(2020-07-11). Israeli Forces Cause Palestinians to Suffocate at Kufur Qaddoum . imemc.org Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinians, on Friday afternoon, at the weekly against Israeli settlements and the annexation plan, in Kufur Qaddoum town, in the northern occupied West Bank district of Qalqilia, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Local , and Coordinator of the Local Popular Resistance Committee, Morad …
(2020-07-11). Israeli Forces Injure Many Palestinians at s Across the West Bank. imemc.org Israeli forces, on Friday, attacked dozens of non-violent Palestinian ers, holding a ful demonstration against Israel's illegal colonial settlements, outside the village of Asira ash-Shamaliya, north of Nablus city in the northern occupied West Bank. Correspondent for Palestinian WAFA News Agency said that Isareli soldiers fired tear-gas canisters, concussion grenades, …
(2020-07-11). A Jewish Case For Equality In Palestine. popularresistance.org What makes someone a Jew—not just a Jew in name, but a Jew in good standing—today? In Haredi circles, being a real Jew means adhering to religious law. In leftist Jewish spaces, it means championing progressive causes. But these environments are the exceptions. In the broad center of Jewish life—where power and respectability lie—being a Jew means, above all, supporting the existence of a Jewish state. In most Jewish communities on earth, rejecting Israel is a greater heresy than rejecting God. | The reason is rarely spelled out, mostly because it's considered obvious: Opposing a Jewish st…
(2020-07-11). Israel Lobby Seeks to Bankrupt Progressive, Pro-Palestinian Restaurant. dissidentvoice.org 
The pro-Israel community is engaged in a remarkable effort to bankrupt a small progressive Toronto restaurant. In their attack on Foodbenders, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and B'nai B'rith have once again allied with the violent, far-right, Jewish Defence League (JDL). Over the past week the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs has …
(2020-07-11). Israel's New UK Ambassador will Expose Delusions of Britain's Jewish Leaders. dissidentvoice.org After years of successfully drawing attention away from Israel's intensifying crimes against the Palestinian people by citing a supposedly growing "antisemitism crisis" in Britain's Labour Party, Jewish community leaders in the UK are exasperated to find themselves unexpectedly on the defensive. Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled the rug out from under leading …
(2020-07-11). Israeli Forces Detain Three Palestinians from West Bank. imemc.org Israeli forces, at dawn Friday, abducted three Palestinian civilians from their homes in Jerusalem and Ramallah, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Asra Media Office said that Israeli soldiers detained both Abdullah Dweik, and Ahmad Ali Ahmad, after invading their homes in Al-Jalazoun refugee camp in Ramallah, central West Bank. Confrontations …
(2020-07-11). Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian following Slain Man's Funeral in Salfit. imemc.org Israeli forces shot a Palestinian young man during confrontations at the entrance of Kifl Hares town, near the northern West Bank city of Salfit, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. The Ministry of Health confirmed that a 24-year-old Palestinian young man, unidentified at the time of this report, was shot …
(2020-07-11). Training The Warrior Cop: US Empire Is A Laboratory For Militarized Policing. popularresistance.org In addition to the paramilitary attitude that any civilian is a potential terrorist insurgent, US police have brought numerous tactics and weapons back from their Israel trips for use against US civilians, such as the New York Police Department's (NYPD) infamous Muslim surveillance program, which was modeled in part on Israeli surveillance of Palestinians in the West Bank. | Another is the chemical weapon "skunk water," a noxious liquid sprayed from hoses that imparts a foul smell on anything it touches that will not disappear for days. Humans struck by skunk water can experience nausea, vomiting and skin rashes.
