UNRWA Confronts Deficit of $270 Million
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-23
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) currently faces a budget deficit of $270 million, which could cause serious consequences for the humanitarian situation in the region. During a UN security council meeting, UN Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs Rosemary Anne DeCarlo said, "We always …
Erekat: "Israel's Illegal Expansion Of Colonies, Direct Outcome of American Greed"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-23
Dr. Saeb Erekat, a member of the Executive Committee of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) strongly denounced Israel's approval of hundreds of new units in its illegal colonies in the occupied West Bank, and said the move is an outcome of the American greed, and the U.S.
Erekat: “Israel’s Illegal Expansion Of Colonies, Direct Outcome of American Greed”
Being Pro-Palestinian Doesn't Make Jeremy Corbyn an Anti-Semite
Consortiumnews.com | consortiumnews.com | 2018-08-23
The Israelis' war on the leader of the Labour Party is really a war on free speech that's meant to silence critics of Israel in the UK and elsewhere, argues As'ad AbuKhalil. By As'ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News In… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/08/22/being-pro-palestinian-doesnt-make-jeremy-corbyn-an-anti-semite/
Benjamin Netanyahu Is Fine With Anti-Semites — as Long as They Support Israel's Occupation
Mehdi Hasan | theintercept.com | 2018-08-23
Benjamin Netanyahu often accuses his political opponents of anti-Semitism, but has no qualms surrounding himself with actual card-carrying anti-Semites. | The post Benjamin Netanyahu Is Fine With Anti-Semites — as Long as They Support Israel's Occupation appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/08/23/benjamin-netanyahu-anti-semitic/
Gaza Without Cancer Medicine as Haley Blames Arabs for Washington's Sins
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-23
On Sunday August 12, news from Gaza was distressing: The Ministry of Health announced that it would no longer be able to treat cancer patients in the Israel-besieged Strip. "Colon and lung cancer, as well as lymphoma patients cannot be provided with the necessary therapy now," said Dr. Mohammed Abu Silmiya, director of Abdulaziz Al-Rantisi Hospital for Children.
counterpunch.org/2018/08/23/gaza-without-cancer-medicine-as-haley-blames-arabs-for-washingtons-sins/
Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-23
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, a Palestinian man from Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded Wadi as-Somman area, in Hebron, and abducted Husan Abu Sneina, 27, after storming his home and violently searching it. The …
Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian In Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-23
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, a young Palestinian man in the al-Mughayyir village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The soldiers also attempted to abduct a child, but he was not at home during the invasion. Marzouq Abu Na'im, a member of the Local Council …
Israeli Colonialist Settlers Attack Homes And Cars Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-23
A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the village of Orif, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and attacked homes and cars, causing property damage. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities, said the Israeli assailants …
imemc.org/article/israeli-colonialist-settlers-attack-homes-and-cars-near-nablus/
Israeli Restrictions Strangle Gaza's Cancer Patients
Ahmad Kabariti | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-23
Featured image: Joory Basheer, 3, and her father at the Palestinian Society for Cancer Care. | For the fourth time in two months, Nevin Abu El-Jidian failed to cross the Erez checkpoint, …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-restrictions-strangle-gazas-cancer-patients/5651574
Barghouti: "SodaStream is Still Subject to Boycott"
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-23
Earlier this week, PepsiCo announced that it signed an agreement to buy SodaStream, a producer of home-carbonation machines. SodaStream has faced global boycotts because of its complicity in Israel's grave violations of Palestinian human rights. Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the BDS movement for Palestinian rights, said:…
Israeli Colonialist Settlers Injure Two Palestinians Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-23
Medical sources have reported that two Palestinians were injured, on Thursday at dawn, after being attacked by illegal Israeli colonialist settlers near Nablus, in northern West Bank. The sources said the two Palestinians, identified as Suleiman Edrees Qanni, 20, and Yahia Na'im Qanni, 23, were moved to Rafidia hospital, suffering …
