Daily Archives: December 9, 2018

2018-12-09: News Headlines

Hatem Abudayyeh (2018-12-09). Marc Lamont Hill must be reinstated. zcomm.org Marc Lamont Hill is a principled friend and comrade to Palestinians across the world, and must be immediately reinstated as a commentator at CNN. Palestinians and Black people in the US demand nothing less…

Michael Welch (2018-12-09). A People's History of George H. W. Bush. "Soldier Statesman" or Criminal War Profiteer? globalresearch.ca "The Bush bank helped the Thyssens make the Nazi steel that killed Allied solders. As bad as financing the Nazi war machine may seem, aiding and abetting the Holocaust was worse. Thyssen's coal mines used Jewish slaves as if they …

STAFF (2018-12-09). Israel's War on Protesting Children and Other Civilians. truthdig.com GAZA CITY, Gaza — Israeli forces deployed along the volatile border with the Gaza Strip have fired live rounds at rock-throwing Palestinian protesters ever since demonstrations against Israel's long-running blockade of Gaza began in March. | And for eight months, Israeli snipers have targeted one part of the body more than any other — the legs. | The Israeli army says it is responding to weekly assaults on its frontier by Palestinians armed with stones, grenades and firebombs. The military says it opens fire only as a last resort, and considers firing at the lower limbs an act of restraint. | Still, 1…

teleSUR (2018-12-09). Pink Floyd Tribute Band Cancels Israel Shows at Waters' Request. telesurenglish.net A Pink Floyd cover band from the United Kingdom canceled three of its concerts in Israel at the request of Roger Waters, co-founder of the iconic psychedelic rock band. | RELATED: | Roger Waters: 'Do Human Rights Extend To Palestinians?' | The U.K. Pink Floyd Experience was scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Beersheba in Israel, in January. | "To sing my songs…

LEILI (2018-12-08). German Court Confirms BDS Advocacy is Protected Freedom of Expression and Assembly. bdsmovement.net German Court Confirms BDS Advocacy is Protected Freedom of Expression and Assembly: In the NewsA German court confirms that advocating for BDS and Palestinian rights constitutes freedom of expression and assembly, rights that are protected by the German constitution and are essential for democracy. The court ruled that the German city of Oldenburg unlawfully violated these fundamental rights when it revoked a perm…

Motasem Dalloul (2018-12-08). The Significance Of The US Israel Failure At The UN General Assembly. iranian.com The US and Israel exerted a lot of effort in trying to ensure that the resolution was passed because while General Assembly resolutions are non-binding on member states, they are considered to be a barometer of world opinion. US-drafted resolution condemning the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and other Palestinian factions has failed to get the […]

Asia Times (2018-12-08). Netanyahu, Facing Legal Battle, Claims 'Witch Hunt'. iranian.com There were no surprises on Sunday as the Israeli police recommended that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife be charged with bribery, fraud and breach of public trust charges in yet another corruption investigation case. The police allege that as communications minister, Netanyahu ordered the ministry to improperly favor the interests of Israeli communications […]

SouthFront (2018-12-08). Free Syrian Army And Other Rebel Groups Claim Iranian Troops Disguising As Russians To Trick Israel. iranian.com Colonel Mustafa Bakkor, a spokesman for Jaysh al-Izza, claimed that Iranian forces in northern Hama are raising Russian flags over their positions in order to "protect themselves from Israeli bombardment." "All the military positions of the Assad regime in the norther Hama countryside are hosting Iranian militias from the 313 Brigade —Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps […]

Alison Weir (2018-12-07). In 1991 George H.W. Bush Took on the Israel Lobby, and Paid for It. mintpressnews.com In 1991 President George H.W. Bush held up a $10 billion loan guarantee to Israel over Israel's continued settlement building. Bush won the battle, but eventually lost the war, a lesson that politicians have remembered ever since…

Motasem Dalloul (2018-12-07). The Significance of the US Israel Failure at the UN General Assembly. mintpressnews.com The US and Israel exerted a lot of effort in trying to ensure that the resolution was passed because while General Assembly resolutions are non-binding on member states, they are considered to be a barometer of world opinion.

Whitney Webb (2018-12-07). While Israel Lobby Blocks BDS in Chile at the Local Level, National-Level BDS Looms. mintpressnews.com While Zionist groups celebrate the Valdivia outcome as a win, recent actions at the national level in Chile suggest that Chile could soon follow Ireland and become the next country to support BDS as a nation.

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…

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…

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…

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…

2018-12-09: Social Media Postees

A People's History of George H. W. Bush. "Soldier Statesman" or Criminal War Profiteer?
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-09
"The Bush bank helped the Thyssens make the Nazi steel that killed Allied solders. As bad as financing the Nazi war machine may seem, aiding and abetting the Holocaust was worse. Thyssen's coal mines used Jewish slaves as if they … | The post A People's History of George H. W. Bush. "Soldier Statesman" or Criminal War Profiteer? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/a-peoples-history-of-george-h-w-bush/5662292

Pink Floyd Tribute Band Cancels Israel Shows at Waters' Request
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2018-12-09
A Pink Floyd cover band from the United Kingdom canceled three of its concerts in Israel at the request of Roger Waters, co-founder of the iconic psychedelic rock band. | RELATED: | Roger Waters: 'Do Human Rights Extend To Palestinians?' | The U.K. Pink Floyd Experience was scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Beersheba in Israel, in January. | "To sing my songs…
telesurenglish.net/news/Pink-Floyd-Tribute-Band-Cancels-Israel-Shows-at-Waters-Request-20181209-0010.html