(2020-07-10). Video: Iran to Support Syria with Air Defense to Repel US, Israeli Attacks. globalresearch.ca Iran will help to strengthen Syrian air defense capabilities as part of a wider military security agreement between the two countries, Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri said on July 8. …
(2020-07-10). Netanyahu's Annexation Drive. counterpunch.org Land seizures, annexations, and conquest. These are words axiomatic to the state of Israel. In the main, the state has maintained an uncomfortable position based on patience and attrition. We have waited this long; you will wait longer. Be it dispossessed Palestinians and their aspirations for state recognition or what are loosely described as the
(2020-07-10). PCHR: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (02— 08 July 2020). imemc.org Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) Summary Israeli forces continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are characterized with excessive use of force, assault, abuse and attacks on civilians. This week, IOF's excessive use of force rendered 21 …
(2020-07-10). Israel Halts Construction for Two Palestinian-owned Homes near Bethlehem. imemc.org The Israeli occupation authorities in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, Friday, ordered a halt to construction works of two Palestinian-owned homes in the Al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem city. Director for the Palestinian Committee Against Israel's Apartheid Wall and Illegal Settlement Activities, Hassan Bureija, confirmed that the two …
(2020-07-10). Israeli Security Summon Fatah Member for Interrogation in Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli security services in the internationally-recognized occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem, summoned, on Thursday, a representative of the Fatah party, Shadi Matour, for interrogation. Official Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) said that Matour was summoned to the Muskobiya interrogation and detention center, also known as the Russian compound, shortly after he and …
(2020-07-10). Palestinians Have No Choice but to Resist in Any Way, Shape or Form Annexation. globalresearch.ca To annex or not annex? This is the question bugging Israeli, Palestinian and international political figures since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu missed his July 1 deadline for beginning the process of formally annexing portions of the occupied West Bank. …
(2020-07-10). Israeli forces murder another Palestinian youth in occupied West Bank. peoplesdispatch.org Israeli security forces shot dead a Palestinian youth in a village in the south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on July 9, Thursday. The 29-year-old victim, identified as Ibrahim Mustafa Abu Yaacoub, was with his friends when he was shot by the Israeli forces. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead on arrival. | The provincial governor of Salfit, Abdullah Kamil, has denied the claim made by Israeli forces that a Molotov attack by two persons led to the shooting in which Yaacoub died. However, according to Kamil, Yaacoub was merely walking with his friends when he was shot. | Ever…
(2020-07-10). Iran explosions: Did Israel and the US just start a cyber war? thealtworld.com Explosions rocked a pair of Iranian factories involved in the manufacture of centrifuges for its nuclear program, and the development of advanced ballistic missiles. Iran suspects a cyberattack by either the US, Israel or both. | A series of
(2020-07-10). Iran prepares retaliation for Israeli acts of sabotage. thealtworld.com Iran has postponed announcement of those it has concluded were responsible for the sabotage at the Natanz nuclear centrifuge facility and probably other sites. However, high ranking personnel in Tehran say that "investigations have concluded and the latest explosions may well have been related; indications are that Israel, plus another Middle Eastern country, are involved. Iran is studying its suitable and inevitable retaliation". | According to the source, "this has been confirmed beyond any doubt as an act of sabotage. The explosion at Natanz was destructive but security forces managed to thwart further attacks…
(2020-07-10). Iran prépare sa riposte aux actes de sabotage israéliens. thealtworld.com L'Iran a décidé d'attendre avant d'annoncer ses conclusions quant à la responsabilité du sabotage de ses installations de centrifugeuses au centre nucléaire de Natanz et probablement d'autres sites. Cependant, des hauts responsables à Téhéran affirment que ´ les enquêtes sont terminées et les plus récentes explosions pourraient bien être liées. Il semblerait qu'Israà´l, ainsi qu'un autre pays du Moyen-Orient, sont impliqués. L'Iran étudie quelle sera la riposte appropriée inévitable qui suivra ª. | Selon la source, ´ il ne fait aucun doute qu'il s'agit d'un acte de sabotage. L'explosion à N…
(2020-07-10). Episode 97 — Monuments and Rape culture with Jen Marshall of the Bay Area Women Against Rape: BAWAR. projectcensored.org On today's episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon explore the debates surrounding monuments and rape culture with Jen Marshall of the Bay Area Women Against Rape: BAWAR… | On today's episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon explore Jewish/Black Relations And Dialogue In Contentious Times With Rabbi Dan Ain. Along The Line is a…
(2020-07-10). Home Demolitions Spike Ahead Of Annexation. popularresistance.org Israel's formal annexation of occupied land may be put on hold, but the forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank marches on. | Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes in the territory spiked last month, according to the human rights group B'Tselem. | Nearly 45 homes were destroyed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem — which Israel has already annexed in contravention of international law. | Eight of the Jerusalem homes destroyed "were torn down by their owners, after they received a demolition order from the municipality and wished to avoid paying the cost of the demolition and fines to…
(2020-07-10). Thursday 7/16: Jewish Film Institute presents Truth To Power: Barbara Lee Speaks For Me, Opening Night of. indybay.org West Wind Solano Drive-In | 1611 Solano Way | Concord, CA 94520…
(2020-07-09). 'Israeli annexation plan formalises the system of apartheid'. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinian lawyer and Diana Buttu talks about what the Israeli administration may have in mind about implementing the annexation plans, the impact of this on the two-state theory, the future of Palestinian Authority, and more.
