June 8: BLOCK THE BOAT Vancouver: End Israeli Apartheid — Defend Palestine!
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-06-06
Tuesday, June 8 — gather at 3 pm at Woodland Park (Woodland and Frances, Vancouver) — please stay alert through joining the text system for date and time changes! Vancouver, BC, Occupied Coast Salish Territories TEXT YOUR NAME to: +1-833-590-1987 for updates and action alerts Join the Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/1169263640162975 BLOCK THE BOAT FOR PALESTINE! — UPDATE to Tuesday, June 8 ** Get updates and news. Text your name to +1-833-590-1987 ** TUESDAY, JUNE 8 — BRING YOUR MASK AND KEFFIYEH AND GATHER AT 3 PM AT WOODLAND PARK: Zim-Operated Ship scheduled to dock at Van…
samidoun.net/2021/06/june-8-block-the-boat-vancouver-end-israeli-apartheid-defend-palestine/

Israel, 'Only Mideast Democracy,' Criminalizes Journalism, arrests Al Jazeera Reporter for Covering E. Jerusalem; What is being Covered Up?
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-06-06
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli police took another step toward criminalizing journalism on Saturday when they arrested al-Jazeera Arabic correspondent Givara al-Budeiri while she was covering a demonstration in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem marking the anniversary of the Naksa, the Setback. That term is how is how Palestinians refer to …
juancole.com/2021/06/democracy-criminalizes-journalism.html

Protest US-financed oppression in Palestine/Israel
AutumnSun | indybay.org | 2021-06-06
Here are a few photos from today's protest on Ocean St. at Water St. that was held from 11am. to 2pm.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/05/18842978.php

Block The Boat picket stops Israeli apartheid profiteer ship from unloading in Port of Oakland
ANSWER Coalition | liberationnews.org | 2021-06-06
Guest post by the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism)…
liberationnews.org/block-the-boat-picket-stops-israeli-apartheid-profiteer-ship-from-unloading-in-port-of-oakland/

Israeli ZIM Volans Blocked In Oakland As ILWU 10 Members Refuse To Cross Picket Lines
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-06-06
Over 500 community and labor activists rallied and picketed the Israeli ZIM chartered ship the Volans. ILWU members refused to cross the picket lines.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/04/18842942.php

Pacifica CRD & WorkWeek Covering Picketing & Block of Israeli Chartered Ship Volan At
WorkWeek | indybay.org | 2021-06-06
WorkWeek & Pacifica's Covid, Race & Democracy will be covering the picket of the Zim Ship Volan at the Port of Oakland…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/04/18842933.php

Protesters Prevent Unloading of Israeli Ship
Leon Kunstenaar, AROC event notice | indybay.org | 2021-06-06
Attempting to avoid protesters, ZIM freighter hung out off California coasts for two weeks, only to be prevented from unloading in Oakland.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/04/18842955.php

Victory Claimed After Israeli-Operated Cargo Ship Prevented from Unloading in Oakland
Arab Resource & Organizing Center | indybay.org | 2021-06-06
In a major BDS win, an Arab community organization mobilized over 500 people and blocked an Israeli shipping giant from unloading cargo in the Port of Oakland. Now organizers say the fight has just begun, and have called for more pickets at 4PM…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/04/18842936.php

Tallahassee students speak out against attacks on Palestine
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-06-05
Tallahassee, FL – On June 3, students at Florida State University gathered to demand an end to the Israeli government's attacks on Gaza. Students connected the struggles against political repression in Palestine to similar struggles facing political activists in Colombia. | The event was hosted by Students for a Democratic Society as well as the Tallahassee Community Action Committee. Attendees held signs saying, "End the Occupation" and "Stop Political Repression". | Event organizer Katherine Draken said, "We need to continue bringing attention to the struggles of the Palestinian people against Zionism and…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/6/4/tallahassee-students-speak-out-against-attacks-palestine

New investigation reveals role of Israeli operatives in Colombia's "political genocide"
Dan Cohen | mronline.org | 2021-06-05
Known as the "Red Dance," the systematic murder of the Patriotic Union remains one of the most extreme cases of political violence in Latin America and new evidence suggests that it was concocted by one of the most decorated spies in Israeli history. | June 5, 2021…
mronline.org/2021/06/05/new-investigation-reveals-role-of-israeli-operatives-in-colombias-political-genocide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-investigation-reveals-role-of-israeli-operatives-in-colombias-political-genocide

Four Things to Know About Israel's New 'Change Coalition'
Phyllis Bennis | zcomm.org | 2021-06-05
The new government — if it takes power at all — is united only around ousting Netanyahu. Here's what that could mean…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/four-things-to-know-about-israels-new-change-coalition/

Four Things to Know About Israel's New 'Change Coalition'
Phyllis Bennis | juancole.com | 2021-06-05
( Foreign Policy in Focus ) — The new government — if it takes power at all — is united only around ousting Netanyahu. Here's what that could mean. By Phyllis Bennis | June 4, 2021 In Israel's parliament, the Knesset, a broad but shaky new "change coalition" claims it's ready to finally oust Prime …
juancole.com/2021/06/things-israels-coalition.html

