Daily Archives: December 6, 2018

2018-12-06: News Headlines

RT (2018-12-07). 'Racism' vs. 'anti-Semitism': CNN dragged for firing black contributor over pro-Palestine speech. rt.com After firing commentator Marc Lamont Hill for a supposedly anti-Semitic speech in support of Palestine, CNN is experiencing its own backlash as hundreds of professors and students sign a letter denouncing the network as racist.

IMEMC News & Agencies (2018-12-07). Jerusalem Governor Banned from Entering West Bank. imemc.org Israeli authorities, on Thursday, banned Jerusalem's Governor, Adnan Gheith, from entry into the West Bank, for six consecutive months. Gheith was summoned Thursday morning, to al-Maskobieh detention and interrogation center, where he was handed a military order banning him entry to the West Bank for six consecutive months. The order, …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2018-12-07). Irish Senate Approves Boycott of Goods Made in Settlements. imemc.org The Irish Senate voted, on Wednesday, to pass a bill to boycott the trade and importing of goods originating from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The bill was submitted to the Senate by independent Senator Francis Black who hopes that, with support, the vital bill will become law. Palestinian …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2018-12-07). 41 Violations Committed against Palestinian Social Media Content in November. imemc.org 41 violations recorded against Palestinian content on social media pages during last November, SadaSocial site reported. The report that published on Wednesday, by SadaSocial, recorded a significant increase in the violations against Palestinian content on social media. The report noted, according to Al Ray, that the violations increased after the …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2018-12-07). Israeli Government-Linked Creative Community for Peace's Confidential Report. imemc.org 12/06/18 Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) / US, UK The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights continues to make long strides in effectively challenging Israel's regime of occupation and apartheid. The cultural boycott of Israel is supported by thousands of artists around the world, with pledges to uphold …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2018-12-07). Foreign Ministry Issues Complaint to ICC over Investigation into Israeli Crimes. imemc.org Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Riyad al-Malki, presented a complaint, on Wednesday, to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, for procrastination in opening an investigation into Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people. The ministry said, in a statement, that al-Malki expressed his disappointment to Bensouda …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2018-12-07). Report: Palestinians In Israel Jails Continue to Suffer Medical Negligence. imemc.org Palestinians living under detention in Israeli prisons are being diagnosed with medical conditions, as of late, because of a lack of health care, a Palestinian NGO has revealed. In a report, the Prisoners' Centre for Studies said that 12 per cent of the Palestinian prisoners in occupation jails are diagnosed with …

Muhammad Shehada (2018-12-06). We Shouldn't Lie to Ourselves: Nonviolent Resistance Is Alive and Powerful in Gaza. thenation.com We Shouldn't Lie to Ourselves: Nonviolent Resistance Is Alive and Powerful in Gaza…

PEDRO (2018-12-06). Palestinians and Brazilians Call For Joint Struggle Against Israel-Bolsonaro Alliance. bdsmovement.net Palestinians and Brazilians Call For Joint Struggle Against Israel-Bolsonaro Alliance: BNC StatementWhile Brazil's new president wants to follow in the footsteps of Donald Trump moving the Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem, and Rio de Janeiro's new governor wants to buy Israeli waponized drones, Palestinian and Rio de Janeiro's favelas' social movements call for a joint and global struggle against…

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2018-12-06). Operation #Northern Shield: Countdown to Another Israel-Hezbollah War? globalresearch.ca The State of Israel has conducted an operation to destroy tunnels on the Israeli side of the what is internationally known as the Blue Line between Israel and Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted "We have just launched Operation …

Shared by Merula Furtado (2018-12-06). The Vilification of Marc Lamont Hill Is a Violent Ploy. truthout.org Only in a warped world would Marc Lamont Hill be forced to defend himself for asserting the rights of Palestinians, a viciously oppressed refugee population, while the perpetrators of colonial violence — the Israeli state and its apologists — claim victimhood. | Hill, the progressive activist and journalist, was dismissed from his position as a CNN commentator in November after delivering a United Nations speech in which he called for Palestinian liberation "from the river to the sea." Critics pounced on the phrase, portraying it as…

