Daily Archives: May 28, 2019

2019-05-28: News Headlines

Andre Vltchek (2019-05-28). It is the Indifference of Israelis that is Killing People. dissidentvoice.org In the past, whenever I went to (or more precisely, 'through') Israel, it was for some antagonistic purpose: to write about the brutal suppression of the intifada in Gaza or Hebron, to comment on the insanity of the land grab around Bethlehem, or to report from the eerie and de-populated Golan Heights, which Israel occupies …

Staff (2019-05-28). In Palestine and Beyond, Tear Gas Takes Environmental Toll. truthout.org Bethlehem, West Bank—In a garden just off the main drag in Bethlehem, a bright-eyed Palestinian man named Muhammad Saleh talked to a visiting group about a crate full of empty tear gas canisters. | The canisters, manufactured in Jamestown, Pennsylvania, at Combined Systems, Inc., were a stark contrast to Saleh's surroundings: dressed in a bright blue hoodie, he was serving visitors coffee and sage tea, showing off flowers and plants, ancient stone terraces, and jars of saved heirloom seeds behind a restored mansion called Dar Jacir that's now a Palestinian-run art space. Emily Jacir collected the caniste…

Amy Goodman (2019-05-28). Chomsky: Trump radically interfered with Israel's election to help re-elect Netanyahu. nationofchange.org Noam Chomsky talks about how President Trump directly interfered with the Israel election by repeatedly helping Netanyahu, from moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem to recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights in defiance of international law.

WSWS (2019-05-28). Netanyahu—unable to form a government—threatens new Israeli elections. wsws.org Netanyahu's Likud party has introduced legislation to dissolve the Knesset and call a second election at the end of August.

Stefan Talmon (2019-05-28). The US under President Trump: Gravedigger of International Law. indybay.org The US collaboratively built international law and its institutions and had an authoritative influence for more than 100 years. Today, the US is (1) turning away from rule-based international law, (2) violating individual norms of international law, and (3) openly undermining the legal order. The US shows contempt for international law by recognizing Israeli sovereignty over Golan Hts…

Andre Vltchek (2019-05-28). Andre Vltchek: It Is Indifference of the Israelis That Is Killing People. mintpressnews.com As always, I was impressed by Israel's infrastructure, but not by whom it serves. South Africa, during apartheid, built some of the greatest highways in the world. For the whites. Others were forced to live in the gutter. Israel does the same.

Jason Ditz (2019-05-28). Israel Fires Missile at Southern Syria, Killing Syrian Soldier. theantimedia.com (ANTIWAR.COM) — Israel fired a surface-to-surface missile against a military site in southern Syria's Quneitra. The attack killed a single Syrian soldier, wounded two more,and damaged a military vehicle. Israeli officials were unusually forthcoming about why they attacked, claimed an "abnormal" Syrian violation of Israeli sovereignty earlier in the day, in which a Syrian anti-aircraft system fired at an Israeli …

Democracy Now! (2019-05-27). Chomsky: Trump Radically Interfered with Israel's Election to Help Re-elect Netanyahu. democracynow.org Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has begun a record fifth term in office after narrowing defeating former military chief Benny Gantz. In a discussion with Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman, Noam Chomsky talks about how President Trump directly interfered with the Israel election by repeatedly helping Netanyahu, from moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem to recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights in defiance of international law.

Middle East Eye (2019-05-27). Israel on Verge of Fresh Elections as Lieberman Deals Blow to Netanyahu. theantimedia.com (MEE) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chances of forming a new government became significantly slimmer on Monday, as his former defense minister Avigdor Lieberman ruled out serving with ultra-Orthodox parties. Hours later, a bill to dissolve Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed a preliminary reading — the first step towards it dismissing itself. In a news conference earlier in …

Dr. Zuhair Sabbagh (2019-05-27). Palestinian Economic Development Under Zionist Settler Colonialism. globalresearch.ca The following research article deals with the entanglement of some Palestinian capitalist interests and Zionist colonial interests inside the Israeli market and also inside the Zionist colonial settlements. It further explores the economic and political dimensions of the collaboration of …

