(2018-12-19). Saudi outreach to Israel 'faces setbacks' after Khashoggi crisis. aljazeera.com WSJ says Saudi effort to forge ties with Israel is faltering after crown prince was implicated in journalist's murder.
(2018-12-19). Christmas in Bethlehem: Controlling the narrative through tourism. aljazeera.com Israel's monopoly on the tourism industry directly contributes to normalisation of the occupation, tour guides say.
(2018-12-19). Airbnb Boycott of Israeli Squatter Settlements Is a Major Turning Point. truthdig.com The living space-sharing company's delisting of apartments in the West Bank's illegal settlements marks a shift in the business world.
(2018-12-19). "A free Palestine from the river to the sea" mronline.org 
It is not uncommon for a mainstream media commentator to be fired for a bigoted or violent comment on air-or off air. As far as I know, there was never a person specifically fired for advocating non-violence and the equal treatment of a group of people. | Source
(2018-12-19). Australia: Labor Party to Recognize Palestinian Statehood. telesurenglish.net The Labor Party (LP) of Australia ended its annual conference in Adelaide, Australia on Tuesday, declaring that it would recognize a "Palestinian state" if it comes to power in the federal elections of May 2019. | RELATED: | Australia Recognizes West Jerusalem as Israel's Capital | The LP Conference resolution supports "the recognition and right of Israel and Palestine to exist as two states within secure and recognized borders" and "calls on the next Labor government to recognize Palest…
(2018-12-19). Nikki Haley hints at yet to be unveiled 'deal of the century'. aljazeera.com US Ambassador to the UN says Israel-Palestine peace plan is 'different', but Palestinians say it's 'dead on arrival'.
(2018-12-19). Is There a Plot to Depopulate Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon? zcomm.org This is not the happy, triumphant ending that generations of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon have hoped and fought for over the years…
(2018-12-19). A Federal Crime to Participate in Boycott of Israel? zcomm.org Twenty-six states have laws preventing state agencies from contracting with companies or individuals aligned with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement…
(2018-12-19). American Public's Backing for One-State Solution Falls on Deaf Ears. counterpunch.org 
Two years of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu as a Middle East peacemaking team appear to be having a transformative effect — and in ways that will please neither of them. The American public is now evenly split between those who want a two-state solution and those who prefer a single state, shared by Israelis and Palestinians, according to a survey published last week by the University of Maryland. More
(2018-12-19). West Bank Uprising: Israel's Divide and Conquer Strategy Falls Apart. therealnews.com 
Shir Hever explains that the Israeli government's deal with the Hamas party undermined the incentive for Palestinian security coordination, as the Israeli military is dragged in to implement colonial policing. As a result, Hamas has never been stronger
(2018-12-19). Official: Europeans Refusing Fuel To Iranian Planes. iranian.com Iran's airspace remains open to all international flights, including U.S. airliners, but most European countries refuse fuel to Iranian planes, an official has said. "Iran's sky is open to all countries, except Israel," head of the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) Ali Abedzadeh said, Press TV reported on Tuesday. Currently, American airplanes are also passing […]
(2018-12-18). Headlines for December 18, 2018. democracynow.org Government Shutdown Looms as Trump Demands $5 Billion for Border Wall, Yemen: Fragile Ceasefire Takes Hold After Hodeidah Fighting Dies Down, Yemeni Mother of Dying 2-Year-Old Child Is Denied U.S. Entry, Ex-Associates of Michael Flynn Arrested over Illegal Turkish Lobbying, Senate Committee Claims Russia Targeted African Americans on Social Media, Nicaraguan Government Raids Journalists' Office, Human Rights Group, U.N. Appeals for Palestinian Aid as Trump Withdraws U.S. Support, Australia Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's Undivided Capital, U.S. and Hungary Dissent as U.N. Votes 181 to 2 for Refugee Pact, Hungary…
(2018-12-18). Israel: Ethnic Cleansing, Land Theft, Apartheid and Racism against Palestinians. globalresearch.ca In recent weeks, racism against Palestinian people and the expansion of apartheid-Jim Crow policies have escalated. The Israeli lobby and its supporters attacked freedom of speech in the United States, showing how far they will go to prevent the US …
(2018-12-18). Glenn Greenwald: Congress Is Trying to Make It a Federal Crime to Participate in Boycott of Israel. democracynow.org 
Twenty-six states have laws preventing state agencies from contracting with companies or individuals aligned with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. BDS is an international campaign to pressure Israel to comply with international law and respect Palestinian rights. However, its opponents say BDS is a thinly disguised anti-Semitic attempt to debilitate or even destroy Israel. We speak with Glenn Greenwald, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the founding editors of The Intercept. His latest piece is headlined "A Texas Elementary School Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath, Now…
(2018-12-18). Arguing with Zionists in Public: The Necessity of a Debate that Offends and Appalls. mintpressnews.com The old bag of tricks that was brought to the debate by agents of the Zionist propaganda machine, when set against the arguments for justice, freedom and equality will fail every time. Repeating this failure may well be how we delegitimize Israel and the ideology behind it, Zionism.
