BDS protest at sheet maker Brooklinen's NYC store over production in Israel
Adalah-NY | indybay.org | 2020-02-25
At a protest Sunday at Brooklinen's new Williamsburg, Brooklyn store, New York human rights advocates called for a boycott of the online sheet and linen retailer, over their Israeli production partners' involvement in Israel's apartheid rule over the Palestinian people.
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Netanyahu to press ahead with plan to build 3,500 homes for settlers in West Bank
rt.com | 2020-02-25
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he was moving forward with a plan to build some 3,500 homes for Jewish settlers on the outskirts of Jerusalem. | "I have given instructions to immediately publish for deposit the plan to build 3,500 housing units in E-1," Netanyahu said. He referred to a preliminary stage of the project which had been delayed for six and a half years after international criticism. | Opponents of the construction plan for the E-1 area in the West Bank had cautioned that Israeli housing in the corridor's barren hills could bisect the West Bank, cut off Palestinians from Jerusalem and…
rt.com/newsline/481632-netanyahu-settlers-jerusalem-israel/

Israel-Gaza ceasefire takes hold after 2 days of fighting
rt.com | 2020-02-25
A ceasefire took hold on the Israel-Gaza border on Tuesday after two days of fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, Reuters reported. The frontier fell quiet early on Tuesday, after a Palestinian official said Israel and Islamic Jihad had reached a "reciprocal and simultaneous ceasefire" mediated by Egypt and the UN. | Islamic Jihad had fired 80 rockets towards Israeli communities along the Gaza border since Sunday, according to an Israeli military spokeswoman. Israel reportedly attacked sites in Gaza and Syria that killed three members of the militant group. | No casualties were repo…
rt.com/newsline/481609-israel-gaza-ceasefire-egypt/

Israel to build 46,000 settlement units in West Bank
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-25
Israel is planning to build 46,000 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli minister said on Tuesday. | "I instructed the ministry's planning teams to prepare plans to expand communities in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank]. We currently have plans to build 46,000 housing units," Minister of Construction and Housing Yifat Shasha Biton said in statements. | "This number will increase three times after the implementation of the deal of the century," she said. | On Monday, Israeli and American crews began working on delineating the West Bank maps to define the areas that Israel would annex as part of U…
yenisafak.com/en/world/israel-to-build-46000-settlement-units-in-west-bank-3512772

Palestine Blasts US Over West Bank Map Plans
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-24
Palestine on Monday said that the U.S.-Israeli team tasked with mapping the areas in the West Bank that would be annexed by Israel under the U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan has no legitimacy. | RELATED: | Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian, Drag His Body With Bulldozer | Nabil Abu Rudeineh, Palestinian president's spokesperson, said that the new maps under the U.S. Mideast peace plan would not give legitimacy to any side, said a statement published by official Palestini…
telesurenglish.net/news/Palestine-Blasts-US-Over-West-Bank-Map-Plans-20200224-0001.html

Settlers Fence off Palestinian Agricultural Land in Jordan Valley
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-24
Israeli settlers, on Sunday, continued fencing large tracts of land in the northern Jordan Valley as they chased Palestinian herders out of pastures in the area, according to local sources. Aref Daraghmeh, a local rights activist, told the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) that extremist settlers continued for the …
imemc.org/article/settlers-fence-off-palestinian-agricultural-land-in-jordan-valley/

With Gaza violence 'escalating as we speak,' UN envoy calls for 'immediate stop'
news.un.org | 2020-02-24
It is no longer enough to reaffirm past agreements on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a senior UN envoy, who said on Monday that it is time to "find our way back to a mutually agreed mediation framework" to resume meaningful negotiations towards a two-State solution.
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Updated: Israeli Soldiers Abduct 30 Palestinians, Including Three Children, In West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-24
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least 30 Palestinians, including three children, a young woman, and the Secretary of Fateh Movement in Jericho, after the army invaded and ransacked dozens of homes across the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem. Update: …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-26-palestinians-including-three-children-in-west-bank/

Gaza Fires Rockets, Israeli Warplane Strikes, Injure 4 Palestinians
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-24
Saraya Al Quds, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad resistance movement, fired a barrage of rockets at Israel, on Sunday, in retaliation for the Israeli crime of murdering and mutilating Palestinian Muhammad Na'em in eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Quds News Network (QNN) reports. Late Sunday, …
imemc.org/article/gaza-fires-rockets-israeli-warplane-strikes-injure-4-palestinians/

Israel Resumes Airstrikes and Shelling of Gaza Strip
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-24
Shortly after the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded a security meeting in Tel Aviv, on Monday, Israeli warplanes resumed its airstrikes against targets in the besieged Gaza Strip, Days of Palestine reports. The following is a complete breakdown of Israel's assault on Gaza. 2:…
imemc.org/article/israel-resumes-airstrikes-and-shelling-of-gaza-strip/

