Daily Archives: July 30, 2019

2019-07-30: News Headlines

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Israeli Police Summon 4-year-Old Palestinian For Interrogation. telesurenglish.net Israeli police summoned a four-year-old Palestinian boy Monday for interrogations who allegedly threw stones at a police vehicle. | RELATED: | Palestinian Boy, 9, Fights for Life After Protest Shooting | Muhammad Rabiaa Elayyan, a resident of East Jerusalem village of Issawiya was taken by his father Rabiaa to the police station Tuesday after being handed…

teleSUR (2019-07-30). St. Kitts and Nevis Officially Recognizes Palestine. telesurenglish.net The government of the Carribean island of St. Kitts and Nevis announced Monday that it will formally recognize the state of Palestine, joining 135 countries around the world, predominantly in the global south. | RELATED: | Caricom Unites Behind Goals of Prosperity, Innovation | The announcement was made following a meeting between St. Kitts and Nevis' Foreign Minister Mark Brantley and his Palestinian counterpart Riyad Al-Maliki. Brantly said his country "formally recognizes the State o…

John Feffer (2019-07-30). Boris Johnson and the New Battle of Britain. counterpunch.org All eyes are focused these days on Boris Johnson, the new prime minister of the United Kingdom. But that's not the most important news this month out of Britain. The Labor Party has finally come around to opposing the country's exit from the European Union, though it's possibly a case of "too little, too late." More

Philip Giraldi (2019-07-30). Israel Has "the Most Moral Army in the World"? globalresearch.ca Eight days ago eleven Palestinian buildings containing seventy family apartments located in the illegally Israeli occupied East Jerusalem village of Wadi al-Hummus were demolished in a military-led operation by more than 1,000 Israeli soldiers, policemen and municipal workers using bulldozers, …

Whitney Webb (2019-07-30). How a Small Group of Pro-Israel Activists Blacklisted MintPress on Wikipedia. mintpressnews.com For over ten years, Wikipedia has been a key focus of right-leaning, pro-Israel groups that have effectively weaponized the online encyclopedia as a means of controlling the narrative when it comes to the state of Israel's more than 50-year-long military occupation of Palestine.

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-30). Bassam Shakaa: The Making of a Palestinian 'Organic Intellectual'. counterpunch.org It would be unfair to claim that Palestine has not produced great leaders. It has, and Bassam Shakaa, the former Mayor of Nablus, who passed away on July 22 at the age of 89, was living proof of this. The supposed deficit in good Palestinian leadership can be attributed to the fact that many great More

SAMIR (2019-07-30). Boycott Pop-Kultur Berlin Festival 2019. bdsmovement.net Boycott Pop-Kultur Berlin Festival 2019: PACBI StatementPalestinians call for the boycott of Pop-Kultur Berlin festival, until it ends its partnership with Israel | Cultural BoycottJuly 30, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

Thomas Knapp (2019-07-30). American Politicians Use Jews as Pawns to Excuse Their Meddling in Israeli Elections. counterpunch.org On July 23, the US House of Representatives passed (the vote went 398-17, with five voting "present") a resolution condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. The resolution was an outrageous condemnation of the freely chosen economic actions of millions of Americans. Worse, that condemnation was made on the express behalf of not just More

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Dubai Ruler's Wife Applies for 'Marriage Protection Order'. telesurenglish.net Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, the wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, has requested a "forced marriage protection order" in the United Kingdom's High Court in relation to one of her two children. | RELATED: | UAE Becoming Second Israel: Iran's Zarif | Under the British legislature, a forced marriage protection order can provide help and protection from the state if someone says they have been forced into marriage or are already in a forced marriage. | The 45-year-old…

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-30). Information Warfare: Iran's "B-Team" Branding Is Effective in Putting a Lot of Pressure on Bolton. globalresearch.ca Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif's recent branding of US National Security Advisor Bolton, "Israeli" Premier Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) as part of a so-called "B-Team" of anti-Iranian hawks has been very successful in putting …

Staff (2019-07-30). House Anti-BDS Resolution Reveals the Power and Limits of the Israeli Lobby. therealnews.com The defense of Palestinian rights has become more acceptable and accusations of anti-Semitism have become more sparing in the mainstream media, despite the House's recent resolution against the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, says IPS's Phyllis Bennis…

