Daily Archives: July 11, 2021

2021-07-11: News Headlines

Allan Fisher (2021-07-11). Saturday 7/10: Protest US financed oppression in Palestine/Israel. indybay.org Corner of Water and Ocean Streets, Santa Cruz…

Raoul Walawalker (2021-07-11). The uses and limits of celebrity solidarity with Palestine. zcomm.org Famous voices can shape public opinion on Palestine, argues Raoul Walawalker, but walking back solidarity statements does more harm than good…

Asa Winstanley (2021-07-11). In Disappointment, even the Israeli Left voted for Racist Palestinian Family Separation Law. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — This week, Israel's Parliament the Knesset failed to pass an extension to Israel's racist marriage law. The law bars the spouses of Palestinian citizens of Israel from receiving citizenship. This means that Palestinians from Haifa, Acre or Jaffa are effectively banned from marrying Palestinians from the West Bank and …

Juan Cole (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 …

Allan Fisher (2021-07-10). Saturday 7/10: Protest US financed oppression in Palestine/Israel. indybay.org Corner of Water and Ocean Streets, Santa Cruz…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-07-10). International outrage at forced closure of office of Palestinian agricultural organization. peoplesdispatch.org During a crackdown against Palestinian activists across the West Bank, Israeli soldiers stormed the office of the Union of Agricultural Workers Committee and closed it under military order…

Editor (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…

Editor (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…

Madaar (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…

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