IMEMC News (2018-12-06). Undercover Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Thursday, a young Palestinian man near Barta'a military roadblock, southwest of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, in civilian clothes, ambushed and abducted the young man, who remained unidentified at the time of this repot, near the military …

IMEMC News (2018-12-06). PPS: "Israeli Soldiers Abduct Fourteen Palestinians In The West Bank" imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least fourteen Palestinians, including former political prisoners, during violent searches of homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The PPS stated that the soldiers abducted Ahmad Kamal Abu Alia, Ramzi Abu Alia, …

Middle East Monitor (2018-12-06). Germany Allocates $62m to Development Projects in Palestine. mintpressnews.com Germany allocated ‚Ǩ55 million ($62.5 million) to be dispersed to Palestinian development projects in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip in 2019. | Klaus Kramer, the head of division in the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, told reporters in Ramallah that it was agreed, in coordination with various ministries in the Palestinian government, that the money will go to mainly three sectors: sustainable economic development, infrastructure such as water projects and local governance, including projects with municipalities. | While the funds in the form of grants…

Ali Salam (2018-12-06). Israeli Soldiers Raid a Print Shop in Ramallah City. imemc.org During an early morning raid into Ramallah City, Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, a print shop and confiscated the equipment, sparking locals to resist. Eyewitnesses said that local Palestinian's opposed the incursion, and hurled stones at the invading soldiers who fired rubber-coated steel bullets and tear-gas canisters at the civilians. Fawwaz …

South Front (2018-12-06). Video: Netanyahu Kicks Off War on Hezbollah 'Attack Tunnels' in Northern Israel. globalresearch.ca On December 4, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they had launched Operation Northern Shield in order to "expose and neutralize" alleged Hezbollah cross-border attack tunnels heading from Lebanon to Israel. | According to the Israeli side, the IDF eliminated …

IMEMC News (2018-12-06). Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians, Confiscate Car, In Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Hebron city and several surrounding towns, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, violently searched homes, before abducting five Palestinians, including two siblings, and confiscated a car. Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers abducted Noureddin Mohammad Salhab and Eyad Naji …

Steve Sweeney (2018-12-06). Women hold general strike over increased violence in Israel. peoplesworld.org Tens of thousands of women held a general strike with protests across Israel and the Occupied Territories yesterday over Tel Aviv's failure to deal with a rise in violence against women. More than 30,000 attended a rally in Habima Square in central Tel Aviv where activists placed 200 pairs of women's shoes painted red as …

Whitney Webb (2018-12-06). Exposing The Israel Lobby Groups Behind The "Political Lynching" Of Marc Lamont Hill. iranian.com The controversy that has resulted from Marc Lamont Hill's speech is just the latest iteration of a larger effort to silence advocacy for Palestinian rights in the United States, at a time when the Trump administration is set to reveal its Israel-centric "peace plan" that is set to be a disaster for Palestinians. After his […]

IMEMC (2018-12-06). Army Abducts 24 Palestinians In The West Bank. indybay.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.

IMEMC (2018-12-06). 37 Israeli Violations against Palestinian Journalists in November. indybay.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.

IMEMC (2018-12-06). Rashida Tlaib To Head US Congressional Delegation To West Bank, Endorses BDS. indybay.org US Democratic Representative-elect Rashida Tlaib plans to lead a delegation of American lawmakers to the West Bank.

Middle East Monitor (2018-12-06). Is the Israeli Military Operation Along the Border With Lebanon for Real? theantimedia.com (MEMO Opinion) — The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announced suddenly on Tuesday morning the start of a massive military operation along the border with Lebanon. The reason, said the IDF, is to search for "offensive" tunnels dug by Hezbollah which, according to a report on Israeli Army Radio, are "penetrating Israeli soil and have been prepared for carrying out terror …

