Israel's Gantz Secures 61 Majority to Form Government
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-15
In a hard blow for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bid for reelection, his main rival Benny Gantz was tasked Sunday by Israel's President Reuven Rivlin to form a new government, after the leader from the Blue and White party secured a 61-seat majority. | RELATED: | Israeli President Begins Talks to Pick Next Prime Minister | "At the end of the consultations, 61 Members of Knesset had recommended… Benny Gantz, as opposed to 58 Members of Knesset who had recommended the current…
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Israeli President Begins Talks to Pick Next Prime Minister
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-15
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin began on Sunday a series of consultations with all parties elected in the parliamentary election before tasking someone with forming the next government. | RELATED: | Israeli Court Turns Down Netanyahu's Request to Delay Trial | According to a timetable released by the President's Residence, the consultations, which are being broadcast live, are expected to be concluded by Sunday evening. | Rivlin will hear the recommendations of eight factions that…
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Israeli President Begins Talks to Pick Next Prime Minister
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-15
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin began on Sunday a series of consultations with all parties elected in the parliamentary election before tasking someone with forming the next government. | RELATED: | Israeli Court Turns Down Netanyahu's Request to Delay Trial | According to a timetable released by the President's Residence, the consultations, which are being broadcast live, are expected to be concluded by Sunday evening. | Rivlin will hear the recommendations of eight factions that…
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Netanyahu takes test for coronavirus despite lack of ANY symptoms amid trial delay uproar
rt.com | 2020-03-15
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and people close to him have been tested for coronavirus, the PM's office reported. None of those tested had symptoms of the disease. | The announcement comes as Israel is ramping up measures to battle the spread of the deadly virus with travel restrictions and surveillance of known patients. The epidemic also gave the prime minister a two-month reprieve before his corruption trial after his government imposed a ban on most court sessions in the country. | The development was blasted by Netanyahu's political rival, Benny Gantz, with whom the incumbent PM is seeking to…
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Netanyahu takes test for coronavirus despite lack of ANY symptoms amid trial delay uproar
rt.com | 2020-03-15
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and people close to him have been tested for coronavirus, the PM's office reported. None of those tested had symptoms of the disease. | The announcement comes as Israel is ramping up measures to battle the spread of the deadly virus with travel restrictions and surveillance of known patients. The epidemic also gave the prime minister a two-month reprieve before his corruption trial after his government imposed a ban on most court sessions in the country. | Later in the day, the PM's office confirmed that Netanyahu had tested negative for the dreaded virus. | The develo…
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Saved by the virus: Netanyahu gets 2-month delay on corruption trial amid coronavirus emergency
rt.com | 2020-03-15
The corruption trial of Benjamin Netanyahu, which was due to start on Tuesday, has been delayed until at least May 24 due to a state of emergency declared by the Justice Ministry. | As Israel battles the spread of Covid-19 by shutting down public venues and planning Big-Brother-style surveillance of infected individuals, Justice Minister Amir Ohana announced a state of emergency for the country's courts. With all but a few sessions banned, one particular case has been put on hold. | The corruption tria…
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Israel's Netanyahu tests negative for coronavirus… but his rival is entrusted with forming govt
rt.com | 2020-03-15
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Sunday flaunted a negative result for his Covid-19 test, branded "manipulation" by his rival Benny Gantz. The stunt seemingly didn't help, as Gantz was then tapped to form the government. | The prime minister and those working close to him, had been tested for the deadly virus as a "precaution," while none of them displayed any symptoms of the disease. | The coronavirus test was harshly criticized by Netanyahu's political rival, the head of centrist Blue and White party Benny Gantz, who blamed the PM for staging a public stunt and "manipulating" the people. While the i…
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Palestinian Issue and Public Opinion Hinder Revival of Morocco-Israel Ties – Activist
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-15
Morocco enjoys strong economic and military ties with Israel, thinks the founder of the Israel-Morocco Friendship Association. But the road to full diplomatic relations is bogged down by the stalemate on the Palestinian front.
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Journalist Among 19 Injured by Israeli Forces in Kufur Qaddoum
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-03-14
Two Palestinians, including a journalist, were shot by Israeli occupation forces, while 17 others suffocated, on Friday, during the weekly protest, in the village of Kufur Qaddoum in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, local sources said. Morad Eshteiwi, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and …
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Young Jews endorse Bernie Sanders 'to model what anti-occupation Jewish leadership looks like'
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-03-14
IfNotNow is "a movement of young Jews fighting for freedom and dignity for all". This week, it became "the first Jewish organization to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders for President", with 80% of its members backing the decision. The organisation described its endorsement as "a commitment to model what anti-occupation Jewish leadership looks like": | We are proud to be the first Jewish organ…
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Coronavirus hits Israel, threatens catastrophe for West Bank and Gaza
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
Israel's caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is exploiting the coronavirus outbreak to shore up his political position.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/gaza-m14.html

Israel Forces Palestinian to Demolish Home in Jerusalem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-03-14
A Palestinian family from Shu'fat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem, on Friday, began demolishing their own home, the Palestinian WAFA News and Info Agency reported. Tareq Mohammad Ali said his family and he were forced to demolish their own home at the order of the Israeli High Court, under the …
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Abuse, Oppression and Murder: The PA Does Israel's Dirty Work in the West Bank
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-13
Merely two weeks after Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, declared that the PA will suspend all 'security coordination' with Israel, Palestinian security forces in the West Bank killed unarmed teenager, Salah Zakareneh. Zakareneh is not the first and, sadly, will not be the last Palestinian to be killed by the PA security forces, which in…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/13/abuse-oppression-and-murder-the-pa-does-israels-dirty-work-in-the-west-bank/

