The Christian Genocide During the Ottoman Empire Sounds a Dark Warning for the Future
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-02-26
Israeli historian Benny Morris doesn't do things by half. The footnotes of his new book on the 30-year genocide of Christians by their Turkish rulers, cowritten with his colleague Dror Zeevi, take up more than a fifth of the 640-page work. "It was nine years, a long haul," he admitted to me this week, with an audible sigh over…
counterpunch.org/2019/02/26/the-christian-genocide-during-the-ottoman-empire-sounds-a-dark-warning-for-the-future/

Attacking Iran. Fake News About a Terrorist Connection Could Serve as a Pretext for War
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-26
Observers of developments in the Middle East have long taken it as a given that the United States and Israel are seeking for an excuse to attack Iran. The recently terminated conference in Warsaw had that objective, which was clearly …
globalresearch.ca/fake-news-terrorist-connection-pretext-war/5669729

Is Israel's tax grab a prelude to further hollowing out the PA?
Jonathan Cook | zcomm.org | 2019-02-26
Israel's decision to withhold part of the taxes it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority and plunge it deeper into crisis starkly illustrates the hypocrisies and deceptions at the core of the two governments' relationship…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/is-israels-tax-grab-a-prelude-to-further-hollowing-out-the-pa/

Israeli Extremists Are Making a Comeback–With the Help of US Tax Dollars
Mairav Zonszein | thenation.com | 2019-02-26
Israeli Extremists Are Making a Comeback–With the Help of US Tax Dollars…
thenation.com/article/israeli-extremists-us-tax-dollars/

Workers reject Spanish firm's bid for Israeli settlement project
Adri Nieuwhof | zcomm.org | 2019-02-26
International human rights organizations and the United Nations have all warned against complicity in Israel's settlements through trade or business…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/workers-reject-spanish-firms-bid-for-israeli-settlement-project/

Israel Is Not-So-Subtly Targeting Jeremy Corbyn
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-02-26
What follows is a conversation between The Electronic Intifada's Ava Winstanley and Greg Wilpert of the Real News Network. Read a transcript of their conversation below or watch the video at the bottom of…
truthdig.com/articles/israel-is-not-so-subtly-targeting-jeremy-corbyn/

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/

The Cost of Being a War Resister in Israel
Rory Fanning | thenation.com | 2019-02-25
The Cost of Being a War Resister in Israel…
thenation.com/article/war-resister-israel-palestine-idf/

Leading Israel Lobby Group Sees Massive Rise in Budget
David Cronin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-25
A leading pro-Israel group in Brussels has seen its budget increase fivefold over the past few years. | The European Jewish Association has become increasingly prominent in efforts to counter the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions. One of its …
globalresearch.ca/leading-israel-lobby-group-sees-massive-rise-in-budget/5669651

Netanyahu Finds Israeli Ultra-Right Parties Suited to His Political Purposes
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-02-25
The members of Otsma Yehudit are thugs and some have been designated as terrorists, and Netanyahu has more stately manners. But their objectives and their actions are in perfect sync.
mintpressnews.com/netanyahu-israel-ultra-right/255522/

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

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

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

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