Stones thrown by SECT rioters as police arrest rabbi accused of rape & 'HEALING' for money (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-02-09
Members of a cult-like sect tried everything to prevent officers from bringing to custody a controversial Israeli rabbi thought to have taken advantage of gravely ill people and convicted of sexual assaults on women. | Israeli police have arrested Rabbi Eliezer Berland early on Sunday morning, along with his wife and other top members of his ultra-Orthodox Shuvu Bonim sect. Shortly afterwards, the sect's followers thronged the nearby street, trying to seal it off and stop the vehicle carrying Berland. | Stunning footage from the arrest shows them hurling stones at officers and banging fists on the passing car.
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US envoy warns Washington could pull support as Israel unilaterally starts drawing map for West Bank annexations
rt.com | 2020-02-09
Unilateral action by Israel to annex land in the West Bank would endanger US support for a proposed blueprint for the region, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman has said. | "Israel is subject to the completion [of] a mapping process by a joint Israeli-American committee. Any unilateral action in advance of the completion of the committee process endangers the Plan & American recognition," Friedman said, in a message posted on Twitter. | Israel is subject to the completion a mapping process by a joint Israeli-American committee. Any unilateral action in advance of the completion of the committee process end…
rt.com/news/480437-us-envoy-support-israel-annexation/
Turkish Protesters Rally Against Trump's 'Deal of the Century' in Istanbul – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-09
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan previously stated that the American deal ignored the interests of the Palestinians, adding that to "leave Jerusalem to Israel is never acceptable". The plan was also rejected by the Palestinian authorities and numerous Middle Eastern countries.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202002091078265810-turkish-protesters-rally-against-trumps-deal-of-the-century-in-istanbul—video/
Quiet, You Crazy Diamond: Roger Waters' Concert Ads Dropped by MLB After Outcry From Jewish Group
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-09
The ex-Pink Floyd front man has repeatedly been targeted for his political views. In 2018, Jewish institutions in Argentina launched a petition calling on authorities and citizens in other Latin American countries to boycott the musician's concerts.
sputniknews.com/society/202002091078265488-quiet-you-crazy-diamond-roger-waters-concert-ads-dropped-by-mlb-after-outcry-from-jewish-group/
Watch Airbus-320 With 172 Passengers Land at Hmeymim Airbase Trying to Avoid Israeli Strike on Syria
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-09
The Russian Defence Ministry stated on 7 February that a civilian Airbus-320 with 172 passengers on board was nearly destroyed amid Israeli airstrikes near Damascus in the early hours of 6 February.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202002091078265677-watch-civilian-plane-land-at-hmeymim-airbase/
'Mein Trumpf': Netanyahu Reportedly Wants Gantz to Sack Aide Who Likened POTUS to Hitler
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-09
An aide to Benny Gantz has apologised for a controversy over a tweet from years ago. He stressed POTUS deserves to be hailed as "the most significant US president for Israel's security".
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202002091078265619-mein-trumpf-netanyahu-reportedly-wants-gantz-to-sack-aide-who-likened-potus-to-hitler/
Unilateral Israeli annexations would endanger US support: envoy
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-09
Unilateral Israeli steps to annex West Bank land would endanger U.S. support for such plans, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said on Sunday.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday Israel had begun drawing up maps for annexing land in the West Bank, which Palestinians seek for a state, in accordance with U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed peace plan."President Trump's Vision for Peace is the product of more than three years of close consultations among the President, PM Netanyahu and their respective senior staff," Friedman said on Twitter."Israel is subject to the completion (of) a…
yenisafak.com/en/world/unilateral-israeli-annexations-would-endanger-us-support-envoy-3511614
Israel's Palestinian Minority has Good Reason to Fear Trump's Plan
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-08
The Trump administration's decision to green-light Israel's annexation of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank grabbed headlines last week. But US support for a related proposal
Palestinian Rights and Western Duplicity
Ron Forthofer | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-08
President Trump's fraudulent Middle East deal runs roughshod over Palestinian rights, harms long-term Israeli interests, and is only the latest example of the US arrogance and disdain for international law. Essentially Trump's offer, negotiated without any Palestinian input, requires the Palestinians to sell out their hopes for justice and a decent life free of occupation …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/palestinian-rights-and-western-duplicity/
Israeli Soldiers Injure Five Palestinians Near Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-08
Israeli soldiers shot, Friday, five young Palestinian men and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in the al-'Arqa village, southwest of Jenin, in northern West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Jenin said the soldiers shot five young men with rubber-coated steel bullets, in their …
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Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians During Funeral Procession Of Slain Officer In Qalqilia
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-08
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinians at the northern entrance of Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, during the funeral procession of a Palestinian Lieutenant, identified as Tareq Badwan, 24, who was shot dead by Israeli army fire at a police headquarters in Jenin, …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-during-funeral-procession-of-slain-officer-in-qalqilia/
Media Urge Palestinians to Take Crumbs–Because Democracy Is Not on Offer
Gregory Shupak | fair.org | 2020-02-07
by Gregory Shupak The Trump administration's "Vision for Peace" | The Trump administration's " Deal of the Century" is supposedly a plan to solve the question of Palestine. But as Michael Lynk, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, points out, the deal doesn't offer Palestinians…
fair.org/home/media-urge-palestinians-to-take-crumbs-because-democracy-is-not-on-offer/
Israeli Forces Kill a Palestinian Teen Near Tulkarem
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-07
A Palestinian teenager was pronounced dead, Friday, shortly after he was shot and critically injured by Israeli occupation forces, north of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, said the Ministry of Health. Bader Nidal Nafla Harha, 19, was fatally wounded by Israeli soldiers during protests near the village of Qaffin, …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-kill-a-palestinian-youth-near-tulkarem/
Israeli troops kill anti-Trump protester
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-07
17-year-old Mohamed Sulaiman Alhddad was shot and killed by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron, February 5, during a protest responding to President Trump's "Deal of the Century." Other protesters have been killed or injured in recent days. | Trump's plan would strengthen Israeli apartheid and has no support among Palestinians. Resistance groups, such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, vow to oppose it.
