2019-02-25: Social Media Postees

THE ANGRY ARAB: Camp David and the Ongoing Crisis of Palestine
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-02-25
Recently published book by Carter official says the president was initially hostile to Sadat's initiative toward Israel because Carter saw it as "the end of any hope of a comprehensive peace," says As'ad AbuKhalil in this review. Carter Worried Bilateral… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/02/25/the-angry-arab-camp-david-and-the-ongoing-crisis-of-palestine/

Getting Rid of Rep. Ilhan Omar: Neoconservatives Dig Deep to Remove a Critic of Israel
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-25
It has been observed that the neoconservatives are a lot like the legendary bird the Phoenix, which burns to death and then, miraculously, rises from the ashes in new plumage. The neocons first rose to prominence under President Ronald Reagan, …
globalresearch.ca/getting-rid-of-rep-ilhan-omar-neoconservatives-dig-deep-to-remove-a-critic-of-israel/5669587

Condemnation of IDF Killings Is Never Anti-Semitic but Is Always an Essential Duty of the Global Media to Report
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-25
As of November 19, last year, lethal force by Israeli forces resulted in the killing of 252 and injuring of 25,522 Palestinians in Gaza, OCHA has reported. Many of the injuries were life-changing, including hundreds of cases of severe soft …
globalresearch.ca/condemnation-of-idf-killings-is-never-anti-semitic-but-is-always-an-essential-duty-of-the-global-media-to-report/5669618

A Teenage War Resister in Israel
Rory Fanning | zcomm.org | 2019-02-25
An Antiwar Story from the Embattled Middle East…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-teenage-war-resister-in-israel/

This week in history: February 25-March 3
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-02-25
Hebron massacre, Baruch Goldstein, West Bank, Gaza, Israel, Palestine…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/02/25/twih-f25.html

Israeli Interference in British Politics: Targeted against Corbyn
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2019-02-25
Asa Winstanley discusses the coordinated incitement campaign against critical voices in the UK. On the same day that the Israeli lobby attacked Congresswoman Ilhan Omar in the U.S, British right-wing activists launched an attack on Human Rights Watch, and later on Jeremy Corbyn…
therealnews.com/stories/israeli-interference-in-british-politics-targeted-against-corbyn

Netanyahu's Far-Right Pivot Stirs Discord in Pro-Israel Lobby
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-02-24
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has touched off rare criticism from AIPAC, the largest U.S. pro-Israel lobby, over an election alliance with a far-right party loyal to the policies of the late anti-Arab rabbi, Meir Kahane. | RELATED | Netanyahu Makes Far-Right Alliance Ahead of Israeli Elections | Faced with a new merger of centrist parties that opinion polls show might defeat him, Netanyahu engineered the deal between Jewish Power and another ultranationalist faction, Jewish…
telesurenglish.net/news/Netanyahus-Far-Right-Pivot-Stirs-Discord-in-Pro-Israel-Lobby-20190224-0010.html

Getting Rid of Ilhan Omar: Neocons Dig Deep to Remove a Critic of Israel
Philip Giraldi | theantimedia.com | 2019-02-24
(AHT Op-ed) — It has been observed that the neoconservatives are a lot like the legendary bird the Phoenix, which burns to death and then, miraculously, rises from the ashes in new plumage. The neocons first rose to prominence under President Ronald Reagan, when they took over key offices in the Pentagon. They were subsequently somewhat ostracized under …

Getting Rid of Ilhan Omar: Neocons Dig Deep to Remove a Critic of Israel

Palestine and Rule of Power
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-02-24
Alaa Tartir discusses his new edited anthology: Palestine and Rule of Power: Local Dissent vs. International Governance. A new look into how international aid and also the Palestinian security reform are mechanisms which are used to crush Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation…
therealnews.com/stories/palestine-and-rule-of-power

He Can't Breathe: Palestine's Eric Garner
Kathryn Shihadah | mintpressnews.com | 2019-02-22
In Hebron, Palestine on May 17th, 2017, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) surrounded a young man as he walked through a market. He was about to join the roughly 40% of the male Palestinian population who, since 1967, have been detained or arrested.
mintpressnews.com/cant-breathe-palestine-eric-garner/255430/

Ilhan Omar Owes No Apologies, Apologies Are Owed Her
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2019-02-22
Muslims and other persons of color who do not kowtow to Zionist positions are routinely deemed "anti-Semitic," notwithstanding the fact that, unlike in Europe, historically Muslim parts of the world have had little or no connection either to theologically or racially grounded hatred of Jews qua Jews until quite recently. On the other hand, persons of European descent whose views reek of historical connections with the genuine article get a pass insofar as they are outspoken friends of the Israeli state. Just a few years ago, it seemed that true anti-Semitism, as distinct from the anti-Zionism Zionists confound wi…
counterpunch.org/2019/02/22/ilhan-omar-owes-no-apologies-apologies-are-owed-her/