Israeli Colonialist Settlers Injure Two Palestinians Near Nablus
KPFA Management Abandoning The Station's Principles
Steve Gilmartin | indybay.org | 2018-08-23
The KPFA of 2018, however, seems all-too aligned with national security state messaging, with its constant parroting of corporate media's evidence-free "Russia meddled" narrative and, with occasional exceptions, no recognition of the grotesque but almost completely unexamined and outsized influence of the state of Israel over US politics. | The unhealthy hierarchical structure of the station–well protected and benefited paid staff versus a majority of unprotected unpaid staff–also falls into the pattern of haves and have-nots in our society at large, and the negative consequence of such a structure is…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/08/20/18817012.php
Facebook escalates censorship of left-wing, anti-war organizations
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-23
On Tuesday, Facebook announced the removal of hundreds of user accounts and pages, many of them opposing the crimes of the American, Saudi and Israeli governments in the Middle East.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/23/pers-a23.html
Palestinian Prisoners Express Solidarity With U.S. National Prison Strike
teleSUR | mintpressnews.com | 2018-08-22
Several members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, all of whom have been jailed by Israel for their participation in the struggle for national independence, have released a statement in solidarity with the national U.S. prisoners strike, which began on Tuesday. | "We write today as imprisoned Palestinians of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, held in Israeli jails for our participation in struggle for the liberation of our land and people from colonialism and occupation," the letter opened. | "Today, we extend our solidarity to the prisoners in the jails of the United States participating in the national prison strike beginning on August 21, fighting exploitation, racism and capitalism from within the heart of imperialist prisons…Black communities, Latino communities, Arab communities are under attack, facing mass incarceration and a system that seeks to imprison and…
mintpressnews.com/palestine-solidarity-us-national-prison-strike/248112/
Uri Avnery: One of My Few Heroes in the Middle East
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-22
I must admit that Uri Avnery was one of my Middle East heroes — there aren't many — and his story is worthy of a movie, though there will be no Spielbergs to direct it: writer, journalist, leftist, veteran of the Israeli army in the country's War of Independence — and, as he never forgot, the same war which drove 750,000 Palestinians from their home and lands.
counterpunch.org/2018/08/22/uri-avnery-one-of-my-few-heroes-in-the-middle-east/
382 New Homes in Illegal West Bank Settlements Approved
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-22
Israeli occupation authorities have agreed to build hundreds of units in West Bank settlements, as well as to legitimize two new settlement outposts, Israeli media reported on Wednesday. Israeli occupation authorities approved construction of 382 new housing units in the West Bank settlements, some in relatively isolated locations. The Israeli newspaper …
F-35 lands nose-down after midflight emergency over Florida (PHOTO)
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-22
An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the test squadron of the US Air Force has suffered an in-flight emergency and was forced to land at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, where its front nose gear collapsed.
rt.com/usa/436619-f35-nose-down-landing-gear/
'Something very good' for Palestinians: Israel friend Trump now wants fair play in Middle East
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-22
After sparking fury by moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, President Donald Trump has now dangled a carrot in front of Palestinians by promising that they "will get something very good" in future negotiations.
rt.com/usa/436559-trump-palestinians-virginia-rally/
In Detaining Peter Beinart, Israel Has Declared it No Longer Represents Millions of Jews Overseas
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-21
Nazareth There are few places in Israel where its apartheid character is more conspicuous than the imposing international airport just outside Tel Aviv, named after the country's founding father, David Ben Gurion. Most planes landing in Israel have to circle over the West Bank before making their descent. Below, more than two million Palestinians living…
counterpunch.org/2018/08/21/in-detaining-peter-beinart-israel-has-declared-it-no-longer-represents-millions-of-jews-overseas/
I'm One of the Young People Who Walked Off Birthright Israel This Summer
Bethany Zaiman | thenation.com | 2018-08-20
I'm One of the Young People Who Walked Off Birthright Israel This Summer appeared first on The Nation.
