Israel Kills Four Palestinians on 'Great March of Return' Anniversary
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-31
Update: | According to the Associated Press, Israeli forces killed four Palestinians–including three teenagers–during anti-occupation protests on Saturday. Over 300 Palestinians were reportedly injured. | Earlier: | Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered near the Israel-Gaza border fence on Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of the weekly "Great March of Return" demonstrations and demand an end to Israel's brutal occupation. | According to Gaza health officials, Is…
truthdig.com/articles/israel-kills-four-palestinians-on-great-march-of-return-anniversary/
Golan Heights, Kosovo and Crimea: A Case Study in Hypocrisy and Double Standards
James ONeill | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-31
The recent announcement by United States President Donald Trump that the US will recognise Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights draws attention yet again to the double standards applied by NATO and its satraps including Australia to the issues of …
globalresearch.ca/golan-heights-kosovo-and-crimea-a-case-study-in-hypocrisy-and-double-standards/5673192
The Great Return March is rekindling Palestinian resistance
Ryvka Barnard | zcomm.org | 2019-03-31
From the Land Day protests in 1976 to the Great Return March of today, the Palestinian struggle against colonial dispossession continues despite incredible odds…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-great-return-march-is-rekindling-palestinian-resistance/
Lawyers Worldwide Urge International Court: Investigate Israeli Crimes
Marjorie Cohn | zcomm.org | 2019-03-31
On the eve of the first anniversary of the "Great March of Return" at the Gaza border, lawyers and jurists around the world are calling on the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute Israeli crimes against the Palestinians. The International Association of Democratic Lawyers presented a petition from the International Read…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/lawyers-worldwide-urge-international-court-investigate-israeli-crimes/
Free Palestine: Land Day and Great Return March, March 30, 2019
Dave Id | indybay.org | 2019-03-31
March 30, 2019: This is the first in a new series on Indybay. The goal is to amplify stories of the Palestinian people and their struggle for freedom, justice, and equality. These excerpts from the last few weeks are compiled from comprehensive coverage by the International Middle East Media Center. Please, follow and support their work.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/30/18822364.php
Israeli Snipers Kill 4, wound 207 as 40,000 Palestinians March Peacefully
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2019-03-31
Despite occasional UN condemnation of the Israeli blockade on Palestinian civilians (which is illegal in international law, especially given that Israel is still the Occupying Power in Gaza), the world has turned a blind eye to this ongoing Israeli atrocity…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/israeli-snipers-kill-4-wound-207-as-40000-palestinians-march-peacefully/
In a loud rally and march, San Franciscans demonstrated for Palestine
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2019-03-31
Commemorating the "Great March of Return" in Gaza, demonstrators condemned Israel's abuse, with US support, of Palestinians.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/31/18822366.php
San Francisco Marches in Support of Palestinian Land Day, 3/30/19
Stop U.S. Aid to Israel | indybay.org | 2019-03-31
Hundreds of people turned out in San Francisco for the 3/30/19 demonstration supporting Palestinian Land Day. See twitter.com/AROCBayArea…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/30/18822363.php
The Ongoing Battle for Palestinian Justice Spans the Globe and Plays Out on Many Fronts
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-30
AIPAC, despite continuing to spend lavishly, has lost much of its charm and, in an unprecedented move, none of the candidates running to become the Democratic Party nominee for president attended this year's AIPAC conference in Washington.
mintpressnews.com/battle-palestine-justice/256768/
South African university joins Israel boycott
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-03-30
South African university joins Israel boycott: In the NewsTshwane University of Technology, the largest residential university in South Africa, voted to respect the call for the boycott of Israeli institutions complicit in the violation and denial of Palestinian rights. | Academic BoycottDecember 13, 2017 | By: | | Electronic Intifada …
bdsmovement.net/news/south-african-university-joins-israel-boycott
Labour MPs blast through the smears to condemn Israel's latest bloodshed
James Wright | thecanary.co | 2019-03-30
Labour MPs have ignored the smears to condemn Israel's latest bloodshed against Palestinians. "Senseless killings" Lisa Nandy MP condemned Israel's military for murdering Sajid … | Read more Labour MPs blast through the smears to condemn Israel's latest bloodshed | By James Wright…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/03/30/labour-mps-blast-through-the-smears-to-condemn-israels-latest-bloodshed/
In Leaked Recording, Cory Booker Says He and AIPAC President "Text Message Back and Forth Like Teenagers"
Alex Emmons | theintercept.com | 2019-03-30
Even as the progressive wing of the Democratic Party has shown willingness to criticize Israel, Booker has tried to smooth over the widening rift.
