Daily Archives: September 26, 2019

2019-09-26: News Headlines

Ramzy Baroud (2019-09-26). Netanyahu on Steroids: What a Gantz-led Government Means for Palestine. counterpunch.org Experience has taught Palestinians not to pay heed to Israeli elections. But to every rule there is an exception. Although it is still true that no Israeli Zionist leader has ever been kind to the Palestinian people, the dynamics of the latest Israeli elections on September 17 are likely to affect the Occupied Palestinian Territories More

Staff (2019-09-26). Israel Seizes Property from Palestinian Prisoner Rights Organization. therealnews.com Sahar Francis, leader of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights, talks about Israeli soldiers raiding her office at 2: 00 a.m., causing extensive damage and seizing computers, valuable documents, and materials.

Nathan Goldman (2019-09-26). A New Generation of Jewish Activists Is Transforming Judaism Itself. thenation.com A New Generation of Jewish Activists Is Transforming Judaism Itself…

WSWS (2019-09-26). Israel's President Rivlin calls on Netanyahu to form a new government. wsws.org The crisis in Israel parallels the broader disintegration of the traditional political set-ups that is taking place in all the main centres of world imperialism.

Staff (2019-09-26). Headlines for September 26, 2019. democracynow.org Transcript Shows Trump Pressured Ukrainian Leader to Probe Joe Biden and Son, President Trump on Ukraine Phone Call: "Impeachment for That?", Majority of House Lawmakers Back Impeachment Inquiry Against Trump, Iranian President Rules Out Talks with U.S. While Sanctions Remain, Saudi-Led Coalition Airstrikes Kill 16 Civilians in Yemen, Israel's President Asks Benjamin Netanyahu to Form New Government, 2 Million Wild Animals Perish as Fires Rage in Bolivia, Climate Crisis Drives Mont Blanc Glacier Toward Collapse, 7 Arrested as San Francisco Climate Protesters Block Wells Fargo Entrance, Doctors Glue Themselves to…

commondreams (2019-09-25). Activists Disrupt US and Israeli Officials at NYC Event Calling for War with Iran. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Syria News (2019-09-25). US Supported "Rebels" Fired Live Rounds at Syrian Families in Rukban Concentration Camp. globalresearch.ca Syrian families held captive by Trump Regime Forces and their ISIS affiliates of Maghaweer Thawra terrorists at al-Rukban Concentration Camp went out of their tents in the high heat of the desert…

James Zogby (2019-09-25). The Only Way Israelis Can Form a Government: Betrayal. globalresearch.ca As expected, the outcome of Israel's second national election was as murky as the first round in April. During the next few weeks, Israeli leaders will be engaged in negotiations in an effort to form a government. The double-dealings and …

teleSUR (2019-09-25). Netanyahu tapped by Israel's President to Form New Gov't. telesurenglish.net Israel's president tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday with assembling a new government after power-sharing talks with his strongest rival, Benny Gantz, failed following an inconclusive election. | Netanyahu, head of the right-wing Likud party, and Israel's longest-serving leader, still has no clear path to a fifth term after emerging from the Sept. 17 ballot, the second this year, short of a parliamentary majority. | "I have decided to give you, sir, the opportunity to assemble a government," President Reuven Rivlin said to Netanyahu at a nomination ceremony. | He will have 28 days to form…

teleSUR (2019-09-25). Israel Arrests Palestine's Jerusalem Affairs Minister. telesurenglish.net Israel arrested Jerusalem Affairs Minister Fadi Hadami of the Palestinian Authority (PA) this week, marking the second time in three months that he has been detained. | RELATED: | Palestine to Sue Honduras for 'Recognizing' Jerusalem as Israeli Capital | The ministry said in a statement Wednesday that the Israeli forces raided the minister's home before taking him into custody. Palestinians slammed the move and called it a part of a "harassment campaign." | "He is being…

patrick (2019-09-25). Documents Prove "Creative Community for Peace" is Front for Right-Wing Israel Lobby Group "StandWithUs" bdsmovement.net Documents Prove "Creative Community for Peace" is Front for Right-Wing Israel Lobby Group "StandWithUs": UpdateArtists who support justice for all and oppose racism in all forms should be aware of CCFP's deception and steer clear of its lobbying agenda. | Cultural BoycottSeptember 25, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

