2019-07-10: News Headlines

Morning Star (2019-07-10). Israel's illegal apartheid wall turns 15. peoplesworld.org

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-10). Israel's Scheme to Bury the Nakba. "The Ethnic Cleansing oF Palestine" globalresearch.ca Israel's 1947-48 Nakba against the Palestinian people was and remains one of history's great crimes — what Ilan Pappe called "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" in his book by this title. | Establishment of the Jewish state came at the expense …

Ben Norton (2019-07-10). The Guardian publishes, then censors Jewish open letter defending smeared pro-Corbyn Labour MP Chris Williamson. thegrayzone.com Britain's leading newspaper The Guardian, which has relentlessly attacked Jeremy Corbyn and his leftist allies, published but then quickly removed…

Cynthia Kao (2019-07-10). Jewish protesters stand in solidarity with detainees in S. California. liberationnews.org "All of our liberation is connected."

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-10). The Book of Palestine: National Liberation vs Endless Negotiations. counterpunch.org Those who are still hoping that the new American agenda on Palestine and Israel is temporary, or reversible, should abandon this false hope. Washington's complete adoption of Israel's messianic, extremist policies regarding Occupied Palestine has been a long time in the making. And it is here to stay. Despite the unmistakable clarity in the American More

Staff (2019-07-10). Hundreds of Jewish Activists Surround ICE Office to Protest Detention Centers. truthout.org Hundreds of Jewish activists and allies took to the streets in Chicago and surrounded a local ICE office on Monday to demand the closure of President Donald Trump's detention camps, where immigrants have been forced to endure inhumane conditions and abuse from Border Patrol guards. | "'Never again' means close the camps!" demonstrators chanted as they marched down the streets of Chicago. | Rallying outside the Chicago ICE building, protestors hoisted signs that read "There is blood on your hands" and began singing and praying: | #NeverAgainisNow and our people won't stand idly by Staff (2019-07-10). Headlines for July 10, 2019. democracynow.org Children Recount Mistreatment, Sexual Abuse at Yuma, AZ Migrant Jail, Scabies, Shingles & Chickenpox Spreading Among Children at Clint, TX Migrant Jail, Jewish Activists Arrested After Protesting Migrant Detention on Capitol Hill, Judge Rejects DOJ Move to Replace Legal Team Charged with Census Citizenship Battle, Court Says Trump Cannot Block Critics on Twitter, U.K. Ambassador Resigns After Leaked Cables Scandal, Afghan Peace Talks Close as Deadly Attacks Continue, Appeals Court Hears Arguments on Constitutionality of Affordable Care Act, Megan Rapinoe to Trump: "Your Message Is Excluding People", Calls Grow fo…

Yves Engler (2019-07-10). United Church suppresses Palestinian Youth Cultural Event. dissidentvoice.org The Jewish Defence League and B'nai Brith are boasting that they convinced the Trinity-St. Paul Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts to cancel a room booking "to celebrate the artistic and cultural contributions of Palestinians in the diaspora." The Toronto United Church had agreed to provide space to the Palestinian Youth Movement for "an …

teleSUR (2019-07-10). Slovenia Vows to Recognize Palestine Despite Israeli Threats. telesurenglish.net Slovenia's Foreign Minister Miro Cerar said Wednesday in Ljubljana, the capital of his country, that his nation wishes to recognize the State of Palestine and hopes to be able to do so in the near future along with other European Union (EU) countries. | RELATED: | Israel's Apartheid Wall Stands 15 Years After UN Deemed it Illegal | "We will continue with activities so that a small group of EU member countries can be formed as soon as possible, which together with Slovenia recognize P…

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-09). The Book of Palestine: National Liberation vs Endless Negotiations. dissidentvoice.org Those who are still hoping that the new American agenda on Palestine and Israel is temporary, or reversible, should abandon this false hope. Washington's complete adoption of Israel's messianic, extremist policies regarding Occupied Palestine has been a long time in the making. And it is here to stay. Despite the unmistakable clarity in the American …