theintercept.com/2019/03/30/cory-booker-aipac-leaked-recording/
Presidential hopeful Cory Booker & AIPAC president 'text like teenagers' — leaked audio
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-30
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and the president of the pro-Israel lobbying group text each other "like teenagers" and talk about unifying the Senate against boycotting Israel, his leaked speech at an AIPAC meeting reveals. | …
rt.com/usa/455165-booker-aipac-leaked-speech/
Israeli Forces Kill 17-Year-Old With Live Fire as 40,000 Palestinians Mark 'Great March of Return' Anniversary
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-03-30
"Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza March demand their basic rights even as Israeli snipers are waiting ready to gun them down." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gaza_11.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/03/30/israeli-forces-kill-17-year-old-live-fire-40000-palestinians-mark-great-march-return?cd-origin=rss
A Dangerous Precedent: US Recognition of Israel's Annexation of the Syrian Golan
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-03-29
Phyllis Bennis explains that Trump's decision is a setback for peace all over the world. The US has isolated itself diplomatically in support of Netanyahu's campaign to win the elections, but recovery will be long…
therealnews.com/stories/a-dangerous-precedent-us-recognition-of-israels-annexation-of-the-syrian-golan
On eve of Gaza border protest anniversary, UN's top humanitarian official for Palestine calls for calm
United Nations | un.org | 2019-03-29
With a large protest planned on Saturday in Gaza, and border shootings by Israeli security forces which have left nearly 200 Palestinians dead over the past year, the UN's top humanitarian official in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (oPt), Jamie McGoldrick, on Friday called for calm from all sides to prevent further bloodshed.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/03/1035731
'Renouncing Violence' Is a Demand Made Almost Exclusively of Muslims
Adam Johnson | fair.org | 2019-03-29
As Israel was killing scores and maiming thousands of protesters in Gaza, rather than calling on Israel to "renounce violence," the New York Times ( 5/18/18) published an op-ed arguing that "guarding the border was more important than avoiding killing." | A FAIR survey of the phrase "renounce violence" in the New York Times over the past 10 years shows that 95 percent of the time the demand is made of Muslim organizations, people or political parties, the most prominent being the Taliban and Hamas. There are zero instances o…
fair.org/home/renouncing-violence-is-a-demand-made-almost-exclusively-of-muslims/
Gaza, Stonewall: Izzy Mustafa on Why People Rise Up
Susie Day | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
Every Friday since March 30, 2018, in what's known as the Great March of Return, Palestinians in Gaza come to the Israeli border fence to protest nearly twelve years of a blockade that has made Gaza into what's often called the world's largest open-air prison. They also come to invoke UN Resolution 194, their right…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/gaza-stonewall-izzy-mustafa-on-why-people-rise-up/
Widespread Arab protests hit Trump's support for Israeli theft of the Golan
Cale Holmes | liberationnews.org | 2019-03-29
The U.S. recognition of the Golan as Israeli territory is part of a deliberate attempt to colonize Syria and weaken the right of Palestinians and all those displaced by Israeli aggression to return to their land.
liberationnews.org/widespread-arab-protests-hit-trumps-support-for-israeli-theft-of-the-golan/
Singing in a cage is possible and so is happiness
The Tricontinental | mronline.org | 2019-03-29
Once more, punctually, Israel–with the vengeance of Zeus–has begun to bomb Gaza, from which the sounds and smells of war are never absent due to Israeli bombings. It helps Israel that the United States is fully behind its policy of annihilation. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/03/28/singing-in-a-cage-is-possible-and-so-is-happiness/
From Inspiration to Despair: A Year of Gaza's Great March of Return
Yara Hawari | commondreams.org | 2019-03-29
Demonstrators tear barbed wire along the Gaza fence in demonstrations against Israel's occupation. (Photo: M. Hajjar/MEE) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gaza_7.jpg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/03/30/inspiration-despair-year-gazas-great-march-return?cd-origin=rss
Trump Admin Complementing Israeli Effort to Give Nuclear Weapons to Saudi Arabia
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-29
Already seven of the 10 countries in the world with the highest military budgets are in the Middle East. The development of nuclear weapons in Saudi Arabia has many speculating that it could mark the beginning of an even more dangerous era for the war-torn region.
