Interview with Charlotte Kates, of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-11-02
Fight Back! interviewed Charlotte Kates, International Coordinator of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, on the fight to free Palestinian political prisoners. We encourage all of our readers to support this effort. | | Fight Back!: Why is the issue of political prisoners so important to the fight to liberate Palestine? | | Charlotte Kates: From the earliest days of the Palestinian national liberation movement, imprisonment has always been a weapon used by the colonizer – and it has always been an inspiration for Palestinian resistance. This is true from the revolts against British colon…
fightbacknews.org/2018/11/1/interview-charlotte-kates-samidoun-palestinian-prisoner-solidarity-network
Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian From His Land In Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-02
Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, a Palestinian man while working on his farmland in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Ramzi Rezeq Salah, who is also a former political prisoner, and took him to Etzion military base. They added that …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-a-palestinian-from-his-land-in-bethlehem/
Israel Asked US to Stand by Saudi Arabia After Khashoggi Murder
Middle East Monitor | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-02
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the United States to stand by Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman (MBS) after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi | The revelation was made by the Washington Post yesterday, citing info…
mintpressnews.com/netanyahu-asked-us-stand-sadui-arabia-khashoggi-murder/251385/
Broad City's Ilana Glazer: Why I Canceled My Event at a NY Synagogue After Anti-Semitic Vandalism
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-02
A political event hosted by Ilana Glazer of Comedy Central's "Broad City" at the Union Temple Synagogue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, was canceled Thursday night after anti-Semitic and racist messages were found scrawled on walls throughout the building. Among the messages were "Jew Better Be Ready" "Insert Oven Here" "End is now," "Hitler," "Free Smoke for [N-word] Jews" and "FPEE PR." The graffiti comes amid a surge in anti-Semitic hate crimes nationwide, including Saturday's massacre of 11 Jewish worshipers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Amy Goodman was scheduled to speak at the event about cove…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/2/broad_citys_ilana_glazer_why_i
Israeli Colonists Hurled Molotov Cocktails At Palestinian Cars Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-02
A group of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers hurled, Friday, Molotov cocktails at Palestinian, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, on the Jenin-Nablus road. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonists targeted many cars, but the Molotov cocktails …
imemc.org/article/israeli-colonists-hurled-molotov-cocktails-at-palestinian-cars-near-nablus/
Netanyahu Welcomes Brazilian President-Elect's Decision To Move Embassy To Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-02
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed statements by the right-wing Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, regarding his decision to move the Brazilian embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem. Netanyahu's statements came after Bolsonaro stated, shortly after his election, that he is fulfilling his campaign promises to move the embassy to …
imemc.org/article/netanyahu-welcomes-brazilian-president-elects-decision-to-move-embassy-to-jerusalem/
UN General Assembly again condemns US anti-Cuban blockade
WTWJ | peoplesworld.org | 2018-11-02
The United Nations General Assembly on November 1 once more backed a Cuban resolution calling upon the United States to end its anti-Cuban U.S. economic, financial and commercial blockade. The vote was overwhelming; 189 nations approved the resolution and two others, the United States and Israel, rejected it. This was the 27th annual occasion in which …
peoplesworld.org/article/un-general-assembly-again-condemns-us-anti-cuban-blockade/
Several Palestinians Injured at Gaza Border
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-02
Several Palestinians were injured by live bullets or sustained suffocation from teargas inhalation on Friday, as Israeli forces attacked the Great March of Return protests at Gaza-Israel border, according to the Ministry of Health. The forces fired live bullets and rubber-coated steel rounds at the protesters who gathered at many …