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-09). The Book of Palestine: National Liberation vs Endless Negotiations. commondreams.org While Washington paid lip service to 'peace', it supported the Israeli war machine, military occupation and settlement construction with billions of dollars. (Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz / Barcroft Media via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-967994466.jpg

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-09). Israeli Occupation, Colonialism and Apartheid. globalresearch.ca Israeli occupation, colonialism and apartheid exceed the worst of South Africa's high crimes. | In 2004, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled the West Bank occupied. The same holds for Gaza and East Jerusalem. | According to the ICJ, | "Israeli settlements …

Miko Peled (2019-07-09). "Go Forth and Lie" Israel Rolls Out Mandatory Course for Students Travelling Abroad. mintpressnews.com Israel new course to prepare high school students traveling overseas to be good "ambassadors" includes training on how to combat BDS, claims of apartheid and more.

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-09). The Book of Palestine: National Liberation vs Endless Negotiations. mintpressnews.com What will it take for the Palestinian government to abandon the American option and, instead, to develop a rounded strategy that is founded on national unity, democratic representation and international solidarity? asks Ramzy Baroud.

teleSUR (2019-07-09). Israel Apartheid Wall Stands 15-yrs After UN Deemed it Illegal. telesurenglish.net Israel's construction of its 760 km-long separation wall in the occupied Palestinian West Bank advances as Tuesday marks the 15th anniversary since the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion that deemed it illegal. | RELATED: | Israel Disappeared Documents to Discredit Nakba: Report | While the decision is non-binding, the United Nations judiciary body ruled in 2004 that…

Jonathan Cook (2019-07-09). Entry Ban at Israeli City Park Provokes Apartheid Warnings. dissidentvoice.org The barring of a lawyer and her infant from a public park in the Galilee last week has triggered a legal battle over whether local authorities in Israel can segregate citizens on a racial basis. Human rights groups have warned that the ban marks a growing trend by local authorities representing the Jewish majority towards …

Ed Sykes (2019-07-09). Veteran Israeli journalist says Corbyn is 'victim of a systematic campaign' to blackmail Israel's critics. thecanary.co Award-winning Haaretz journalist Gideon Levy has slammed the "systematic campaign" to smear Jeremy Corbyn for 'daring to criticise Israel'. | "We shouldn't surrender to those labels": | If Corbyn becomes UK prime minister, Levy said, this could "be a major change". But he also pointe…

PACBI (2019-07-05). New report: French Insurer AXA Complicit in Israel's War Crimes. bdsmovement.net New report: French Insurer AXA Complicit in Israel's War Crimes: UpdateGlobal coalition demands AXA divest from companies violating Palestinian rights | Economic Boycott Military EmbargoJuly 8, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)

pip.hinman (2019-07-04). Why is it so easy to monetise hate? greenleft.org.au The rapidity with which homophobic rugby player Israel Folau raised $2.2 million for his fight against Rugby Australia is just the latest example of how easy it is to monetise hate these days. It is a morbid symptom of a capitalist system plumbing the depths of moral bankruptcy. | Folau has taken Rugby Australia to the Fair Work Commission after he was sacked for breaching his contract by posting offensive public attacks against homosexual people on social media. | Folau's celebrity hate crusade has garnered a lot of the attention — but his is just one of many well-monetised hate campaigns. | For insta…

susan_p (2019-07-04). Palestine: Trump's 'deal of the century' rejected as more of the same. greenleft.org.au Palestinian leaders have criticised US President Donald Trump's much-hyped and long-awaited vision for Middle East peace, unveiled on June 25 in Bahrain, as more neo-colonialist containment. | Trump has touted the plan as the "deal of the century". Jared Kushner, Trump's son in law and architect of the plan, described it as the " opportunity of the century". | The proposal, "Peace to Prosperity", is the latest in a <...