PACBI (2019-09-24). Opinion by Legal Scholar Prof. John Dugard on Relations Between University of Cape Town and Israeli Universities. bdsmovement.net Opinion by Legal Scholar Prof. John Dugard on Relations Between University of Cape Town and Israeli Universities : AnalysisAs the University of Cape Town weighs refraining from relations with Israeli Universities enabling the gross violation of Palestinian human rights, renowned South African international law scholar Prof. John Dugard finds that UCT "would be acting in accordance with So…

Miko Peled (2019-09-24). Post-Election Horse-Trading Begins in Israel and All Outcomes Spell More Trouble for Palestinians. mintpressnews.com There are two diametrically opposed approaches to viewing Israeli elections — one that focuses on reality, with Israel being a perpetrator of the destruction of Palestine for over seven decades, and one that focuses on gossip, which asks which war criminals will be prime minister.

Ramzy Baroud (2019-09-24). Netanyahu on Steroids: What a Gantz-led Government Means for Palestine. mintpressnews.com A Gantz-led government will possess the needed political legitimacy, popular mandate and strategic tools to achieve what Netanyahu couldn't: a war on Gaza, and annexation of the West Bank.

Ramzy Baroud (2019-09-24). Netanyahu on Steroids: What a Gantz-led Government Means for Palestine. dissidentvoice.org Experience has taught Palestinians not to pay heed to Israeli elections. But to every rule there is an exception. Although it is still true that no Israeli Zionist leader has ever been kind to the Palestinian people, the dynamics of the latest Israeli elections on September 17 are likely to affect the Occupied Palestinian Territories …

Mohamed Elmaazi (2019-09-24). EXCLUSIVE: Palestinian member of Israeli Knesset puts antisemitism smears against Corbyn into context. thecanary.co A Palestinian former member of the Israeli Knesset (parliament) has blasted the antisemitism smears against Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Haneen Zoabi said the claims against Corbyn and his supporters are a product of long-standing policies of the Israeli state. Zoabi left the Knesset in 2019 after serving 10 years with the progressive National Democratic Assembly (aka the Balad party). While i…

Staff (2019-09-23). The Modern Day Scramble for Africa. therealnews.com From the US to China to Israel to Russia, governments are positioning resources — both civilian and military — in various African nations for various reasons. Jacqueline Luqman talks to Maurice Carney about who are the players on the continent, what do they want, what does this mean for the future of Africa and Africans,…

Yves Engler (2019-09-23). Canada's Role in US Empire. dissidentvoice.org While France, Germany, Russia and China seek detente, Canada is increasingly part of the US-Saudi Arabia-Israeli axis stoking conflict with Iran. Canada recently seized and sold $30 million worth of Iranian properties in Ottawa and Toronto to compensate individuals in the US who had family members killed in a 2002 Hamas bombing in Israel and …

Jonathan Cook (2019-09-23). Netanyahu, the Joint List and a History of demonising Palestinian Voters. dissidentvoice.org Israel's re-run election last week revealed the bitter struggles within the Israeli right for dominance, between a coalition of religious and settler parties led by Benjamin Netanyahu and their opponents in the secular Blue and White party of army generals. The two sides pegged almost level, suggesting that Israel could face yet more deadlock after …

Emma Fiala (2019-09-23). Israeli Military's 'Friends' Tweet Backfires, Exposing the Horrors of Occupation. theantimedia.com Twitter users, both friends and foes alike, were quick to point out that the tweet was less than tasteful.

Staff (2019-09-23). Headlines for September 23, 2019. democracynow.org 4 Million Take to the Streets for Global Climate Strike, Trump Admin Ignored CBP Report Linking Climate Change and Increased Migration, Honduran Woman and 21-Month-Old Son Die While Attempting to Reach U.S., New Deal Would Force Asylum Seekers to Return to El Salvador Despite Obvious Dangers, Calls for Impeachment Grow as Trump Acknowledges Ukraine Phone Call About Bidens, U.S. to Send Troops to Saudi Arabia, Impose Iran Sanctions, as Rouhani Heads to UNGA with Peace Plan, Arab Parties in Israel Back Benny Gantz in Bid to End Netanyahu's Rule, Egyptians Take to Street in Rare Protest Against President Sisi, Gov't…

