Daily Archives: March 26, 2019

2019-03-26: News Headlines

Democracy Now! (2019-03-26). Fears of New Gaza Invasion Rise as Israel Launches Airstrikes and Mobilizes Along Border. democracynow.org 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…

Vijay Prashad (2019-03-26). The People of Palestine Are on the March. commondreams.org According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 196 people have been killed by the Israeli armed forces, while 11,427 people have been wounded. (Photo: Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gaza_6.jpeg

STAFF (2019-03-26). Fears of New Gaza Invasion Rise as Israel Launches Airstrikes. truthout.org 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 homema…

Democracy Now! (2019-03-26). "Hold Israel Accountable": Palestinians Call on Int'l Community to Oppose Golan Heights Annexation. democracynow.org 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.

Dianne Mathiowetz (2019-03-26). One year later, Gaza's Great March of Return. workers.org March 21 — Ahmed Abu Artema, from his home in Gaza, sent out a January 2018 Facebook post asking: What would happen if hundreds of thousands of Palestinians marched into the buffer zone fronting the barbed wire and chain link that fences off Gaza at the de facto border with . . . | Continue reading One year later, Gaza's Great March of Return at Workers.org

STAFF (2019-03-26). Why Is the Romanian Prime Minister Staying at Trump's D.C. Hotel? truthdig.com The stay at the Trump International Hotel by Viorica Dancila, who is attending the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference, provides the latest piece of evidence that Trump's company continues to do business with foreign officials. Such payments could violate the Constitution's anti-corruption provisions, which prohibit the president from accepting gifts or "emoluments" from foreign governments. | Dancila was seen Friday night inside the hotel's atrium surrounded by a group of about eight people after leaving the hotel's BLT…

Stephen Lendman (2019-03-26). War or Uneasy Truce in Gaza? Renewed Bombing ordered by Netanyahu. globalresearch.ca Aiming to show toughness against defenseless Gazans ahead of the April 9 elections, Netanyahu ordered the Strip terror-bombed on Monday — affirming his ruthlessness once again, after countless previous times. | For hours during day and nighttime hours on Monday, IDF …

Fight Back (2019-03-26). The Golan Heights is Arab Syrian land. fightbacknews.org 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…

STAFF (2019-03-26). Palestinians Call on International Community to Oppose Golan Heights Annexation. truthout.org 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. | TRANSCRIPT: | JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Israel has bombed Gaza for a third day in a row and mobilized doze…

United Nations (2019-03-26). 'Provocative actions and inflammatory rhetoric' destabilizing Middle East, warns top UN official. un.org 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.

Jonathan Cook (2019-03-26). Trump's Golan Green Light Paves Way to Israel's Annexation of West Bank. globalresearch.ca When President Donald Trump moved the US embassy to occupied Jerusalem last year, effectively sabotaging any hope of establishing a viable Palestinian state, he tore up the international rulebook. | Last week, he trampled all over its remaining tattered pages. He …

teleSUR (2019-03-26). Israeli Ceasefire Condition: Cancel 'March of Return'. telesurenglish.net Despite a Egypt-brokered ceasefire Monday night, rocket fires continued into Tuesday as Israeli pounded the Palestinian Gaza Strip with rockets. Gaza shot back at Israeli territory highly protected by the Iron Dome. | RELATED: | 24-Year-Old Palestinian Killed in Great March of Return | "Egyptian efforts succeeded with a ceasefire between the occupation and the resistance factions," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum told Al Jazeera after the short-lived ceasefire. Israel said Tuesday morni…

Fréa Lockley (2019-03-26). As Gaza burns, the UK can't ignore its role in this crisis. thecanary.co On 25 March, Israel launched an intensive attack on Gaza. As shocking images emerge of the bombardment, one thing is clear. The UK is … | Read more As Gaza burns, the UK can't ignore its role in this crisis | By Fréa Lockley

