To distract from Gaza slaughter, Israel lobby manufactures antisemitism freakout
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-25
With deceptively edited videos and dubious allegations, the Israel lobby has manufactured an antisemitism epidemic to turn the media's gaze away from dead children in Gaza. Following an 11-day assault on the Gaza Strip in which the Israeli army killed over 220 people, including more than 65 children, and days of videotaped rampages of Jewish extremist mobs against Palestinian people and property inside Israeli cities, Israel lobbyists in the US and Canada have launched a carefully coordinated public relations campaign …
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/24/gaza-slaughter-israel-lobby-antisemitism/
In Victory for American Freedom, Judge Mark Cohen Calls "Unconstitutional" Georgia's Ban on Boycotting Israel for Brutalizing Palestinians
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-25
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Ross Williams at the Georgia Reporter writes that federal judge Mark Cohen on Monday characterized as unconstitutional a Georgia state law that prohibited contractors for the Georgia state government from boycotting Israel. Cohen is United States District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. This …
juancole.com/2021/05/unconstitutional-brutalizing-palestinians.html
Abby Martin, Michelle Rodino-Colocino, and Brian Dolber
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2021-05-25
Mickey's first guest, independent journalist Abby Martin of The Empire Files, provides background to the Israeli bombardments of Gaza, and explains how big U.S. media strenuously avoid presenting the truth…
projectcensored.org/abby-martin-michelle-rodino-colocino-and-brian-dolber/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=abby-martin-michelle-rodino-colocino-and-brian-dolber
Video: Drone Warfare in the Middle East
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-25
Iran, if Israel …
globalresearch.ca/video-drone-warfare-in-the-middle-east/5746124
Biden: End Your Co-Belligerent Backing of Israeli War Crimes
Ralph Nader | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
You can't seem to connect the Israeli military powerhouse's occupation to the oppression and destruction of innocent Palestinian civilians…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/biden-end-your-co-belligerent-backing-of-israeli-war-crimes/
Biden: End Your Co-Belligerent Backing of Israeli War Crimes
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-25
As Senator, Vice President, and now President, your self-promoted/displayed empathy has a problem. You can't seem to connect the Israeli military powerhouse's occupation to the oppression and destruction of innocent Palestinian civilians, illegal seizure of Palestinian land/water, and daily violations of U.S. and international law. Israel's military is deliberately bombing these families, the offices of…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/25/biden-end-your-co-belligerent-backing-of-israeli-war-crimes/
Global protests demand 'Stop Israel's genocide!'
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2021-05-25
The whole world is watching in horror as Israel bombs Gaza. As of May 17, the Zionist state has killed nearly 200 people, 58 of them children. With military precision, Israel's bombs are aimed at civilian targets, family homes, refugee camps, hospitals and schools. Israeli missiles razed to the ground . . . | Continue reading Global protests demand 'Stop Israel's genocide!' at Workers.org…
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Global protests demand 'Stop Israel's genocide!'
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2021-05-25
The whole world is watching in horror as Israel bombs Gaza. As of May 17, the Zionist state has killed nearly 200 people, 58 of them children. With military precision, Israel's bombs are aimed at civilian targets, family homes, refugee camps, hospitals and schools. Israeli missiles razed to the ground . . . | Continue reading Global protests demand 'Stop Israel's genocide!' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/05/56595/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=global-protests-demand-stop-israels-genocide
Gaza Hostilities Underscore Role of Int'l Criminal Court
Human Rights Watch | juancole.com | 2021-05-25
By Balkees Jarrah | — Associate Director, International Justice Program | — ( Human Rights Watch ) — Israeli forces have launched relentless airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, while Hamas and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza have fired rockets at Israeli population centers. At least 227 people, including 64 children have been killed in Gaza, …
juancole.com/2021/05/hostilities-underscore-criminal.html
Outrage Over Israel's Human Rights Violations Is Fueling the Global BDS Movement
Marjorie Cohn | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
Israeli police are now threatening to carry out mass arrests against Palestinian citizens of Israel — arrests intended to punish those who took part in sit-ins and other protests in solidarity with Palestinians living in East Jerusalem and Gaza…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/outrage-over-israels-human-rights-violations-is-fueling-the-global-bds-movement/
Anti-Palestinian Racism: A Resource
Anti-Empire Project | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
The current war throughout Israel and Palestine, focused on Gaza is enabled by a powerful force throughout the West, one that is not talked about and rarely named: Anti-Palestinian Racism…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/anti-palestinian-racism-a-resource/
USA "Iron Dome" media vaccine proved 99% effective in shielding Israel
DLI | indybay.org | 2021-05-25
For the past 2 weeks, since the massive violence perpetrated by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza began(with massive use of US-made planes and bombs), the White House, alongside the "Corporate-bin-Laden" media, had unleashed a media vaccine, aptly coined, "Iron Dome" media shield, that proved to be nearly 99% effective against criticism from nearly the entire world, on the active support of Israel's virtual massacre of Palestinian civilians.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/21/18842684.php
The People United Will Never Be Defeated! SF Rally Against Attacks On Palestinian People
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-05-25
Over 1,000 Palestinians and opponents of the attacks on Palestinians in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank rallied and spoke out in San Francisco on 5/22/21…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/24/18842724.php
Netanyahu Soldiers On
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-25
When Benjamin Netanyahu became prime minister for the second time in March 2009, it was not long after Israel had conducted three weeks of sustained air attacks on the enclave of Gaza. More than 1,100 Palestinians died in that campaign. About a dozen Israelis also perished, four from friendly fire, the rest from rockets coming…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/25/netanyahu-soldiers-on/
What is Joe Biden's Israel Policy, Exactly?
