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2020-02-26: Social Media Postees

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BDS protest at sheet maker Brooklinen's NYC store over production in Israel
Adalah-NY | indybay.org | 2020-02-26
At a protest Sunday at Brooklinen's new Williamsburg, Brooklyn store, New York human rights advocates called for a boycott of the online sheet and linen retailer, over their Israeli production partners' involvement in Israel's apartheid rule over the Palestinian people.
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Sanders calls out Netanyahu, Bloomberg charges Mideast with "age-old hatreds"
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-02-26
Bloomberg declares the moving of the US embassy to Jerusalem irrevocable, when in fact the US can put its embassy where it wants and does not have to bless Netanyahu's illegal annexation of the occupied Palestinian east of the city…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/sanders-calls-out-netanyahu-bloomberg-charges-mideast-with-age-old-hatreds/

Netanyahu's Holy Alliance with Rightwing, Ultra-Orthodox
Shlomi Eldar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-26
Until a few weeks ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's campaign tactic was to help the far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) garner enough votes to enter the Knesset and thereby ensure a 61-seat majority for his right-wing, ultra-Orthodox bloc of …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-holy-alliance-rightwing-ultra-orthodox/5704777

A new Israeli atrocity in Gaza was carried out with the help of a multinational corporation
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2020-02-26
Trigger warning: this piece contains video footage that some viewers may find distressing. | Disclosure: The author of this piece is also a researcher for Corporate Occupation, whose work this article cites. | On Monday 24 February the world woke up to a new set of gruesome images showing the terrible reality of Israel's siege of the Gaza Strip. | A young man called Mohammed al-Naem was killed by the Israeli military, close to the Israeli…
thecanary.co/global/2020/02/26/a-new-israeli-atrocity-in-gaza-was-carried-out-with-the-help-of-a-multinational-corporation/

Third election in a year deepens Israel's political crisis
wsws.org | 2020-02-26
Netanyahu has carried out one political manoeuvre after another aimed at avoiding prosecution and maintaining his bloc's domination of the Knesset.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/26/isra-f26.html

Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians During A Peace Protest In Jordan Valley
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-25
Israeli soldiers attacked, Tuesday, dozens of nonviolent Palestinian protesters near a military roadblock in the northern area of the Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, causing many injuries. The nonviolent procession was organized by the National Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, in addition to Fateh movement's anti-colonies …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-during-a-peace-protest-in-jordan-valley/

US Senator Bernie Sanders to Boycott AIPAC Conference
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-25
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced, on Monday, that he will not attend a forthcoming conference organized by a pro-Israel lobby group that serves as a platform to "express bigotry," Anadolu Agency reports. "The Israeli people have the right to live in peace and security. So do the Palestinian people," Sanders, …
imemc.org/article/us-senator-bernie-sanders-boycotting-aipac-conference/

BDS protest at sheet maker Brooklinen's NYC store over Israeli production
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-25
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imemc.org/article/bds-protest-at-sheet-maker-brooklinens-nyc-store-over-israeli-production/

With Grenell Appointment, the Israel Lobby's Foothold on US Intelligence Grows Even Stronger
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-25
With Richard Grenell now overseeing all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies, Israel's influence over the U.S. intelligence community has reached new and troubling heights.
mintpressnews.com/richard-grenell-israel-lobby-us-intelligence/265181/

Israel-Gaza Ceasefire Finally Takes Hold After 2-Day Fighting
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-25
A ceasefire brokered by Egypt and the United Nations took hold on the Israel-Gaza border on Tuesday after two days of fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, after the Israeli army killed a Palestinian man, member of the Islamic Jihad. | RELATED: | Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian, Drag His Body With Bulldozer | A video wi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Gaza-Ceasefire-Finally-Takes-Hold-After-2-Day-Fighting-20200225-0011.html

How Bernie Sanders Became a Fighter for Palestine
Steven Salaita | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-25
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Updated: "Soldiers Abduct 28 Palestinians, Including Children, Former Political Prisoners, In West Bank"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-25
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, twenty-eight Palestinians, including children, siblings, and a young woman, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The PPS said the soldiers abducted sixteen Palestinians from their homes in Hebron governorate, in southern West Bank. …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-twenty-palestinians-in-west-bank-3/

Israeli Airstrike Injures Palestinian Motorcycle Driver
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-25
A Palestinian citizen was injured, Monday evening, in an airstrike by Israeli occupation planes targeting his motorbike, east of Gaza City. WAFA correspondent, quoting medical sources, stated that the occupation planes targeted, with at least one missile, a motorcycle on Salah El-Din Street, east of the city, which resulted in …
imemc.org/article/israeli-airstrike-injures-palestinian-motorcycle-driver/

Today Marks 26 Years For The Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre
The Palestinian News & Info Agency | imemc.org | 2020-02-25
HEBRON, Tuesday, February 25, 2020 (The Palestinian News & Info Agency

Netanyahu Pledges to Build 3,500 Illegal Homes in West Bank
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-25
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday his plans to authorize the construction of some 3,500 new illegal homes for Jewish settlers in one of the most sensitive areas of the occupied West Bank. | RELATED: | Palestine Blasts US Over West Bank Map Plans | "I have given instructions to immediately publish for deposit the plan to build 3,500 housing units in E-1," Netanyahu said in a speech, describing the first phase of a planning process, adding that "this had been delayed for…
telesurenglish.net/news/Netanyahu-Pledges-to-Build-3500-Illegal-Homes-in-Key-West-Bank-Area-20200225-0013.html

