus, 8.5 tons of medical aid donated by the Turkish Red Crescent to the besieged Gaza Strip, announced Health Minister Jawad Awwad. Awwad said that the ministry dispatched two truckloads of medical supplies worth $274,000 including …

Chris Hedges (2018-12-03). The Film the Israel Lobby Does Not Want You to See. truthdig.com Undercover reporting shows how Israel spies on, smears and discredits pro-Palestine activities in the U.S. and buys off U.S. politicians.

Jonathan Cook (2018-12-03). Israel's new war of attrition on Jerusalem's Palestinians. zcomm.org Israel has never hidden its ambition to seize control of East Jerusalem, Palestinian territory it occupied in 1967 and then annexed, as a way of preventing a viable Palestinian state from emerging.

IMEMC News (2018-12-03). Army Abducts Thirteen Palestinians In The West Bank. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, thirteen Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Ramallah, in central West Bank, said the soldiers invaded several towns in the governorate, and violently searched many homes, causing damage. They added that the soldiers abducted …

STAFF (2018-12-03). An Indictment of Netanyahu Would Further Endanger Palestinians. truthdig.com Israeli police over the weekend urged that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sarah, be indicted for corruption. The decision lies with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit. | The Israeli police and justice system have shown a willingness to punish corruption in high places. Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to 27 months in 2014, but was released early. | According to BBC Monitoring, the police issued a statement saying, "Between the years 2012 and 2017 the prime minister and his aides intervened blatantly and continuously, and sometimes even daily, in the content published by the Walla…

IMEMC News (2018-12-03). Army Carries Out A Limited Invasion Into Central Gaza. imemc.org Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Monday morning, Palestinian lands in the eastern area of the central part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources have reported that the vehicles, accompanied by four armored military bulldozers, carried out a limited invasion into the Palestinian farmlands in the area east of …

Sayed Hasan (2018-12-03). Video: Hezbollah Warns Israel: 'If You Dare Attack, You Will Regret it'. globalresearch.ca On the evening of Friday, November 30, Hezbollah's war media broadcasted this video addressed to Israel and subtitled in Hebrew, in response to recent Israeli military exercises simulating an aggression against southern Lebanon, an escalation of violations of Lebanese airspace …

Andrea Germanos (2018-12-03). Netanyahu Faces Another Possible Indictment For Bribe To Get Glowing Media Coverage. iranian.com Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing calls to resign after Israeli police on Sunday recommended indicting him and his wife on fraud and bribery charges. It's the third such recommendation to hit the prime minister this year. The New York Times lays out the alleged wrongdoing: Between 2012 and 2017, the police said, Mr. Netanyahu "intervened in a blatant and ongoing manner, […]

Middle East Monitor (2018-12-03). Two US Police Departments Cancel Training With Israel. theantimedia.com (MEMO) — Two police departments in the New England region of the United States canceled their annual visit to Israeli police forces and engagement in training, amid pressure from organisations affiliated with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The Vermont State Police and the Northampton Police Department in Massachusetts both canceled their planned trip to Israel for …

Alex Kane (2018-12-03). Rejecting Israel Lobby's Influence Over Congress, Rashida Tlaib Plans to Lead Delegation to Palestine. theintercept.com For decades, AIPAC has sponsored trips to Israel for new members of Congress. Rep.-elect Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian-American, is planning an alternative.

Ali Salam (2018-12-02). U.S. Police Departments Cancel Israeli Training. imemc.org Due to pressure applied by the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, the Northampton Police Department and the Vermont State Police both abandoned the yearly training trip to Israel, Middle East Monitor reported Sunday. First held in 2002, the "Resilience and Counter-Terrorism" program is a 7 day conference in which …

Shared by Hezvo Mpunga (2018-12-02). Cornel West Responds to CNN Firing Marc Lamont Hill. therealnews.com "All he's saying is that Palestinian babies deserve the same rights as Israeli babies"

Ali Salam (2018-12-02). Israeli Settlers Slash Tires in Kafr Qassem. imemc.org The Palestinian village of Kafr Qassem, east of Tel Aviv was stormed by Israeli settlers Sunday, who vandalized many cars, local sources told Maan News. Dozens of settlers reportedly punctured tires of 32 vehicles belonging to Palestinians, and spray painted threats and racist slurs. Some of the slogans that damaged …

RT (2018-12-02). 'We don't need this sh*t': Miami cop suspended for 'desecrating' Jewish holy items (VIDEO). rt.com A Miami cop has been suspended after a video emerged showing him gleefully trashing a copy of the Hebrew Bible. However, the officer's local police union insists that the video is heavily edited and part of a blackmail scheme.