CP Editor (2019-07-30). House Anti-BDS Resolution Reveals the Power and Limits of the Israeli Lobby. counterpunch.org

Phyllis Bennis (2019-07-29). What the House Anti-BDS Resolution Reveals About the Palestine Solidarity Movement. thenation.com What the House Anti-BDS Resolution Reveals About the Palestine Solidarity Movement…

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-29). US/UK Militarization of Persian Gulf Waters Risks War. globalresearch.ca Britain is an appendage of Washington's belligerent imperial agenda. Israel, the Saudis, UAE, and other regional regimes hostile to peace operate the same way. | Sending more US and UK warships to Persian Gulf waters has nothing to do with regional …

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-29). Bassam Shakaa: The Making of a Palestinian 'Organic Intellectual'. mintpressnews.com Between his birth in Nablus in 1930 and his death, Bassam Shakaa fought a relentless struggle for Palestinian rights. He challenged Israel, the PA, US imperialism and reactionary Arab governments. Throughout this arduous journey, he survived exile, prison and an assassination attempt.

Steven Sahiounie (2019-07-29). The Continuing Denial of Rights and Justice to the Palestinian People. globalresearch.ca The right of resistance to occupation, by the Palestinian people, is grounded in international law. Freedom-loving people of the world must remember the words of Nelson Mandela: | "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the …

Robert Fisk (2019-07-29). From Nazi Germany to Ottoman Turkey, Genocides Begin in the Wilderness, Far From Prying Eyes. counterpunch.org Many believe the Jewish Holocaust was planned by the Nazis at a Berlin lakeside villa at Wannsee on 20 January 1942. Most historians still think the Armenian Holocaust was hatched up by the Ottoman Turks in Istanbul in 1915. Of course, we've long known that the mass slaughter of Europe's Jews began the moment the Germans crossed the Polish border on 1 September 1939 — and carried on across the Soviet Union in 1941, seven months before Wannsee. More

Aaron Maté (2019-07-29). Progressive Democrats vote against BDS, Palestinian rights. thegrayzone.com House Democrats, including key progressives, have passed a measure condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS). Why are Reps….

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-29). Israeli Deadly Force Against Palestinian Civilians. globalresearch.ca For over half a century, Occupied Palestine has been and remains a deadly undeclared free fire war zone. | Time and again, Israeli forces gun down Palestinians engaged in peaceful demonstrations threatening no one. | Gazans under more than 12 years of …

If Americans Knew (2019-07-29). The Israel Anti-Boycott Act: The Bill that Could Imprison "Israel Boycotters" for 20 years. globalresearch.ca In a recent post on the Mondoweiss website, Journalist Philip Weiss examines the Israel Anti-Boycott Act that would punish those boycotting Israel with a minimum civil penalty of $250,000 and a maximum criminal penalty of $1 million and 20 years …

teleSUR (2019-07-29). Canada: West-Bank Wines Cannot Be Labeled 'Product of Israel'. telesurenglish.net Wines made and manufactured in illegal Israeli settlements within Palestine will not be sold in Canada under the label "product of Israel." The judgment was issued Monday by a Canadian Federal Court, ruling against a 2017 decision. | RELATED: | UNHRC: Israel's 'Pillaging' Palestine Resources Amounts to 'Crimes Against Humanity' | "Pro…

Jonathan Cook (2019-07-29). Sur Baher Home Demolitions illustrate a Vicious Spiral of Oppression in Palestine. dissidentvoice.org Recent events have shone a spotlight not only on how Israel is intensifying its abuse of Palestinians under its rule, but the utterly depraved complicity of western governments in its actions. The arrival of Donald Trump in the White House two-and-a-half years ago has emboldened Israel as never before, leaving it free to unleash new …

teleSUR (2019-07-29). US Approach to Middle East Is Destructive: Russia. telesurenglish.net The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced Monday the United States' position on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as destructive and contrary to the approaches of the majority of the members of the international community. | RELATED: | US Blocks UN Condemnation of Israeli Destruction of Palestinian Homes | "The destructive position of the U.S. once again demonstrates the line aimed at breaking the internationally recognized legal framework for Middle East agreements," a…

teleSUR (2019-07-29). Accusations of Ethical Abuses Face UNRWA Top Officials. telesurenglish.net Several high officials of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) were accused of serious ethical abuses of power including nepotism and retaliation, according to a confidential and internal ethics report obtained by the Agence France Presse (AFP). | RELATED: | New Zealand Grant Boosts Palestine Refugees Fund Core Programs | The report described a senior management team practicing "nepotism, retaliation, discrimination and other abuses of auth…

