Daily Archives: November 15, 2021

2021-11-15: News Headlines

_____ (2021-11-15). Victory For Palestinian Hunger Striker After 113 Days Without Food. popularresistance.org Israel agreed on Thursday to release a hunger-striking prisoner in four months after lengthy negotiations. | Miqdad Qawasmeh suspended his hunger strike on Thursday after refusing food for 113 days to protest his detention without charge or trial after Israel agreed to release him in February 2022. | His victory came after lengthy and arduous negotiations between the leadership of the Hamas prisoners' group and Israeli authorities. The 24-year-old was the youngest of six Palestinian men who have been refusing food for weeks and months in protest of Israel's detention of them without charge or trial. | Five others…

Staff (2021-11-15). US & Israel launch joint cybersecurity force. rt.com The US Treasury Department announced a new cybersecurity partnership with Israel's Ministry of Finance, saying that the two nations would work together to protect the global economy from ransomware and other tech-related threats. | The partnership was announced in a US Treasury Department press release on Sunday, which

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2021-11-15). Israeli arms manufacturer participates in Dubai Air Show for first time. middleeasteye.net Israeli arms manufacturer participates in Dubai Air Show for first time | Elbit Systems, founded in 1966, said that it aims to establish long-term cooperation with UAE's armed forces | Mon, 11/15/2021 – 11: 11 | Attendees walk past the Israel Aerospace Industries stand at the Dubai Airshow in the Gulf emirate on 15 November 2021 (AFP) | The Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems…

_____ (2021-11-14). With Attack On Rights Groups, Israel's Impunity Is On Full Display. popularresistance.org Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian writer, and activist, and founder of the rights group Al-Haq, talks about the recent Israeli decision to designate six organizations as terrorists. He explains the context for the Israeli move, the long history of repression of Palestinian activists, and the resistance put up by these groups and the Palestinian people.

Lubna Masarwa (2021-11-14). Israel can monitor every telephone call in West Bank and Gaza, says intelligence source. middleeasteye.net Israel can monitor every telephone call in West Bank and Gaza, says intelligence source | 'Harsh invasion of privacy' provides Israeli Security Agency a system of control over the Palestinians | Sun, 11/14/2021 – 16: 02 | A woman uses her phone in a courtroom in Nablus, occupied West Bank in February 2021 (AFP) |

MEE staff (2021-11-14). Israel uses settler violence as 'tool' to take Palestinian land: B'Tselem. middleeasteye.net Israel uses settler violence as 'tool' to take Palestinian land: B'Tselem | Israel, as policy, 'fully supports and assists' settler intimidation tactics that often result in the loss Palestinian farm and pasture land, says Israeli rights group | Sun, 11/14/2021 – 18: 26 | Israeli soldiers stand near a Palestinian vehicle defaced with Star of David graffiti, believed to be vandalised by Israeli settlers, in al-…

Mel Gurtov (2021-11-14). Israel's new leadership offers nothing new to Palestinians. zcomm.org To all intents and purposes, Israeli policy on Palestine amounts to Netanyahu-ism without Netanyahu…

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