Asad AbuKhalil (2018-11-30). Israel's Often Overlooked Strategic Battlefield Losses. mintpressnews.com In South Lebanon, the Museum for Resistance, also known as the Mlita Museum, for the town in which it is located, is a wildly popular tourist attraction and a place where you can run into Arabs visiting from around the region. | In it, Hezbollah—the political party with an armed wing that, with Iranian assistance, emerged in response to the Israeli invasion of 1982—celebrates its military successes, displaying weapons captured from the occupation army and replicas of some of its military tunnels. | The museum en…

IMEMC News (2018-11-30). On International Day of Palestine Solidarity, New BDS Wins in Chile and Ireland. mintpressnews.com With an overwhelming majority, the National Congress of Chile approved a resolution demanding the government "forbid the entry of products manufactured and coming from Israeli colonies in the occupied Palestinian territory." The resolution had 99 votes in favor and only 7 against. | 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." | Mahmou…

Middle East Eye (2018-11-30). CNN Commentator Quickly Fired After Giving Pro-Palestinian Speech at UN. theantimedia.com (MEE) — CNN has fired commentator Marc Lamont Hill on Thursday after he called for justice for Palestinians in a UN speech. "Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN," a CNN spokesperson told Mediaite. CNN staffers later confirmed the sacking on Twitter. CNN did not give a reason for his ouster, nor did the …

Glenn Greenwald (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.

stuart_m (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…

Consortiumnews (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 →

amnesty (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.

LEILI (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…

ziyaad (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…

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…

SAMIR (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)

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…

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…

2018-12-03: Social Media Postees

Israel's new war of attrition on Jerusalem's Palestinians
Jonathan Cook | zcomm.org | 2018-12-03
Israel has never hidden its ambition to seize control of East Jerusalem, Palestinian territory it occupied in 1967 and then annexed, as a way of preventing a viable Palestinian state from emerging.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/israels-new-war-of-attrition-on-jerusalems-palestinians/

9 Palestinians Shot By Israeli Forces in Gaza
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2018-12-03
At the 18th weekly Naval March, hundreds of Palestinians gathered along the northern coast of the besieged Gaza Strip Monday. Nine Palestinians were injured by projectiles shot by the Israeli army, while dozens of other protesters suffocated from tear gas. The nine casualties include 1 hit with live ammunition, 4 …

9 Palestinians Shot By Israeli Forces in Gaza

Army Injures Dozens Of Palestinians Near Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-12-03
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday evening, Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, attacked many residents and stores, before firing gas bombs at Palestinians who protested the invasion, causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The invasion targeted several areas in …

Army Injures Dozens Of Palestinians Near Hebron

Turkey Sends Gaza 8.5 Tons of Medicine & Supplies
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2018-12-03
The Ministry of Health, on Monday, sent from its warehouses, in the West Bank city of Nablus, 8.5 tons of medical aid donated by the Turkish Red Crescent to the besieged Gaza Strip, announced Health Minister Jawad Awwad. Awwad said that the ministry dispatched two truckloads of medical supplies worth $274,000 including …

Turkey Sends Gaza 8.5 Tons of Medicine & Supplies

Army Abducts Thirteen Palestinians In The West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-12-03
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, thirteen Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Ramallah, in central West Bank, said the soldiers invaded several towns in the governorate, and violently searched many homes, causing damage. They added that the soldiers abducted …

Army Abducts Thirteen Palestinians In The West Bank

The Film the Israel Lobby Does Not Want You to See
Chris Hedges | truthdig.com | 2018-12-03
Undercover reporting shows how Israel spies on, smears and discredits pro-Palestine activities in the U.S. and buys off U.S. politicians. | The post The Film the Israel Lobby Does Not Want You to See appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/the-film-the-israel-lobby-does-not-want-you-to-see/

Video: Hezbollah Warns Israel: 'If You Dare Attack, You Will Regret it'
Sayed Hasan | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-03
On the evening of Friday, November 30, Hezbollah's war media broadcasted this video addressed to Israel and subtitled in Hebrew, in response to recent Israeli military exercises simulating an aggression against southern Lebanon, an escalation of violations of Lebanese airspace … | The post Video: Hezbollah Warns Israel: 'If You Dare Attack, You Will Regret it' appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/video-hezbollah-warns-israel-if-you-dare-attack-you-will-regret-it/5661708

