Palestine Slams Pompeo's Support of Illegal Israeli Settlements
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-04
Palestine on Wednesday slammed senior U.S. officials, including U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, for remarks supporting settlement activity in the occupied West Bank. | RELATED: | Election Results Prove Israeli Society is Turning 'More Right' | During the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Monday, Pompeo said that the U.S. will take action against the UN Human Rights Council "blacklist" of the businesses working in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
telesurenglish.net/news/Palestine-Slams-Pompeos-Support-of-Illegal-Israeli-Settlements-20200304-0011.html

Netanyahu Still Short of Majority After Israel's Election
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-04
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Victory for Netanyahu leaves him short of a majority
wsws.org | 2020-03-04
Netanyahu is focusing all his efforts on persuading the leader of Blue and White, or some of its party members, to dump their pledge not to serve under an indicted prime minister.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/04/isra-m04.html

The Brooklyn Yeshiva Anthem Protest and Why It Is Not Antisemitic
Ira Glunts | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-03
An anti-Semite used to be a person who disliked Jews. Now it is a person who Jews dislike.

Hundreds of Israeli Settlers Storm al-Aqsa Mosque
Johan Valentin | imemc.org | 2020-03-03
On Monday, 226 Israeli Settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque while accompanied by a squadron of Israeli police. In 2016, protests erupted at the embattled area after Israeli sSettlers invaded the compound during the last 10 days of Islam's holy month of Ramadan, in contravention of tradition. The Islamic …
imemc.org/article/hundreds-of-israeli-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque/

Surprise Israeli Election Results. Netanyahu Has a Narrow Lead over Benny Gantz
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-03
Pre-election polls showed a likely dead heat between Netanyahu's Likud party and lead challenger Benny Gantz's Blue and White party. | Both parties were projected to win 33 of 120 Knesset seats. A 61-seat majority coalition is required to form a …
globalresearch.ca/surprise-israeli-election-results-netanyahu-has-a-narrow-lead-over-benny-gantz/5705417

Analysis: On Hanging from the Blades of a Bulldozer: Al-Naem is Every Palestinian
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-03-03
By Ramzy Baroud for Palestine Chronicle How is one to apply rational political analysis to what is inherently irrational? What kind of political theory must one consult to formulate and test hypotheses when the information at hand is so grizzly, sadistic, and reeking with unbearable contradictions? Seeing the gaunt body …
imemc.org/article/analysis-on-hanging-from-the-blades-of-a-bulldozer-al-naem-is-every-palestinian/

Dozens of Olive and Grape Vines Uprooted by Illegal Settlers near Bethlehem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-03-03
Israeli settlers, on Monday, uprooted dozens of olive and vine trees belonging to Palestinians in the town of Husan, west of the occupied city of Bethlehem, according to local sources. Mohammad Sbateen, head of Husan village council, told WAFA that settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Bitar Illit uprooted …
imemc.org/article/dozens-of-olive-and-vine-trees-uprooted-by-illegal-settlers-near-bethlehem/

Israeli Troops Abduct 9 Palestinians, Including Two Children, in Pre-Dawn Raids Tuesday
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-03-03
Israeli occupation forces abducted nine Palestinian citizens from the West Bank, including two teen boys, on Tuesday night. This was accompanied by searches and vandalism of homes, attacks on citizens, and the issuing of summonses to a number of Palestinians. The Palestinian News Agency Wafe said that two citizens were …
imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-abduct-9-palestinians-including-two-children-in-pre-dawn-raids-tuesday/

Netanyahu Declares Victory After Israeli Elections
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-03
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party gained 36 seats in Monday's parliamentary elections, becoming once again the largest party, the Central Elections Committee said Tuesday after 97 percent of the votes have been counted. | RELATED: | Election Results Prove Israeli Society is Turning 'More Right' | Figures by the Committee, which oversees the elections, showed Netanyahu's main rival, Benny Gantz and his centrist Blue and White party, garnered 32 seats. | The L…
telesurenglish.net/news/Netanyahu-Declares-Victory-After-Israeli-Elections-20200303-0015.html

On Israeli Election Day, Israeli Forces Impose Total Closure on the West Bank and Gaza Strip
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-03-03
The Israeli army imposed a comprehensive closure on the West Bank and Gaza due to the Israeli elections on Monday. The closure was imposed from midnight on Sunday until early Tuesday morning, due to the Israelis going to the polls for the Presidential and "Knesset" elections. The Israeli army said …
imemc.org/article/on-israeli-election-day-israeli-forces-impose-total-closure-on-the-west-bank-and-gaza-strip/