Democracy Now! (2019-03-26). Headlines for March 26, 2019. democracynow.org Israel Continues Airstrikes in Gaza Amid Fragile Truce, U.S. Officially Recognizes Golan Heights as Israeli Territory, Trump Suggests Probes into "Traitors" in Wake of Mueller Report, Pentagon Authorizes Diversion of $1 Billion to Build Border Wall, Father of 6-Year-Old Sandy Hook Victim Dies by Suicide, Parkland Survivors Urge Senators to Pass Background Check Act, DOJ Backs Full Repeal of Affordable Care Act, Mexico: Radio Reporter Killed Amid Spate of Journalist Murders, Venezuela: New Power Outage Hits Residents Amid Political Turmoil, Suspects in College Admissions Scam Plead Not Guilty, Green New Deal Goes…

Global Research News (2019-03-26). Selected Articles: RussiaGate and the Mueller Report. globalresearch.ca Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A

teleSUR (2019-03-26). Trump's 'Recognition' of Golan as Israeli Draws Sharp Rebuke. telesurenglish.net World powers, Syria and the United Nations rebuked the United States' recognition of the Golan Heights as Israeli territory during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu official visit in the United States. | RELATED: | US Claims Golan as Israeli while Boosting Military Presence | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it is "clear…

Israel Shahak (2019-03-26). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

Consortiumnews (2019-03-26). How the Israel Lobby Got its Start. consortiumnews.com As the annual AIPAC conference wraps up in Washington on Tuesday, historian Walter Hixon 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 Hixon… Read more →

Consortiumnews (2019-03-26). Anti-Semitism and Double Standards. consortiumnews.com 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 →

Bill Van Auken (2019-03-26). Trump Recognizes Israeli Annexation of Golan Heights: Green Light for Global War. globalresearch.ca The hastily completed White House ceremony in which President Donald Trump signed a decree granting official US recognition to Israel's illegal annexation of Syria's Golan Heights is an act which, on its surface, appears to change few facts on the …

plenglish (2019-03-26). Putin to Discuss Syrian Golan with Lebanese President. plenglish.com Moscow, March 26 (Prensa Latina) Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss with his Lebanese counterpart, Michel Aun, about the United States" recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied territories of the Syrian Golan Heights, the Kremlin said Tuesday.

STAFF (2019-03-26). Mike Pence Smears Ilhan Omar in AIPAC Speech: Did He Just Prove Her Point? truthout.org Vice President Mike Pence received a standing ovation from a crowd of more than 18,000 people at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's 2019 policy conference on Monday after he excoriated freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and blasted Democratic presidential candidates for "boycotting" the most prominent gathering of politically active American Jews. | Although he never mentioned Omar by name, Pence pointed to the recent controversy surrounding her criticism of Israel t…

Stop U.S. Aid to Israel (2019-03-26). Speaker Pelosi Shame On You, Say Skip A.I.P.A.C. Protesters. indybay.org The protest of the annual lovefest between the Democrat-Republican Parties and the Zionist lobbying organization, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), is bigger and better than ever with a huge projection on the wall of the Wash. D.C. conference site stating "Speaker Pelosi, Shame On You" when she spoke today, 3/24/19, along with the rest of the Democrat & Republican Party leadership, all proud supporters of the racist, anti-women, fascist, theocratic US military base known as Israel, better known as Historic Palestine. See twitter.com/Mindmenow

plenglish (2019-03-26). Russia Calls Palestinians, Israeli to end Violence in Gaza. plenglish.com Moscow, Mar 26 (Prensa Latina) In the midst of artillery and Zionist aviation attacks on the Gaza Strip, Russia called Tuesday on Israelis and Palestinians to end the violence in that region.

Strategic Culture (2019-03-26). Trump's Foreign Policy: Do Whatever Netanyahu and Prince Salman Want. theantimedia.com (SC Opinion) — Now that Donald Trump, like Barack Obama before him, has failed to remove Syria's Bashar al-Assad by means of American training of, and supply of weapons to, 'rebels' (almost all of whom were actually jihadists) in Syria, Trump, on March 21st, has set into motion a process that is designed to provide a 'justification' for …

Middle East Eye (2019-03-26). Israel Launches Strikes on Gaza, Putting 'Ceasefire' in Jeopardy. theantimedia.com (MEE) — Israel has struck several targets in the besieged Gaza Strip, potentially shattering a ceasefire that Hamas said was negotiated between Egypt and Israel. Israel's military attacked a Hamas compound and a weapons site in the Khan Yunis district, Haaretz reported, citing an Israeli army spokesperson. The strikes by Israel on Tuesday night came one day …

plenglish (2019-03-26). China Rejects U.S. Decision on Syrian Golan. plenglish.com Beijing, Mar 26 (Prensa Latina) China joined Tuesday its voice to the international condemnation that resulted from the recognition by the United States of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a usurped territory belonging to Syria.

