(2020-07-15). German anti-Semitism chief must resign, say Jewish and Israeli scholars. zcomm.org As Israel moves towards annexing large parts of the occupied West Bank, the scholars say that "the need for loud international criticism and opposition is only growing," but Klein keeps "chilling the public and political debate in Germany and beyond."
(2020-07-15). Did neocon cancel queen Bari Weiss stage her NYT resignation to fuel her career? thegrayzone.com A closer look at the events surrounding Bari Weiss' resignation suggests she omitted some critical details about her toxic presence…
(2020-07-15). Did neocon cancel queen Bari Weiss stage her NY Times resignation to fuel her career? thegrayzone.com A closer look at the events surrounding Bari Weiss' resignation suggests she omitted some critical details about her toxic presence…
(2020-07-15). How Two Seemingly Unrelated Events Laid Israel's Racism Problem Bare. mintpressnews.com 
A viral video showing an Israeli family mocking impoverished Palestinian children and a controversial New York Times editorial by famed Zionist commentator Peter Beinart have exposed the racist underpinning of the so-called Jewish state.
(2020-07-15). Can romance transcend class? Hochschild's 'Rebel Cinderella' in review. peoplesworld.org 
Can romance transcend class? The answer, based on Adam Hochschild's latest book, Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes, seems to be yes—for a while. Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost and Spain in Our Hearts, tells the life story of Rose Pastor Stokes, a Jewish woman born into poverty in …
(2020-07-15). 'Palestine is here in New Hampshire'. liberationnews.org 
"Palestine is a struggle against settler colonialism, apartheid and systemic racism — defining traits of the United States since its inception…"
(2020-07-15). Nation of Islam posts Farrakhan's call for Jews to ditch the Talmud & be saved amid Nick Cannon antisemitism debacle. rt.com 
The Nation of Islam posted a call from leader Louis Farrakhan to the "Jewish community" telling them to "turn away from the Talmud" to be spared by God – hours after Farrakhan fan Nick Cannon was fired over his own "antisemitism."
(2020-07-15). Israeli Soldiers Injure Many Detainees In Ofer Prison. imemc.org Israeli soldiers injured, late on Tuesday at night, many Palestinian political prisoners in Ofer prison, which is built on Palestinian lands west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, in addition to forcing one detainee in solitary confinement. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that dozens of soldiers …
(2020-07-15). Soldiers Demolish A Home In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers demolished, on Wednesday morning, an under-construction Palestinian home in Jabal al-Mokabber village, south of occupied East Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said dozens of soldiers, and police officers, accompanied bulldozers and personnel of the City Council in the occupied city into the village, after surrounding it. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center …
(2020-07-15). Organizations issue joint appeal to UN for urgent action on Israeli killings of Palestinians. peoplesdispatch.org 83 organizations from around the world have demanded the relevant UN authorities to apply pressure on Israel to release the body of Ahmed Erekat, who was killed by Israeli forces on June 23, along with the bodies of 62 other Palestinians which are currently in Israeli custody…
(2020-07-15). Israeli Forces Deliver Demolition Orders to Three Palestinians in Jenin. imemc.org Israeli authorities in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, delivered three demolition orders, on Tuesday, to different residents from the Ya'bad town, south-west of Jenin. According to the board-member of the Ya'bad municipality, Samer Abu Bakr, the demolition orders involve stores belonging to Omar Alkilani and Zaid Herzallah, as …
(2020-07-15). Forging Greater Israel: Annexation by Any Other Name. counterpunch.org July 1st came and went and Netanyahu made no formal statement regarding annexation. That left many journalists, politicians, activists, and others feeling abandoned to speculation. Declarations of support or opposition went forward accompanied by an air of uncertainty and the frustration of trying to second guess the objectives of those whose actions would determine the
(2020-07-15). VIDEO: Protests on streets of Tel Aviv. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — Hundreds of people have held a demonstration on Wednesday in Tel Aviv to protest against Netanyahu's economic policies amid the pandemic.