Ahmed Abu Artema (2019-05-27). Sophisticated Media Distortion of Palestinian Protest and Israeli Power. globalresearch.ca The BBC recently aired a documentary titled One Day in Gaza, which concentrated on the terrible events of 14 May 2018, during the Great March of Return. | Although more than 60 unarmed demonstrators were shot dead by Israeli army …

Democracy Now! (2019-05-27). Noam Chomsky: We Must Confront the "Ultranationalist, Reactionary" Movements Growing Across Globe. democracynow.org In April, hundreds of people packed into the Old South Church in Boston to hear the world-renowned dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky speak. He looked back at the rise of fascism in the 20th century and the growing ultranationalist movements of today, from Brazil and the United States to Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Jack Dodson (2019-05-26). As Israel Basks in the Glow of Eurovision, Anti-Occupation Activists Show Tourists the West Bank. theintercept.com At the annual international pop music contest, held recently in Tel Aviv, revelers party on the beach and activists bring busloads of tourists to catch a glimpse of life under occupation.

RT (2019-05-26). Politico ripped for 'anti-Semitic' illustration of Sanders, who is Jewish, with 'money tree'. rt.com Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) blasted Politico for using anti-Semitic tropes in its scathing profile of Bernie Sanders. In a piece focused on his 'wealth', the presidential hopeful is shown next to a 'money tree'.

Craig Wood (2019-05-25). Madonna Wishy-Washes Apartheid Israel at Eurovision. dissidentvoice.org Art-washing is a PR tactic that uses famous artists in ways that divert attention away from bad behavior. An ad designer who combines a Monet water lily image with an oil company logo is one way. Recruiting an international pop icon like Madonna to sing at a music festival in the creepy political climate of …

Alison Weir (2019-05-24). View the Frontline Documentary on Gaza that PBS Pulled. dissidentvoice.org PBS stations around the U.S. were scheduled to show a riveting new Frontline documentary, "One Day in Gaza," but at the last minute PBS pulled it. The film is missing important context about the issue, but it includes footage that Americans, as Israel's top funders, should see — including a young, unarmed teen being shot …

Staff (2019-05-24). Far-Right Israeli Organization Publishes List of 'Disloyal' Professors. therealnews.com Hilla Dayan discusses the right-wing Zionist group Im Tirtzu, and the scare campaign against leftist and progressive professors going on in Israel…

patrick (2019-05-24). Palestinians unanimously condemn German Parliament's attack on the right to boycott Israel's apartheid and colonization. bdsmovement.net Palestinians unanimously condemn German Parliament's attack on the right to boycott Israel's apartheid and colonization: UpdateThrough statements issued by both the PLO and Palestinian civil society groups, and protests at German Representative Offices, Palestinians have unanimously condemned the German Parliament's anti-Palestinian resolution attacki…

Marissa Brostoff (2019-05-23). Morgan Bassichis's Haunted American Songbook. thenation.com The performer's work presents a riotous vision of what an intergenerational left might look like.

Isaac Scher (2019-05-23). 'No Songs Can Be Sung': Eurovision Goes to Israel. progressive.org Diverse groups of local and international nonviolent activists disrupted the festivities to protest against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.

unitedEditor (2019-05-23). Rising tides of tension in the Eastern Mediterranean. uwidata.com Turkey, which has been immersed in a situation of economic crisis ahead of its recent electoral race, has become surrounded on all sides in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Israel, Egypt, Cyprus and Greece, which, with the support of the United States and some European countries, have begun to explore recently discovered oil and gas fields, …

patrick (2019-05-23). Palestinians overwhelmingly condemn German Parliament's anti-Palestinian resolution. bdsmovement.net Palestinians overwhelmingly condemn German Parliament's anti-Palestinian resolution: Open LetterPalestinian civil society coalitions, human rights organizations, labor unions, and representatives of the Palestinian people, condemn in the strongest terms the German Parliament's resolution which is based on outright lies and equates the nonviolent BDS movement for Palestinian right…

United Nations (2019-05-22). Palestine refugees' relief chief warns Security Council money to fund Gaza operations will run out in mid-June. un.org The head of the UN relief and works agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) warned on Wednesday that despite weathering a "truly existential crisis" over funding last year, money to continue operations this year in the Gaza Strip will only last until mid-June.