imemc.org/article/several-palestinians-injured-at-gaza-border/
Four Palestinian Detainees on Hunger Strike against Injustice
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-02
Four Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are currently engaged in hunger strikes to protect prisoners' rights and demand their freedom. Saddam Ali Ayad Awad, 28, from Beit Ummar near al-Khalil, has been on strike since 13 October, after occupation authorities renewed his administrative detention — imprisonment without charge or trial. Image:…
imemc.org/article/four-palestinian-detainees-on-hunger-strike-against-injustice/
Irish Lawmakers Call for Arms Embargo on Israel
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-02
In a letter published in the Irish Times newspaper, Minister of State Finian McGrath and fifty other Irish TDs and Senators have called for an arms embargo to be placed on Israel, and for "an end to the bi-lateral arms trade between Ireland and the apartheid state". In addition to independent Minister McGrath, the signatories …
imemc.org/article/irish-lawmakers-call-for-arms-embargo-on-israel/
By Way Of Deception — False Flag Terror Acts Press Europe To Sanction Iran
Moon of Alabama | iranian.com | 2018-11-02
Israels secret service Mossad, with the CIA behind it, is framing Iran with alleged assassination plots in Europe. In September a terror attack killed some 30 people in Iran. Two entities, an Arab separatist movement as well as the Islamic State terror group ISIS, took responsibility. After an investigation Iran found that it was ISIS […] | The post By Way Of Deception — False Flag Terror Acts Press Europe To Sanction Iran appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/02/false-flag-terror-acts-press-europe-to-sanction-iran/
Midterm Scoreboard Reveals Massive Influence of Pro-Israel PACs on Congressional Candidates
Alison Weir | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-02
The scoreboard presents 29 bills and resolutions that were introduced on behalf of Israel, some openly drafted by AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. | The post Midterm Scoreboard Reveals Massive Influence of Pro-Israel PACs on Congressional Candidates appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/midterm-scoreboard-reveals-massive-influence-of-pro-israel-pacs-on-congressional-candidates/251414/
Palestinians Suffer Tear-gas Inhalation during March at Kafr Qaddoum
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-02
A number of Palestinians and international peace activists were injured by Israeli forces during the weekly anti-settlement march, on Friday afternoon, in the village of Kafr Qaddoum, in the northern occupied West Bank district of Qalqilia. Coordinator of a local popular committee of Kafr Qaddoum, Murad Ishteiwi, said that dozens …
imemc.org/article/palestinians-suffer-tear-gas-inhalation-during-march-at-kafr-qaddoum/
Noam Chomsky on Pittsburgh Attack: Revival of Hate Is Encouraged by Trump's Rhetoric
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-02
The nation is continuing to grieve the 11 Jewish worshipers who were gunned down at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh Saturday in what is being described as the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. Funerals were held Thursday for three more victims of the shooting: husband and wife Sylvan and Bernice Simon, and Richard Gottfried. Robert Bowers, who is accused of the mass shooting, pleaded not guilty Thursday. Bowers is charged with 44 counts, including murder and hate crimes. We speak with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned professor, linguist and dissident, about the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh a…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/2/noam_chomsky_on_pittsburgh_attack_revival
Lieberman Approves New Illegal Colony In Hebron Market
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-02
Israeli "Defense Minister" Avigdor Lieberman has approved plans for the construction of a new illegal colony in an old Palestinian vegetables market, in the heart of the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The approval of the new colony comes just a few …
imemc.org/article/lieberman-approves-more-settlement-units-in-west-bank/
Soldiers Abduct Jerusalem Governor And Three Other Palestinians
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-02
Dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers attacked, on Thursday evening, dozens of Palestinians participating in a seminar at Silwan Club in Ras al-'Amoud neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, before abducting Jerusalem Governor, and three young men. Update: The governor was released several hours after his abduction.