Phyllis Bennis | indybay.org | 2021-05-25
The Biden administration thought it could muddle through with the usual pro-Israel platitudes, but rising awareness of Israeli apartheid is making that impossible.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/22/18842688.php
Berlin Bulletin — Anger and dismay over Israeli aggression
Victor Grossman | workers.org | 2021-05-25
Berlin Bulletin No. 189, May 23 It's no great surprise that most German media, reporting on the Israel-Palestine war, were one-sided, bigoted and misleading! There were samples of fairer treatment, at first, showing the demolition of Palestinian homes, the shutdown of a meeting place for young people, the far-rightist gangs . . . | Continue reading Berlin Bulletin — Anger and dismay over Israeli aggression at Workers.org…
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More Than 500 of the Staffers Who Got Biden Elected Demand He Defend Palestinian Rights
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2021-05-25
More Than 500 of the Staffers Who Got Biden Elected Demand He Defend Palestinian Rights…
thenation.com/article/world/biden-staffers-letter-palestine/
Israel to carry out more mass arrests of Palestinians in pursuit of ethnic cleansing
wsws.org | 2021-05-25
Thousands of Israeli security forces from "all units" are to be deployed to carry out raids in towns and cities with a large Palestinian population.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/25/isra-m25.html
Israel to carry out more mass arrests of Palestinians in pursuit of ethnic cleansing
wsws.org | 2021-05-25
Thousands of Israeli security forces from "all units", including border guards and reserve brigades, are to be deployed to carry out raids in the towns and cities with a large Palestinian population–with more than 500 Palestinian homes expected to be raided in the coming days.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/25/isra-m25.html
AP Journalist fired after right-wing campaign over Palestinian activism
wsws.org | 2021-05-25
Associated Press fired Emily Wilder amid a right-wing campaign targeting her for participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations as a student.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/25/jour-m25.html
Stop comparing Israel to Apartheid South Africa; it is worse
Thembisa Fakude | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
For all its horrors and brutality, the apartheid regime in South Africa never used fighter jets and artillery to bomb the oppressed people living in the townships…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/stop-comparing-israel-to-apartheid-south-africa-it-is-worse/
Israeli Police Round Up Palestinian Protesters Out of Global Spotlight
Robert Mackey | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
"This is what we warned about. Israel will target us all when you stop looking."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/israeli-police-round-up-palestinian-protesters-out-of-global-spotlight/
Netanyahu Soldiers On
John Feffer | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
The only winner in the perennial confrontation between Israel and Hamas: Benjamin Netanyahu.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/netanyahu-soldiers-on/
Workers around the world can help end violence against the people of Palestine and Colombia
Staff | therealnews.com | 2021-05-24
Through coordinated and direct action, the international working class helped end apartheid in South Africa; it can do the same now to end the violence of occupation in Palestine and the exploitation and police crackdowns in Colombia.