United Nations (2019-05-22). Wednesday's Daily Brief: Women boost work profits, saving biodiversity, UK loses Chagos Islands vote, Gaza funding, malaria-free in Argentina, Algeria. un.org Today's top stories include: boosting profits at work by hiring more women leaders; saving biodiversity to beat climate change; General Assembly condemns UK over Chagos Islands; just a month of funding left for Gaza; celebrating malaria-free Algeria and Argentina; and justice experts dicuss how best to fight hate crime.

SAMIR (2019-05-18). Tweet now to counter Israel's apartheid Eurovision final. bdsmovement.net Tweet now to counter Israel's apartheid Eurovision final : Action Alert | | Eurovision is being broadcast from apartheid Tel Aviv right now- join us to counter it | May 18, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

SAMIR (2019-05-18). And the winner of Eurovision in apartheid Tel Aviv is… bdsmovement.net And the winner of Eurovision in apartheid Tel Aviv is… : PACBI StatementMore than 150,000 people, hundreds of artists and over 100 LGBT+ organizations joined our calls to boycott Eurovision 2019 | Cultural Boycott Boycott Eurovision 2019May 18, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

PACBI (2019-05-08). Pledge to #deactivateAirbnb on May 15, Nakba Day. bdsmovement.net Pledge to #deactivateAirbnb on May 15, Nakba Day: Action AlertAfter initially committing to stop listing rentals in Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, Airbnb did a complete reversal, and will now continue to allow rentals on stolen Palestinian land. | Economic BoycottMay 8, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)

2019-05-28: Social Media Postees

In Palestine and Beyond, Tear Gas Takes Environmental Toll
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-05-28
Bethlehem, West Bank–In a garden just off the main drag in Bethlehem, a bright-eyed Palestinian man named Muhammad Saleh talked to a visiting group about a crate full of empty tear gas canisters. | The canisters, manufactured in Jamestown, Pennsylvania, at Combined Systems, Inc., were a stark contrast to Saleh's surroundings: dressed in a bright blue hoodie, he was serving visitors coffee and sage tea, showing off flowers and plants, ancient stone terraces, and jars of saved heirloom seeds behind a restored mansion called Dar Jacir that's now a Palestinian-run art space. Emily Jacir collected the caniste…
truthout.org/articles/in-palestine-and-beyond-tear-gas-takes-environmental-toll/

Chomsky: Trump radically interfered with Israel's election to help re-elect Netanyahu
Amy Goodman | nationofchange.org | 2019-05-28
Noam Chomsky talks about how President Trump directly interfered with the Israel election by repeatedly helping Netanyahu, from moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem to recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights in defiance of international law.
nationofchange.org/2019/05/28/chomsky-trump-radically-interfered-with-israels-election-to-help-re-elect-netanyahu/

Netanyahu–unable to form a government–threatens new Israeli elections
wsws.org | 2019-05-28
Netanyahu's Likud party has introduced legislation to dissolve the Knesset and call a second election at the end of August.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/28/euro-m28.html

It is the Indifference of Israelis that is Killing People
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-28
In the past, whenever I went to (or more precisely, 'through') Israel, it was for some antagonistic purpose: to write about the brutal suppression of the intifada in Gaza or Hebron, to comment on the insanity of the land grab around Bethlehem, or to report from the eerie and de-populated Golan Heights, which Israel occupies …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/it-is-the-indifference-of-israelis-that-is-killing-people/

Israel Fires Missile at Southern Syria, Killing Syrian Soldier
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-28
(ANTIWAR.COM) — Israel fired a surface-to-surface missile against a military site in southern Syria's Quneitra. The attack killed a single Syrian soldier, wounded two more,and damaged a military vehicle. Israeli officials were unusually forthcoming about why they attacked, claimed an "abnormal" Syrian violation of Israeli sovereignty earlier in the day, in which a Syrian anti-aircraft system fired at an Israeli …

Israel Fires Missile at Southern Syria, Killing Syrian Soldier

The US under President Trump: Gravedigger of International Law
Stefan Talmon | indybay.org | 2019-05-28
The US collaboratively built international law and its institutions and had an authoritative influence for more than 100 years. Today, the US is (1) turning away from rule-based international law, (2) violating individual norms of international law, and (3) openly undermining the legal order. The US shows contempt for international law by recognizing Israeli sovereignty over Golan Hts…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/27/18823641.php