Staff (2019-09-20). Headlines for September 20, 2019. democracynow.org Students Across the World Walk Out of Classes in Global Climate Strike, Two Die in Texas as Storm Dumps 40 Inches of Rain on Houston Area, Red Cross: 2 Million Need Humanitarian Aid Every Week Due to Climate Crisis, Bird Population in U.S. & Canada Dropped by Nearly 3 Billion Since 1970, Benny Gantz Declares Victory, Rejects Overture from Netanyahu, Trudeau Apologizes Again as New Blackface Photos Emerge, Funeral Held in Afghanistan After U.S. Drone Strike Killed 30 Civilians, Mostly Farmers, Kashmiris Sue Modi in U.S. Court as Trump Prepares to Appear with Indian PM at Texas Rally, Report: Whistleblower Complain…

SAMIR (2019-09-20). Boycott InDnegev Festival 2019. bdsmovement.net Boycott InDnegev Festival 2019: PACBI StatementInDnegev is complicit in Israel's apartheid and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians | Cultural BoycottSeptember 20, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

SAMIR (2019-09-19). Boycott DGTL Tel Aviv Festival 2019. bdsmovement.net Boycott DGTL Tel Aviv Festival 2019: PACBI StatementDGTL Tel Aviv takes place atop the ruins of an ethnically cleansed Palestinian village | Cultural BoycottSeptember 19, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

Medea Benjamin (2019-09-18). Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel? mintpressnews.com If the U.S. military, or Israel or Saudi Arabia, had a viable plan to attack Iran without triggering a wider war, they would have done so long ago.

patrick (2019-09-18). Join the Global Climate Strike. Oppose Israel's climate apartheid. bdsmovement.net Join the Global Climate Strike. Oppose Israel's climate apartheid.: Action AlertTell multinational corporations to stop investing in fossil fuels and in Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people. | Economic BoycottSeptember 19, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)

PACBI (2019-08-28). Pacbi Welcomes Statement by More Than 500 Filmmakers Against "Close Up" Initiative Normalizing Israeli Apartheid. bdsmovement.net Pacbi Welcomes Statement by More Than 500 Filmmakers Against "Close Up" Initiative Normalizing Israeli Apartheid: UpdateFilmmakers denounce "Close up," a new documentary film project that aims to normalize relations with Israel as if it were a normal state, not a regime of occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid. | Cultural BoycottAugust 28, 2019 | B…

PACBI (2019-08-26). Israeli Filmmakers Letter on Greenhouse Project. bdsmovement.net Israeli Filmmakers Letter on Greenhouse Project: In the NewsLeonidas Kioussis
| Catherine COLOMB-NANCY
| (EuropeAid Co-Operation Office of the European Commission)
| Rosamaria Gili
| (European Commission Delegation in Morocco) Cultural BoycottFebruary 16, 2006 | By: | | Israeli filmmakers, producers, scholars and artists

2019-09-26: Social Media Postees

A New Generation of Jewish Activists Is Transforming Judaism Itself
Nathan Goldman | thenation.com | 2019-09-26
A New Generation of Jewish Activists Is Transforming Judaism Itself…
thenation.com/article/bds-anti-zionist-activism-atalia-omer-interview/

Netanyahu on Steroids: What a Gantz-led Government Means for Palestine
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
Experience has taught Palestinians not to pay heed to Israeli elections. But to every rule there is an exception. Although it is still true that no Israeli Zionist leader has ever been kind to the Palestinian people, the dynamics of the latest Israeli elections on September 17 are likely to affect the Occupied Palestinian Territories…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/netanyahu-on-steroids-what-a-gantz-led-government-means-for-palestine/

Israel's President Rivlin calls on Netanyahu to form a new government
wsws.org | 2019-09-26
The crisis in Israel parallels the broader disintegration of the traditional political set-ups that is taking place in all the main centres of world imperialism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/26/isra-s26.html

Israel Seizes Property from Palestinian Prisoner Rights Organization
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-26
Sahar Francis, leader of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights, talks about Israeli soldiers raiding her office at 2: 00 a.m., causing extensive damage and seizing computers, valuable documents, and materials.
therealnews.com/stories/israel-seizes-property-from-palestinian-prisoner-rights-organization