ANSWER Coalition (2019-03-26). Film Showing on Palestine "1948: Creation & Catastrophe" indybay.org 2969 Mission St., near 26th St.

Fréa Lockley (2019-03-25). Israel claims victory for getting a Palestinian activist banned from Germany. thecanary.co German officials revoked a Palestinian activist's visa and refused to let her speak at an International Women's Day (IWD) event in Berlin. The Israeli … | Read more Israel claims victory for getting a Palestinian activist banned from Germany | By Fréa Lockley

STAFF (2019-03-25). Will Corruption Scandal Sink Netanyahu Weeks Before Election? therealnews.com The upcoming election in Israel is increasingly focused on the corrupt arms deals between Israel and Germany, from which Prime Minister Netanyahu personally profited millions of dollars. TRNN's Shir hever discusses the implications…

Alison Weir (2019-03-25). America Gets yet Another Israel Lobby Group. mintpressnews.com While the Israel lobby, which consists of hundreds of organizations, is known for billionaire donors such as Sheldon Adelson, Haim Saban, Norman Braman, Paul Singer and others, Pro-Israel America (PIA) will be specifically targeting smaller donors.

Lawrence Davidson (2019-03-25). Israel's Moves to the Right. counterpunch.org An article published in the Israeli news blog +972 on 19 November 2018 posed the question: Why does the right keep winning elections in Israel? The answer offered was "because Israelis are right wing." Simple enough, and apparently, quite true. The article estimates that over half of Israeli Jews think of themselves as "right wing." Self-defined centrists are about More

Dave Lindorff (2019-03-25). The TSA's Role as Journalist Harasser and Media 'Watchdog'. counterpunch.org Sometimes you have to leave the United States to understand how far this country has evolved towards becoming a police state. I got a good example of this just last week on a trip with my harpsichordist wife Joyce to Vienna where she had been contracted to perform a concert of music by a leftist Jewish composer who fled Austria just ahead of the Nazi Anschluss that took over and incorporated that country into Germany, eventually settling in the US. More

Stephen Zunes (2019-03-25). U.S. Recognition of Israel's Golan Annexation a Threat to World Order. progressive.org The Trump Administration's decision marks a serious violation of fundamental principles of international law.

United Nations (2019-03-25). UN urges 'maximum restraint' as Israel-Hamas tensions rise over rocket attack. un.org The UN Secretary-General said he was "gravely concerned" by the firing of a rocket from Gaza deep into Israel on Monday which reportedly injured seven people, including three children, north of the capital Tel Aviv.

Jason Ditz (2019-03-25). Trump to Recognize Israel's Control of Golan Heights With Netanyahu at White House. theantimedia.com (ANTIWAR.COM) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be at the White House on Monday to watch Trump formally sign the decree that will see the US reverse 50+ years of policy, and recognize the Israeli occupation and annexation of the Golan Heights, legally part of Syria. This decree formalizes an announcement Trump made via Twitter last week, …

Alex Kane (2019-03-25). Right-Wing Donor Adam Milstein Has Spent Millions of Dollars to Stifle the BDS Movement and Attack Critics of Israeli Policy. theintercept.com "He is uniquely proud of such aggressive, anti-speech tactics to suppress people of color. This is a war of personal attacks."

Democracy Now! (2019-03-25). Headlines for March 25, 2019. democracynow.org Special Counsel Finds No Collusion btw. Trump & Russia; Dems Call for Release of Report, Cyclone Idai Death Toll Rises as Officials Warn of Health Risks, Brexit: 1 Million Take to Streets to Call for 2nd Referendum, France: Protesters Take to Streets for 19th Week Amid Gov't Clampdown, Thailand: No Clear Election Winner as Pro-Military Party Takes Lead, Gaza: Israeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinian Protesters Over Weekend, Netanyahu Cuts U.S. Trip Short After Rockets Hit Israeli Home, Somalia: At Least 15 Killed in Gun Battle at Gov't Bldg, Mali: 134 People Killed Amid Mounting Ethnic Tensions, Afghanistan: 14 Civilian…