mintpressnews.com/israel-saudi-arabia-nuclear-weapons-2/256761/
Land Day is crucial for Palestinians
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-03-29
Palestinians will gather to commemorate Land Day on March 30. Last year, Land Day marked the beginning of the Great March of Return weekly protests in Gaza. | Land Day has its origins in 1976 when Israeli authorities conducted a brazen, large-scale theft of Palestinian land on behalf of settlers. Palestinians responded with a general strike and protests. | Land Day became a grim turning point in the struggle for sovereignty over land. Six Palestinians were killed and scores were arrested, setting the scene for a ramped-up response by Israel aga…
greenleft.org.au/content/land-day-crucial-palestinians
Immigrant rights delegation to visit U.S.-Mexico border
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-03-28
Minneapolis, MN – In the shadow of President Trump's declaration of a 'state of emergency' to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Legalization for All Network is organizing a national delegation of immigrant rights activists to go on a fact-finding and solidarity delegation to the border. The delegation will include activists from the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC), Milwaukee's Young People's Resistance Committee (YPRC) and from the U.S. Palestinian Community Network. | The delegation will learn about the history of the U.S.-Mexico border since its unjust creation with the U.S. milita…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/3/28/immigrant-rights-delegation-visit-us-mexico-border
Attempt to defy international law over Golan Heights sovereignty 'doomed to failure' Security Council hears
United Nations | un.org | 2019-03-28
A majority of Security Council members on Wednesday stressed the importance of upholding international law regarding the occupied Golan Heights, in the face of the unilateral move by the United States to recognize Israel's sovereignty over them.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/03/1035631
SPLC: Conversion therapy provider continues to secretly operate nearly four years after jury finds practices unconscionable
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2019-03-28
The SPLC this week filed a motion asking a judge to institute contempt proceedings against JONAH (Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing), now known as JIFGA (Jewish Institute for Global Awareness), for violating an injunction entered over three years ago requiring that it permanently cease all operations and completely halt all elements of its fraudulent gay-to-straight "conversion therapy" program.
splcenter.org/news/2019/03/28/splc-conversion-therapy-provider-continues-secretly-operate-nearly-four-years-after-jury
Israeli Jets Strike Syria's Aleppo, Causing Electricity Blackout
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-03-28
(MEE) — The Syrian military said Israel on Wednesday launched air raids on an industrial zone in the northern city of Aleppo, causing damage only to materials, while opposition sources said the strikes hit Iranian ammunition stores and a military airport used by Tehran's forces, Reuters reported. "The Israeli aggression targeted some positions in Sheikh Najjar industrial …
Israeli Jets Strike Syria's Aleppo, Causing Electricity Blackout
Islamic Center of Tallahassee and Students For Justice in Palestine hold solidarity vigil honoring Christchurch victims
Katie Logan & Shelby Shoup | liberationnews.org | 2019-03-27
There was a touching show of unity as over 40 community members, both Muslim and non-Muslim, came to the steps of the Florida Historic Capitol to observe the candlelit vigil. The event started out with a few words from Imam Munir Alfarra, who said, "If I could tell him something I would say he did not waste his time to know about Muslims. To know how they pray, and when and where. To know that Muslims' doors are always open…"
liberationnews.org/islamic-center-of-tallahassee-and-students-for-justice-in-palestine-hold-solidarity-vigil-honoring-christchurch-victims/
Forget Mueller. Israel, not Russia, is Trump's real partner in crime
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2019-03-27
The major conclusions of the 'Mueller investigation' have just come out in the US. Mueller didn't find significant evidence of alleged Russian collusion in … | Read more Forget Mueller. Israel, not Russia, is Trump's real partner in crime. | By Peter Bolton…
thecanary.co/us/us-analysis/2019/03/27/forget-mueller-israel-not-russia-is-trumps-real-partner-in-crime/
The illegal occupation of Syrian Golan
Michael Kramer | workers.org | 2019-03-27
March 25 — With a tweet and an executive order, the Trump administration has further isolated itself globally by reversing decades of U.S. policy in calling for "the United States to fully recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights." The area, which is correctly known as Syrian Golan, is located . . . | Continue reading The illegal occupation of Syrian Golan at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/03/27/the-illegal-occupation-of-syrian-golan/
Fears of New Gaza Invasion Rise as Israel Launches Airstrikes and Mobilizes Along Border
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-26
Israel has bombed Gaza for a third day in a row and mobilized dozens of tanks, raising fears that Israel could launch another invasion. The latest Israeli airstrikes came earlier this morning, after Hamas announced it had reached an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Israel. Tension has been escalating for days in Gaza. On Friday, Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians taking part in the weekly Great March of Return protests. Sixty-two other Palestinians were injured. On Sunday, Israeli air raids struck parts of Gaza, including a refugee camp. Then, on Monday, militants inside Gaza launched a series of homemade…
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/26/fears_of_new_gaza_invasion_rise
"Hold Israel Accountable": Palestinians Call on Int'l Community to Oppose Golan Heights Annexation
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-26
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in Washington on Monday to meet with President Trump, who signed an order officially recognizing Israel's control of the Golan Heights in defiance of international law. We speak with Budour Hassan, a Palestinian writer and project coordinator for the Jerusalem Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights, and Jehad Abusalim, scholar and policy analyst from Gaza. He runs the Gaza Unlocked campaign for the United States for the American Friends Service Committee.