Activists Disrupt US and Israeli Officials at NYC Event Calling for War with Iran
commondreams.org | 2019-09-25
______________________________…
commondreams.org/newswire/2019/09/25/activists-disrupt-us-and-israeli-officials-nyc-event-calling-war-iran?cd-origin=rss

Documents Prove "Creative Community for Peace" is Front for Right-Wing Israel Lobby Group "StandWithUs"
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-09-25
Documents Prove "Creative Community for Peace" is Front for Right-Wing Israel Lobby Group "StandWithUs": UpdateArtists who support justice for all and oppose racism in all forms should be aware of CCFP's deception and steer clear of its lobbying agenda. | Cultural BoycottSeptember 25, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
bdsmovement.net/news/ccfp-front

The Only Way Israelis Can Form a Government: Betrayal
James Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
As expected, the outcome of Israel's second national election was as murky as the first round in April. During the next few weeks, Israeli leaders will be engaged in negotiations in an effort to form a government. The double-dealings and …
globalresearch.ca/the-only-way-israelis-can-form-a-government-betrayal/5690167

Israel Arrests Palestine's Jerusalem Affairs Minister
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-25
Israel arrested Jerusalem Affairs Minister Fadi Hadami of the Palestinian Authority (PA) this week, marking the second time in three months that he has been detained. | RELATED: | Palestine to Sue Honduras for 'Recognizing' Jerusalem as Israeli Capital | The ministry said in a statement Wednesday that the Israeli forces raided the minister's home before taking him into custody. Palestinians slammed the move and called it a part of a "harassment campaign." | "He is being…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Arrests-Palestines-Jerusalem-Affairs-Minister-20190925-0003.html

Netanyahu tapped by Israel's President to Form New Gov't
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-25
Israel's president tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday with assembling a new government after power-sharing talks with his strongest rival, Benny Gantz, failed following an inconclusive election. | Netanyahu, head of the right-wing Likud party, and Israel's longest-serving leader, still has no clear path to a fifth term after emerging from the Sept. 17 ballot, the second this year, short of a parliamentary majority. | "I have decided to give you, sir, the opportunity to assemble a government," President Reuven Rivlin said to Netanyahu at a nomination ceremony. | He will have 28 days to form…
telesurenglish.net/news/Netanyahu-tapped-by-Israels-President-to-Form-New-Govt-20190925-0008.html

Netanyahu on Steroids: What a Gantz-led Government Means for Palestine
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-24
Experience has taught Palestinians not to pay heed to Israeli elections. But to every rule there is an exception. Although it is still true that no Israeli Zionist leader has ever been kind to the Palestinian people, the dynamics of the latest Israeli elections on September 17 are likely to affect the Occupied Palestinian Territories …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/netanyahu-on-steroids-what-a-gantz-led-government-means-for-palestine/

Netanyahu on Steroids: What a Gantz-led Government Means for Palestine
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-24
A Gantz-led government will possess the needed political legitimacy, popular mandate and strategic tools to achieve what Netanyahu couldn't: a war on Gaza, and annexation of the West Bank.
mintpressnews.com/netanyahu-steroids-benny-gantz-led-means-palestinians/262042/

Opinion by Legal Scholar Prof. John Dugard on Relations Between University of Cape Town and Israeli Universities
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-09-24
Opinion by Legal Scholar Prof. John Dugard on Relations Between University of Cape Town and Israeli Universities : AnalysisAs the University of Cape Town weighs refraining from relations with Israeli Universities enabling the gross violation of Palestinian human rights, renowned South African international law scholar Prof. John Dugard finds that UCT "would be acting in accordance with So…
bdsmovement.net/news/opinion-legal-scholar-prof-john-dugard-relations-between-university-cape-town-and-israeli

Post-Election Horse-Trading Begins in Israel and All Outcomes Spell More Trouble for Palestinians
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-24
There are two diametrically opposed approaches to viewing Israeli elections — one that focuses on reality, with Israel being a perpetrator of the destruction of Palestine for over seven decades, and one that focuses on gossip, which asks which war criminals will be prime minister.
mintpressnews.com/post-election-israel-outcomes-trouble-palestinians/262012/