Ford Fischer (2019-03-25). WATCH: Hundreds of Protesters March to AIPAC 2019 in DC. theantimedia.com (N2S) — "Judaism yes! Zionism no! Israel has got to go!" Yesterday hundreds of activists marched to AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual conference) to condemn Israeli influence on American foreign policy, and Israel's treatment of Palestinians. Meriem Abou-Ghazaleh, a young Syrian-Palestinian activist, led the chant. "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be …

WSWS (2019-03-25). Trump recognises Israeli sovereignty over Syria's Golan Heights. wsws.org Along with his decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, Trump has effectively repudiated the entire post-World War II international order in relation to Israel and Palestine.

unitedEditor (2019-03-24). Could US recognition of Golan Heights as part of Israel lead to War? uwidata.com 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 …

unitedEditor (2019-03-24). Golan Heights, Yellow Vests, Kazakhstan. uwidata.com 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 …

STAFF (2019-03-23). Democratic Hopefuls Reject AIPAC. therealnews.com So far no Democratic presidential candidates have committed to speaking at this year's American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference. Is this a shift in Democratic foreign policy towards Israel? What does this mean for AIPAC, one of the country's most influential lobby groups?

Whitney Webb (2019-03-23). New Bill Would See US Taxpayers Subsidize Experimental Israeli Laser Weapons. mintpressnews.com The U.S.-Israel Directed Energy Cooperation Act would deepen Israel's access to grotesque weapons of war that have been developed by the U.S. military but have also been banned for use by American troops.

Democracy Now! (2019-03-22). Human Rights Attorney to Trump: "Israel Is Not Interested in the Golan Heights for Security" democracynow.org 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—…

STAFF (2019-03-22). Might Makes Right: Trump Endorses Israeli Annexation of Golan Heights. therealnews.com Trump tweeted that the US should recognize Israel's annexation of Syria's Golan Heights, which Israel has been occupying for 52 years. TRNN's Shir Hever explores what this means for the region…

Democracy Now! (2019-03-22). Headlines for March 22, 2019. democracynow.org Trump Tweets Support for Israeli Claim Over Occupied Golan Heights, Democratic Presidential Candidates Plan to Skip AIPAC Conference, House Oversight Chair: Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump Broke Federal Records Laws, Josh Kushner Wooed Saudi Investors Ahead of Jared's Trip to Riyadh, New Zealand Marks One Week Since Mosque Attacks with Call to Prayer, Pipe Bomber Cesar Sayoc, Who Targeted Trump Critics, Pleads Guilty, Boeing Jets That Crashed in Ethiopia, Indonesia Lacked Optional Safety Features, Iraq: 92 Dead in Mosul After Ferry Capsizes in Tigris River, China: Pesticide Plant Explosion Kills 47, Texas: Deer Park…

Fight Back (2019-03-21). Justice for Rasmea Odeh! Justice for Palestine! fightbacknews.org The Committee to Stop FBI Repression strongly supports Rasmea Odeh's right to speak in Berlin about the Palestinian liberation struggle. We stand with the many other organizations who condemn the German, Israeli, and U.S. governments' attacks on Rasmea and their attempts to silence her by revoking her visa and prohibiting her from political activity (see article about the March 15 incident). | The actions of these governments blatantly…

Robert Mackey (2019-03-21). Trump Offers Netanyahu Part of Syria to Boost Israeli Leader's Flagging Re-Election Campaign. theintercept.com With a tweet posted on Thursday, President Donald Trump dismissed five decades of international consensus on the status of the Golan Heights, Syrian territory seized by Israel in 1967 during a pre-emptive war, declaring that the United States would recognize Israel's annexation of the region. | Offered without explanation, the move looked to many Israeli, Palestinian, and American observers like a transparent attempt to boost the re-election prospects of Trump's embattled ally, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces corruption charges and could be defeated at the polls next month.Trump is determined to help…

susan_p (2019-03-21). Ilhan Omar responds to attacks: Rashida and I are here to stay. greenleft.org.au Two young Muslim women were elected to the United States House of Representatives in the 2018 election. Ilhan Omar is Black, and a refugee from war-devastated Somalia. Rahida Tlaib is of Palestinian descent, and has family living under Israeli oppression. | Both are outspoken supporters of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, which was initiated by the Palestinian grassroots to protest Israel's oppression. | As supporters of BDS, they have been under attack from the Israeli lobby in the US, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which falsely claims BDS is anti-Semitic. Following I…