imemc.org/article/soldiers-abduct-jerusalem-governor-and-three-other-palestinians/
Cuba Scores 27th Victory at the UN on "Ending the US Blockade". Overwhelming Vote in Favor, Two Against (U.S. and Israel)
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-02
A new round of vote at the United Nations on Cuba's resolution "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba" has just ended. [1] This was the 27th year in a … | The post Cuba Scores 27th Victory at the UN on "Ending the US Blockade". Overwhelming Vote in Favor, Two Against (U.S. and Israel) appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/cuba-scores-27th-victory-un-ending-us-blockade/5658693
Running for human rights: Palestine needs support
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-02
As I walked through the tight alleyways of Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza earlier this year, I was followed by dozens of curious barefoot children, fascinated that a foreigner had made them a visit. The siege on Gaza has made it nearly impossible for outsiders to enter. | With the children a few steps behind me, smiling and giggling, I made my way through the dusty camp, being greeted and welcomed by Palestinians who came to their doorways as we passed. | I gratefully accepted an invitation from a fisher's wife to come into their home to see how they lived. She offered me tea on a small silver tray as we…
greenleft.org.au/content/running-human-rights-palestine-needs-support
Trump's Rules of Engagement for Troops at US-Mexico Border Mirror Those Used By the IDF in Gaza
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-02
The intent behind Trump's new rules of engagement and considerable militarization of the U.S. border appears to be greenlighting the U.S. military to function as an IDF-style military police force whenever the next "threat" emerges, whether it be "foreign invaders" or "internal enemies." | The post Trump's Rules of Engagement for Troops at US-Mexico Border Mirror Those Used By the IDF in Gaza appeared first on MintPress News
mintpressnews.com/trumps-rules-of-engagement-for-troops-at-us-mexico-border-mirror-those-used-by-the-idf-in-gaza/251396/
Netanyahu Hails New Brazilian President's Plan to Move Embassy to Jerusalem
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-02
Jair Bolsonaro has confirmed he intends to defy the Palestinians and most of the world by moving his country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. | Brazil would become the second major country after the United States to do … | The post Netanyahu Hails New Brazilian President's Plan to Move Embassy to Jerusalem appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-hails-new-brazilian-presidents-plan-to-move-embassy-to-jerusalem/5658762
Israel Releases A Disabled Detainee After Six Months In Administrative Detention
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-02
The Israeli Authorities released, on Thursday evening, a physically challenged Palestinian detainee from Ya'bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, after holding him under an arbitrary Administrative Detention order, for six months. The detainee, Adnan Yassin Hamarsha, 50, was abducted from his home on May 2nd, …
imemc.org/article/israel-releases-a-disabled-detainee-after-six-months-in-administrative-detention/
Noam Chomsky: White Supremacists Are Encouraged by Trump's Rhetoric
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-11-02
The nation is continuing to grieve the 11 Jewish worshipers who were gunned down at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh Saturday in what is being described as the worst anti-Semitic attack in US history. Funerals were held Thursday for three more victims of the shooting: husband and wife Sylvan and Bernice Simon, and Richard Gottfried. Robert Bowers, who is accused of the mass shooting, pleaded not guilty Thursday. Bowers is charged with 44 counts, including murder and hate crimes. We speak with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned professor, linguist and dissident, about the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh…
truthout.org/video/noam-chomsky-white-supremacists-are-encouraged-by-trumps-rhetoric/
Israeli PM Set to Attend Inauguration of Brazil's Bolsonaro, Highlighting Likud Support for Ethno-Nationalist Politicians Abroad
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-01
European and American ethno-nationalists in recent years have combined anti-Semitic rhetoric with fervent support for Israel's apartheid policies and efforts to fortify its status as an exclusively Jewish ethnostate. | The post Israeli PM Set to Attend Inauguration of Brazil's Bolsonaro, Highlighting Likud Support for Ethno-Nationalist Politicians Abroad appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/with-netanyahu-visit-israel-and-brazil-cement-their-ethno-nationalist-bonds/251356/
On Boycotts, Academic Freedom, and the Struggle for Justice in Israel-Palestine
Bruce Robbins | thenation.com | 2018-11-01
On Boycotts, Academic Freedom, and the Struggle for Justice in Israel-Palestine…
thenation.com/article/on-boycotts-academic-freedom-and-the-struggle-for-justice-in-israel-palestine/
How Do We Move Forward From the Synagogue Shooting?