Israel's War on Protesting Children and Other Civilians
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2018-12-09
GAZA CITY, Gaza — Israeli forces deployed along the volatile border with the Gaza Strip have fired live rounds at rock-throwing Palestinian protesters ever since demonstrations against Israel's long-running blockade of Gaza began in March. | And for eight months, Israeli snipers have targeted one part of the body more than any other — the legs. | The Israeli army says it is responding to weekly assaults on its frontier by Palestinians armed with stones, grenades and firebombs. The military says it opens fire only as a last resort, and considers firing at the lower limbs an act of restraint. | Still, 1…
truthdig.com/articles/israels-war-on-protesting-children-and-other-civilians/

Marc Lamont Hill must be reinstated
Hatem Abudayyeh | zcomm.org | 2018-12-09
Marc Lamont Hill is a principled friend and comrade to Palestinians across the world, and must be immediately reinstated as a commentator at CNN. Palestinians and Black people in the US demand nothing less…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/marc-lamont-hill-must-be-reinstated/

German Court Confirms BDS Advocacy is Protected Freedom of Expression and Assembly
LEILI | bdsmovement.net | 2018-12-08
German Court Confirms BDS Advocacy is Protected Freedom of Expression and Assembly: In the NewsA German court confirms that advocating for BDS and Palestinian rights constitutes freedom of expression and assembly, rights that are protected by the German constitution and are essential for democracy. The court ruled that the German city of Oldenburg unlawfully violated these fundamental rights when it revoked a perm…
bdsmovement.net/news/german-court-confirms-bds-advocacy-protected-freedom-expression-and-assembly

The Significance Of The US Israel Failure At The UN General Assembly
Motasem Dalloul | iranian.com | 2018-12-08
The US and Israel exerted a lot of effort in trying to ensure that the resolution was passed because while General Assembly resolutions are non-binding on member states, they are considered to be a barometer of world opinion. US-drafted resolution condemning the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and other Palestinian factions has failed to get the […] | The post The Significance Of The US Israel Failure At The UN General Assembly appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/12/07/us-israel-failure-un-general-assembly/

Free Syrian Army And Other Rebel Groups Claim Iranian Troops Disguising As Russians To Trick Israel
SouthFront | iranian.com | 2018-12-08
Colonel Mustafa Bakkor, a spokesman for Jaysh al-Izza, claimed that Iranian forces in northern Hama are raising Russian flags over their positions in order to "protect themselves from Israeli bombardment." "All the military positions of the Assad regime in the norther Hama countryside are hosting Iranian militias from the 313 Brigade –Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps […] | The post Free Syrian Army And Other Rebel Groups Claim Iranian Troops Disguising As Russians To Trick Israel a…
iranian.com/2018/12/08/free-syrian-army-claims-iranian-troops-disguising-as-russians-to-trick-israel/

Netanyahu, Facing Legal Battle, Claims 'Witch Hunt'
Asia Times | iranian.com | 2018-12-08
There were no surprises on Sunday as the Israeli police recommended that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife be charged with bribery, fraud and breach of public trust charges in yet another corruption investigation case. The police allege that as communications minister, Netanyahu ordered the ministry to improperly favor the interests of Israeli communications […] | The post Netanyahu, Facing Legal Battle, Claims 'Witch Hunt' appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/12/08/netanyahu-claims-witch-hunt/

While Israel Lobby Blocks BDS in Chile at the Local Level, National-Level BDS Looms
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2018-12-07
While Zionist groups celebrate the Valdivia outcome as a win, recent actions at the national level in Chile suggest that Chile could soon follow Ireland and become the next country to support BDS as a nation. | The post While Israel Lobby Blocks BDS in Chile at the Local Level, National-Level BDS Looms appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/israel-lobby-blocks-bds-in-chile-at-local-level-national-level-bds-looms/252662/

Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib to lead delegation to Palestine
teleSUR Desk | mronline.org | 2018-12-07
Tlaid , one of two Muslim women who are the first to be elected to U.S. Congress, says she supports BDS and intends to shift perspective on the Palestinian-Israel conflict. | Source…
mronline.org/2018/12/07/congresswoman-elect-rashida-tlaib-to-lead-delegation-to-palestine/

In 1991 George H.W. Bush Took on the Israel Lobby, and Paid for It
Alison Weir | mintpressnews.com | 2018-12-07
In 1991 President George H.W. Bush held up a $10 billion loan guarantee to Israel over Israel's continued settlement building. Bush won the battle, but eventually lost the war, a lesson that politicians have remembered ever since… | The post In 1991 George H.W. Bush Took on the Israel Lobby, and Paid for It appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/in-1991-george-h-w-bush-took-on-the-israel-lobby-and-paid-for-it/252650/

The Significance of the US Israel Failure at the UN General Assembly
Motasem Dalloul | mintpressnews.com | 2018-12-07
The US and Israel exerted a lot of effort in trying to ensure that the resolution was passed because while General Assembly resolutions are non-binding on member states, they are considered to be a barometer of world opinion. | The post The Significance of the US Israel Failure at the UN General Assembly appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/the-significance-of-the-us-israel-failure-at-the-un-general-assembly/252670/

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/

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

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 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…
zcomm.org/zblogs/palestine-fadwa-tuqans-poems-and-data-on-womens-education/