(2018-12-18). Marc Lamont Hill Speaks Out After CNN Fires Him for Pro-Palestine Speech at U.N. democracynow.org 
Less than a month after CNN fired Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill for giving a speech at the United Nations supporting Palestinian rights, we speak with him about the international attention his comments have received, academic freedom and why he feels it's more important than ever to speak out about Israeli human rights abuses. Marc Lamont Hill is a professor of media studies and urban education at Temple University. He is the author of several books, including "Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond." We also speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning journa…
(2018-12-18). I witnessed the horror of border militarization, and vow to fight it. peoplesworld.org 
I've just returned from the San Diego-Tijuana border, where I had the honor of participating in "Love Knows No Borders," an interfaith action sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and co-sponsored by a myriad of faith organizations from across the country. As a staffer for AFSC and a member of Jewish Voice for …
(2018-12-18). Video: Syrian Army Is Set to Respond to Any Future Israeli Attacks. globalresearch.ca The Syrian Armed Forces will respond by force to any Israeli attack on its bases as a part of new policy, which was adopted by the Syrian leadership following the incident with the Russian Il-20 plane last September, the Kuwaiti …
(2018-12-18). US Funds to Pay Palestinians to Vacate the West Bank? Israel Lobby Group Has a Plan. mintpressnews.com "A plan to redirect U.S. foreign aid from supporting Palestinian refugees through UNRWA to paying Palestinians to leave the West Bank so that Israel's own radical religious right can annex the occupied territory is morally outrageous and destined to fail." – Debra Shushan, Americans for Peace Now
(2018-12-18). Meet the Texas Speech Pathologist Who Lost School Job for Refusing to Sign Pro-Israel, Anti-BDS Oath. democracynow.org 
A Palestinian-American speech pathologist in Austin, Texas, has filed a federal lawsuit for losing her job after refusing to sign a pro-Israel oath. Bahia Amawi is an Arabic-speaking child language specialist who had worked for nine years in the Pflugerville Independent School District. But she lost her job last year after she declined to sign a pledge that she would "not boycott Israel during the term of the contract" and that she would not take any action that is "intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations with Israel." We speak with Bahia Amawi and Gadeir Abbas, senior litiga…
(2018-12-18). Texas Educator Files Lawsuit after She was Fired for Refusing to Sign an Oath to Israel. mintpressnews.com Bahia Amawi's federal court suit may constitute the first direct challenge to new legislation aimed at curbing support for the growing Boycott Divest Sanctions (BDS) movement in the United States, which ultimately aims to end apartheid in Palestinian and Israeli territories.