Arab League Denounces Israel's Settlement Plans
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-24
In a statement, on Sunday, the Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories, Saeed Abu Ali, denounced the Israeli plan to establish a settlement neighborhood in place of the former Qalandia Airport in Jerusalem, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. "This announcement comes within the …
imemc.org/article/arab-league-denounces-israels-settlement-plans/

Two Palestinian Fighters Killed By Israeli Missiles In Damascus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-24
The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, has reported that two of its fighters were killed, late on Sunday at night, after Israeli war jets fired missiles into an area in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The Brigades stated that its slain fighters have been identified as Salim …
imemc.org/article/two-palestinian-fighters-killed-by-israeli-missiles-in-damascus/

Palestinian Fighters Exchange Fire With Israeli Soldiers Invading Qabatia
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-24
Palestinian resistance fighters exchanged fire, on Monday at dawn, with Israeli soldiers who invaded Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Media sources said the fighters fired bursts of live ammunition at Israeli military vehicles invading the town, and that the soldiers fired a barrage of …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-fighters-exchange-fire-with-israeli-soldiers-invading-qabatia/

Israeli Authorities Force Beloved Palestinian Bakery to Close After 60 Years
Celine Hagbard | imemc.org | 2020-02-24
A Palestinian bakery in the heart of Old Jerusalem has been forced to close by Israeli authorities after 60 years in business. The reason provided for the forced closure was that the bakery had been providing baked goods to Palestinian worshipers headed to Al-Aqsa Mosque to pray. The Israeli occupation …
imemc.org/article/israeli-authorities-force-beloved-palestinian-bakery-to-close-after-60-years/

Why I'm backing Jo Bird and Lauren Townsend for Labour's NEC elections
Pascale Mitchell | thecanary.co | 2020-02-24
The ballots have dropped for Labour's NEC (National Executive Committee) elections. We, the grassroots members, have been nominating candidates in our CLP (Constituency Labour Party) meetings. Jo Bird has 117 nominations and is backed by Labour Left Alliance, Jewish Voice for Labour, and the Labour Representation Committee. Lauren Townsend has received 141 nominations and is backed by the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy and Momentum. | So…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/02/24/why-im-backing-jo-bird-and-lauren-townsend-for-labours-nec-elections/

Adalah to Israeli Military: This is a War Crime; Open an Immediate Criminal Investigation
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-24
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Who Is Funding the Anti-Bernie Sanders Super PAC?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-24
Several outside groups are trying to slow the momentum of current Democratic presidential frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) by spending millions on ad buys, as he continues to dominate the polls. | The campaign against Sanders originated with hybrid PAC Democratic Majority for Israel, a pro-Israel moderate group, that spent over $1.4 million a…
truthout.org/articles/who-is-funding-the-anti-bernie-sanders-super-pac/

'This Is a War Crime': Video of IDF Bulldozer Dragging Body of Palestinian Man in Gaza Sparks Outrage
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-24
Human rights advocates expressed outrage and called for a criminal investigation after video footage of an Israeli military bulldozer dragging the body of a Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied Gaza Strip circulated widely across social media over the weekend. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12028326031.jpg …
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PCHR: IOF Abuses the Body of Palestinian in a Humiliating and Degrading Manner
PCHR | imemc.org | 2020-02-23
On Sunday, 23 February 2020, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot and injured Palestinian civilians whom were trying to rescue and evacuate two persons that were targeted by IOF in eastern Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip. IOF made a 150-meter incursion into the border and evacuated the body of …
imemc.org/article/pchr-iof-abuses-the-body-of-palestinian-in-a-humiliating-and-degrading-manner/

The Donald Trump I Know: Abbas' UN Speech and the Breakdown of Palestinian Politics
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-21
The real danger of Trump's 'Deal of the Century' is not the actual stipulations of the sinister plan, but the fact that Mahmoud Abbas will find a way to co-exist with them, writes Ramzy Baroud.
mintpressnews.com/trump-mahmoud-abbas-un-speech-deal-of-the-century/265046/

The Government of Israel Has A Very Serious Antisemitism Problem
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-21
The government of Israel is engaged in what is perhaps the worst example of antisemitism in the world today, writes Miko Peled, and its aimed at its very own Orthodox Jewish community.
mintpressnews.com/government-israel-antisemitism-problem/265057/

Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Trump's "Racist" Plan Would Legalize the Theft of Palestinian Land
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-14
We continue our conversation with Congressmember Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress. She responds to President Trump's Middle East plan, under which Israel would gain sovereignty over large areas of the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem would be under total Israeli control, and all Jewish settlers in the occupied territory would be allowed to remain in their homes. Tlaib says the plan was formulated with a "racist lens" that ignores Palestinian lives and aspirations. Tlaib says she wants people "to know what the human impact is of taking people's land, taking people's…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/14/rashida_tlaib_trump_middle_east_plan

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

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/

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 …
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