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-28). Bassam Shakaa: The Making of a Palestinian "Organic Intellectual" dissidentvoice.org It would be unfair to claim that Palestine has not produced great leaders. It has, and Bassam Shakaa, the former Mayor of Nablus, who passed away on July 22 at the age of 89, was living proof of this. The supposed deficit in good Palestinian leadership can be attributed to the fact that many great …

Amrita SD (2019-07-26). Eyewitness: Israel illegally demolishes homes in Wadi al-Hummus. liberationnews.org Many are worried about the precedent this demolition sets for further violence by the Israeli state against Palestinians.

Reese Erlich (2019-07-26). Foreign Correspondent: Elizabeth Warren on War and Peace. progressive.org Warren's troubling foreign policy history includes uncritical support of Israel, supporting sanctions on Venezuela, and vilifying Russia and China as national security threats. But her views are also evolving.

Fight Back (2019-07-25). Israel launches missile attack on Syria near occupied Golan Heights. fightbacknews.org Washington D.C. – Early Wednesday morning, July 24, Israel launched another missile attack on Syria, this time striking near the occupied Golan Heights. According to a report from the Syrian Arab News Agency, "about 01: 30 a.m., the Israeli enemy launched an aggression in Daraa western countryside causing only material damages." | The Golan Heights are a part of Syria and have been illegally occupied by Israel since 1967. In a move that garnered no international support, on March 25, President Trump proclaimed the U.S. viewed the Golan Heights as a part of Israel. | Syria vow to liberated its territory.

Staff (2019-07-25). Headlines for July 25, 2019. democracynow.org Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló Resigns Amid Mass Protests, Trump Vetoes Pave Way for U.S. Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Robert Mueller Tells Congress His Report Did Not Exonerate Trump, Federal Court Puts Trump's Asylum Ban on Hold, Federal Regulators Fine Facebook $5 Billion for Massive Privacy Breaches, New U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Downplays Threat of Hard Brexit, Thousands Protest as Boris Johnson Begins Term as British Prime Minister, North Korea Test-Fires Missiles Ahead of U.S.-South Korea War Games, House Lawmakers Approve Resolution Opposing Boycotts of Israel, China's Military Warns It…

Staff (2019-07-24). Netanyahu Becomes Longest-Serving Prime Minister in Israel History. therealnews.com Shir Hever compares the world of founding Prime Minister Ben Gurion, who pushed a collective spirit and built an Israeli security elite, to that of populist Benjamin Netanyahu, who has profited from the spoils of colonialism while building a cult of personality.

Staff (2019-07-24). Israel Demolishes 70 More Palestinian Apartments in East Jerusalem. therealnews.com Jeff Halper, a leader of the anti-demolitions movement, discusses the destruction of Palestinian homes, along with the history and politics that allows this violation of international law to continue…

United Nations (2019-07-23). 'Tangible steps' needed to alleviate crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, keep two-State solution alive: DiCarlo. un.org The "dangerous paralysis" that prevails in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is fuelling extremism and exacerbating tensions, leading to a "loss of hope" that peace can ever be achieved through negotiation, the UN's Political and Peacebuilding chief told the Security Council on Tuesday.

Kathy Kelly (2019-07-23). The Ongoing Dread in Gaza: So Many Names, So Many Lives. progressive.org "Free Gaza Chicago River Flotilla," three days of action calling for an end to Israeli attacks and blockades in Palestine.