Andre Vltchek: It Is Indifference of the Israelis That Is Killing People
Andre Vltchek | mintpressnews.com | 2019-05-28
As always, I was impressed by Israel's infrastructure, but not by whom it serves. South Africa, during apartheid, built some of the greatest highways in the world. For the whites. Others were forced to live in the gutter. Israel does the same.
mintpressnews.com/it-is-indifference-of-the-israel-that-is-killing-people/258811/

Chomsky: Trump Radically Interfered with Israel's Election to Help Re-elect Netanyahu
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-05-27
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has begun a record fifth term in office after narrowing defeating former military chief Benny Gantz. In a discussion with Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman, Noam Chomsky talks about how President Trump directly interfered with the Israel election by repeatedly helping Netanyahu, from moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem to recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights in defiance of international law.
www.democracynow.org/2019/5/27/chomsky_trump_radically_interfered_with_israel

Israel on Verge of Fresh Elections as Lieberman Deals Blow to Netanyahu
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-27
(MEE) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chances of forming a new government became significantly slimmer on Monday, as his former defense minister Avigdor Lieberman ruled out serving with ultra-Orthodox parties. Hours later, a bill to dissolve Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed a preliminary reading — the first step towards it dismissing itself. In a news conference earlier in …

Israel on Verge of Fresh Elections as Lieberman Deals Blow to Netanyahu

Palestinian Economic Development Under Zionist Settler Colonialism
Dr. Zuhair Sabbagh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-27
The following research article deals with the entanglement of some Palestinian capitalist interests and Zionist colonial interests inside the Israeli market and also inside the Zionist colonial settlements. It further explores the economic and political dimensions of the collaboration of | …
globalresearch.ca/palestinian-economic-development-under-zionist-settler-colonialism/5678620

Sophisticated Media Distortion of Palestinian Protest and Israeli Power
Ahmed Abu Artema | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-27
The BBC recently aired a documentary titled One Day in Gaza, which concentrated on the terrible events of 14 May 2018, during the Great March of Return. | Although more than 60 unarmed demonstrators were shot dead by Israeli army …
globalresearch.ca/sophisticated-media-distortion-of-palestinian-protest-and-israeli-power/5678682

Noam Chomsky: We Must Confront the "Ultranationalist, Reactionary" Movements Growing Across Globe
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-05-27
In April, hundreds of people packed into the Old South Church in Boston to hear the world-renowned dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky speak. He looked back at the rise of fascism in the 20th century and the growing ultranationalist movements of today, from Brazil and the United States to Israel and Saudi Arabia.
www.democracynow.org/2019/5/27/noam_chomsky_we_must_confront_the

Politico ripped for 'anti-Semitic' illustration of Sanders, who is Jewish, with 'money tree'
rt.com | 2019-05-26
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) blasted Politico for using anti-Semitic tropes in its scathing profile of Bernie Sanders. In a piece focused on his 'wealth', the presidential hopeful is shown next to a 'money tree'. | …
rt.com/usa/460284-sanders-anti-semitism-politico/

As Israel Basks in the Glow of Eurovision, Anti-Occupation Activists Show Tourists the West Bank
Jack Dodson | theintercept.com | 2019-05-26
At the annual international pop music contest, held recently in Tel Aviv, revelers party on the beach and activists bring busloads of tourists to catch a glimpse of life under occupation.
theintercept.com/2019/05/26/eurovision-2019-israel-palestine/

Madonna Wishy-Washes Apartheid Israel at Eurovision
Craig Wood | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-25
Art-washing is a PR tactic that uses famous artists in ways that divert attention away from bad behavior. An ad designer who combines a Monet water lily image with an oil company logo is one way. Recruiting an international pop icon like Madonna to sing at a music festival in the creepy political climate of …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/madonna-wishy-washes-apartheid-israel-at-eurovision/

Palestinians unanimously condemn German Parliament's attack on the right to boycott Israel's apartheid and colonization
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-05-24
Palestinians unanimously condemn German Parliament's attack on the right to boycott Israel's apartheid and colonization: UpdateThrough statements issued by both the PLO and Palestinian civil society groups, and protests at German Representative Offices, Palestinians have unanimously condemned the German Parliament's anti-Palestinian resolution attacki…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinians-unanimously-condemn-german-parliament%E2%80%99s-attack-right-boycott-israel%E2%80%99s-apartheid

