Daily Archives: December 4, 2018

2018-12-04: News Headlines

INA (2018-12-04). Palestinian Families Ordered to Destroy their Tin Homes. imemc.org Three Palestinian families were ordered, by the Israeli army, on Monday, to demolish their homes made of tin, in the Yatta-area village of Umm al-Khair, in the southern West Bank, according to Rateb Jabour, a local activist. Jabour told WAFA that the army served the three residents, from the Hathalin …

Jim Miles (2018-12-04). "Bibi — The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu" globalresearch.ca This morning I read online the current problems Benjamin Netanyahu is having within the Knesset and within his own political party, | "Now, Netanyahu's once stable coalition is hanging by a thread, with the support of only 61 members in the …

INA (2018-12-04). American Born Israeli MK, Settlers Enter Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound for Hanukkah (VIDEO). imemc.org Ultra-Orthodox American-born rabbi and Knesset member Yehuda Glick, along with dozens of Israeli settlers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, on Monday, for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Firas al-Dibs, head of the Public Relations and Media Department at the Islamic Endowment, said that heavily armed Israeli …

IMEMC News (2018-12-04). Israeli Soldiers Demolish Five Structures In Salfit. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday morning, the western area of Hares village, west of the central West Bank city of Salfit, and demolished five agricultural and commercial structures. Resident Mohammad Suleiman said dozens of soldiers invaded the village at dawn, before using their armored military bulldozers in demolishing the five …

INA (2018-12-04). UN: No Connection Between Judaism and Al-Aqsa Mosque. imemc.org In a vote held on Friday, the General Assembly passed six resolutions condemning Israeli violations against Palestinians. | Among them was Resolution A/73/L.29 entitled "Jerusalem" which called for "respect for the historic status quo at the holy places of Jerusalem, including Al-Haram Al-Sharif.

INA (2018-12-04). Israeli Forces Demolish Facilities, Loot Money in Jordan Valley Village. imemc.org Israeli forces, on Monday, demolished residential buildings and sheds while looting sums of money from Bedouin Palestinian citizens, in the northern Jordan Valley. According to an expert on settlements and Israeli violations, Aref Daraghmeh, soldiers demolished military structures and sheds in Al-Fasayel village of Al-Aghwar, owned by a number of …

Miko Peled (2018-12-04). From the River to the Sea: The Inevitable End of Settler Colonialism in Palestine. mintpressnews.com The assumption that a free Palestine calls for the expulsion or killing of Jews is one that is made mostly by those who can see Palestine only as a place where one side rules over and kills the other, but never where all people live in peace.

IMEMC News (2018-12-04). Israeli Soldiers Kill A Mentally Disabled Palestinian In Tulkarem. imemc.org Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Tulkarem refugee camp, and Tulkarem city, in northern West Bank, killed a mentally disabled Palestinian, and injured several others. Media sources said the soldiers killed Mohammad Husam Abdul-Latif Habali, 22, from Tulkarem city, and injured another young man, after shooting them …

Celine Hagbard (2018-12-04). Israeli Court Rules: No Compensation for Palestinian Doctor Whose 3 Daughters Were Killed. imemc.org A Palestinian doctor whose three daughters and niece were killed in an Israeli airstrike, and who was giving a live report on Israeli television when he received the news of his family being killed, has been told by an Israeli court in Beersheva that he will receive no compensation. The …

Philip Giraldi (2018-12-04). Controlling the Israel Message: How to Manage the American Sheeple. globalresearch.ca There has been another defenestration of a television-based political commentator for touching the only real electrified third rail remaining in reporting what passes for the news. Marc Lamont Hill, a Temple University professor of Media Studies and Urban Education, who …

INA (2018-12-04). 37 Israeli Violations against Palestinian Journalists in November. imemc.org Israeli violations widen against Palestinian journalists during November of 2018. The Ministry of Information's Government Media Office (GMO) indicated, in its monthly report, that further Israeli violations occurred against Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip, the occupied West Bank, and Jerusalem. 37 violations were documented, and extended to include:…

IMEMC News (2018-12-04). PPS: "Army Abducts 24 Palestinians In The West Bank" imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until morning hours Tuesday, twenty-four Palestinians, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported. The soldiers invaded and violently searched dozens of homes in various parts of the West Bank, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting …

INA (2018-12-04). ISM Video: Shadi Farah and Ahmad Zaatari Finally Released. imemc.org 12/03/18 | International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah Team In December of 2015, Shadi Farah and his friend Ahmad Zaatari, ages 12 and 13, respectively, were abducted by Israeli soldiers, at a bus stop in Jerusalem. A group of illegal East Jerusalem settlers called police to investigate the two boys, suspicious …