(2020-07-09). The Long Goodbye to Organized Religion. counterpunch.org It was the notice of an online meeting of a local chapter of Jewish Voice for that made me think of my long and troubled relationship with organized religion. I grew up during a time in the 1950s and 1960s when membership in a temple or synagogue was a given for most Jews. And
(2020-07-09). Trump Is Trying to Hide US and Israeli War Crimes by Attacking the International Criminal Court. globalresearch.ca A war crimes
(2020-07-09). Israel Annexation Plan: Jordan's Existential Threat. globalresearch.ca More than any other Arab state, Jordan's past, present and future are inextricably linked to the question of Palestine. Jordan's emergence is an outcome of British imperialism, which imposed the infamous
(2020-07-09). Strange Slow Dance Between Israel And The Gulf States, Despite Annexation. therealnews.com 
UAE ambassador Yousef al-Otaiba wrote an article promising normalization on the condition that Israel does not annex parts of the West Bank. Jamal Juma' of Stop The Wall pushed back with an opinion piece in Middle East Eye exposing the reality of Israeli apartheid.
(2020-07-09). On Israel's Bizarre Definitions: The West Bank is Already Annexed. dissidentvoice.org Wednesday, July 1, was meant to be the day on which the Israeli government officially annexed 30% of the occupied Palestinian West Bank and the Jordan Valley. This date, however, came and went and annexation was never actualized. "I don't know if there will be a declaration of sovereignty today," said Israeli Foreign Minister, Gabi …
(2020-07-09). Israeli Colonists Vandalize Palestinian Vehicles Near Nablus. imemc.org Several armed illegal Israeli colonists vandalized, on Thursday morning, twelve Palestinian vehicles, south of Nablus city, in northern West Bank. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel's colonialist activities in northern West Bank, stated that the colonists invaded the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village in southern Nablus, and slashed the …
(2020-07-09). Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian, Injure Another, Near Salfit. imemc.org The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed, on Thursday at night, the death of a Palestinian man who was shot by Israeli soldiers near the main intersection of Kifl Hares town, north of Salfit in central West Bank, and added that the soldiers injured Palestinian teen. The Ministry stated that the …
(2020-07-09). Israeli Forces Abduct Eighteen Palestinians, Including Female University Student. imemc.org Overnight Wednesday, until dawn Thursday, the Israeli army detained eighteen Palestinian civilians, including former prisoners, and a young female student, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said in a statement. In the southernmost West Bank city of Hebron, Israeli forces detained four Palestinian civilians, including two brothers, identified as; 1. Wajdi …
(2020-07-09). Israel's Attacks On Iran's Nuclear Sites Signal A New Phase Of Conflict. popularresistance.org Over the past week, mysterious explosions and fires have wracked key infrastructure connected to Iran's nuclear programme at Natanz and Parchin, key facilities engaged in uranium enrichment and the production of rocket fuel for ballistic missiles. | The US and Israel have accused Iran of violating UN resolutions and the nuclear deal in testing new ballistic-missile technology. Although Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has repeatedly denied any intent to create nuclear weapons, even going so far as to issue a fatwa against it, Iran's enemies are convinced it plans to "go nuclear". | The recent attacks…
(2020-07-08). VIDEO: US ers deplore Israeli regime's annexation plan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — American ers gathered on Tuesday outside Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's home in Washington DC to his talks involving the Israeli regime's occupation.
(2020-07-08). Israeli Bulldozers Raze Land for Settler only Road near Nablus. imemc.org Israeli bulldozers continued razing, on Monday, Palestinian-owned lands in the northern occupied West Bank, town of Huwara, south of Nablus, to allow for the construction of an Israeli settler-only bypass road, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Ghassan Daghlas, a local official monitoring illegal Israeli settlement construction, said that Israeli bulldozers …
(2020-07-08). Trump Is Trying to Hide US and Israeli War Crimes by Attacking the ICC. truthout.org A war crimes
(2020-07-08). Bella Hadid says Instagram CANCELED her post because she mentioned 'Palestine'. rt.com 
Supermodel Bella Hadid has called out Instagram, after it deleted a post honoring her father "and his birthplace of Palestine." The Facebook-owned company said…
(2020-07-08). The JNF's Sordid History: Tower and Stockades, Forests and Jim Crow Vetting Committees. dissidentvoice.org 
Ôªø The Jewish National Fund (JNF) rightly presents itself as the most venerable of the Zionist institutions: It stands at the heart of a state-building project launched more than a century ago; It is an organisation that is today deeply embedded in the structures of the Israeli state; It is the guardian of the Israel's …