2019-03-26: Social Media Postees

The People of Palestine Are on the March
Vijay Prashad | commondreams.org | 2019-03-26
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 196 people have been killed by the Israeli armed forces, while 11,427 people have been wounded. (Photo: Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gaza_6.jpeg
commondreams.org/views/2019/03/26/people-palestine-are-march?cd-origin=rss

Fears of New Gaza Invasion Rise as Israel Launches Airstrikes
STAFF | truthout.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 homema…
truthout.org/video/fears-of-new-gaza-invasion-rise-as-israel-launches-airstrikes/

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

War or Uneasy Truce in Gaza? Renewed Bombing ordered by Netanyahu
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
Aiming to show toughness against defenseless Gazans ahead of the April 9 elections, Netanyahu ordered the Strip terror-bombed on Monday — affirming his ruthlessness once again, after countless previous times. | For hours during day and nighttime hours on Monday, IDF …
globalresearch.ca/war-or-uneasy-truce-in-gaza-renewed-bombing-ordered-by-netanyahu/5672672

Mike Pence Smears Ilhan Omar in AIPAC Speech: Did He Just Prove Her Point?
STAFF | truthout.org | 2019-03-26
Vice President Mike Pence received a standing ovation from a crowd of more than 18,000 people at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's 2019 policy conference on Monday after he excoriated freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and blasted Democratic presidential candidates for "boycotting" the most prominent gathering of politically active American Jews. | Although he never mentioned Omar by name, Pence pointed to the recent controversy surrounding her criticism of Israel t…
truthout.org/articles/mike-pence-smears-ilhan-omar-in-aipac-speech-did-he-just-prove-her-point/

'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

One year later, Gaza's Great March of Return
Dianne Mathiowetz | workers.org | 2019-03-26
March 21 — Ahmed Abu Artema, from his home in Gaza, sent out a January 2018 Facebook post asking: What would happen if hundreds of thousands of Palestinians marched into the buffer zone fronting the barbed wire and chain link that fences off Gaza at the de facto border with . . . | Continue reading One year later, Gaza's Great March of Return at Workers.org
workers.org/2019/03/25/one-year-later-gazas-great-march-of-return/

"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

Trump's Golan Green Light Paves Way to Israel's Annexation of West Bank
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
When President Donald Trump moved the US embassy to occupied Jerusalem last year, effectively sabotaging any hope of establishing a viable Palestinian state, he tore up the international rulebook. | Last week, he trampled all over its remaining tattered pages. He …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-golan-green-light-israels-annexation-west-bank/5672682

Palestinians Call on International Community to Oppose Golan Heights Annexation
STAFF | truthout.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. | TRANSCRIPT: | JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Israel has bombed Gaza for a third day in a row and mobilized doze…
truthout.org/video/palestinians-call-on-international-community-to-oppose-golan-heights-annexation/

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

Israeli Ceasefire Condition: Cancel 'March of Return'
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-26
Despite a Egypt-brokered ceasefire Monday night, rocket fires continued into Tuesday as Israeli pounded the Palestinian Gaza Strip with rockets. Gaza shot back at Israeli territory highly protected by the Iron Dome. | RELATED: | 24-Year-Old Palestinian Killed in Great March of Return | "Egyptian efforts succeeded with a ceasefire between the occupation and the resistance factions," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum told Al Jazeera after the short-lived ceasefire. Israel said Tuesday morni…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israeli-Ceasefire-Condition-Cancel-March-of-Return-20190326-0004.html

As Gaza burns, the UK can't ignore its role in this crisis
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-03-26
On 25 March, Israel launched an intensive attack on Gaza. As shocking images emerge of the bombardment, one thing is clear. The UK is … | Read more As Gaza burns, the UK can't ignore its role in this crisis | By Fréa Lockley…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/03/26/as-gaza-burns-the-uk-cant-ignore-its-role-in-this-crisis/