United Nations (2019-07-23). Tuesday's Daily Brief: Situation critical for Libya migrants, 'dangerous paralysis' in Israel-Palestine conflict, 'shocking escalation' in Syria, record heatwaves. un.org Our main stories today: UN officials warn of desperate situation for migrants and refugees in Libya; the UN peacebuilding chief calls for 'tangible steps' to alleviate the crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and keep two-State solution alive; Idlib in Syria suffers more deadly attacks on civilians; Europe and Bangladesh deal with extreme weather events; and Angry Birds take on the climate crisis.

patrick (2019-07-19). A round-up of the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, July 10-15. bdsmovement.net A round-up of the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, July 10-15: UpdateGroups worldwide participated in the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, creatively asserting the demand that HP Inc and HPE end their complicity in Israel's apartheid, military occupation and settler-colonialism against the Palestinian people | Economic Boycott Boycott HP Global BDS Week of Action Against HP

patrick (2019-07-19). BDS Movement welcomes U.S. Congress resolution affirming right to boycott. bdsmovement.net BDS Movement welcomes U.S. Congress resolution affirming right to boycott: UpdateIn a historic move, Congress members Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and US civil rights veteran John Lewis introduce resolution affirming the right to boycott. | Right To BoycottJuly 19, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)

Miko Peled (2019-07-16). The Roots of Evil: Right-Wing Israeli Settler Group Accuses Palestinians of Land Theft. mintpressnews.com Israeli settler groups are turning the Israel-Palestine narrative on its head, accusing Palestinians of trying to illegally steal land in the West Bank's Area C.

splcenter (2019-07-15). Federal magistrate judge recommends $14 million in damages to Jewish woman targeted in neo-Nazi harassment campaign. splcenter.org Federal Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch issued a ruling today recommending that Andrew Anglin, publisher of a major neo-Nazi website, should pay more than $14 million in damages to Tanya Gersh, the Whitefish, Montana, woman who received a relentless barrage of antisemitic threats and messages from Anglin and his followers.

TeleSur English (2019-07-15). UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution Rejecting US Sanctions. venezuelanalysis.com The draft resolution was approved with 28 votes in favor, 14 against and five abstentions, and was presented by Venezuela and Palestine on behalf of the Movement of Non-aligned Countries.

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)

2019-07-30: Social Media Postees

St. Kitts and Nevis Officially Recognizes Palestine
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
The government of the Carribean island of St. Kitts and Nevis announced Monday that it will formally recognize the state of Palestine, joining 135 countries around the world, predominantly in the global south. | RELATED: | Caricom Unites Behind Goals of Prosperity, Innovation | The announcement was made following a meeting between St. Kitts and Nevis' Foreign Minister Mark Brantley and his Palestinian counterpart Riyad Al-Maliki. Brantly said his country "formally recognizes the State o…
telesurenglish.net/news/St.-Kitts-and-Nevis-Officially-Recognizes-Palestine-20190730-0015.html

How a Small Group of Pro-Israel Activists Blacklisted MintPress on Wikipedia
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-30
For over ten years, Wikipedia has been a key focus of right-leaning, pro-Israel groups that have effectively weaponized the online encyclopedia as a means of controlling the narrative when it comes to the state of Israel's more than 50-year-long military occupation of Palestine.
mintpressnews.com/pro-israel-activists-blacklist-mintpress-wikipedia/261022/

Israeli Police Summon 4-year-Old Palestinian For Interrogation
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Israeli police summoned a four-year-old Palestinian boy Monday for interrogations who allegedly threw stones at a police vehicle. | RELATED: | Palestinian Boy, 9, Fights for Life After Protest Shooting | Muhammad Rabiaa Elayyan, a resident of East Jerusalem village of Issawiya was taken by his father Rabiaa to the police station Tuesday after being handed…
telesurenglish.net/news/israel-police-4-year-old-palestinian-boy-interrogation-stone-throwing-20190730-0010.html

St. Kitts and Nevis Officially Recognizes Palestine
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
The government of the Carribean island of St. Kitts and Nevis announced Monday that it will formally recognize the state of Palestine, joining 135 countries around the world, predominantly in the global south. | RELATED: | Caricom Unites Behind Goals of Prosperity, Innovation | The announcement was made following a meeting between St. Kitts and Nevis' Foreign Minister Mark Brantley and his Palestinian counterpart Riyad Al-Maliki. Brantly said his country "formally recognizes the State o…
telesurenglish.net/news/St.-Kitts-and-Nevis-Officially-Recognizes-Palestine-20190730-0015.html