Democracy Now! (2018-12-05). Headlines for December 5, 2018. democracynow.org Senators Say Crown Prince Is Guilty in Khashoggi Murder After CIA Briefing, Mueller Not Seeking Jail Time for Flynn, Cites "Substantial Assistance", Politico: NRCC Emails Hacked in 2018 Midterms, Georgia Voters Elect Republican Secretary of State, Congressmembers Call for Labor Sec. Acosta Probe over Epstein Plea Deal, DOJ Senior Official Allowed to Get Away with Sexual Assault, Federal Gov. Shuts Down for Nat'l Day of Mourning, Somalia: U.S. Reopens Permanent Diplomatic Presence, Pompeo Gives Russia 60 Days to Comply with Nuclear Treaty, West Bank: Israeli Forces Kill Disabled Palestinian in Overnight Raid, Moro…

Jonathan Cook (2018-12-05). Israel's New War of Attrition on Jerusalem's Palestinians. counterpunch.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. Israel immediately began building an arc of Jewish settlements on Jerusalem's eastern flank to seal off its Palestinian residents from their political hinterland, the West Bank. More

Motasem Dalloul (2018-12-05). Analysts Doubt Authenticity of Israel's Military Operation Against "Hezbollah Tunnels. mintpressnews.com "Netanyahu recognizes that Israeli military activity inside Israel does not lead to a confrontation. All he wants is to cause some suspense about the operation to divert attention from possible corruption charges."

Whitney Webb (2018-12-05). The Political Lynching of Marc Lamont Hill: What You're Not Being Told. theantimedia.com (MPN) — After his UN Speech marking the International Day of Solidarity with Palestine last week was twisted so as to smear him as an anti-Semite, Marc Lamont Hill was subjected to a "political lynching" that saw him fired from his role as a political commentator on CNN and will now see Temple University — his other employer — investigate whether …

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.

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.

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…

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…

2018-12-06: Social Media Postees

41 Violations Committed against Palestinian Social Media Content in November
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2018-12-07
41 violations recorded against Palestinian content on social media pages during last November, SadaSocial site reported. The report that published on Wednesday, by SadaSocial, recorded a significant increase in the violations against Palestinian content on social media. The report noted, according to Al Ray, that the violations increased after the …

41 Violations Committed against Palestinian Social Media Content in November

Israeli Government-Linked Creative Community for Peace's Confidential Report
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2018-12-07
12/06/18 Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) / US, UK The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights continues to make long strides in effectively challenging Israel's regime of occupation and apartheid. The cultural boycott of Israel is supported by thousands of artists around the world, with pledges to uphold …

Israeli Government-Linked Creative Community for Peace’s Confidential Report

Irish Senate Approves Boycott of Goods Made in Settlements
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2018-12-07
The Irish Senate voted, on Wednesday, to pass a bill to boycott the trade and importing of goods originating from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The bill was submitted to the Senate by independent Senator Francis Black who hopes that, with support, the vital bill will become law. Palestinian …

Irish Senate Approves Boycott of Goods Made in Settlements

Foreign Ministry Issues Complaint to ICC over Investigation into Israeli Crimes
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2018-12-07
Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Riyad al-Malki, presented a complaint, on Wednesday, to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, for procrastination in opening an investigation into Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people. The ministry said, in a statement, that al-Malki expressed his disappointment to Bensouda …
imemc.org/article/foreign-ministry-issues-complaint-to-icc-over-investigation-into-israeli-crimes/

Jerusalem Governor Banned from Entering West Bank
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2018-12-07
Israeli authorities, on Thursday, banned Jerusalem's Governor, Adnan Gheith, from entry into the West Bank, for six consecutive months. Gheith was summoned Thursday morning, to al-Maskobieh detention and interrogation center, where he was handed a military order banning him entry to the West Bank for six consecutive months. The order, …

Jerusalem Governor Banned from Entering West Bank

Report: Palestinians In Israel Jails Continue to Suffer Medical Negligence
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2018-12-07
Palestinians living under detention in Israeli prisons are being diagnosed with medical conditions, as of late, because of a lack of health care, a Palestinian NGO has revealed. In a report, the Prisoners' Centre for Studies said that 12 per cent of the Palestinian prisoners in occupation jails are diagnosed with …

Report: Palestinians in Israel Jails Continue to Suffer Medical Negligence

'Racism' vs. 'anti-Semitism': CNN dragged for firing black contributor over pro-Palestine speech
RT | rt.com | 2018-12-07
After firing commentator Marc Lamont Hill for a supposedly anti-Semitic speech in support of Palestine, CNN is experiencing its own backlash as hundreds of professors and students sign a letter denouncing the network as racist. | …
rt.com/usa/445805-cnn-lamont-hill-racism/