Jason Ditz (2019-07-04). Netanyahu Says Israel Preparing Large-Scale Gaza Military Operation. theantimedia.com (ANTIWAR.COM) — With his political campaign continuing to be built on him being the farthest right-wing, and most hawkish candidate, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed a meeting of the security cabinet in which the army was told to prepare for a wide-scale military campaign inside the Gaza Strip. It's unlikely that such an instruction to the Israeli …

Jason Ditz (2019-07-04). Israel Ready to Join a US War Against Iran. theantimedia.com (ANTIWAR.COM) — Israel has spent decades talking up the potential for a war against Iran, and invested heavily in lobbying the US to be hostile toward Iran. Recent talk of the US attacking Iran and starting such a war has Israeli hawks, unsurprisingly, crossing their fingers. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz says the country is continue to …

Whitney Webb (2019-07-03). How the Third Temple Movement in Israel Rebranded Theocracy as "Civil Rights" mintpressnews.com The Temple Activist movement is now more mainstream than ever before and its effort to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam, has advanced with great rapidity since the year began and has picked up precipitously in recent weeks.

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-03). Africa and Palestine: A Noble Legacy That Must Never Be Betrayed. mintpressnews.com Netanyahu's diplomatic conquests in Africa have been celebrated by Israeli media as "historic", while the Palestinian leadership remains oblivious to the rapidly changing political landscape.

Staff (2019-07-03). Headlines for July 3, 2019. democracynow.org DHS Watchdog: "Dangerous Overcrowding" and Dire Conditions at Texas Migrant Jails, 30-Year-Old Honduran Migrant Dies in U.S. Custody, Federal Judge Blocks Trump Plan to Deny Bail to Asylum Seekers, DHS Fining Immigrants Up to $500,000 for Not Leaving the U.S., Nationwide Protests Demand Lawmakers #CloseTheCamps, Cory Booker Vows to End Immigrant Detention in 2020 Proposal, In Defeat for Trump Admin, 2020 Census Will Not Include Citizenship Question, House Dems Sue Treasury and IRS over Trump's Tax Returns, Airstrike Hits Migrant Detention Center in Libya, Killing At Least 40, Ethiopian-Israeli Community Protests…

Fight Back (2019-07-02). ILPS stands in solidarity with Khaled Barakat! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) in solidarity with Khaled Barakat, that was adopted at its 6th International Conference in Hong Kong, June 27. | Khaled Barakat, Palestinian writer and coordinator of the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat, was invited to be one of the keynote speakers for the 6th International Assembly in Hong Kong from 23 to 27 June. However, one day before the beginning of the conference, Barakat was suddenly slapped with a repressive political ban by German authorities, banning him from speaking in public…

Los Angeles Liberation Staff (2019-06-29). 'Gaza Fights for Freedom' premiers in Los Angeles. liberationnews.org Gaza Fights for Freedom is a powerful and hugely important film about the struggle of the Palestinian people.

PACBI (2019-06-26). British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Endorses Palestinian Call to Boycott Complicit Israeli Academic Institutions. bdsmovement.net British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Endorses Palestinian Call to Boycott Complicit Israeli Academic Institutions: UpdateIn a historic vote, the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies joins a growing number of academic associations refusing to be complicit in Israel's grave violations of international law. | Academic BoycottJune 24, 2019 | By:…

SAMIR (2019-06-20). Milton Nascimento fans urge him to cancel Israel show. bdsmovement.net Milton Nascimento fans urge him to cancel Israel show: UpdateFans attending European tour dates join Palestinian and Brazilian arts organizations in urging star to cancel apartheid Tel Aviv show | Cultural BoycottJune 20, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

PACBI (2019-06-14). Puma is devoted to universal equality and apartheid. Wait…what!? bdsmovement.net Puma is devoted to universal equality and apartheid. Wait…what!?: Action AlertTake action to tell Puma: You can't be devoted to "universal equality" while supporting Israel's apartheid regime. | Boycott PumaJune 14, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

SAMIR (2019-06-12). Milton Nascimento: Cancel your show in apartheid Tel Aviv! bdsmovement.net Milton Nascimento: Cancel your show in apartheid Tel Aviv!: Open LetterPalestinian cultural organizations urge Brazilian musician to cancel his scheduled performance in apartheid Tel Aviv | Cultural BoycottJune 12, 2019…