Bassam Shakaa: The Making of a Palestinian 'Organic Intellectual'
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
It would be unfair to claim that Palestine has not produced great leaders. It has, and Bassam Shakaa, the former Mayor of Nablus, who passed away on July 22 at the age of 89, was living proof of this. The supposed deficit in good Palestinian leadership can be attributed to the fact that many great…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/bassam-shakaa-the-making-of-a-palestinian-organic-intellectual/

Israel Has "the Most Moral Army in the World"?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
Eight days ago eleven Palestinian buildings containing seventy family apartments located in the illegally Israeli occupied East Jerusalem village of Wadi al-Hummus were demolished in a military-led operation by more than 1,000 Israeli soldiers, policemen and municipal workers using bulldozers, …
globalresearch.ca/israel-has-most-moral-army-world/5685063

Bassam Shakaa: The Making of a Palestinian 'Organic Intellectual'
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
It would be unfair to claim that Palestine has not produced great leaders. It has, and Bassam Shakaa, the former Mayor of Nablus, who passed away on July 22 at the age of 89, was living proof of this. The supposed deficit in good Palestinian leadership can be attributed to the fact that many great…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/bassam-shakaa-the-making-of-a-palestinian-organic-intellectual/

Dubai Ruler's Wife Applies for 'Marriage Protection Order'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, the wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, has requested a "forced marriage protection order" in the United Kingdom's High Court in relation to one of her two children. | RELATED: | UAE Becoming Second Israel: Iran's Zarif | Under the British legislature, a forced marriage protection order can provide help and protection from the state if someone says they have been forced into marriage or are already in a forced marriage. | The 45-year-old…
telesurenglish.net/news/Dubai-ruler-wife-applies-for-marriage-protection-order-20190730-0019.html

Information Warfare: Iran's "B-Team" Branding Is Effective in Putting a Lot of Pressure on Bolton
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif's recent branding of US National Security Advisor Bolton, "Israeli" Premier Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) as part of a so-called "B-Team" of anti-Iranian hawks has been very successful in putting …
globalresearch.ca/irans-b-team-branding-effective-putting-pressure-bolton/5685052

Boycott Pop-Kultur Berlin Festival 2019
SAMIR | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-30
Boycott Pop-Kultur Berlin Festival 2019: PACBI StatementPalestinians call for the boycott of Pop-Kultur Berlin festival, until it ends its partnership with Israel | Cultural BoycottJuly 30, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
bdsmovement.net/news/boycott-pop-kultur-berlin-festival-2019

House Anti-BDS Resolution Reveals the Power and Limits of the Israeli Lobby
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/house-anti-bds-resolution-reveals-the-power-and-limits-of-the-israeli-lobby/

American Politicians Use Jews as Pawns to Excuse Their Meddling in Israeli Elections
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
On July 23, the US House of Representatives passed (the vote went 398-17, with five voting "present") a resolution condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. The resolution was an outrageous condemnation of the freely chosen economic actions of millions of Americans. Worse, that condemnation was made on the express behalf of not just…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/american-politicians-use-jews-as-pawns-to-excuse-their-meddling-in-israeli-elections/

House Anti-BDS Resolution Reveals the Power and Limits of the Israeli Lobby
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-30
The defense of Palestinian rights has become more acceptable and accusations of anti-Semitism have become more sparing in the mainstream media, despite the House's recent resolution against the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, says IPS's Phyllis Bennis…
therealnews.com/stories/house-anti-bds-resolution-reveals-the-power-and-limits-of-the-israeli-lobby

Progressive Democrats vote against BDS, Palestinian rights
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-29
House Democrats, including key progressives, have passed a measure condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS). Why are Reps….
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/29/progressive-democrats-vote-against-bds-palestinian-rights/