Israelis Actively Plotted "indefinite" Occupation of Gaza, West Bank, back in 1960s– the 6 Day War was just a Pretext: Haaretz
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-06-05
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — I can't tell you how many times I have heard Israeli officials talk as though the 1967 Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza were a kind of accident that left them with a dilemma. One told me it was like having a used car that you …
juancole.com/2021/06/israelis-indefinite-occupation.html

Israelis Actively Plotted "indefinite" Occupation of Gaza, West Bank, back in 1960s– the 6 Day War was just a Pretext: Haaretz
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-06-05
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — I can't tell you how many times I have heard Israeli officials talk as though the 1967 Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza were a kind of accident that left them with a dilemma. One told me it was like having a used car that you …
juancole.com/2021/06/israelis-indefinite-occupation.html

'When they take 100 trees, we plant 4,000' — a conversation with Mubarak Awad on nonviolence in Palestine
Waging Nonviolence | juancole.com | 2021-06-05
By Nonviolence Radio Team | ( Waging Nonviolence ) — Subscribe to "Nonviolence Radio" on Apple Podcasts, Android, Spotify or via RSS. This week, Nonviolence Radio hosts Mubarak Awad, founder of the National Youth Advocate Program, which provides alternative foster care and counseling to "at risk" youth and their families. He is also the founder …
juancole.com/2021/06/conversation-nonviolence-palestine.html

Palestinian Lives Still Won't Matter Under the Next Israeli Government
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-06-05
In Israel's parliament, the Knesset, a broad but shaky new "change coalition" claims it's ready to finally oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — the right-wing Likud leader who's held the office for the last 12 years. | If approved, the new coalition would anoint as prime minister Naftali Bennett, a former Netanyahu ally who supports settlement expansion and annexation of much of the West Bank, and who is significantly further to the right than Netanyahu himself. In theory, if it stays in p…
truthout.org/articles/palestinian-lives-still-wont-matter-under-the-next-israeli-government/

Tech giants help Israel muzzle Palestinians
Jonathan Cook | electronicintifada.net | 2021-06-05
Israeli efforts to control criticism intensified during assault on Gaza.
electronicintifada.net/content/tech-giants-help-israel-muzzle-palestinians/33336

Workers worldwide block Israeli ships in solidarity
Georgina Andrews | challenge-magazine.org | 2021-06-05
Following apartheid Israel's massacre in the besieged Gaza strip last month, the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions and all other notable Palestinian trade unions have urged fellow workers around the world to refuse to handle Israeli goods and build Israeli weapons. Dock workers in Livorno and South Africa took heed of this call last Continue reading "Workers worldwide block Israeli ships in solidarity"
challenge-magazine.org/2021/06/05/workers-worldwide-block-israeli-ships-in-solidarity/

Block The Boat Picket Stops Israeli Apartheid Profiteer Ship from Unloading in Port of Oakland
Answer Coalition | answercoalition.org | 2021-06-05
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Oakland dockworkers refuse to unload Israeli cargo ship
Nora Barrows-Friedman | electronicintifada.net | 2021-06-05
Port unions around the world have turned away Israel-linked ships and weapons cargos.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/oakland-dockworkers-refuse-unload-israeli-cargo-ship

Pacifica CRD & WorkWeek Covering Picketing & Block of Israeli Chartered Ship Volan At
WorkWeek | indybay.org | 2021-06-05
WorkWeek & Pacifica's Covid, Race & Democracy will be covering the picket of the Zim Ship Volan at the Port of Oakland…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/04/18842933.php

Victory Claimed After Israeli-Operated Cargo Ship Prevented from Unloading in Oakland
Arab Resource & Organizing Center | indybay.org | 2021-06-05
In a major BDS win, an Arab community organization mobilized over 500 people and blocked an Israeli shipping giant from unloading cargo in the Port of Oakland. Now organizers say the fight has just begun, and have called for more pickets at 4PM…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/04/18842936.php

Israeli ZIM Volans Blocked In Oakland As ILWU 10 Members Refuse To Cross Picket Lines
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-06-05
Over 500 community and labor activists rallied and picketed the Israeli ZIM chartered ship the Volans. ILWU members refused to cross the picket lines.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/04/18842942.php

Protesters Prevent Unloading of Israeli Ship
Leon Kunstenaar, AROC event notice | indybay.org | 2021-06-05
Attempting to avoid protesters, ZIM freighter hung out off California coasts for two weeks, only to be prevented from unloading in Oakland.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/04/18842955.php

Netanyahu pledges to destroy Biden's Iran, Settlements Policies
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2021-06-05
Netanyahu is telling Israelis that Bennett's will be a "far left government," even though it has far right parties in it, including that of its head…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/netanyahu-pledges-to-destroy-bidens-iran-settlements-policies/

[World Report] Aid agencies escalate Gaza relief effort
John Zarocostas | thelancet.com | 2021-06-05
After an 11-day conflict, the world now focuses on humanitarian emergency needs and accountability. John Zarocostas reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01283-6/fulltext?rss=yes

[World Report] Aid agencies escalate Gaza relief effort
John Zarocostas | thelancet.com | 2021-06-05
After an 11-day conflict, the world now focuses on humanitarian emergency needs and accountability. John Zarocostas reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01283-6/fulltext?rss=yes