Jonathan Cook (2018-12-04). Israel's New War of Attrition on Jerusalem's Palestinians. globalresearch.ca Czech president Milos Zeman offered Benjamin Netanyahu's ultra-nationalist government a fillip during his visit to Israel last week. He inaugurated a cultural and trade centre, Czech House, just outside Jerusalem's Old City walls. | At the opening, he expressed hope …

Andrea Germanos (2018-12-04). Netanyahu Refuses to Resign After Israeli Police Recommend Fraud, Bribery Charges. theantimedia.com (CD) — 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 Eye (2018-12-04). US Congresswoman-Elect Endorses BDS Movement for Palestinian Rights. theantimedia.com (MEE) — Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib has become just the second US lawmaker to express support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. "I personally support the BDS movement," Tlaib said in an interview with The Intercept news website published on Monday. "I want us to see that segregation and how that has really harmed …

The Iranian (2018-12-04). First Palestinian-American Congresswoman Backs BDS, Plans To Bring Lawmakers To West Bank. iranian.com Representative-elect Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan), the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress, is looking forward to bringing a congressional delegation of freshman lawmakers to the West Bank and also said she backs the boycott, divest and sanctions (BDS) movement. The West Bank trip would be a counter-balance and alternative to the Israel trips offered by pro-Israel lobbying group the American Israel Public […] | The post

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…

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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, […]

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.

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.

leili (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

samir (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: | …

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…

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…

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.

leili (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: | …

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 →

leili (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

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…

pacbi (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. | …

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…

samir (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: | …

pacbi (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…

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…

2018-12-04: Social Media Postees

UN: No Connection Between Judaism and Al-Aqsa Mosque
INA | imemc.org | 2018-12-04
In a vote held on Friday, the General Assembly passed six resolutions condemning Israeli violations against Palestinians. | Among them was Resolution A/73/L.29 entitled "Jerusalem" which called for "respect for the historic status quo at the holy places of Jerusalem, including Al-Haram Al-Sharif.

UN: No Connection Between Judaism and Al-Aqsa Mosque

"Bibi — The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu"
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
This morning I read online the current problems Benjamin Netanyahu is having within the Knesset and within his own political party, | "Now, Netanyahu's once stable coalition is hanging by a thread, with the support of only 61 members in the … | The post "Bibi — The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/bibi-the-turbulent-life-and-times-of-benjamin-netanyahu/5661801

PPS: "Army Abducts 24 Palestinians In The West Bank"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-12-04
Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until morning hours Tuesday, twenty-four Palestinians, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported. The soldiers invaded and violently searched dozens of homes in various parts of the West Bank, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting …

PPS: “Army Abducts 24 Palestinians In The West Bank”

Israeli Soldiers Demolish Five Structures In Salfit
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-12-04
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday morning, the western area of Hares village, west of the central West Bank city of Salfit, and demolished five agricultural and commercial structures. Resident Mohammad Suleiman said dozens of soldiers invaded the village at dawn, before using their armored military bulldozers in demolishing the five …

Israeli Soldiers Demolish Five Structures In Salfit

Israeli Court Rules: No Compensation for Palestinian Doctor Whose 3 Daughters Were Killed
Celine Hagbard | imemc.org | 2018-12-04
A Palestinian doctor whose three daughters and niece were killed in an Israeli airstrike, and who was giving a live report on Israeli television when he received the news of his family being killed, has been told by an Israeli court in Beersheva that he will receive no compensation. The …

Israeli Court Rules: No Compensation for Palestinian Doctor Whose 3 Daughters Were Killed

American Born Israeli MK, Settlers Enter Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound for Hanukkah (VIDEO)
INA | imemc.org | 2018-12-04
Ultra-Orthodox American-born rabbi and Knesset member Yehuda Glick, along with dozens of Israeli settlers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, on Monday, for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Firas al-Dibs, head of the Public Relations and Media Department at the Islamic Endowment, said that heavily armed Israeli …

American Born Israeli MK, Settlers Enter Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound for Hanukkah (VIDEO)

ISM Video: Shadi Farah and Ahmad Zaatari Finally Released
INA | imemc.org | 2018-12-04
12/03/18 | International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah Team In December of 2015, Shadi Farah and his friend Ahmad Zaatari, ages 12 and 13, respectively, were abducted by Israeli soldiers, at a bus stop in Jerusalem. A group of illegal East Jerusalem settlers called police to investigate the two boys, suspicious …

ISM Video: Shadi Farah and Ahmad Zaatari Finally Released

Israeli Soldiers Kill A Mentally Disabled Palestinian In Tulkarem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-12-04
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Tulkarem refugee camp, and Tulkarem city, in northern West Bank, killed a mentally disabled Palestinian, and injured several others. Media sources said the soldiers killed Mohammad Husam Abdul-Latif Habali, 22, from Tulkarem city, and injured another young man, after shooting them …