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/26/hold_israel_accountable_palestinians_call_on
'Provocative actions and inflammatory rhetoric' destabilizing Middle East, warns top UN official
United Nations | un.org | 2019-03-26
Against a backdrop of rising tensions in Israel and Palestine, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East, painted a bleak picture once again in the Security Council on Tuesday, cataloguing further terrorist acts, attacks against civilians, reprisals against demonstrators, unlawful demolitions and settlement expansions, and a funding crisis which could have dramatic consequences for the stability of an already volatile region.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/03/1035461
The Golan Heights is Arab Syrian land
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-03-26
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN). | The U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) categorically rejects Donald Trump's executive order today recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. As always, the U.S. continues to act with impunity against the will of the Arab people and with clear disregard of international law. This comes two years and three months after the U.S. administration's public recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the Zionist entity. | Trump was sitting with Israeli Prime Minist…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/3/25/golan-heights-arab-syrian-land
Anti-Semitism and Double Standards
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-26
Criticizing Israel is considered bad form, writes Daniel Lazare, but keeping mum about Saudi crimes is fine as long as the donations continue to flow. By Daniel Lazare Special to Consortium News In a week when the GOP flaunted its… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/26/anti-semitism-and-double-standards/
How the Israel Lobby Got its Start
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-26
As the annual AIPAC conference wraps up in Washington on Tuesday, historian Walter Hixson looked back on the Israel Lobby's origins in this speech last Friday to the "Israel Lobby & American Policy Conference" at the National Press Club. By Walter Hixson… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/26/how-the-israel-lobby-got-its-start/
U.S. Recognition of Israel's Golan Annexation a Threat to World Order
Stephen Zunes | progressive.org | 2019-03-25
The Trump Administration's decision marks a serious violation of fundamental principles of international law.
progressive.org/dispatches/us-recognition-golan-annexation-a-threat-to-world-order-zunes-190325/
Could US recognition of Golan Heights as part of Israel lead to War?
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-03-24
Donald Trump said via Twitter that it was time for the USA to ´fully recognize Israel's Sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and regional stability ª. Between the 5th and 10th of June 1967, during a war called the Six-Day War, Israel occupied 1200 …
uwidata.com/2827-could-us-recognition-of-golan-heights-as-part-of-israel-lead-to-war/
Golan Heights, Yellow Vests, Kazakhstan
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-03-24
Golan Heights scandal US President Donald Trump tweeted that the time had come to recognize the full sovereignty of Israel over the Golan Heights. Prior to this, the United States, although it remained the main allies of Israel in the Middle East, adhered to the decisions of the UN Security Council, which considers Israeli control …
uwidata.com/2834-golan-heights-yellow-vests-kazakhstan/
Human Rights Attorney to Trump: "Israel Is Not Interested in the Golan Heights for Security"
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-22
Just weeks before major elections in Israel that could determine the future of embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump declares the U.S. will recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, in defiance of international law and decades of U.S. policy. The announcement comes as he is set to host Netanyahu at the White House next week amid the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, where Vice President Mike Pence will speak, along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, among others. A growing number of Democrats–…
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/22/human_rights_attorney_to_trump_israel
Paid Facebook Ad by Bar-Ilan University's Begin-Sadat Center Advocates Increased "Hopelessness" for Palestinians
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-03-20
Paid Facebook Ad by Bar-Ilan University's Begin-Sadat Center Advocates Increased "Hopelessness" for Palestinians: UpdateThe Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) calls on all academics, academic societies and student organizations to intensify the academic boycott as a response to this fresh, brutal call for m…
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Palestinians Salute Pitzer College for Overwhelming Vote in Support of Palestinian Rights, Condemn Anti-democratic Veto by University President
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-03-20
Palestinians Salute Pitzer College for Overwhelming Vote in Support of Palestinian Rights, Condemn Anti-democratic Veto by University President: UpdatePitzer College faculty, students and staff voted overwhelmingly to suspend a study abroad program with Haifa University over Israel's discriminatory policies against Palestinians. In an anti-democratic move, Pitzer's president ve…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinians-salute-pitzer-college-overwhelming-vote-support-palestinian-rights-condemn-anti