therealnews.com/workers-around-the-world-can-help-end-violence-against-the-people-of-palestine-and-colombia
Jewish groups that aid Israel's war crimes can't deny all responsibility for those crimes
Jonathan Cook | zcomm.org | 2021-05-24
Israel's apologists — whether Jews or non-Jews — cannot deny all responsibility for Israel's war crimes when they actively aid and abet Israel in committing those crimes…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/jewish-groups-that-aid-israels-war-crimes-cant-deny-all-responsibility-for-those-crimes/
Jewish Groups that Aid Israel's War Crimes Can't Deny All Responsibility for Those Crimes
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-24
Here is something | …
globalresearch.ca/jewish-groups-aid-israel-war-crimes-cant-deny-all-responsibility-those-crimes/5746058
Biden: End Your Co-Belligerent Backing of Israeli War Crimes
Ralph Nader | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-24
As Senator, Vice …
globalresearch.ca/biden-end-your-co-belligerent-backing-israeli-war-crimes/5746012
Why Israel Blows Up Media Offices and Targets Journalists
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2021-05-24
Trying to dim the lights on a killing spree…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/20/18842657.php
Chris Hedges and Author Mitchell Plitnick on "Except for Palestine"
Moderator | scheerpost.com | 2021-05-24
On this week's "On Contact," Chris Hedges discusses why American liberals refuse to speak out about the crimes the Israeli apartheid state carries out against the Palestinians, with political analyst and author Mitchell Plitnick. Mitchell Plitnick's new book, with co-author Marc Lamont Hill, is: "Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics." "Israel is in …
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It's Past Time to End U.S. Funding of Israeli Violence
Sonali Kolhatkar | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-24
At the end of 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic was continuing to ravage the populations of many nations, Israel stood out as a success story, administering more doses of vaccines to its modest-sized 9-million-strong population than any other country after China, the U.S., and the UK. Today, more than 60 percent of Israelis are vaccinated,…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/24/its-past-time-to-end-u-s-funding-of-israeli-violence/
Israeli provocations continue as scale of Gaza damage emerges
wsws.org | 2021-05-24
The United Nations said nearly 450 buildings had been damaged, including six hospitals, 53 schools and 11 primary healthcare centres, as well as more than 1,000 homes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/24/gaza-m24.html
Amid Gaza Ceasefire, Israel Arrests Hundreds & Continues "Colonial Violence" in Occupied Palestine
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-24
The United Nations is appealing to the world to address the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza following the 11-day Israeli assault that killed 248 Palestinians, including 66 children, and injured more than 1,700 people. The U.N. is estimating that at least 6,000 residents of Gaza were left homeless after their homes were bombed by Israel, which has maintained a blockade on Gaza for the past 14 years. Tensions also remain high in Jerusalem, where dozens of Jewish settlers backed by Israeli security forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound Friday and Israeli authorities are continuing the campaign to forcibly e…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/24/israel_gaza_jerusalem_ceasefire_tension
Headlines for May 24, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-24
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Holds as Gazans Face Grief and Destruction After Israeli Assault, India's Official COVID Death Toll Passes 300,000, Latin America Tops 1 Million Deaths, Average of Daily U.S. Coronavirus Infections Falls Below 30,000 for First Time Since June, Biden Administration to Extend Temporary Protected Status to 100,000 Haitians in U.S., Belarus Uses Fake Bomb Threat to Divert Plane and Arrest Journalist Critical of President, Deposed Burmese Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Appears in Court for First Time Since February 1 Coup, Bangladeshi Journalist Rozina Islam, Who Reported on Corruption, Granted Bail Af…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/24/headlines
Irish Parties and People demand Expulsion of Israeli ambassador, Fines for importing Settler-made Goods
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-24
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The recent Israeli assault on the Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the bombardment of Gaza, has stirred passions in the Irish Republic, where public opinion has swung around to be strongly in favor of Palestinian rights and critical of the Apartheid, Occupation government of Israel. Rallies have …
juancole.com/2021/05/expulsion-ambassador-importing.html
Irish Parties and People demand Expulsion of Israeli ambassador
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2021-05-24
The recent Israeli assault on the Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the bombardment of Gaza, has stirred passions in the Irish Republic…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/irish-parties-and-people-demand-expulsion-of-israeli-ambassador/
Israel Arrests Hundreds and Continues Colonial Violence in Occupied Palestine
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-24
The United Nations is appealing to the world to address the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza following the 11-day Israeli assault that killed 248 Palestinians, including 66 children, and injured more than 1,700 people. The U.N. is estimating that at least 6,000 residents of Gaza were left homeless after their homes were bombed by Israel, which has maintained a blockade on Gaza for the past 14 years. Tensions also remain high in Jerusalem, where dozens of Jewish settlers backed by Israeli sec…
truthout.org/video/israel-arrests-hundreds-and-continues-colonial-violence-in-occupied-palestine/
The Destruction of a Famed Gaza Bookstore Severs a Crucial Lifeline
Bilge Nesibe Kotan | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-24
The destruction of …
globalresearch.ca/destruction-famed-gaza-bookstore-severs-crucial-lifeline/5746010