thenation.com/article/im-one-of-the-young-people-who-walked-off-birthright-israel-this-summer/
More Than Half of the Invited Speakers Withdraw From Scientific Workshop at Israeli Settlement University
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-08-20
More Than Half of the Invited Speakers Withdraw From Scientific Workshop at Israeli Settlement University: UpdateSix of the eleven invited speakers have confirmed their withdrawal from a physics workshop at Ariel University, which is built on occupied Palestinian land in an illegal Israeli settlement. Palestinian academics urge remaining speakers to withdraw from the workshop. | Academic BoycottAugust 20, 2018 | By:
| | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
bdsmovement.net/news/more-half-invited-speakers-withdraw-scientific-workshop-israeli-settlement-university
New Information Reveals How Israel Covered-Up the Killing of Four Boys in Gaza
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-08-18
Shir Hever discusses the Intercept report, revealing that the Israeli military used an armed drone to kill four children playing football and injure four others. The Israeli investigation of the killing is exposed as a sham | The post New Information Reveals How Israel Covered-Up the Killing of Four Boys in Gaza appeared first on
therealnews.com/stories/new-information-reveals-how-israel-covered-up-the-killing-of-four-boys-in-gaza
Western Authors Take Stand in Israel/Palestine Conflict by Refusing to Be Published in Israel
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-08-10
Western Authors Take Stand in Israel/Palestine Conflict by Refusing to Be Published in Israel: In the NewsRenowned authors have refused to have their works distributed by Israeli…
bdsmovement.net/news/western-authors-take-stand-israel-palestine-conflict-refusing-be-published-israel
Oppression Education: Israeli Academic Institutions Throw Their Lot With the Israeli Security Elite
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-08-10
Oppression Education: Israeli Academic Institutions Throw Their Lot With the Israeli Security Elite: AnalysisThree recent events in Israel's largest universities demonstrate academic and security institutions are actually increasing their cooperation. | Academic BoycottJuly 23, 2018 | By:
| | Shir Hever …
bdsmovement.net/news/oppression-education-israeli-academic-institutions-throw-their-lot-israeli-security-elite
Top 70 Moments of Solidarity & BDS for Palestine in 2018
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-08-08
Top 70 Moments of Solidarity & BDS for Palestine in 2018: UpdateHere's a short-list of moments in 2018 demonstrating growing recognition of Israel's crimes against the Palestinian people and inspiring efforts around the world to hold Israel accountable for its gross violations of human rights. Support for Palestinian rights has grown in parliaments, city c…
bdsmovement.net/news/top-70-moments-solidarity-bds-palestine-2018
Team Justice Scores. Adidas No Longer Sponsoring Israel Football Association
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-07-31
Team Justice Scores. Adidas No Longer Sponsoring Israel Football Association: UpdateFollowing a global campaign, Adidas is no longer sponsoring football teams in illegal Israeli settlements. Palestinians call on new sponsor Puma to end complicity with Israel's violations of international law. | Cultural Boycott Red Card IsraelJuly 31, 2018 | By:
| | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
bdsmovement.net/news/team-justice-scores-adidas-no-longer-sponsoring-israel-football-association
Over 18,000 people sign petition calling on Iceland to boycott Israel Eurovision
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-07-30
Over 18,000 people sign petition calling on Iceland to boycott Israel Eurovision: In the NewsThe petition cites Israel's human rights violations against Palestinian people and calls on national broadcaster RUV to withdraw Iceland from the contest. | Cultural Boyc…
bdsmovement.net/news/over-18000-people-sign-petition-calling-iceland-boycott-israel-eurovision
Irish MEP calls for 2019 Eurovision Boycott in light of Israel's 'Nation State' vote
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-07-30
Irish MEP calls for 2019 Eurovision Boycott in light of Israel's 'Nation State' vote: In the NewsMember of European Parliament calls on Ireland's public br…
bdsmovement.net/news/irish-mep-calls-2019-eurovision-boycott-light-israels-nation-state-vote
Dublin Lord Mayor calls for boycott of next year's Eurovision in Israel
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-07-30
Dublin Lord Mayor calls for boycott of next year's Eurovision in Israel: In the NewsThe Lord Mayor of Dublin has called for a boycott of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest following Israels's win in Lisbon on Saturday night.
bdsmovement.net/news/dublin-lord-mayor-calls-boycott-next-years-eurovision-israel