Ruth Messinger | thenation.com | 2018-11-01
How Do We Move Forward From the Synagogue Shooting?
thenation.com/article/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-hias-jewish-solidarity/
Allan Nairn: The U.S. Is Facing Incipient Domestic Fascism, But Rightist Revolution Can Be Stopped
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-01
The 2018 U.S. midterm elections mark a critical point in the era of President Donald Trump, as the potential Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives has unleashed a torrent of white supremacist vitriol in the run-up to November 6. In the past week alone, a militant Trump supporter was accused of mailing three pipe bombs to CNN and 12 bombs to people Trump frequently criticizes; two African-Americans were murdered by a white supremacist outside Louisville, Kentucky; and 11 Jewish worshipers were massacred in a Pittsburgh synagogue by a white supremacist who railed on social media against Jews who help…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/1/allan_nairn_the_us_is_facing
The quiet Pittsburgh morning that was shattered by hate
Denise Winebrenner Edwards | peoplesworld.org | 2018-11-01
PITTSBURGH — Weekend mornings are slow in Pittsburgh. Folks off to sports practices or games, errands, breakfast at a walking distance diner or café or to worship. Joggers, bicyclists, skate boarders, baby strollers fill the sidewalks in Squirrel Hill, the heart of the area's Jewish community. Mr. Rogers of PBS "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood" lived here. …
peoplesworld.org/article/the-quiet-pittsburgh-morning-that-was-shattered-by-hate/
Israel's Netanyahu Chooses Trump Over American Jews … Again
Mitchell Plitnick | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-01
Trump and Netanyahu have demonstrated in Pittsburgh that their worldview is a good deal closer to that of Robert Bowers than it is to that of most U.S. Jews or, indeed, most Americans. | The post Israel's Netanyahu Chooses Trump Over American Jews … Again appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/israels-netanyahu-chooses-trump-american-jews/251346/
Zarif Accuses Israel Of 'False Flag' Operation In Denmark Assassination Plot
Middle East Monitor | iranian.com | 2018-11-01
An alleged Iranian murder plot in Denmark to kill a political dissident has been swept aside by the country's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif as a "false flag" operation carried out by the Israeli Mossad. The remark was made by Zarif in relation to the uncovering of a murder plot by Sweden's intelligence agencies in September. […] | The post Zarif Accuses Israel Of 'False Flag' Operation In Denmark Assassination Plot appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/01/zarif-accuses-israel-of-false-flag-operation-in-denmark-assassination-plot/
'We'll consider that a firearm': Trump says rock-throwing migrants may be shot as violent invaders
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-01
The US will adopt harsh, Israeli-style tactics and will treat migrants at the Mexican border as armed and dangerous invaders if they throw rocks at US law enforcement, Donald Trump has stressed amid a mass military deployment. | …
rt.com/usa/442899-trump-migrants-rocks-firearm/
Iran Accuses Israel of 'False Flag' Operation in Denmark Assassination Plot
Middle East Monitor | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-01
(MEMO) — An alleged Iranian murder plot in Denmark to kill a political dissident has been swept aside by the country's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif as a "false flag" operation carried out by the Israeli Mossad. The remark was made by Zarif in relation to the uncovering of a murder plot by Sweden's intelligence agencies in September. …
Iran Accuses Israel of ‘False Flag’ Operation in Denmark Assassination Plot
Google Wipes Palestinian Life Off The Map
Asa Winstanley | iranian.com | 2018-10-31
Google's dedication to Israel's occupation can be seen in its maps and its refusal to recognise the reality of Israel's apartheid system for Palestinians Like the other Silicon Valley monopolies, Google habitually takes the side of Israeli occupation and war crimes in Palestine — the very term Palestine is not used by their highly […] | The post Google Wipes Palestinian Life Off The Map appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/30/google-wipes-palestinian-life-off-the-map/
Denmark To Suspend Funding To BDS Groups
Middle East Monitor | iranian.com | 2018-10-31
Denmark has announced that it will no longer provide any funding to groups that endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, in what pro-Israel activists have called a significant step. Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen announced the new policy earlier this month is a document entitled "Explanations about the conditions for Danish support for […] | The post Denmark To Suspend Funding To BDS Groups appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/30/denmark-suspend-bds-funding/
Headlines for October 30, 2018
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-30
Trump to End Birthright Citizenship in Violation of Constitution, Trump Continues Attacks on Caravan, Sends 5,200 Troops to Border, Advocacy Groups Raise Alarm over Sick Kids in Central American Caravan, 220 Immigrant Children in U.S. Still Separated from Families, Pittsburgh Leaders Oppose Trump Visit, WH Denies Trump Rhetoric Responsible for Recent Extremist Violence, Fifteenth "Suspicious Package" Found in Atlanta in Mail Bomb Campaign, Fiancée of Murdered Saudi Journalist Demands Justice, Gaza: Israeli Forces Kill 1, Injure 25 at Separation Barrier Protest, Tunisia: Suicide Bomber Injures Nine, Air Pollution…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/30/headlines
"We Stand with You": HIAS Responds to Synagogue Massacre with Message of Hope for Refugees
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-30
Shortly before gunman Robert Bowers opened fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing 11 worshipers, he attacked a Jewish organization with a history of aiding millions of refugees: HIAS. Bowers wrote on a far-right social media site, "HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I'm going in." We speak with Melanie Nezer, the senior vice president for public affairs for HIAS, formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. HIAS has provided assistance to refugees for more than 130 years.