Outrage Over Israel's Human Rights Violations Is Fueling the Global BDS Movement
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-24
Israeli police are now threatening to carry out mass arrests against Palestinian citizens of Israel — arrests intended to punish those who took part in sit-ins and other protests in solidarity with Palestinians living in East Jerusalem and Gaza. | This latest attack on Palestinian rights comes just days after Israeli police once again attacked Palestinians at Al Aqsa Mosque,…
truthout.org/articles/global-outrage-over-israels-human-rights-abuses-is-fueling-the-bds-movement/
In Gaza, It's Now Time to Count Our Family Members
Mosab Abu Toha | thenation.com | 2021-05-24
In Gaza, It's Now Time to Count Our Family Members…
thenation.com/article/world/gaza-israel-safety/
In Gaza, It's Now Time to Count Family Members
Mosab Abu Toha | thenation.com | 2021-05-24
In Gaza, It's Now Time to Count Family Members…
thenation.com/article/world/gaza-israel-safety/
Hezbollah: Powerless Against Gaza, Israel is Doomed to Disappear
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-05-24
Illustrative Image | Speech by Sayed Hashem Safi al-Din, Head of the Executive Office of Hezbollah, on May 17, 2021, at a rally in support of Gaza and Palestine, held in the southern suburbs of Beirut (Dahiyeh), four days before the ceasefire. | Translation: resistancenews.org | Transcript: | In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. | Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and prayers & greetings be upon our Master and Prophet, Abul…
southfront.org/hezbollah-powerless-against-gaza-israel-is-doomed-to-disappear/
USA "Iron Dome" media vaccine proved 99% effective in shielding Israel
DLI | indybay.org | 2021-05-24
For the past 2 weeks, since the massive violence perpetrated by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza began(with massive use of US-made planes and bombs), the White House, alongside the "Corporate-bin-Laden" media, had unleashed a media vaccine, aptly coined, "Iron Dome" media shield, that proved to be nearly 99% effective against criticism from nearly the entire world, on the active support of Israel's virtual massacre of Palestinian civilians.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/21/18842684.php
The People United Will Never Be Defeated! SF Rally Against Attacks On Palestinian People
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-05-24
Over 1,000 Palestinians and opponents of the attacks on Palestinians in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank rallied and spoke out in San Francisco on 5/22/21…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/24/18842724.php
Photos: Thousands march again for Palestine after ceasefire
Alex Bainbridge | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-24
Tens of thousands of people protested against the Israeli assault on Gaza and East Jerusalem on May 22 (and May 23 in Perth). This came the day after a "ceasefire" was announced between Israel and Hamas and a few days after an historic general strike by Palestinians throughout the entire region of historic Palestine.
greenleft.org.au/content/photos-thousands-march-again-palestine-after-ceasefire
Photos: Thousands march again for Palestine after ceasefire
Alex Bainbridge | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-24
Tens of thousands of people protested against the Israeli assault on Gaza and East Jerusalem on May 22 (and May 23 in Perth). This came the day after a "ceasefire" was announced between Israel and Hamas and a few days after an historic general strike by Palestinians throughout the entire region of historic Palestine.
greenleft.org.au/content/photos-thousands-march-again-palestine-after-ceasefire
Photos: Thousands march again for Palestine after ceasefire
Alex Bainbridge | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-24
Tens of thousands of people across Australia protested against Israel's assault on Gaza and East Jerusalem on May 22 and May 23, reports Alex Bainbridge.
greenleft.org.au/content/photos-thousands-march-again-palestine-after-ceasefire
Israel's Assault on Gaza by Bomb, Then Slow Strangulation
Marilyn Garson | commondreams.org | 2021-05-24
"The risk to Gaza now is the risk of our disengagement before we have brought down the walls. That is the task; nothing less. This time, Gaza must go free." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gaza_15.jpg …
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In Al-Aqsa, Sheikh Jarrah and Rest of Palestine, Israeli Oppression Continues
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-24
Peoples Dispatch Jewish settlers invade the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Sunday. Photo: Palestine Chronicle While the ceasefire has ended the bombing in Gaza, violence against Palestinians continues across the occupied territories. The Al-Aqsa compound was invaded on Friday and Sunday and Palestinian organizations have warned of mass arrests by Israel Days after a ceasefire was… Read…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/in-al-aqsa-sheikh-jarrah-and-rest-of-palestine-israeli-oppression-continues/
Biden's Timid Gaza Intervention Won't Count for Much But US Reaction Against Israel has Changed Significantly
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-24
During the Israeli bombardment of Beirut in August 1982, President Ronald Reagan phoned Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to express his "shock" and "outrage" at Israeli airstrikes and artillery fire on the Lebanese capital, demanding that they be stopped immediately. He said that Israeli actions were causing "needless destruction and bloodshed" and had halted US-led negotiations to bring about an end to the crisis.
counterpunch.org/2021/05/24/bidens-timid-gaza-intervention-wont-count-for-much-but-us-reaction-against-israel-has-changed-significantly/
In Al-Aqsa, Sheikh Jarrah and rest of Palestine, Israeli oppression continues
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-24
While the ceasefire has ended the bombing in Gaza, violence against Palestinians continues across the occupied territories. The Al-Aqsa compound was invaded on Friday and Sunday and Palestinian organizations have warned of mass arrests by Israel…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/05/24/in-al-aqsa-sheikh-jarrah-and-rest-of-palestine-israeli-oppression-continues/