Two U.S. Police Departments Cancel Training with Israel
Middle East Monitor | mintpressnews.com | 2018-12-03
For the first time since the program's inception in 2002, US police departments are cancelling their annual training trips to Israel amid pressure from organizations affiliated with the BDS movement. | The post Two U.S. Police Departments Cancel Training with Israel appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/us-police-cancel-israel/252469/

Information War between Palestinian Resistance and Israel Heats Up after Botched Raid
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2018-12-03
Motasem Ahmed Dalloul is a staff writer at the Middle East Monitor. He is a specialist in Middle East affairs. | The war between Hamas (which leads the Palestinian resistance) and Israel is now also being fought online.

Information War between Palestinian Resistance and Israel Heats Up after Botched Raid

Report: Israel Abducts Dozens of Palestinians in Crackdown on Palestinian Authority
Alternative Information Center | imemc.org | 2018-12-03
A Palestinian being detained by Israeli forces. Photo credit: Addameer.

Report: Israel Abducts Dozens of Palestinians in Crackdown on Palestinian Authority

An Indictment of Netanyahu Would Further Endanger Palestinians
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2018-12-03
Israeli police over the weekend urged that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sarah, be indicted for corruption. The decision lies with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit. | The Israeli police and justice system have shown a willingness to punish corruption in high places. Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to 27 months in 2014, but was released early. | According to BBC Monitoring, the police issued a statement saying, "Between the years 2012 and 2017 the prime minister and his aides intervened blatantly and continuously, and sometimes even daily, in the content published by the Walla…
truthdig.com/articles/netanyahus-indictment-could-lead-to-grave-new-dangers-for-palestinians/

Army Carries Out A Limited Invasion Into Central Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-12-03
Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Monday morning, Palestinian lands in the eastern area of the central part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources have reported that the vehicles, accompanied by four armored military bulldozers, carried out a limited invasion into the Palestinian farmlands in the area east of …

Army Carries Out A Limited Invasion Into Central Gaza

Netanyahu Faces Another Possible Indictment For Bribe To Get Glowing Media Coverage
Andrea Germanos | iranian.com | 2018-12-03
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing calls to resign after Israeli police on Sunday recommended indicting him and his wife on fraud and bribery charges. It's the third such recommendation to hit the prime minister this year. The New York Times lays out the alleged wrongdoing: Between 2012 and 2017, the police said, Mr. Netanyahu "intervened in a blatant and ongoing manner, […] | The post Netanyahu Faces Another Possible Indictment For Bribe To Get Glowing Media Coverage appea…
iranian.com/2018/12/02/netanyahu-faces-another-possible-indictment-for-bribe-to-get-glowing-media-coverage/

Two US Police Departments Cancel Training With Israel
Middle East Monitor | theantimedia.com | 2018-12-03
(MEMO) — Two police departments in the New England region of the United States canceled their annual visit to Israeli police forces and engagement in training, amid pressure from organisations affiliated with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The Vermont State Police and the Northampton Police Department in Massachusetts both canceled their planned trip to Israel for …

Two US Police Departments Cancel Training With Israel

Rejecting Israel Lobby's Influence Over Congress, Rashida Tlaib Plans to Lead Delegation to Palestine
Alex Kane | theintercept.com | 2018-12-03
For decades, AIPAC has sponsored trips to Israel for new members of Congress. Rep.-elect Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian-American, is planning an alternative. | The post Rejecting Israel Lobby's Influence Over Congress, Rashida Tlaib Plans to Lead Delegation to Palestine appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/12/03/rashida-tlaib-palestine-israel-aipac-congress-trip/

U.S. Police Departments Cancel Israeli Training
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2018-12-02
Due to pressure applied by the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, the Northampton Police Department and the Vermont State Police both abandoned the yearly training trip to Israel, Middle East Monitor reported Sunday. First held in 2002, the "Resilience and Counter-Terrorism" program is a 7 day conference in which …

U.S. Police Departments Cancel Israeli Training

Cornel West Responds to CNN Firing Marc Lamont Hill
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-12-02
"All he's saying is that Palestinian babies deserve the same rights as Israeli babies" | The post Cornel West Responds to CNN Firing Marc Lamont Hill appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/cornel-west-responds-to-cnn-firing-marc-lamont-hill