Free doco makes case for Palestine solidarity
Stuart Munckton | greenleft.org.au | 2020-03-03
National liberation Film & theatre Middle East Nora Barrows-FriedmanIssue 1256 PalestineMarch 3, 2020Often, I am asked for recommendations of video primers on the situation in Palestin…
greenleft.org.au/content/free-doco-makes-case-palestine-solidarity

Imagining Return: Palestinians in Jordan's Sprawling Refugee Camps Still Yearn for Home
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-02
Miko Peled recounts his visits to Jerash's Gaza Camp, a refugee camp housing tens of thousands of Palestinians just hours away from their ancestral homeland.
mintpressnews.com/palestinian-refugees-yearn-for-home-jordan-sprawling-refugee-camps/265392/

12 Palestinians Shot by Israeli Forces, 50 Exposed to Tear Gas, near Nablus
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-03-02
Several Palestinians, on Monday, were injured, when Israeli soldiers opened fire at them as they peacefully defended a mountain in Beita town, south of Nablus, against a settler takeover, local sources reported. Palestinians gathered on the Jabal al-Arma mountain to protect their land, located in the northern occupied West Bank, …
imemc.org/article/twelve-palestinians-shot-by-israeli-forces-including-a-journalist-near-nablus/

Imagining Return: Palestinians in Jordan's Sprawling Refugee Camps Still Yearn for Home
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-02
Miko Peled recounts his visits to Jerash's Gaza Camp, a refugee camp housing tens of thousands of Palestinians just hours away from their ancestral homeland.
mintpressnews.com/palestinian-refugees-yearn-for-home-jordan-sprawling-refugee-camps/265392/

Israeli Settlers and Soldiers Attack Non-Violent Protest, Wounding Several Palestinian Villagers
Rami Almeghari | imemc.org | 2020-03-02
Palestinian media reported on Monday that several Palestinian villagers from the West Bank village of Beeta, south of Nablus city, have been treated for injuries caused by live and rubber-coated steel Israeli bullets and tear gas. Medical sources said that at least three of those villagers were shot and wounded by …
imemc.org/article/israeli-settlers-and-soldiers-attack-non-violent-protest-wounding-several-palestinian-villagers/

Pipeline or a Pipedream
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-03-02
Israel, Turkey Hydrocarbon Conflict is Brewing in the Mediterranean…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/pipeline-or-a-pipedream/

Israeli Election Race Increasingly Desperate as Voters go to Polls
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-02
Few in Israel expect the country's third general election in a year to end with a markedly different outcome from the previous two. Barring a last-minute upset, most of those turning out on Monday assume the political stalemate will continue. There are already rumblings from politicians of an imminent fourth round of voting. Paradoxically, much …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/israeli-election-race-increasingly-desperate-as-voters-go-to-polls/

Closing Arguments Held in Case of Admitted Dawabsha Family Killer
Staff | imemc.org | 2020-03-02
5 years after a brutal act of terror by a gang of Israelis, who set a family's home on fire, causing the deaths of the mother, father and baby, and leaving only the 4-year old alive, critically wounded with burns all over his body, the final arguments were presented Sunday …
imemc.org/article/closing-arguments-held-in-case-of-admitted-dawabsha-family-killer/

VIDEO: Soldiers, Settlers Break into Palestinian Home in Hebron
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-03-02
Israeli forces and settlers, stormed the house of a Palestinian family in Hebron, on Sunday, after settlers accused the family of 'opening fire' at them. Palestinian Abu Shamsiyyeh family attempted to fight off the intrusion, the video footage shows Israeli soldiers and settlers breaking into the house. The United Nations …
imemc.org/article/video-soldiers-settlers-break-into-palestinian-home-in-hebron/

Israeli Settlers Raze Palestinian Land in Northern West Bank
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-03-02
Illegal Israeli settlers on Sunday began razing tracts of land in the Palestinian villages of Qusra and Jurish, to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to local sources. Ghassan Daghlas, a local official in charge of monitoring settler violence, told WAFA Palestinian News Agency that …
imemc.org/article/israeli-settlers-raze-palestinian-land-in-northern-west-bank/

Israel's Moral Culpability
Alon Ben-Meir | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-28
Four ethical theories

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