Bassam Shakaa: The Making of a Palestinian 'Organic Intellectual'
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-29
Between his birth in Nablus in 1930 and his death, Bassam Shakaa fought a relentless struggle for Palestinian rights. He challenged Israel, the PA, US imperialism and reactionary Arab governments. Throughout this arduous journey, he survived exile, prison and an assassination attempt.
mintpressnews.com/bassam-shakaa-making-palestinian-organic-intellectual/260804/

The Israel Anti-Boycott Act: The Bill that Could Imprison "Israel Boycotters" for 20 years
If Americans Knew | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
In a recent post on the Mondoweiss website, Journalist Philip Weiss examines the Israel Anti-Boycott Act that would punish those boycotting Israel with a minimum civil penalty of $250,000 and a maximum criminal penalty of $1 million and 20 years …
globalresearch.ca/role-jewish-democrats-bill-could-imprison-israel-boycotters-20-years/5684973

US/UK Militarization of Persian Gulf Waters Risks War
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
Britain is an appendage of Washington's belligerent imperial agenda. Israel, the Saudis, UAE, and other regional regimes hostile to peace operate the same way. | Sending more US and UK warships to Persian Gulf waters has nothing to do with regional …
globalresearch.ca/usuk-militarization-persian-gulf-waters-risks-war/5684963

From Nazi Germany to Ottoman Turkey, Genocides Begin in the Wilderness, Far From Prying Eyes
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-29
Many believe the Jewish Holocaust was planned by the Nazis at a Berlin lakeside villa at Wannsee on 20 January 1942. Most historians still think the Armenian Holocaust was hatched up by the Ottoman Turks in Istanbul in 1915. Of course, we've long known that the mass slaughter of Europe's Jews began the moment the Germans crossed the Polish border on 1 September 1939 — and carried on across the Soviet Union in 1941, seven months before Wannsee.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/29/from-nazi-germany-to-ottoman-turkey-genocides-begin-in-the-wilderness-far-from-prying-eyes/

Israeli Deadly Force Against Palestinian Civilians
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
For over half a century, Occupied Palestine has been and remains a deadly undeclared free fire war zone. | Time and again, Israeli forces gun down Palestinians engaged in peaceful demonstrations threatening no one. | Gazans under more than 12 years of …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-deadly-force-against-palestinian-civilians/5684898

What the House Anti-BDS Resolution Reveals About the Palestine Solidarity Movement
Phyllis Bennis | thenation.com | 2019-07-29
What the House Anti-BDS Resolution Reveals About the Palestine Solidarity Movement…
thenation.com/article/bds-house-resolution-palestine-solidarity-movement/

Progressive Democrats vote against BDS, Palestinian rights
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-29
House Democrats, including key progressives, have passed a measure condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS). Why are Reps….
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/29/progressive-democrats-vote-against-bds-palestinian-rights/

US Approach to Middle East Is Destructive: Russia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-29
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced Monday the United States' position on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as destructive and contrary to the approaches of the majority of the members of the international community. | RELATED: | US Blocks UN Condemnation of Israeli Destruction of Palestinian Homes | "The destructive position of the U.S. once again demonstrates the line aimed at breaking the internationally recognized legal framework for Middle East agreements," a…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Approach-to-Middle-East-Is-Destructive-Russia-20190729-0013.html

Canada: West-Bank Wines Cannot Be Labeled 'Product of Israel'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-29
Wines made and manufactured in illegal Israeli settlements within Palestine will not be sold in Canada under the label "product of Israel." The judgment was issued Monday by a Canadian Federal Court, ruling against a 2017 decision. | RELATED: | UNHRC: Israel's 'Pillaging' Palestine Resources Amounts to 'Crimes Against Humanity' | "Pro…
telesurenglish.net/news/West-Bank-Wines-Cannot-Be-Labeled-Product-of-Israel-20190729-0015.html

Sur Baher Home Demolitions illustrate a Vicious Spiral of Oppression in Palestine
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-29
Recent events have shone a spotlight not only on how Israel is intensifying its abuse of Palestinians under its rule, but the utterly depraved complicity of western governments in its actions. The arrival of Donald Trump in the White House two-and-a-half years ago has emboldened Israel as never before, leaving it free to unleash new …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/sur-baher-home-demolitions-illustrate-a-vicious-spiral-of-oppression-in-palestine/