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/30/we_stand_with_you_hias_responds
Synagogue Shooter Shares His HIAS Obsession With Far-Right Media
Ari Paul | fair.org | 2018-10-30
Breitbart headline pulls together Jews, refugees, organizers and the "Obama government" in one "anti-Trump" package. | As the facts of the fatal antisemitic attack at a Pittsburgh synagogue unfold, one of shooter Robert Bowers' motives has come to the forefront: his obsession with his target's association with HIAS, formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. | Originally founded in the late 1800s to assist Jewish refugees, HIAS today works to resettle refugees of many backgrounds, operating with offices around the globe. Bowers may have acted alone on his fear that the group was helping an "invasion" of…
fair.org/home/synagogue-shooter-shares-his-hias-obsession-with-far-right-media/
Rabbi: Trump & GOP Have Blood on Their Hands for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting & Hateful Violence
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-29
Cecil Rosenthal, David Rosenthal, Melvin Wax, Irving Younger, Daniel Stein, Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Bernice Simon and Sylvan Simon. Those are the names of the 11 worshipers who were gunned down Saturday in Pittsburgh, when a 46-year-old white man named Robert Bowers entered the Tree of Life synagogue and opened fire, yelling "All Jews must die." It is believed to be the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. We speak with Ari Lev Fornari, a rabbi at Kol Tzedek Synagogue in West Philadelphia who has worked with HIAS, a Jewish agency that aids refugees that the gunma…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/29/rabbi_trump_gop_have_blood_on
Headlines for October 29, 2018
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-29
Anti-Semitic Shooter Kills 11 Jewish Worshipers in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Gunman Held Anti-Semitic, Racist and Xenophobic Views, Jewish Leaders to Trump: "Massacre Is Not the First Act of Terror You Incited", Trump, Conservatives Continue Attacks on George Soros, Kentucky: Shooter Kills Two Black People at Supermarket After Targeting Black Church, Trump-Supporting Suspect of Mail Bomb Campaign to Appear in Court, Brazil Elects Far-Right Candidate Jair Bolsonaro President, Indonesia: 189 Feared Dead After Lion Air Passenger Jet Crashes, Saudis Reject Turkish Demand to Extradite Khashoggi Murder Suspects, Israel Bo…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/29/headlines
Members of Netanyahu's Likud Blame Victims of Pittsburgh Pogrom and Echo the Killer's Rhetoric
Max Blumenthal | grayzoneproject.com | 2018-10-28
As Israeli Minister of Education Naftali Bennett sets out to Pittsburgh, prominent members of the governing Likud Party have blamed… | The post Members of Netanyahu's Likud Blame Victims of Pittsburgh Pogrom and Echo the Killer's Rhetoric appeared first on Grayzone Project.
grayzoneproject.com/2018/10/28/members-of-netanyahus-likud-blame-victims-of-pittsburgh-pogrom-and-echo-the-killers-rhetoric/
Venezuela Takes Center Stage in Brazilian Far Right Presidential Campaign
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-10-11
Frontrunner Bolsonaro has vowed to sever diplomatic relations with Caracas and back sanctions while establishing closer ties with the ultra-right government in Israel.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14095