(2021-07-10). UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur on Palestine slams Israeli Squatter-Settlements as 'War Crime,' Urges Practical Punishment. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Canadian academic and the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, made waves on Friday. Lynk asked the nations of the world to classify the Israeli government practice of sponsoring Israeli squatters on Palestinian-owned land on the Occupied Palestinian …
(2021-07-10). Israel attempts to forcibly relocate Bedouin community. mronline.org The Israeli military forcibly entered the Palestinian village to demolish homes. During the operation, they destroyed tents, water tanks, and food supplies. | July 10, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-07-10). Where infrastructure means prisons: a drive into the Naqab and the illusion of Israeli democracy. mronline.org Out of close to 250,000 Palestinian Beduin in the Naqab, about half live in "unrecognized villages." This means they get no roads, no electricity or running water, no schools or medical facilities—no services at all. | July 10, 2021…
(2021-07-10). Birzeit University students targets of latest Israeli arrest campaign. peoplesdispatch.org Israel's crackdown on Palestinian students has intensified in recent months and is part of a broader effort to depolitize the universities and break the strong link they have with the struggle for national liberation…
(2021-07-10). Saturday 7/10: Protest US financed oppression in Palestine/Israel. indybay.org Corner of Water and Ocean Streets, Santa Cruz…
(2021-07-09). Israel Attempts to Forcibly Relocate Bedouin Community. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. In the occupied Palestinian territory (OCHA oPt) territory warned that Israel is attempting to forcibly transfer the inhabitants of the Bedouin village of Humsa Al-Bqaia in the occupied West Bank. | RELATED: | The massive demolition and confiscation of property by Israeli forces in the Palestinian community of Humsa Al-Bqaia is "dis…
(2021-07-09). Palestinian Hunger Striker Released in Poor Conditions. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Israel released Palestinian prisoner Ghadanfar Abu Atwan, who spent 65 days on hunger strike for being imprisoned without charge or a trial. The 28-year-old man was transferred to Kaplan Medical Center, where he faces a life-threatening health condition. | RELATED: | Arrested ten months ago, Abu Atwan was held under the "administrative detention" mechanism, for which the Israeli government has no obligation to present any offic…
(2021-07-09). Palestinian Authority doubles down on violent crackdown. electronicintifada.net Prominent activists among PA detainees.
(2021-07-09). Launch: 'Group Of Friends In Defense Of The United Nations Charter'. popularresistance.org We, representatives of Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Cuba, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nicaragua, the State of Palestine, Russia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, and Venezuela to the United Nations, are pleased to announce the official launch and establishment of the "Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations". | We seize this opportunity to reaffirm that the Charter of the United Nations and its purposes and principles remain timeless, universal, and that they are all indispens…
(2021-07-09). Take Palestine off agenda, says Jewish Labour Movement. electronicintifada.net Israel lobby group tasked with training members of UK Labour Party.
(2021-07-09). Saturday 7/10: Protest US financed oppression in Palestine/Israel. indybay.org Corner of Water and Ocean Streets, Santa Cruz…
(2021-07-09). The People vs. Mahmoud Abbas. zcomm.org Are the Palestinian Authority's Days Numbered?>
(2021-07-09). Palestinian administrative detainee ends 65-day long hunger strike after securing his release from Israeli detention. peoplesdispatch.org Currently at least 520 Palestinians are being held in Israeli prisons and detention centers under the illegal administrative detention policy, according to prisoners' rights group Addameer…
(2021-07-09). The Fight to Save Lifta, the Last Remaining Palestinian Village. libya360.wordpress.com Jessica Buxbaum LIFTA, JERUSALEM — Yacoub Odeh is 81 years old but he can still remember his childhood in the Palestinian village of Lifta as if it were yesterday. Children playing together in the gardens, swimming in the pools and laying in the grass. Today, Lifta remains as a frozen time capsule. While the residents…
(2021-07-09). Israeli Supreme Court affirms Apartheid law limiting Sovereignty to Jewish Israelis, excluding 20% of Population. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports in an article edited by Mahmud Mujadalah that the Israeli Supreme Court on Thursday refused to strike down the basic law passed by the parliament or Knesset in 2018 declaring Israel a Jewish nation such that sovereignty is solely invested in the Jewish population. …
(2021-07-09). End of the Netanyahu Era: Israel's New Government. Who is Naftali Bennett. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-09). Biden Kneels Before Israeli President's Chief of Staff. counterpunch.org I thought I've seen it all! On July 5, 2021, Alison Weir, the daring and indefatigable Executive Director of If Americans Knew, posted a photograph of Joe Robinette Biden prostrating himself in front of outgoing Israeli President Reuven Rivlin — right smack in the White House's Oval Office — the world's nerve center of supreme
(2021-07-09). Good Riddance to Bad Rummy. counterpunch.org They say that history is written by the winners. But what if you wage a war that nobody wins? That's the Iraq War (also the Afghan war). Everybody lost (except maybe Iran and Israel) and continues to lose, 20 years later, as a defeated America fitfully attempts an ignominious, dangerous, but better-late-than-never withdrawal. One of
(2021-07-09). Sunday 7/11: Q&A Discussion of film Gaza Fights for Freedom. indybay.org