Accusations of Ethical Abuses Face UNRWA Top Officials
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-29
Several high officials of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) were accused of serious ethical abuses of power including nepotism and retaliation, according to a confidential and internal ethics report obtained by the Agence France Presse (AFP). | RELATED: | New Zealand Grant Boosts Palestine Refugees Fund Core Programs | The report described a senior management team practicing "nepotism, retaliation, discrimination and other abuses of auth…
telesurenglish.net/news/Accusations-of-Ethical-Abuses-Face-UNRWA-Top-Officials-20190729-0024.html

The Continuing Denial of Rights and Justice to the Palestinian People
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
The right of resistance to occupation, by the Palestinian people, is grounded in international law. Freedom-loving people of the world must remember the words of Nelson Mandela: | "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the | …
globalresearch.ca/continuing-denial-rights-justice-palestinian-people/5684960

Bassam Shakaa: The Making of a Palestinian "Organic Intellectual"
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-28
It would be unfair to claim that Palestine has not produced great leaders. It has, and Bassam Shakaa, the former Mayor of Nablus, who passed away on July 22 at the age of 89, was living proof of this. The supposed deficit in good Palestinian leadership can be attributed to the fact that many great …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/bassam-shakaa-the-making-of-a-palestinian-organic-intellectual/

Foreign Correspondent: Elizabeth Warren on War and Peace
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2019-07-26
Warren's troubling foreign policy history includes uncritical support of Israel, supporting sanctions on Venezuela, and vilifying Russia and China as national security threats. But her views are also evolving.
progressive.org/dispatches/foreign-correspondent-elizabeth-warren-on-war-and-peace-erlich-190726/

Killing Tariq: Why We Must Rethink the Roots of Jewish Settlers Violence
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-26
Seven-year-old Tariq Zabania from Al-Khalil (Hebron) was killed on the spot when an Israeli Jewish settler ran his car over him on July 15. Little Tariq's photograph, lying face down on the road, was circulated on social media. His untimely death is heartbreaking. | Tariq's innocent blood must not go in vain. For this to happen, we are morally obliged to understand the nature of Jewish settler violence, which cannot be viewed in isolation from the inherent racism in Israeli society as a whole. | We a…
mintpressnews.com/killing-tariq-violence-racism-israel-society-jewish-settlers/260774/

Eyewitness: Israel illegally demolishes homes in Wadi al-Hummus
Amrita SD | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-26
Many are worried about the precedent this demolition sets for further violence by the Israeli state against Palestinians.
liberationnews.org/eyewitness-israel-illegally-demolishes-homes-in-wadi-al-hummus/

Israel launches missile attack on Syria near occupied Golan Heights
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-25
Washington D.C. – Early Wednesday morning, July 24, Israel launched another missile attack on Syria, this time striking near the occupied Golan Heights. According to a report from the Syrian Arab News Agency, "about 01: 30 a.m., the Israeli enemy launched an aggression in Daraa western countryside causing only material damages." | The Golan Heights are a part of Syria and have been illegally occupied by Israel since 1967. In a move that garnered no international support, on March 25, President Trump proclaimed the U.S. viewed the Golan Heights as a part of Israel. | Syria vow to liberated its territory.
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/25/israel-launches-missile-attack-syria-near-occupied-golan-heights

Israel Demolishes 70 More Palestinian Apartments in East Jerusalem
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-24
Jeff Halper, a leader of the anti-demolitions movement, discusses the destruction of Palestinian homes, along with the history and politics that allows this violation of international law to continue…
therealnews.com/stories/israel-demolishes-70-more-palestinian-apartments-in-east-jerusalem

Netanyahu Becomes Longest-Serving Prime Minister in Israel History
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-24
Shir Hever compares the world of founding Prime Minister Ben Gurion, who pushed a collective spirit and built an Israeli security elite, to that of populist Benjamin Netanyahu, who has profited from the spoils of colonialism while building a cult of personality.
therealnews.com/stories/netanyahu-becomes-longest-serving-prime-minister-in-israel-history