Trump's 'Recognition' of Golan as Israeli Draws Sharp Rebuke
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-26
World powers, Syria and the United Nations rebuked the United States' recognition of the Golan Heights as Israeli territory during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu official visit in the United States. | RELATED: | US Claims Golan as Israeli while Boosting Military Presence | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it is "clear…
telesurenglish.net/news/Golan-Status-Not-Changed-UN-Chief-Says-in-Rebuke-to-Trumps-Move-20190326-0009.html

Selected Articles: RussiaGate and the Mueller Report
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…
globalresearch.ca/mueller-report-trump-netanyahu-war-agenda-venezuela-regime-change/5672725

Trump Recognizes Israeli Annexation of Golan Heights: Green Light for Global War
Bill Van Auken | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
The hastily completed White House ceremony in which President Donald Trump signed a decree granting official US recognition to Israel's illegal annexation of Syria's Golan Heights is an act which, on its surface, appears to change few facts on the …
globalresearch.ca/trump-recognizes-israeli-annexation-golan-heights-global-war/5672717

"Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East
Israel Shahak | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…
globalresearch.ca/greater-israel-the-zionist-plan-for-the-middle-east/5324815

Why Is the Romanian Prime Minister Staying at Trump's D.C. Hotel?
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-26
The stay at the Trump International Hotel by Viorica Dancila, who is attending the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference, provides the latest piece of evidence that Trump's company continues to do business with foreign officials. Such payments could violate the Constitution's anti-corruption provisions, which prohibit the president from accepting gifts or "emoluments" from foreign governments. | Dancila was seen Friday night inside the hotel's atrium surrounded by a group of about eight people after leaving the hotel's BLT…
truthdig.com/articles/why-is-the-romanian-prime-minister-staying-at-trumps-d-c-hotel/

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 Hixon 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 Hixon… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/26/how-the-israel-lobby-got-its-start/

Israel Launches Strikes on Gaza, Putting 'Ceasefire' in Jeopardy
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-03-26
(MEE) — Israel has struck several targets in the besieged Gaza Strip, potentially shattering a ceasefire that Hamas said was negotiated between Egypt and Israel. Israel's military attacked a Hamas compound and a weapons site in the Khan Yunis district, Haaretz reported, citing an Israeli army spokesperson. The strikes by Israel on Tuesday night came one day …

Israel Launches Strikes on Gaza, Putting 'Ceasefire' in Jeopardy

Trump's Foreign Policy: Do Whatever Netanyahu and Prince Salman Want
Strategic Culture | theantimedia.com | 2019-03-26
(SC Opinion) — Now that Donald Trump, like Barack Obama before him, has failed to remove Syria's Bashar al-Assad by means of American training of, and supply of weapons to, 'rebels' (almost all of whom were actually jihadists) in Syria, Trump, on March 21st, has set into motion a process that is designed to provide a 'justification' for …

Trump’s Foreign Policy: Do Whatever Netanyahu and Prince Salman Want

China Rejects U.S. Decision on Syrian Golan
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-26
Beijing, Mar 26 (Prensa Latina) China joined Tuesday its voice to the international condemnation that resulted from the recognition by the United States of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a usurped territory belonging to Syria.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=40236&SEO=china-rejects-u.s.-decision-on-syrian-golan

Speaker Pelosi Shame On You, Say Skip A.I.P.A.C. Protesters
Stop U.S. Aid to Israel | indybay.org | 2019-03-26
The protest of the annual lovefest between the Democrat-Republican Parties and the Zionist lobbying organization, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), is bigger and better than ever with a huge projection on the wall of the Wash. D.C. conference site stating "Speaker Pelosi, Shame On You" when she spoke today, 3/24/19, along with the rest of the Democrat & Republican Party leadership, all proud supporters of the racist, anti-women, fascist, theocratic US military base known as Israel, better known as Historic Palestine. See twitter.com/Mindmenow
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/24/18822214.php

Putin to Discuss Syrian Golan with Lebanese President
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-26
Moscow, March 26 (Prensa Latina) Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss with his Lebanese counterpart, Michel Aun, about the United States" recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied territories of the Syrian Golan Heights, the Kremlin said Tuesday.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=40244&SEO=putin-to-discuss-syrian-golan-with-lebanese-president