View the Frontline Documentary on Gaza that PBS Pulled
Alison Weir | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-24
PBS stations around the U.S. were scheduled to show a riveting new Frontline documentary, "One Day in Gaza," but at the last minute PBS pulled it. The film is missing important context about the issue, but it includes footage that Americans, as Israel's top funders, should see — including a young, unarmed teen being shot …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/view-the-frontline-documentary-on-gaza-that-pbs-pulled/

Far-Right Israeli Organization Publishes List of 'Disloyal' Professors
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-24
Hilla Dayan discusses the right-wing Zionist group Im Tirtzu, and the scare campaign against leftist and progressive professors going on in Israel…
therealnews.com/stories/far-right-israeli-organization-publishes-list-of-disloyal-professors

Morgan Bassichis's Haunted American Songbook
Marissa Brostoff | thenation.com | 2019-05-23
The performer's work presents a riotous vision of what an intergenerational left might look like.
thenation.com/article/morgan-bassichis-jewish-klezmer-progressive/

'No Songs Can Be Sung': Eurovision Goes to Israel
Isaac Scher | progressive.org | 2019-05-23
Diverse groups of local and international nonviolent activists disrupted the festivities to protest against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.
progressive.org/dispatches/eurovision-goes-to-israel-Scher-190523/

Palestinians overwhelmingly condemn German Parliament's anti-Palestinian resolution
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-05-23
Palestinians overwhelmingly condemn German Parliament's anti-Palestinian resolution: Open LetterPalestinian civil society coalitions, human rights organizations, labor unions, and representatives of the Palestinian people, condemn in the strongest terms the German Parliament's resolution which is based on outright lies and equates the nonviolent BDS movement for Palestinian right…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinians-overwhelmingly-condemn-german-parliament%E2%80%99s-anti-palestinian-resolution

Rising tides of tension in the Eastern Mediterranean
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-05-23
Turkey, which has been immersed in a situation of economic crisis ahead of its recent electoral race, has become surrounded on all sides in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Israel, Egypt, Cyprus and Greece, which, with the support of the United States and some European countries, have begun to explore recently discovered oil and gas fields, …
uwidata.com/3477-rising-tides-of-tension-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/

Palestine refugees' relief chief warns Security Council money to fund Gaza operations will run out in mid-June
United Nations | un.org | 2019-05-22
The head of the UN relief and works agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) warned on Wednesday that despite weathering a "truly existential crisis" over funding last year, money to continue operations this year in the Gaza Strip will only last until mid-June.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/05/1038981

Wednesday's Daily Brief: Women boost work profits, saving biodiversity, UK loses Chagos Islands vote, Gaza funding, malaria-free in Argentina, Algeria
United Nations | un.org | 2019-05-22
Today's top stories include: boosting profits at work by hiring more women leaders; saving biodiversity to beat climate change; General Assembly condemns UK over Chagos Islands; just a month of funding left for Gaza; celebrating malaria-free Algeria and Argentina; and justice experts dicuss how best to fight hate crime.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/05/1039011

Tweet now to counter Israel's apartheid Eurovision final
SAMIR | bdsmovement.net | 2019-05-18
Tweet now to counter Israel's apartheid Eurovision final : Action Alert | | Eurovision is being broadcast from apartheid Tel Aviv right now- join us to counter it | May 18, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
bdsmovement.net/news/tweet-now-eurovision

And the winner of Eurovision in apartheid Tel Aviv is
SAMIR | bdsmovement.net | 2019-05-18
And the winner of Eurovision in apartheid Tel Aviv is… : PACBI StatementMore than 150,000 people, hundreds of artists and over 100 LGBT+ organizations joined our calls to boycott Eurovision 2019 | Cultural Boycott Boycott Eurovision 2019May 18, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
bdsmovement.net/eurovision-winner

Pledge to #deactivateAirbnb on May 15, Nakba Day
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-05-08
Pledge to #deactivateAirbnb on May 15, Nakba Day: Action AlertAfter initially committing to stop listing rentals in Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, Airbnb did a complete reversal, and will now continue to allow rentals on stolen Palestinian land. | Economic BoycottMay 8, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) …
bdsmovement.net/deactivateairbnb