Women hold general strike over increased violence in Israel
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2018-12-06
Tens of thousands of women held a general strike with protests across Israel and the Occupied Territories yesterday over Tel Aviv's failure to deal with a rise in violence against women. More than 30,000 attended a rally in Habima Square in central Tel Aviv where activists placed 200 pairs of women's shoes painted red as …
peoplesworld.org/article/women-hold-general-strike-over-increased-violence-in-israel/

Palestinians and Brazilians Call For Joint Struggle Against Israel-Bolsonaro Alliance
PEDRO | bdsmovement.net | 2018-12-06
Palestinians and Brazilians Call For Joint Struggle Against Israel-Bolsonaro Alliance: BNC StatementWhile Brazil's new president wants to follow in the footsteps of Donald Trump moving the Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem, and Rio de Janeiro's new governor wants to buy Israeli waponized drones, Palestinian and Rio de Janeiro's favelas' social movements call for a joint and global struggle against…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinians-and-brazilians-call-joint-struggle-against-israel-bolsonaro-alliance

Germany Allocates $62m to Development Projects in Palestine
Middle East Monitor | mintpressnews.com | 2018-12-06
Germany allocated ‚Ǩ55 million ($62.5 million) to be dispersed to Palestinian development projects in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip in 2019. | Klaus Kramer, the head of division in the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, told reporters in Ramallah that it was agreed, in coordination with various ministries in the Palestinian government, that the money will go to mainly three sectors: sustainable economic development, infrastructure such as water projects and local governance, including projects with municipalities. | While the funds in the form of grants…
mintpressnews.com/germany-62m-palestine/252586/

Israeli Soldiers Raid a Print Shop in Ramallah City
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2018-12-06
During an early morning raid into Ramallah City, Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, a print shop and confiscated the equipment, sparking locals to resist. Eyewitnesses said that local Palestinian's opposed the incursion, and hurled stones at the invading soldiers who fired rubber-coated steel bullets and tear-gas canisters at the civilians. Fawwaz …

Israeli Soldiers Raid a Print Shop in Ramallah City

Video: Netanyahu Kicks Off War on Hezbollah 'Attack Tunnels' in Northern Israel
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-06
On December 4, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they had launched Operation Northern Shield in order to "expose and neutralize" alleged Hezbollah cross-border attack tunnels heading from Lebanon to Israel. | According to the Israeli side, the IDF eliminated … | The post Video: Netanyahu Kicks Off War on Hezbollah 'Attack Tunnels' in Northern Israel appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/video-netanyahu-kicks-off-war-on-hezbollah-attack-tunnels-in-northern-israel/5662035

Undercover Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-12-06
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Thursday, a young Palestinian man near Barta'a military roadblock, southwest of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, in civilian clothes, ambushed and abducted the young man, who remained unidentified at the time of this repot, near the military …

Undercover Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Jenin

Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians, Confiscate Car, In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-12-06
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Hebron city and several surrounding towns, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, violently searched homes, before abducting five Palestinians, including two siblings, and confiscated a car. Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers abducted Noureddin Mohammad Salhab and Eyad Naji …

Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians, Confiscate Car, In Hebron

The Vilification of Marc Lamont Hill Is a Violent Ploy
Shared by Merula Furtado | truthout.org | 2018-12-06
Only in a warped world would Marc Lamont Hill be forced to defend himself for asserting the rights of Palestinians, a viciously oppressed refugee population, while the perpetrators of colonial violence — the Israeli state and its apologists — claim victimhood. | Hill, the progressive activist and journalist, was dismissed from his position as a CNN commentator in November after delivering a United Nations speech in which he called for Palestinian liberation "from the river to the sea." Critics pounced on the phrase, portraying it as…
truthout.org/articles/the-vilification-of-marc-lamont-hill-is-a-violent-ploy/