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/2/7/israeli-troops-kill-anti-trump-protester
Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians, Abduct Two, In Jericho
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-07
Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, the southern area of Jericho city, in the occupied West Bank, and attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters with gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding many, in addition to abducting two. Media sources said dozens of residents held a nonviolent procession at the southern …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-abduct-two-in-jericho/
Crisis and Opportunity: The 'Deal of the Century' Challenge for Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-07
After several postponements, US President, Donald Trump, has finally revealed the details of his Middle East plan, dubbed 'Deal of the Century', in a press conference in Washington on January 28. Standing triumphantly beside Trump, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, must have surely understood that the timing of the announcement, only a few weeks before…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/07/crisis-and-opportunity-the-deal-of-the-century-challenge-for-palestinians/
Israeli Attack Endangers Civilian Aircraft in Damascus
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-07
A civilian aircraft flying from Tehran to Damascus narrowly avoided fire from Syria's air defense systems, which were activated in response to an Israeli missile attack on Friday. | RELATED: | Palestinian Killed, Two Wounded in Israel Strikes on Gaza | Due to the Israeli strike, the aircraft, an Airbus A320, was unable to land at Damascus Airport and had to divert to Russia's Khmeimim airbase, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. | The surprise attack, which was made by four Isra…
telesurenglish.net/news/misinformation-or-negligence-israeli-attack-endangered-civilian-flight-20200207-0004.html
Criminalizing Palestinian Resistance: The EU's New Conditions on Aid to Palestine
Al-Shabaka | imemc.org | 2020-02-07
by Tariq Dana for Al-Shabaka Palestinian Policy Network The EU recently notified the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations (PNGO) network of new conditions on its aid, namely that Palestinian civil society organizations are obligated not to deal with individuals or groups designated as "terrorist" by the EU. This includes staff, contractors, beneficiaries, and recipients …
imemc.org/article/criminalizing-palestinian-resistance-the-eus-new-conditions-on-aid-to-palestine/
Detainee Tareq Qa'dan, Who Held Extended Hunger Strike In 2019, Released
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-07
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society has reported that Israeli soldiers released, Thursday, a Palestinian detainee, who held an extended hunger strike last year, before he was welcomed by hundreds of Palestinians in Jenin, in northern West Bank. The PPS stated that the detainee, Tareq Qa'dan, held an extended hunger strike, lasting …
imemc.org/article/detainee-tareq-qadan-who-held-extended-hunger-strike-in-2019-released/
Canada, Palestine and the 'Deal of the Century': Four Statements
Canada Palestine Association | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-07
Reject Trump's Plan: Exist, Resist, Return | by Canada Palestine Association | The Trump Administration has just unveiled the details of its "Deal Of The Century." This plan includes, but is not limited to: | Giving legitimacy to illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine. | …
globalresearch.ca/canada-palestine-deal-century-four-statements/5702985
Israeli Forces Storm Prison Cells In Ashkelon
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-07
Israeli prison guards, on Thursday evening, stormed Palestinian prisoners' cells in the Ashkelon facility, wreaking havoc therein, according to Days of Palestine. The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS)said that confrontations flared up between Palestinian detainees and Israeli prison guards, during the raid. No injuries were reported, but one Palestinian prisoner was …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-storm-prison-cells-in-ashkelon/
Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians, Abduct One, In Kufur Qaddoum
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-07
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, causing many injuries, and abducted a Palestinian man. The Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the army initiated the attack against the Palestinians, Israeli …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-abduct-one-in-kufur-qaddoum/
PLO: "Main Source of Violence is the Israeli Occupation"
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-07
Secretary-General of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Saeb Erekat, on Friday, blamed the recently announced US Mideast plan as the reason for the latest escalation in violence. Erekat rejected US allegations of incitement and linked the latest escalation of violence to US President Donald Trump's plan, dubbed the …
imemc.org/article/plo-main-source-of-violence-is-the-israeli-occupation/
Israeli Soldiers Injure Dozens Of Palestinians In Hebron, Colonists Attack Cars
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-07
Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, dozens of Palestinians in Bab az-Zawiya area, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while illegal colonialist settlers attacked many Palestinian cars, northwest of the city. Media sources said the soldiers invaded Bab az-Zawiya area, in the center of Hebron city, before breaking and ransacking …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-injure-dozens-of-palestinians-in-hebron-colonists-attack-cars/
Video: "The Deal of the Century", Palestine and International Law: UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk
Michael Lynk | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-07
Michael Welch's GRTV feature interview with UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in occupied Palestine, Prof. Michael Lynk. | The plan will take us backward. It violates international law. | It is an unilateral arrangement between Israel and the …
globalresearch.ca/deal-century-palestine-international-law-un-special-rapporteur-michael-lynk/5703057
Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-07
Russia accused Israel of "making a total mockery of the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians."
Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes
Russia and Iran's Clashing Visions for Syria's future
Agha Hussain | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-07
Rivals of the West in their own right, Iran and Russia today are major power players in the Syrian imbroglio. Their convergence of interests in helping eradicate extremist terrorist proxies utilized by an array of rival states against their mutual Syrian ally has allowed them both a significant degree of say in Syrian affairs and how that country's future will pan out | However, their cooperation against the terrorist threat has often been the pivot of inaccurate portrayals of Russia-Iran ties and the extent of their shared interests versus their many highly divergent objectives in Syria, many of which are rooted…
mintpressnews.com/syria-energy-dominance-russia-aligning-with-israel-against-iran/264661/
Newish and Jewish: An Interview With 'Currents' Editor Arielle Angel
Sarah Seltzer | thenation.com | 2020-02-06
Newish and Jewish: An Interview With 'Currents' Editor Arielle Angel…
thenation.com/article/culture/jewish-currents-arielle-angel/
Israeli forces kill Palestinians amid growing opposition to Trump's land-grab plan
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-06
Israeli forces have killed at least two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and a third person in Jerusalem. | This comes as tensions have soared following last week's release of Donald Trump's highly controversial deal with Israel, which backs the Israeli government's position on nearly all of the most contentious issues in its decades-old occupation of Palestine. Palestinians were quick to reject the plan. | Trump-Israel pl…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/02/06/israeli-forces-kill-palestinians-amid-growing-opposition-to-trumps-land-grab-plan/
Trump's 'Deal of the Century': Old Israeli Demands in a New Package
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-05
Consisting of 80 pages, 50 of which are entirely dedicated to the plan's economic component, Trump's Deal of the Century is little more than a rehash of previous Israeli proposals that have already been rejected by Palestinians, writes Ramzy Baroud.
mintpressnews.com/trump-deal-of-the-century-palestinian-rights/264627/
Resolving Israel-Palestinian conflict, 'key to sustainable peace' in the Middle East: Guterres
news.un.org | 2020-02-04
Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is "key to sustainable peace in the Middle East", the UN chief said on Tuesday, maintaining that the lack of any progress only "furthers radicalization across the region".
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Billionaire pro-Israel Buttigieg backer Seth Klarman funds group behind Iowa's disastrous voting app
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-04
Behind the app that delayed Iowa's voting results is a dark money operation funded by anti-Bernie Sanders billionaires. Its top…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/04/pro-israel-buttigieg-seth-klarman-iowas-voting-app/
'This Is an Apartheid Proposal and It's a Nonstarter' – CounterSpin interview with Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine 'peace deal'
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-02-04
Janine Jackson interviewed the Arab American Institute's Omar Baddar about the Trump/Kushner "peace deal" for Israel/Palestine for the January 31, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/this-is-an-apartheid-proposal-and-its-a-nonstarter/
On the Road to Gaza: The Freedom Flotilla Will Sail Again
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-02-02
True solidarity should aim at forcing Israel to end the protracted occupation and siege on the Palestinian people…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/on-the-road-to-gaza-the-freedom-flotilla-will-sail-again/
Israel has played a key role in US aggression towards Iran
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-01
Before the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, Israel played a key and overlooked role in the Trump administration's aggression campaign against…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/01/israel-has-played-a-key-role-in-us-aggression-towards-iran/
Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine 'Peace' Plan, Rainey Reitman on Greenwald Persecution
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-01-31
MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin: It is strange to think that you could create a plan to shape the relationship between two entities, in consultation with one but not the other, and then not just declare it, yourself, a "win-win," but also say to the unconsulted party, "You better take it, or else." Yet …
fair.org/home/omar-baddar-on-israel-palestine-peace-plan-rainey-reitman-on-greenwald-persecution/
The Miracle of Kindness
Chris Hedges | zcomm.org | 2020-01-19
Take a brief journey through the eyes of American, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges to Jerusalem, Gaza, and Iraq, and discover the sacred bonds that make us human…
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