Tuesday's Daily Brief: Situation critical for Libya migrants, 'dangerous paralysis' in Israel-Palestine conflict, 'shocking escalation' in Syria, record heatwaves
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-23
Our main stories today: UN officials warn of desperate situation for migrants and refugees in Libya; the UN peacebuilding chief calls for 'tangible steps' to alleviate the crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and keep two-State solution alive; Idlib in Syria suffers more deadly attacks on civilians; Europe and Bangladesh deal with extreme weather events; and Angry Birds take on the climate crisis.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1043101

'Tangible steps' needed to alleviate crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, keep two-State solution alive: DiCarlo
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-23
The "dangerous paralysis" that prevails in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is fuelling extremism and exacerbating tensions, leading to a "loss of hope" that peace can ever be achieved through negotiation, the UN's Political and Peacebuilding chief told the Security Council on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1043091

The Ongoing Dread in Gaza: So Many Names, So Many Lives
Kathy Kelly | progressive.org | 2019-07-23
"Free Gaza Chicago River Flotilla," three days of action calling for an end to Israeli attacks and blockades in Palestine.
progressive.org/dispatches/dread-in-gaza-so-many-names-lives-kelly-190723/

BDS Movement welcomes U.S. Congress resolution affirming right to boycott
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-19
BDS Movement welcomes U.S. Congress resolution affirming right to boycott: UpdateIn a historic move, Congress members Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and US civil rights veteran John Lewis introduce resolution affirming the right to boycott. | Right To BoycottJuly 19, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) …
bdsmovement.net/news/bds-movement-welcomes-us-congress-resolution-affirming-right-boycott

A round-up of the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, July 10-15
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-19
A round-up of the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, July 10-15: UpdateGroups worldwide participated in the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, creatively asserting the demand that HP Inc and HPE end their complicity in Israel's apartheid, military occupation and settler-colonialism against the Palestinian people | Economic Boycott Boycott HP Global BDS Week of Action Against HP …
bdsmovement.net/news/round-boycotthp-global-week-action-july-10-15

A round-up of the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, July 10-15
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-19
A round-up of the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, July 10-15: UpdateGroups worldwide participated in the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, creatively asserting the demand that HP Inc and HPE end their complicity in Israel's apartheid, military occupation and settler-colonialism against the Palestinian people | Economic Boycott Boycott HP Global BDS Week of Action Against HP …
bdsmovement.net/news/round-boycotthp-global-week-action-july-10-15

The Roots of Evil: Right-Wing Israeli Settler Group Accuses Palestinians of Land Theft
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-16
Israeli settler groups are turning the Israel-Palestine narrative on its head, accusing Palestinians of trying to illegally steal land in the West Bank's Area C.
mintpressnews.com/israel-settler-accuses-palestinians-land-theft-area-c/260583/

Federal magistrate judge recommends $14 million in damages to Jewish woman targeted in neo-Nazi harassment campaign
splcenter.org | 2019-07-15
Federal Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch issued a ruling today recommending that Andrew Anglin, publisher of a major neo-Nazi website, should pay more than $14 million in damages to Tanya Gersh, the Whitefish, Montana, woman who received a relentless barrage of antisemitic threats and messages from Anglin and his followers.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/15/federal-magistrate-judge-recommends-14-million-damages-jewish-woman-targeted-neo-nazi

UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution Rejecting US Sanctions
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-15
The draft resolution was approved with 28 votes in favor, 14 against and five abstentions, and was presented by Venezuela and Palestine on behalf of the Movement of Non-aligned Countries.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14585

New report: French Insurer AXA Complicit in Israel's War Crimes
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-05
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) …
bdsmovement.net/news/new-report-french-insurer-axa-complicit-israel%E2%80%99s-war-crimes

Join the Global BDS Week of Action Against HP
ziyaad | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-05
Join the Global BDS Week of Action Against HP: UpdateFrom July 10th – 15th, groups from across the world are coming together to send a powerful message to HP companies, HP Inc and HP-E, demanding that they stop profiteering from Israel's apartheid, occupation and colonisation. | Boycott HPJuly 5, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) …
bdsmovement.net/news/join-global-bds-week-action-against-hp