(2020-07-14). Armenia says it shot down Azerbaijani drone as fierce border clashes continue into third day (VIDEO). rt.com 
The Armenian military has claimed it downed an advanced Azerbaijani drone amid ongoing border clashes. The flare-up has already led to casualties on both sides, with the South Caucasus neighbors blaming each other for the spat. | "Armenian air defense units hit a drone of the Azerbaijani armed forces, which is used as a fire control system," Armenia's Defense Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan said on Tuesday, sharing footage of the incident on Facebook. | The drone is said to be an Israeli-made Elbit Hermes 900, a medium-sized multirole UAV. Azerbaijan is believed to have as many as 15 such machines in…
(2020-07-14). 'He's gone full black supremacist': Nick Cannon blasted for saying white people are a 'little less' and 'closer to animals'. rt.com 
TV host Nick Cannon is facing accusations of antisemitism and racism following a bizarre and now-viral interview in which he claims white people are "a little less" and black people are who Jewish people "want to be." | During the discussion with former Public Enemy member Richard Griffin (who left the group after saying the "Jews are wicked" in a 1989 interview), Cannon, who hosts the 'Masked Singer,' claimed it is impossible for him to be antisemitic. | "It's never hate speech, you can't be anti-Semitic when we are the Semitic people," he said. "When we are the same people who they want to be. That's our bir…
(2020-07-14). The U.S. Struggle for Justice for Palestine Begins a New Chapter. commondreams.org Public opinion toward Israel and Palestine is shifting. (Photo: Stop the War UK) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/palestinian_0.png …
(2020-07-14). Pandemic kills more people in Palestine, Kuwait. yenisafak.com In Kuwait, the Health Ministry recorded three more deaths and 666 cases over the past 24 hours. | Tuesday's tally brings the total infections to 56,174, including 396 deaths, and 46,161 recoveries.Since originating in China last December, the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed almost 573,000 lives in 188 countries and regions. | Nearly 13.1 million cases have been reported worldwide, while over 7.3 million patients have recovered so far, according to figures compiled by the US' Johns Hopkins University. | *Writing by Mahmoud Barakat…
(2020-07-14). Israeli Proxies Profit from U.S. Coronavirus Funding. thealtworld.com Half a billion dollars goes to companies and foundations | Washington D.C. is surely one of the most corrupt places on earth. Money talks and nearly everyone into the game sometimes referred to as politics has his or her hand out and expects to end up a millionaire. Given that, it should surprise no one to learn that a large chunk of the CARES Business Assistance Program's trillions of dollars recently doled out for coronavirus relief, sold to the public as intended to help small businesses survive, has instead gone to those who are politically connected through lobbyists and other special interests. | A recent <...
(2020-07-14). 34-Year Old Palestinian Woman Dies of Wounds Sustained In 2014 Israeli Offensive. imemc.org Aseel Mahmoud Hamad Dheir, 34, died on Monday in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, from wounds she suffered at the hands of the Israeli army during their invasion of Gaza in the summer of 2014. Dheir was severely injured in an Israeli airstrike on her home …
(2020-07-14). PPS: Israeli Troops Abduct Several Palestinians in the West Bank. imemc.org The Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) stated, on Tuesday, that Israeli troops abducted ten Palestinian residents from the occupied West Bank, late Monday, early Tuesday. In a statement, issued Tuesday, the PPS added that among those abducted were five youths in the central West Bank city of East Jerusalem, identified …
(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 …
(2020-07-14). 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). Israeli court refuses to revoke export license of spyware maker NSO. peoplesdispatch.org An Israeli court said that there was not enough evidence that a human rights activist had been targeted. Amnesty International had said that the spyware was used against one of its employees…
(2020-07-14). Donald Trump's Genocidal Acts Against Humanity. thealtworld.com In 1979, United Nations Committee on Human Rights rapporteur Abdelwahab Bouhdiba cited the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia as an example of "autogenocide," the carrying out or enabling of mass deaths among one's own nation. Previously cited examples of genocide at the time Bouhdiba's coined the word autogenocide, were Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. The former's genocide of Eastern European Jews, Romani, Slavs, and other non-Germans also included German Jewish and other citizens, making it a practitioner of both genocide and autogenocide. The genocide of Chinese by Japanese military oc…
(2020-07-14). EU Foreign Ministers Seek Measures to 'Deter' Israel From Expanding Its Sovereignty Over West Bank. sputniknews.com Earlier this month, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said that Tel Aviv would postpone the 1 July deadline for the beginning of a sovereignty expansion over large parts of the West Bank and the Jordan Valley, arguing that the Defence Ministry is still "weighing the risks in the field of security, as [the move] will have serious repercussions".
(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 protesters stage sit-in outside PM's Jerusalem residence. rt.com 
Israeli police and Jerusalem municipal officials scuffled with protesters 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). 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 protesters won; the
(2020-07-13). Thousands protest 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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 Peace Until the Saudi Royal Family Is Gone. globalresearch.ca Palestine | 5 million Palestinians live under
(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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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…