Israeli Settlers Slash Tires in Kafr Qassem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2018-12-02
The Palestinian village of Kafr Qassem, east of Tel Aviv was stormed by Israeli settlers Sunday, who vandalized many cars, local sources told Maan News. Dozens of settlers reportedly punctured tires of 32 vehicles belonging to Palestinians, and spray painted threats and racist slurs. Some of the slogans that damaged …

Israeli Settlers Slash Tires in Kafr Qassem

'We don't need this sh*t': Miami cop suspended for 'desecrating' Jewish holy items (VIDEO)
RT | rt.com | 2018-12-02
A Miami cop has been suspended after a video emerged showing him gleefully trashing a copy of the Hebrew Bible. However, the officer's local police union insists that the video is heavily edited and part of a blackmail scheme. | …
rt.com/usa/445394-miami-cop-jewish-trash-book/

On International Day of Palestine Solidarity, New BDS Wins in Chile and Ireland
IMEMC News | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-30
With an overwhelming majority, the National Congress of Chile approved a resolution demanding the government "forbid the entry of products manufactured and coming from Israeli colonies in the occupied Palestinian territory." The resolution had 99 votes in favor and only 7 against. | 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." | Mahmou…
mintpressnews.com/on-international-palestine-day-of-solidarity-new-bds-wins-in-chile-and-ireland/252435/

Israel's Often Overlooked Strategic Battlefield Losses
Asad AbuKhalil | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-30
In South Lebanon, the Museum for Resistance, also known as the Mlita Museum, for the town in which it is located, is a wildly popular tourist attraction and a place where you can run into Arabs visiting from around the region. | In it, Hezbollah–the political party with an armed wing that, with Iranian assistance, emerged in response to the Israeli invasion of 1982–celebrates its military successes, displaying weapons captured from the occupation army and replicas of some of its military tunnels. | The museum en…
mintpressnews.com/israel-often-overlooked-strategic-battlefield-losses/252421/

CNN Commentator Quickly Fired After Giving Pro-Palestinian Speech at UN
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-30
(MEE) — CNN has fired commentator Marc Lamont Hill on Thursday after he called for justice for Palestinians in a UN speech. "Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN," a CNN spokesperson told Mediaite. CNN staffers later confirmed the sacking on Twitter. CNN did not give a reason for his ouster, nor did the …

CNN Commentator Quickly Fired After Giving Pro-Palestinian Speech at UN

CNN Submits to Right-Wing Outrage Mob, Fires Marc Lamont Hill Due to His "Offensive" Defense of Palestinians at the U.N
Glenn Greenwald | theintercept.com | 2018-11-30
Those who demand that adults be shielded from "offensive" and "traumatic" viewpoints are as craven and toxic as they are authoritarian. | The post CNN Submits to Right-Wing Outrage Mob, Fires Marc Lamont Hill Due to His "Offensive" Defense of Palestinians at the U.N. appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/11/29/cnn-submits-to-right-wing-outrage-mob-fires-marc-lamont-due-to-his-offensive-defense-of-palestinians-at-the-un/

Israel escalating the demolition of Palestine
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-30
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/israel-escalating-demolition-palestine

Israel's Overlooked Strategic Losses in Wars Against Arabs
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-29
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 ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/29/israels-overlooked-strategic-losses-in-wars-against-arabs/

State of Palestine: Social Justice Activist on Hunger Strike: Suha Jbara
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-11-29
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.
amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/9478/2018/en/

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
LEILI | bdsmovement.net | 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: 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…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinian-civil-society-urges-world-governments-impose-military-embargo-saudi-regime-over

Airbnb's Decision to Exit Israel's Illegal Settlements: A Partial Victory for Human Rights & Accountability
ziyaad | bdsmovement.net | 2018-11-20
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…
bdsmovement.net/news/airbnbs-decision-exit-israels-illegal-settlements-partial-victory-human-rights-accountability

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/

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/

Love Bollywood, hate apartheid!
SAMIR | bdsmovement.net | 2018-11-12
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) …
bdsmovement.net/news/love-bollywood-hate-apartheid

Palestinians Write to ICRC: Conference in Partnership with Hebrew University Undermines Palestinian Human Rights
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2018-11-05
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…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinians-write-icrc-conference-partnership-hebrew-university-undermines-palestinian-human