(2020-07-08). Israeli Bulldozers Invade Parts of Eastern Gaza City. imemc.org Israeli troops invaded, early Wednesday, eastern areas of Gaza city, in the northern besieged Gaza Strip. Local Palestinian media outlets, including Maan News Agency, said that a number of armored Israeli army vehicles, including three military bulldozers, invaded a border fence area, between eastern Gaza city and Israel, some tens of meters …
(2020-07-08). PCHR: "Israeli Occupation Authorities Arrest Civilian Travelling to Donate Bone Marrow for His Brother in Tel HaShomer Hospital" imemc.org The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the arrest of a civilian from the Gaza Strip by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stationed at Beit Hanoun "Erez" Crossing. The civilian was traveling to Tel HaShomer Hospital as he is scheduled for a bone marrow donation for his ill brother, …
(2020-07-08). Israeli Troops Invade Parts of Eastern Gaza City. imemc.org Israeli troops invaded earlier on Wednesday some parts of the eastern Gaza city, in the Gaza Strip. Local Palestinian media outlets, including Maan News Agency, said that a number of armored Israeli army vehicles, including three military bulldozers, invaded a border fence area, between eastern Gaza city an Israel, about …
(2020-07-08). Israeli Troops Abduct Several Palestinians from West Bank. imemc.org Israeli troops abducted, early on Wednesday, many Palestinian residents from various parts of the West Bank, including the occupied East Jerusalem. In the southern West Bank city of East Jerusalem, Israeli police abducted Palestinian engineer, Bassam al-Hallaq, who is in charge of construction works, inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The abduction …
(2020-07-08). PCHR Holds Israel Fully Responsible for Death of Palestinian Al-Gharabli in Israeli Prisons. imemc.org The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR): On Wednesday, 08 July 2020, Palestinian detained in Israeli prisons for the past 26 years, Sa'di Khalil al-Gharabli (47) from Gaza City, was pronounced dead in Kaplan Medical Center where he was recently transferred from al-Ramlah prison after his health condition deteriorated. Al-Gharabli …
(2020-07-08). Elderly Palestinian Detainee Dies In Captivity. imemc.org The Palestinian Commission of Detainees' Affairs has confirmed, on Wednesday morning, the death of an elderly Palestinian political prisoner at Israeli medical center following years of medical neglect. The Commission stated that Sa'adi Khalil al-Gharabily, 75, from Gaza, has died on Wednesday morning, at an Israeli medical center, after suffering …
(2020-07-08). Israeli Troops Abduct More than a Dozen Palestinians from the West Bank. imemc.org Israeli troops abducted early on Wednesday about fifteen Palestinian residents from various parts of the West Bank, including the occupied East Jerusalem. In the occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli police abducted Palestinian engineer, Bassam Alhalaq, who is in charge of construction works, inside the Alaqsa Mosque. Palestinian News Agency, Maan, said …
(2020-07-08). Joint Press Release: Assessing cases of the 2014 attacks on Gaza leads to definitive conclusion: victims and survivors have been abandoned to non-genuine investigations and gross injustice. imemc.org Gaza City and London, 07 July 2020 — In the summer of 2014, Al Mezan and LPHR worked together to examine egregious acts of horror against civilians in Gaza, trapped in a closed-off territory while under military bombardment run by Israel's political and military leadership; its emblematic feature being that dozens of …
(2020-07-08). Joint Press Realease: Assessing cases of the 2014 attacks on Gaza leads to definitive conclusion: victims and survivors have been abandoned to non-genuine investigations and gross injustice. imemc.org Gaza City and London, 07 July 2020 — In the summer of 2014, Al Mezan and LPHR worked together to examine egregious acts of horror against civilians in Gaza, trapped in a closed-off territory while under military bombardment run by Israel's political and military leadership; its emblematic feature being that dozens of …
(2020-07-08). Israeli Court Orders Muslim Cemetery Destroyed to Build Homeless Shelter. imemc.org In Tel Aviv on Tuesday, an Israeli court rejected an appeal by the Islamic Council of Jaffa to preserve a 200-year old Muslim cemetery, ruling instead that the municipality of Tel Aviv can move forward with plans to build a homeless shelter on the site. The ruling followed weeks of …
(2020-07-08). OCHA: Protection of Civilians Report (16 — 29 June 2020). imemc.org United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Biweekly Highlights An eight-month-old baby boy, who needed a heart surgery at an Israeli hospital, could not exit Gaza and died on 18 June. Since 21 May, the PA has not accepted or transferred applications for exit permits from Gaza …
(2020-07-08). Turkey, Jordan reject Israeli move to annex West Bank. yenisafak.com Jordan and Turkey on Wednesday reiterated their rejection of an Israeli plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. | Speaker of Jordan's House of Representatives (lower house of parliament), Atef Tarawneh, held talks in Amman with Turkish Ambassador Ismail Aramaz to discuss cooperation between the two countries in the parliamentary, economic and investment fields. | "Amman and Ankara have historic relations and bonds of friendship and cooperation which require maintaining coordination and consultation regarding the issues of mutual interest." Tarawneh said in a statement. | The Jordanian speaker reiterated hi…