EXCLUSIVE: Palestinian member of Israeli Knesset puts antisemitism smears against Corbyn into context
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2019-09-24
A Palestinian former member of the Israeli Knesset (parliament) has blasted the antisemitism smears against Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Haneen Zoabi said the claims against Corbyn and his supporters are a product of long-standing policies of the Israeli state. Zoabi left the Knesset in 2019 after serving 10 years with the progressive National Democratic Assembly (aka the Balad party). While i…
thecanary.co/exclusive/2019/09/24/exclusive-palestinian-member-of-israeli-knesset-puts-antisemitism-smears-against-corbyn-into-context/

Canada's Role in US Empire
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-23
While France, Germany, Russia and China seek detente, Canada is increasingly part of the US-Saudi Arabia-Israeli axis stoking conflict with Iran. Canada recently seized and sold $30 million worth of Iranian properties in Ottawa and Toronto to compensate individuals in the US who had family members killed in a 2002 Hamas bombing in Israel and …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/canadas-role-in-us-empire/

Israeli Military's 'Friends' Tweet Backfires, Exposing the Horrors of Occupation
Emma Fiala | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-23
Twitter users, both friends and foes alike, were quick to point out that the tweet was less than tasteful.

Israeli Military's ‘Friends’ Tweet Backfires, Exposing the Horrors of Occupation

Netanyahu, the Joint List and a History of demonising Palestinian Voters
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-23
Israel's re-run election last week revealed the bitter struggles within the Israeli right for dominance, between a coalition of religious and settler parties led by Benjamin Netanyahu and their opponents in the secular Blue and White party of army generals. The two sides pegged almost level, suggesting that Israel could face yet more deadlock after …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/netanyahu-the-joint-list-and-a-history-of-demonising-palestinian-voters/

The Modern Day Scramble for Africa
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-23
From the US to China to Israel to Russia, governments are positioning resources — both civilian and military — in various African nations for various reasons. Jacqueline Luqman talks to Maurice Carney about who are the players on the continent, what do they want, what does this mean for the future of Africa and Africans,…
therealnews.com/stories/the-modern-day-scramble-for-africa

Boycott InDnegev Festival 2019
SAMIR | bdsmovement.net | 2019-09-20
Boycott InDnegev Festival 2019: PACBI StatementInDnegev is complicit in Israel's apartheid and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians | Cultural BoycottSeptember 20, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
bdsmovement.net/boycott-indnegev

Boycott DGTL Tel Aviv Festival 2019
SAMIR | bdsmovement.net | 2019-09-19
Boycott DGTL Tel Aviv Festival 2019: PACBI StatementDGTL Tel Aviv takes place atop the ruins of an ethnically cleansed Palestinian village | Cultural BoycottSeptember 19, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
bdsmovement.net/boycott-DGTL

Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?
Medea Benjamin | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-18
If the U.S. military, or Israel or Saudi Arabia, had a viable plan to attack Iran without triggering a wider war, they would have done so long ago.
mintpressnews.com/will-americans-let-trump-start-war-iran-saudi-arabia-israel/261927/

Join the Global Climate Strike. Oppose Israel's climate apartheid
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-09-18
Join the Global Climate Strike. Oppose Israel's climate apartheid.: Action AlertTell multinational corporations to stop investing in fossil fuels and in Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people. | Economic BoycottSeptember 19, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) …
bdsmovement.net/news/join-global-climate-strike-oppose-israels-climate-apartheid

Pacbi Welcomes Statement by More Than 500 Filmmakers Against "Close Up" Initiative Normalizing Israeli Apartheid
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-08-28
Pacbi Welcomes Statement by More Than 500 Filmmakers Against "Close Up" Initiative Normalizing Israeli Apartheid: UpdateFilmmakers denounce "Close up," a new documentary film project that aims to normalize relations with Israel as if it were a normal state, not a regime of occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid. | Cultural BoycottAugust 28, 2019 | B…
bdsmovement.net/news/pacbi-welcomes-statement-more-500-filmmakers-against-close-initiative-normalizing-israeli

Israeli Filmmakers Letter on Greenhouse Project
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-08-26
Israeli Filmmakers Letter on Greenhouse Project: In the NewsLeonidas Kioussis | Catherine COLOMB-NANCY | (EuropeAid Co-Operation Office of the European Commission) | Rosamaria Gili | (European Commission Delegation in Morocco) Cultural BoycottFebruary 16, 2006 | By: | | Israeli filmmakers, producers, scholars and artists …
bdsmovement.net/news/israeli-filmmakers-letter-greenhouse-project