(2020-07-14). Israeli Army Razes Land in Hebron, Bethlehem, Order Seizure of Land in Salfit. imemc.org The Israeli occupation authorities, on Monday, bulldozed large areas of Palestinian-owned cultivated land as well as an agricultural structure in al-Baq'ah area in Hebron, southern West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. According to local sources, Israeli bulldozers accompanied by soldiers, razed three dunams of land planted with vegetables and …
(2020-07-14). Structures Demolished in Tulkarem, Demolition Orders Issued for Homes, Barns in Hebron. imemc.org Israeli bulldozers, Monday, demolished several Palestinian structures in Izbit Shufa neighborhood, southeast of Tulkarem city, in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. An owner of one of the structures, Amer Hamed, told WAFA that Israeli forces accompanied a bulldozer into the neighborhood, and proceeded to …
(2020-07-13). Trump Is Trying to Hide U.S. and Israeli War Crimes by Attacking the International Criminal Court. strategic-culture.org Marjorie COHN | A war crimes
(2020-07-13). Police clash with Israelis as anti-Netanyahu ers stage sit-in outside PM's Jerusalem residence. rt.com 
Israeli police and Jerusalem municipal officials scuffled with ers demonstrating against PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. Officers dismantled tents set up by the demonstrators outside the premier's residence, AP reports. | The demonstrators have staged a sit-in outside Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem for the past month. They called on the PM to resign while facing corruption charges. Demonstrators said police used excessive force to end the sit-in. | Opposition politicians decried the move as a restriction of free expression. Amir Haskel, a former Israeli Air Force general and one of the lea…
(2020-07-13). Palestine Reinforces Measures To Face New COVID-19 Outbreak. telesurenglish.net Palestinian Authority (PA) Sunday decided to tighten restrictions in the territories under its jurisdiction to contain the second wave of Covid-19. | RELATED: | PA prohibited travels between different locations in the West Bank, as well as to and from the Gaza Strip, to stop the spread of the virus, which is now rapidly expanding. | In addition, there will be a 15 days night curfew, and public meetings and group celebration…
(2020-07-13). MADA: 58 Violations Against Palestinian Media Freedoms in June. imemc.org June 2020 witnessed a surge of violations against media freedoms in Palestine, most of which were committed by the Israeli authorities and its military forces, Palestinian News Network reported. The Palestinian Center for Development & Media Freedoms "MADA" has documented a total of 58 infringements, 48 of which were committed …
(2020-07-13). Former Political Prisoner, Senior PFLP Member, Killed In Gaza. imemc.org The Palestinian Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported that a former political prisoner was shot and stabbed to death, on Sunday evening, by several assailants near his home in the Saudi neighborhood, west of Rafah, in the southern part of the coastal region. Eyewitnesses said unknown gunmen opened …
(2020-07-13). Thousands Israeli government's lack of COVID-19 economic aid. wsws.org Unemployment has risen to 21 percent and more layoffs are expected in the wake of new restrictions imposed since a dramatic rise in infections.
(2020-07-13). Armed Israeli Settlers Uproot 70 Palestinian-owned Olive Trees in Hebron. imemc.org Armed illegal Israeli settlers uprooted, on Monday morning, dozens of olive trees, owned by Palestinian farmers in the southern West Bank district of Hebron. Palestinian Official News Agency (WAFA) reported that tens of armed illegal Israeli settlers, from the illegally-established Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba', stormed the nearby farm land …
(2020-07-13). Jerusalem Man Demolishes his Home in Silwan, 6 Left Homeless. imemc.org Baha' Zeitoun, a Palestinian civilian, on Sunday evening, demolished his own home in the Bi'er Ayoub neighborhood in Silwan, under the pretext of the lack of an Israeli permit, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic) reported. The Zeitoun family said that the Israeli municipality ordered the family to demolish the …
(2020-07-13). Israeli Forces Demolish Arab Wedding Hall Inside Israel. imemc.org The Israeli authorities destroyed a wedding hall, Sunday, in the Arab town of Tira, adjacent the green line, in central Israel, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. The Raghadan Wedding hall was allegedly lacking an Israeli permit to build, the standard pretext used by the Israeli state. A large Israeli …
(2020-07-13). Popular Uprising against Covid Lockdown. Belgrade Liberated! The Government Surrenders. globalresearch.ca The relentless advance of coronavirus terror has been broken. Recalcitrant Serbs rebelled against their President when he ordered them back under house arrest. After two days of street battles with dozens of policemen hospitalised, the sturdy ers won; the
(2020-07-13). Israeli Troops Abduct Several Palestinians, including Former Prisoners, from West Bank. imemc.org Israeli troops abducted, on Monday, several Palestinian residents from different areas of the occupied West Bank, Palestinian media sources reported. In the southern West Bank district of Hebron, Palestinian Official News Agency (WAFA) reported that Israeli soldiers invaded the homes of both, Ramzi Al-Haymouni, and Yazid Abu Aisha, 24, before …
(2020-07-13). Palestinian Authority imposes fresh restrictions to curb COVID-19 spread. peoplesdispatch.org The measures include a complete ban on movement of people between all the 9 governorates of the West Bank for two weeks, as well as restrictions on businesses and social activity…
(2020-07-13). Israeli Court Blocks Amnesty International Attempt to Curb Spyware Firm NSO. sputniknews.com In January, Amnesty International filed a lawsuit against Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group, urging the court to revoke the company's export license and restrict it from selling technology allegedly used to violate human rights across the globe.