Operation #Northern Shield: Countdown to Another Israel-Hezbollah War?
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-06
The State of Israel has conducted an operation to destroy tunnels on the Israeli side of the what is internationally known as the Blue Line between Israel and Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted "We have just launched Operation … | The post Operation #Northern Shield: Countdown to Another Israel-Hezbollah War? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/operation-northern-shield-countdown-to-another-israel-hezbollah-war/5662047

We Shouldn't Lie to Ourselves: Nonviolent Resistance Is Alive and Powerful in Gaza
Muhammad Shehada | thenation.com | 2018-12-06
We Shouldn't Lie to Ourselves: Nonviolent Resistance Is Alive and Powerful in Gaza…
thenation.com/article/we-shouldnt-lie-to-ourselves-nonviolent-resistance-is-alive-and-powerful-in-gaza/

PPS: "Israeli Soldiers Abduct Fourteen Palestinians In The West Bank"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-12-06
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least fourteen Palestinians, including former political prisoners, during violent searches of homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The PPS stated that the soldiers abducted Ahmad Kamal Abu Alia, Ramzi Abu Alia, …

PPS: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct Fourteen Palestinians In The West Bank”

Exposing The Israel Lobby Groups Behind The "Political Lynching" Of Marc Lamont Hill
Whitney Webb | iranian.com | 2018-12-06
The controversy that has resulted from Marc Lamont Hill's speech is just the latest iteration of a larger effort to silence advocacy for Palestinian rights in the United States, at a time when the Trump administration is set to reveal its Israel-centric "peace plan" that is set to be a disaster for Palestinians. After his […] | The post Exposing The Israel Lobby Groups Behind The "Political Lynching" Of Marc Lamont Hill appeared first on The Iranian…
iranian.com/2018/12/06/exposing-the-israel-lobby-groups-behind-the-political-lynching-of-marc-lamont-hill/

Army Abducts 24 Palestinians In The West Bank
IMEMC | indybay.org | 2018-12-06
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.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/04/18819616.php

37 Israeli Violations against Palestinian Journalists in November
IMEMC | indybay.org | 2018-12-06
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.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/06/18819637.php

Rashida Tlaib To Head US Congressional Delegation To West Bank, Endorses BDS
IMEMC | indybay.org | 2018-12-06
US Democratic Representative-elect Rashida Tlaib plans to lead a delegation of American lawmakers to the West Bank.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/04/18819615.php

Is the Israeli Military Operation Along the Border With Lebanon for Real?
Middle East Monitor | theantimedia.com | 2018-12-06
(MEMO Opinion) — The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announced suddenly on Tuesday morning the start of a massive military operation along the border with Lebanon. The reason, said the IDF, is to search for "offensive" tunnels dug by Hezbollah which, according to a report on Israeli Army Radio, are "penetrating Israeli soil and have been prepared for carrying out terror …

Is the Israeli Military Operation Along the Border With Lebanon for Real?

Israel's New War of Attrition on Jerusalem's Palestinians
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2018-12-05
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. Israel immediately began building an arc of Jewish settlements on Jerusalem's eastern flank to seal off its Palestinian residents from their political hinterland, the West Bank.
counterpunch.org/2018/12/05/israels-new-war-of-attrition-on-jerusalems-palestinians/

Analysts Doubt Authenticity of Israel's Military Operation Against "Hezbollah Tunnels
Motasem Dalloul | mintpressnews.com | 2018-12-05
"Netanyahu recognizes that Israeli military activity inside Israel does not lead to a confrontation. All he wants is to cause some suspense about the operation to divert attention from possible corruption charges." | The post Analysts Doubt Authenticity of Israel's Military Operation Against "Hezbollah Tunnels appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/analysts-doubt-authenticity-of-israel-operation-against-hezbollah-tunnels/252570/

The Political Lynching of Marc Lamont Hill: What You're Not Being Told
Whitney Webb | theantimedia.com | 2018-12-05
(MPN) — After his UN Speech marking the International Day of Solidarity with Palestine last week was twisted so as to smear him as an anti-Semite, Marc Lamont Hill was subjected to a "political lynching" that saw him fired from his role as a political commentator on CNN and will now see Temple University — his other employer — investigate whether …

The Political Lynching of Marc Lamont Hill: What You're Not Being Told

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/

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/

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

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…
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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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