Russia Calls Palestinians, Israeli to end Violence in Gaza
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-26
Moscow, Mar 26 (Prensa Latina) In the midst of artillery and Zionist aviation attacks on the Gaza Strip, Russia called Tuesday on Israelis and Palestinians to end the violence in that region.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=40258&SEO=russia-calls-palestinians-israeli-to-end-violence-in-gaza

Film Showing on Palestine "1948: Creation & Catastrophe"
ANSWER Coalition | indybay.org | 2019-03-26
2969 Mission St., near 26th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/25/18822223.php

Israel claims victory for getting a Palestinian activist banned from Germany
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-03-25
German officials revoked a Palestinian activist's visa and refused to let her speak at an International Women's Day (IWD) event in Berlin. The Israeli … | Read more Israel claims victory for getting a Palestinian activist banned from Germany | By Fréa Lockley…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/03/25/israel-claims-victory-for-getting-a-palestinian-activist-banned-from-germany/

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/

The TSA's Role as Journalist Harasser and Media 'Watchdog'
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-25
Sometimes you have to leave the United States to understand how far this country has evolved towards becoming a police state. I got a good example of this just last week on a trip with my harpsichordist wife Joyce to Vienna where she had been contracted to perform a concert of music by a leftist Jewish composer who fled Austria just ahead of the Nazi Anschluss that took over and incorporated that country into Germany, eventually settling in the US.
counterpunch.org/2019/03/25/the-tsas-role-as-journalist-harasser-and-media-watchdog/

UN urges 'maximum restraint' as Israel-Hamas tensions rise over rocket attack
United Nations | un.org | 2019-03-25
The UN Secretary-General said he was "gravely concerned" by the firing of a rocket from Gaza deep into Israel on Monday which reportedly injured seven people, including three children, north of the capital Tel Aviv.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/03/1035411

Will Corruption Scandal Sink Netanyahu Weeks Before Election?
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-03-25
The upcoming election in Israel is increasingly focused on the corrupt arms deals between Israel and Germany, from which Prime Minister Netanyahu personally profited millions of dollars. TRNN's Shir hever discusses the implications…
therealnews.com/stories/will-corruption-scandal-sink-netanyahu-weeks-before-election

America Gets yet Another Israel Lobby Group
Alison Weir | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-25
While the Israel lobby, which consists of hundreds of organizations, is known for billionaire donors such as Sheldon Adelson, Haim Saban, Norman Braman, Paul Singer and others, Pro-Israel America (PIA) will be specifically targeting smaller donors.
mintpressnews.com/america-gets-yet-another-aipac-linked-israel-lobby-group/256499/

Israel's Moves to the Right
Lawrence Davidson | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-25
An article published in the Israeli news blog +972 on 19 November 2018 posed the question: Why does the right keep winning elections in Israel? The answer offered was "because Israelis are right wing." Simple enough, and apparently, quite true. The article estimates that over half of Israeli Jews think of themselves as "right wing." Self-defined centrists are about…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/25/israels-moves-to-the-right/

Trump to Recognize Israel's Control of Golan Heights With Netanyahu at White House
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-03-25
(ANTIWAR.COM) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be at the White House on Monday to watch Trump formally sign the decree that will see the US reverse 50+ years of policy, and recognize the Israeli occupation and annexation of the Golan Heights, legally part of Syria. This decree formalizes an announcement Trump made via Twitter last week, …

Trump to Recognize Israel's Control of Golan Heights With Netanyahu at White House

Right-Wing Donor Adam Milstein Has Spent Millions of Dollars to Stifle the BDS Movement and Attack Critics of Israeli Policy
Alex Kane | theintercept.com | 2019-03-25
"He is uniquely proud of such aggressive, anti-speech tactics to suppress people of color. This is a war of personal attacks."
theintercept.com/2019/03/25/adam-milstein-israel-bds/

Trump recognises Israeli sovereignty over Syria's Golan Heights
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-25
Along with his decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, Trump has effectively repudiated the entire post-World War II international order in relation to Israel and Palestine.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/25/isra-m25.html