(2020-07-13). Palestinians call for international solidarity against Israel's annexation plans. thecanary.co Palestinians in the Jordan Valley are facing ongoing harassment by the Israeli occupation authorities. The Israeli state is gearing up towards a full annexation of this fertile area on the West Bank's eastern flank. | On 12 July, Palestinian grassroots group Jordan Valley Solidarity (JVS) told The Canary: Today the occupation authority have shut down the electricity on Fasayil and Al Zubeidat villages. No more electricity [from 1-4pm] 'til the people agree to pay the money to the occupation authority for past and future electricity. | Rashed Khudairy from JVS told us: Two months ago [in May] the Israelis removed t…
(2020-07-13). Israeli court orders closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque gate. yenisafak.com An Israeli court on Monday ordered the closure of Bab al-Rahma, the eastern gate of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, according to the authority responsible for overseeing the city's Muslim and Christian holy sites. | In a statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Endowments Authority said it has received a letter from the Israeli Police Directorate informing it of the court's decision to close the gate. | "Al-Aqsa is superior to be subject to any court or political decision by the Israeli authorities," the statement said. | "Muslims do not endorse or recognize these illegal decisions by the [Israeli] occupation, and therefore…
(2020-07-12). Palestinians Will Not Live in Until the Saudi Royal Family Is Gone. globalresearch.ca Palestine | 5 million Palestinians live under
(2020-07-12). Seven Palestinians Abducted by Israeli Soldiers, Including those Assaulted by Settlers. imemc.org The Israeli forces, at dawn Saturday, stormed several Palestinian-owned homes and abducted Palestinian civilians during invasions into different occupied West Bank towns, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources said, Israeli soldiers stormed the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, in the northern West Bank and abducted two Palestinian young men …
(2020-07-12). Israeli Troops Abduct Three Palestinians from West Bank. imemc.org Israeli troops abducted, early on Sunday, two Palestinian residents from the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and one from the central district of Jerusalem. Local Palestinian media sources reported that Israeli army invaded the Yatta village and the Al-Fawwar refugee camp of Hebron district. They added that during both …
(2020-07-12). How Many Ways Can Israel Wage War on Iran Before the Media Reports Israel Is Waging War on Iran? commondreams.org Satellite images of Natanz Nuclear Plant. (Photo: Google [before] and Iran International [after]) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/natanz-iran_5031346-1024×576.jpg …
(2020-07-12). L'Iran à Assad : Pas de quoi s'inquiéter de la ´ loi César ª avec Israà´l à la frontière. thealtworld.com Une délégation militaire iranienne dirigée par le chef d'état-major, le major général Mohammad Bagheri, a rencontré en …
(2020-07-12). Iran to Assad: Don't worry about the "Caesar Act" when you have Israel on your borders. thealtworld.com An Iranian military delegation led by Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri met in Syria with President Bashar al-Assad and his Defence Minister Major General Ali Ayyoub to
(2020-07-12). COVID-19 sickens Palestinian detainee in Israel. yenisafak.com A Palestinian detainee in Israel has contracted coronavirus, according to the Commission of Palestinian Affairs on Sunday.In a statement, the commission said Kamal Abu Wa'er, 46, was diagnosed with the virus, blaming the Israeli policy of "medical negligence" for his illness.The Israeli "policy of deliberate and systematic medical negligence has made [Palestinian] detainees vulnerable to the coronavirus and other epidemics and diseases which threaten their lives," the commission said.According to the statement, Abu Wa'er, from the town of Qabatiya in the northern West Bank, suffers from a throat cancer and is now…
(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). Tens of thousands of Israelis over Netanyahu's handling of Covid-19 crisis (VIDEOS). rt.com 
Massive crowds have packed into one of the largest squares in Tel-Aviv on Saturday to over how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has handled the coronavirus pandemic and its harsh economic fallout. | The rally at Rabin Square, which is a traditional spot in the city, was staged by self-employed, small business owners and students, who claim that, unlike salaried workers, they never received financial help that was promised by the government. | The demonstrators, who neglected social-distancing rules, carried banners, which read "Let us breathe" and jokingly asked for charity money to be sent to…
(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). Israeli Soldiers Injure Several Palestinians, Including A Pregnant Woman, Abduct Three, In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday evening, the al-'Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinian families celebrating their siblings' high-school graduation, wounding eight residents, including a pregnant woman, in addition to abducting a father and two of his sons. Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, …
(2020-07-11). Israeli Troops Abduct Several Palestinians from West Bank. imemc.org Israeli troops abducted, on Saturday morning, two Palestinians from the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Local Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that Israeli forces invaded Ya'bad village, west of Jenin city and stormed the homes of Mohammad B'ajawi and Adham Omar, 25, before abducting the youths, taking them …
(2020-07-11). Following Slain Man's Funeral, Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian 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). 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). Palestinian Factions Call for Popular Resistance in Response to 'Israeli Crimes'. imemc.org Majority of Palestinian resistance factions, across the occupied Palestinian territories, on Saturday, called for heightened Palestinian popular resistance, in response to what the factions described as, 'Israeli occupation crimes against the Palestinian people'. In a statement, submitted to local media outlets, factions' representatives held a meeting in the central West …
(2020-07-11). Netanyahu acquires dictatorial powers citing Israel's upsurge in COVID-19 cases. wsws.org The prime minister gave himself and the cabinet emergency powers to impose pandemic restrictions for up to a week before lawmakers can discuss, amend or cancel them.
(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 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). 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 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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…
(2020-07-10). 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…