Air Pollution Clears in Northern Italy After Coronavirus Lockdown
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-13
Air pollution over northern Italy fell after the government introduced a nationwide lockdown to combat coronavirus, satellite imagery showed on Friday, in a new example of the pandemic's potential impact on emissions. | RELATED: | Italy, Israel, Others Take Extensive Measures as Virus Spreads | China, where the outbreak started, showed a marked reduction in pollution after the government imposed travel bans and quarantines, and the data from Italy, which was struck several wee…
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Israeli Colonists Attack Palestinian Homes Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-03-12
Several illegal Israeli colonists attacked, on Thursday at dawn, a few Palestinian homes in Einabus village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, causing damage. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the Israeli assailants infiltrated into the …
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Palestinians Stop Israeli Attempt to Seize Their Land in Jerusalem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-03-12
Palestinian landowners in the Silwan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, Thursday, blocked an intrusion attempt by a team from the Israeli Nature Preservation Authority, according to one of the land owners, Saeed Abbasi. Abbasi told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that members of the so-called Israeli nature authority stormed his 4-dunam …
imemc.org/article/palestinians-stop-israeli-attempt-to-seize-their-land-in-jerusalem/

Israeli Settlers Attack, Injure Palestinian Woman and Minor in Hebron
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-03-12
A Palestinian woman and a minor were injured, Wednesday, when illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian homes in the city of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, according to local sources. Sources told Palestinian WAFA News Agency settlers attacked homes in Wadi al-Hussein area, located near the illegal Israeli settlement …
imemc.org/article/israeli-settlers-attack-injure-palestinian-woman-and-minor-in-hebron/

New IOF Crime in Nablus: Palestinian Child Killed and 14 Civilians Wounded including a Journalist
PCHR | imemc.org | 2020-03-12
The Palestinian Centre For Human Rights (PCHR): Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed on Wednesday, 11 March 2020, a Palestinian child and wounded 14 other civilians, including a journalist during its suppression of civilian gathering on al-'Arma Mountain, southeast Bita village, Nablus, Northern West Bank. Two of the wounded were deemed …
imemc.org/article/new-iof-crime-in-nablus-palestinian-child-killed-and-14-civilians-wounded-including-a-journalist/

Soldiers Demolish A Palestinian Home In Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-03-12
Israeli soldiers demolished, Thursday, a Palestinian home in al-Ferdis village, in the Eastern Bedouin area, east of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Hasan Breijiyya, the head of the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission in Bethlehem, said the soldiers invaded the village, and demolished a one-story, 130 …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-demolish-a-palestinian-home-in-bethlehem/

PPS: "Israeli Soldiers Abduct Fifteen Palestinians In West Bank"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-03-12
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, fifteen Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded and violently searched many homes. The PPS stated that the soldiers invaded Sa'ir town, northeast of the southern West Bank city …
imemc.org/article/pps-israeli-soldiers-abduct-fifteen-palestinians-in-west-bank-2/

Defying Coronavirus Closure, Soldiers Allow Dozens Of Colonists Into Sebastia Archaeological Site
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-03-12
Israeli soldiers accompanied, Thursday, dozens of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers into the archaeological site in Sebastia Palestinian town, northwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, defying a closure by Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Nablus governor in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus disease. Mohammad Azem, …
imemc.org/article/defying-coronavirus-closure-soldiers-allow-dozens-of-colonists-into-sebastia-archaeological-site/

Gaza: Murdering Children for Sport
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
Ayman Mohyeldin was an Egyptian reporter for al-Jazeera English who had covered dozens of major events in the Middle East for many American and other networks. His reputation was enormous, and his reporting on the Israeli assault on Gaza was …
globalresearch.ca/murdering-children-sport/5706188

P.A Responds To US Dep. Of State Regarding The Palestinians In Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-03-12
In response to a decision by the American Department of State, in which it decided to replace the definition of the indigenous Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem from Palestinian citizens to "Arab residents," Palestinian Presidency spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rodeina, said the United States is trying to falsify history and grant legitimacy …
imemc.org/article/p-a-responds-to-us-dep-of-state-regarding-the-palestinians-in-jerusalem/

A Case Study of Corporate Media Disinformation
Stansfield Smith | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-11
Some alternative media have exposed the US government and its corporate media fake news reporting on Russian "election interference," on Venezuela, the war on Syria, China's Xinjiang and Hong Kong, Nicaragua, Palestine, among others. One of the longest running media disinformation campaigns has been directed at Cuba, well covered in Keith Bolender's Manufacturing the Enemy: …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/a-case-study-of-corporate-media-disinformation/

US Army Cites Cybersecurity Concerns In Scrapping Planned Purchase of Israeli Military Tech
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-11
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, a former lobbyist for Raytheon, may soon step in to reverse the decision following pressure from Israel, given that Raytheon co-develops the system with Israeli firms.
mintpressnews.com/us-army-cites-cybersecurity-concerns-scrapping-purchase-israel-iron-dome/265644/

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