WATCH: Hundreds of Protesters March to AIPAC 2019 in DC
Ford Fischer | theantimedia.com | 2019-03-25
(N2S) — "Judaism yes! Zionism no! Israel has got to go!" Yesterday hundreds of activists marched to AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual conference) to condemn Israeli influence on American foreign policy, and Israel's treatment of Palestinians. Meriem Abou-Ghazaleh, a young Syrian-Palestinian activist, led the chant. "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be …

WATCH: Hundreds of Protesters March to AIPAC 2019 in DC

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/

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/

New Bill Would See US Taxpayers Subsidize Experimental Israeli Laser Weapons
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-23
The U.S.-Israel Directed Energy Cooperation Act would deepen Israel's access to grotesque weapons of war that have been developed by the U.S. military but have also been banned for use by American troops.
mintpressnews.com/new-bill-would-see-us-taxpayers-subsidize-experimental-israel-laser-weapons/256485/

Democratic Hopefuls Reject AIPAC
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-03-23
So far no Democratic presidential candidates have committed to speaking at this year's American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference. Is this a shift in Democratic foreign policy towards Israel? What does this mean for AIPAC, one of the country's most influential lobby groups?
therealnews.com/stories/democratic-hopefuls-reject-aipac

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

Might Makes Right: Trump Endorses Israeli Annexation of Golan Heights
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-03-22
Trump tweeted that the US should recognize Israel's annexation of Syria's Golan Heights, which Israel has been occupying for 52 years. TRNN's Shir Hever explores what this means for the region…
therealnews.com/stories/might-makes-right-trump-endorses-israeli-annexation-of-golan-heights

Justice for Rasmea Odeh! Justice for Palestine!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-03-21
The Committee to Stop FBI Repression strongly supports Rasmea Odeh's right to speak in Berlin about the Palestinian liberation struggle. We stand with the many other organizations who condemn the German, Israeli, and U.S. governments' attacks on Rasmea and their attempts to silence her by revoking her visa and prohibiting her from political activity (see article about the March 15 incident). | The actions of these governments blatantly…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/3/21/justice-rasmea-odeh-justice-palestine

Ilhan Omar responds to attacks: Rashida and I are here to stay
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-03-21
Two young Muslim women were elected to the United States House of Representatives in the 2018 election. Ilhan Omar is Black, and a refugee from war-devastated Somalia. Rahida Tlaib is of Palestinian descent, and has family living under Israeli oppression. | Both are outspoken supporters of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, which was initiated by the Palestinian grassroots to protest Israel's oppression. | As supporters of BDS, they have been under attack from the Israeli lobby in the US, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which falsely claims BDS is anti-Semitic. Following I…
greenleft.org.au/content/ilhan-omar-responds-attacks-rashida-and-i-are-here-stay

Trump Offers Netanyahu Part of Syria to Boost Israeli Leader's Flagging Re-Election Campaign
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2019-03-21
With a tweet posted on Thursday, President Donald Trump dismissed five decades of international consensus on the status of the Golan Heights, Syrian territory seized by Israel in 1967 during a pre-emptive war, declaring that the United States would recognize Israel's annexation of the region. | Offered without explanation, the move looked to many Israeli, Palestinian, and American observers like a transparent attempt to boost the re-election prospects of Trump's embattled ally, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces corruption charges and could be defeated at the polls next month.Trump is determined to help…
theintercept.com/2019/03/21/trump-gives-netanyahu-part-syria-boost-israeli-leaders-flagging-reelection-campaign/

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…
bdsmovement.net/news/paid-facebook-ad-bar-ilan-universitys-begin-sadat-center-advocates-increased-%E2%80%9Chopelessness%E2%80%9D

When They Don't Ignore, US Media Often Disparage Palestinians' Right of Return
Gregory Shupak | fair.org | 2019-03-20
For many years, US corporate media have consistently failed to adequately inform audiences about the Palestinian right of return. | Even though the refugees are a crucial reason that the issue of Israel/Palestine remains unresolved, only a small portion of the coverage addresses the right of return. I used the media aggregator Factiva to search the databases of three major US newspapers: the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. In a combined search of these three publications, Factiva returns results for 45,285 pieces that mention the Palestinian issue over the last ten years. Of these, onl…
fair.org/home/when-they-dont-ignore-us-media-often-disparage-palestinians-right-of-return/

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