(2018-12-18). The Rogue Crown Prince & the Dangerous US-Saudi-Israel Alliance. therealnews.com 
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson and Paul Jay discuss the US Senate resolution condemning Mohamed Bin Salman for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi; there is concern amongst the neocons of both major parties that MBS is undermining the strategy to weaken Iran
(2018-12-18). Texas Speech Pathologist Loses School Job for Refusing to Sign Anti-BDS Oath. truthout.org A Palestinian-American speech pathologist in Austin, Texas, has filed a federal lawsuit for losing her job after refusing to sign a pro-Israel oath. Bahia Amawi is an Arabic-speaking child language specialist who had worked for nine years in the Pflugerville Independent School District. But she lost her job last year after she declined to sign a pledge that she would "not boycott Israel during the term of the contract" and that she would not take any action that is "intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations with Israel." We speak with Bahia Amawi and Gadeir Abbas, senior lit…
(2018-12-18). Congress Is Trying to Make It a Federal Crime to Participate in BDS. truthout.org Twenty-six states have laws preventing state agencies from contracting with companies or individuals aligned with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. BDS is an international campaign to pressure Israel to comply with international law and respect Palestinian rights. However, its opponents say BDS is a thinly disguised anti-Semitic attempt to debilitate or even destroy Israel. We speak with Glenn Greenwald, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the founding editors of The Intercept. His latest piece is headlined "A Texas Elementary School Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath,…
(2018-12-18). Don't Punish US Companies That Help End Abuses in the West Bank. hrw.org 
| | Barkan, located in the occupied West Bank, is an Israeli residential settlement and industrial zone that houses around 120 factories that export around 80 percent of their goods abroad. In the background is the Palestinian village of Qarawat Bani Hassan. © 2004 David Silverman | Today the US Congress is weighing draft legislation based on problematic logic that conflates a call for businesses to stop operating in West Bank settlements, which are unlawful under the 1949 Geneva Conventions that prohibit transferring…
(2018-12-17). Marc Lamont Hill's Detractors are the True Anti-Semites. counterpunch.org 
Temple University's administration announced the unsurprising news that it has found no grounds to punish or investigate Professor Marc Lamont Hill for his speech at the United Nations on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Yet, the university's Board of Trustees felt compelled, nonetheless, to issue a statement further More
(2018-12-17). A Texas Elementary School Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath, Now Mandatory in Many States — so She Lost Her Job. theintercept.com A major attack on the First Amendment: No credible advocate of free expression can remain silent about this "free speech exception for Israel."
(2018-12-16). Messianic Jewish Lobbying Group Builds Support for U.S.-Funded Ethnic Cleansing Plan in Palestine. theintercept.com The group says it has had key meetings at the White House and on the Hill — and hopes to see legislation introduced this winter.
(2018-12-14). FRSO message to PFLP on 51st anniversary of founding. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). | Dear Comrades, | On the occasion of the 51st anniversary of the founding of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the leadership and members of Freedom Road Socialist Organization send our fraternal greetings, and our hopes that your future is marked by success upon success, and great victories in the struggle against the Zionist occupation and its imperialist backers.
| | The Palestinian resistance and efforts of t…
(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 weaponized drones, Palestinian and Rio de Janeiro's favelas' social movements call for a joint and global struggle agains…
(2018-11-30). Israel escalating the demolition of Palestine. greenleft.org.au 
When it comes to the infrastructure of genocide, you could illustrate it using almost any photo of a school, house, shop or village in the West Bank. You could bookmark a Google maps page of a particular West Bank town — then look again in three or six months time and note the destruction wrought. | This is one way of keeping track of the demolitions of Palestinian homes and Israel's attempts to impose an "Israeli only" identity on the landscape. | There has been a redoubling of Israeli efforts to evict Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and deny remaining Palestinian residents the right to a livelihoo…
(2018-11-26). Palestinian Civil Society Urges World Governments to Impose a Military Embargo on Saudi Regime Over Khashoggi Murder and War Crimes in Yemen, On Israel for War Crimes and Apartheid Against Palestinians. bdsmovement.net 
Palestinian Civil Society Urges World Governments to Impose a Military Embargo on Saudi Regime Over Khashoggi Murder and War Crimes in Yemen, On Israel for War Crimes and Apartheid Against Palestinians: Update"We appeal to progressives and social movements everywhere to pressure their governments to impose strict military embargoes on all states that are perpetrating crimes against hu…
(2018-11-20). Airbnb's Decision to Exit Israel's Illegal Settlements: A Partial Victory for Human Rights & Accountability. bdsmovement.net 
Airbnb's Decision to Exit Israel's Illegal Settlements: A Partial Victory for Human Rights & Accountability: BNC StatementAirbnb's decision to end its business in Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory is an important first step. It unfortunately fails to cover settlements in East Jerusalem, which is also occupied according to international law. All Isr…
(2018-11-14). The Crisis in Gaza and a Potential Ceasefire. zcomm.org Discussing the recent Israeli special forces operation inside the Gaza Strip that killed 7 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier, as well as Israeli air strikes and a potential ceasefire…
(2018-11-12). Palestine: Fadwa Tuqan's poems and data on women's education. zcomm.org And here is my second attempt at bridging the three areas: poems, justice and data visualization. This time, it's the Palestinian poet, Fadwa Tuqan, whose poems I have highlighted alongside some charts depicting the progress over the years on a number of women's education indicators in the West Bank and Gaza. (Earlier, I had used Read more…
(2018-10-28). 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…