Artists Call for Eurovision Boycott, if Event Held in Israel (Pt 1/2)
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2019-02-22
Danielle Alma Ravitzki explains how the Israeli government uses the Eurovision song contest to whitewash and pinkwash its crimes against Palestinians. This year the contest will take place in Tel-Aviv, and artists from around the world are calling for a boycott…
therealnews.com/stories/artists-call-for-eurovision-boycott-if-event-held-in-israel-pt-1-2

Imprisoned Palestinian Poet's Words Turned Into Song (Pt 2/2)
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2019-02-22
Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour imprisoned for her poetry has her words set to music by Daniell Alma Ravitzki…
therealnews.com/stories/imprisoned-palestinian-poets-words-turned-into-song-pt-2-2

'Rule of the Rabbis' Fuels Holy War in Israel
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-02-21
Palestinians, the secular and women all face a harsher environment as theocratic tendencies are entrenched, writes Jonathan Cook. By JonathanCook Jonathan-Cook.net In which country did a senior, state-salaried cleric urge his followers last month to become "warriors," emulating a group of… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/02/20/rule-of-the-rabbis-fuels-holy-war-in-israel/

French President's Promise to Crack Down on Anti-Semitism Could Threaten Critics of Israel
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2019-02-21
French police officers will investigate critics of Israel who question the nature of the Jewish state for possible violations of law against hate speech.
theintercept.com/2019/02/21/french-presidents-promise-crack-anti-semitism-threaten-critics-israel/

EuroAsia Interconnector: "electricity highway" to Israeli war crimes
ziyaad | bdsmovement.net | 2019-02-20
EuroAsia Interconnector: "electricity highway" to Israeli war crimes : UpdateThe EuroAsia Interconnector is projected to link electricity grids in Israel, Cyprus and Greece via the world's longest submarine power cable. Crucially, the Interconnector would connect Europe's electricity grid with Israel's grid that incorporates the illegal settl…
bdsmovement.net/news/euroasia-interconnector-%E2%80%9Celectricity-highway%E2%80%9D-israeli-war-crimes

Jewish Activists Hold Solidarity Shabbat Defending Angela Davis in Birmingham & Across U.S
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-02-18
Jewish supporters of Angela Davis across the nation held solidarity Shabbat on Friday evening, the night before the civil rights icon had been expected to receive the Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. The institute rescinded the honor in January due to Davis' support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement targeting the Israeli government and Israeli institutions. The institute later reversed this decision after international outcry, but Davis has yet to accept the award. Democracy Now! was in Birmingham on Friday and attended a Shabbat in support of An…
www.democracynow.org/2019/2/18/jewish_activists_hold_solidarity_shabbat_defending

Angela Davis Returns to Birmingham, Reflecting on Palestinian Rights & Fight for Freedom Everywhere
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-02-18
Civil rights icon and scholar Angela Davis returned to her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, over the weekend. She originally planned the visit to receive the Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, but the institute withdrew the award last month, soon after the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center sent a letter urging the board to reconsider honoring Davis due to her support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement targeting the Israeli government and Israeli institutions. Facing swift and widespread outcry, the institute then reversed its decision and reinst…
www.democracynow.org/2019/2/18/angela_davis_returns_to_birmingham_reflecting

No EU cost for Israeli 'apartheid' in West Bank
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-02-14
No EU cost for Israeli 'apartheid' in West Bank: In the NewsBy Andrew Rettman Sanctions and governmentsFebruary 14, 2019 | By: | | euobserver …
bdsmovement.net/news/no-eu-cost-israeli-apartheid-west-bank

Disappointment (and a Little Hope) in First Foreign Policy Test of the New Congress
Stephen Zunes | progressive.org | 2019-02-12
The new bill endorses state government efforts to punish socially conscious businesses that choose to boycott illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories.
progressive.org/dispatches/disappointment-in-first-foreign-policy-test-zunes-190212/

Lawsuit Dismissed Against American Studies Association Over Israel Boycott
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-02-07
Lawsuit Dismissed Against American Studies Association Over Israel Boycott: In the NewsUS federal judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to deter academic associations from adopting boycotts for Palestinian rights. | Academic Boycott Right To BoycottFebruary 5, 2019 | By: | | Palestine Legal …
bdsmovement.net/news/lawsuit-dismissed-against-american-studies-association-over-israel-boycott

Palestinian Professors' Unions Urge Pitzer College to Uphold Faculty Vote to Suspend Study Abroad with Complicit Israeli Institutions
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-02-05
Palestinian Professors' Unions Urge Pitzer College to Uphold Faculty Vote to Suspend Study Abroad with Complicit Israeli Institutions: Open LetterThe Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees (PFUUPE) urges Pitzer College to stand by an overwhelming majority of its faculty refusing to be complicit in Israel's denial of Palestinian rights and its blatan…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinian-professors-unions-urge-pitzer-college-uphold-faculty-vote-suspend-study-abroad