Israeli Soldiers Kill A Mentally Disabled Palestinian In Tulkarem

From the River to the Sea: The Inevitable End of Settler Colonialism in Palestine
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2018-12-04
The assumption that a free Palestine calls for the expulsion or killing of Jews is one that is made mostly by those who can see Palestine only as a place where one side rules over and kills the other, but never where all people live in peace. | The post From the River to the Sea: The Inevitable End of Settler Colonialism in Palestine appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/river-to-the-sea-the-inevitable-end-of-settler-colonialism-in-palestine/252495/

Controlling the Israel Message: How to Manage the American Sheeple
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
There has been another defenestration of a television-based political commentator for touching the only real electrified third rail remaining in reporting what passes for the news. Marc Lamont Hill, a Temple University professor of Media Studies and Urban Education, who … | The post Controlling the Israel Message: How to Man…
globalresearch.ca/controlling-the-israel-message-how-to-manage-the-american-sheeple/5661752

Palestinian Families Ordered to Destroy their Tin Homes
INA | imemc.org | 2018-12-04
Three Palestinian families were ordered, by the Israeli army, on Monday, to demolish their homes made of tin, in the Yatta-area village of Umm al-Khair, in the southern West Bank, according to Rateb Jabour, a local activist. Jabour told WAFA that the army served the three residents, from the Hathalin …

Palestinian Families Ordered to Destroy their Tin Homes

Israeli Forces Demolish Facilities, Loot Money in Jordan Valley Village
INA | imemc.org | 2018-12-04
Israeli forces, on Monday, demolished residential buildings and sheds while looting sums of money from Bedouin Palestinian citizens, in the northern Jordan Valley. According to an expert on settlements and Israeli violations, Aref Daraghmeh, soldiers demolished military structures and sheds in Al-Fasayel village of Al-Aghwar, owned by a number of …

Israeli Forces Demolish Facilities, Loot Money in Jordan Valley Village

37 Israeli Violations against Palestinian Journalists in November
INA | imemc.org | 2018-12-04
Israeli violations widen against Palestinian journalists during November of 2018. The Ministry of Information's Government Media Office (GMO) indicated, in its monthly report, that further Israeli violations occurred against Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip, the occupied West Bank, and Jerusalem. 37 violations were documented, and extended to include:…

37 Israeli Violations against Palestinian Journalists in November

Israel's New War of Attrition on Jerusalem's Palestinians
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
Czech president Milos Zeman offered Benjamin Netanyahu's ultra-nationalist government a fillip during his visit to Israel last week. He inaugurated a cultural and trade centre, Czech House, just outside Jerusalem's Old City walls. | At the opening, he expressed hope … | The post Israel's New War of Attrition on Jerusalem's Palestinians appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/israels-new-war-of-attrition-on-jerusalems-palestinians/5661777

Netanyahu Refuses to Resign After Israeli Police Recommend Fraud, Bribery Charges
Andrea Germanos | theantimedia.com | 2018-12-04
(CD) — 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, …

Netanyahu Refuses to Resign After Israeli Police Recommend Fraud, Bribery Charges

US Congresswoman-Elect Endorses BDS Movement for Palestinian Rights
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2018-12-04
(MEE) — Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib has become just the second US lawmaker to express support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. "I personally support the BDS movement," Tlaib said in an interview with The Intercept news website published on Monday. "I want us to see that segregation and how that has really harmed …

US Congresswoman-Elect Endorses BDS Movement for Palestinian Rights

First Palestinian-American Congresswoman Backs BDS, Plans To Bring Lawmakers To West Bank
The Iranian | iranian.com | 2018-12-04
Representative-elect Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan), the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress, is looking forward to bringing a congressional delegation of freshman lawmakers to the West Bank and also said she backs the boycott, divest and sanctions (BDS) movement. The West Bank trip would be a counter-balance and alternative to the Israel trips offered by pro-Israel lobbying group the American Israel Public […] | The post First Palestinian-American Congresswoman Backs…
iranian.com/2018/12/03/first-palestinian-american-congresswoman-backs-bds-plans-to-bring-lawmakers-to-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/

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/

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

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/

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/

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

'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/

18 Highlights of BDS Impact in 2018
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-12-01
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 Sanc…
bdsmovement.net/news/18-highlights-bds-impact-2018

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 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…
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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.
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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/

Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-11-27
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 Stu…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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) …
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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…
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Top Chef Withdraws From Israel's Round Tables Culinary Propaganda Festival
samir | bdsmovement.net | 2018-11-07
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: | …
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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…
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