Viral Video Exposes Israeli Practice of Holding and Desecrating Palestinian Bodies
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-25
The Israeli PR machine is making attempts to obfuscate and justify the public desecration of the body of a Palestinian man shot and killed by Israeli forces.
mintpressnews.com/viral-video-exposes-israeli-holding-desecrating-palestinian-bodies/265196/

Eight Palestinians Injured by Israeli Missiles in Gaza
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-25
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced, Monday evening, that a number of citizens were injured by the Israeli aggression in the besieged Gaza Strip. The ministry said in a press statement: "The arrival of 8 different injuries from eastern Gaza to the Al-Shifa Medical Complex due to the Israeli escalation.
imemc.org/article/eight-palestinians-injured-by-israeli-missiles-in-gaza/

Jewish Activists Demanding 2020 Democrats #SkipAIPAC Arrested at Biden Headquarters
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-25
Seven young Jewish Americans were arrested Tuesday at former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign headquarters in Philadelphia, where they staged a public action demanding Biden skip the annual conference held by right-wing anti-Palestinian rights lobbying group AIPAC. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-02-25_at_3.10.57_pm.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/02/25/jewish-activists-demanding-2020-democrats-skipaipac-arrested-biden-headquarters?cd-origin=rss

Arab League Denounces Israel's Settlement Plans
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-24
In a statement, on Sunday, the Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories, Saeed Abu Ali, denounced the Israeli plan to establish a settlement neighborhood in place of the former Qalandia Airport in Jerusalem, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. "This announcement comes within the …
imemc.org/article/arab-league-denounces-israels-settlement-plans/

With Gaza violence 'escalating as we speak,' UN envoy calls for 'immediate stop'
news.un.org | 2020-02-24
It is no longer enough to reaffirm past agreements on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a senior UN envoy, who said on Monday that it is time to "find our way back to a mutually agreed mediation framework" to resume meaningful negotiations towards a two-State solution.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1057971

Why I'm backing Jo Bird and Lauren Townsend for Labour's NEC elections
Pascale Mitchell | thecanary.co | 2020-02-24
The ballots have dropped for Labour's NEC (National Executive Committee) elections. We, the grassroots members, have been nominating candidates in our CLP (Constituency Labour Party) meetings. Jo Bird has 117 nominations and is backed by Labour Left Alliance, Jewish Voice for Labour, and the Labour Representation Committee. Lauren Townsend has received 141 nominations and is backed by the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy and Momentum. | So…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/02/24/why-im-backing-jo-bird-and-lauren-townsend-for-labours-nec-elections/

Adalah to Israeli Military: This is a War Crime; Open an Immediate Criminal Investigation
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-24
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Netanyahu Orders Further Airstrikes on Besieged Gaza Strip
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-24
Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Monday, ordered the army to continue airstrikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reported. In a written statement on social media, Benjamin Netanyahu announced his decision to persist with the bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip, after speaking with several Israeli officials, including …
imemc.org/article/netanyahu-orders-further-airstrikes-on-besieged-gaza-strip/

Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-07
Russia accused Israel of "making a total mockery of the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians."

Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes

On the Road to Gaza: The Freedom Flotilla Will Sail Again
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-02-02
True solidarity should aim at forcing Israel to end the protracted occupation and siege on the Palestinian people…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/on-the-road-to-gaza-the-freedom-flotilla-will-sail-again/

Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine 'Peace' Plan, Rainey Reitman on Greenwald Persecution
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-01-31
MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin: It is strange to think that you could create a plan to shape the relationship between two entities, in consultation with one but not the other, and then not just declare it, yourself, a "win-win," but also say to the unconsulted party, "You better take it, or else." Yet …
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Last Process: 26 Postees: 2020-02-26 15:38 GMT (10:38 EST)

2020-02-25: News Headlines

RT (2020-02-25). Netanyahu to press ahead with plan to build 3,500 homes for settlers in West Bank. rt.com Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he was moving forward with a plan to build some 3,500 homes for Jewish settlers on the outskirts of Jerusalem. | "I have given instructions to immediately publish for deposit the plan to build 3,500 housing units in E-1," Netanyahu said. He referred to a preliminary stage of the project which had been delayed for six and a half years after international criticism. | Opponents of the construction plan for the E-1 area in the West Bank had cautioned that Israeli housing in the corridor's barren hills could bisect the West Bank, cut off Palestinians from Jerusalem and…

RT (2020-02-25). Israel-Gaza ceasefire takes hold after 2 days of fighting. rt.com A ceasefire took hold on the Israel-Gaza border on Tuesday after two days of fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, Reuters reported. The frontier fell quiet early on Tuesday, after a Palestinian official said Israel and Islamic Jihad had reached a "reciprocal and simultaneous ceasefire" mediated by Egypt and the UN. | Islamic Jihad had fired 80 rockets towards Israeli communities along the Gaza border since Sunday, according to an Israeli military spokeswoman. Israel reportedly attacked sites in Gaza and Syria that killed three members of the militant group. | No casualties were repo…

Adalah-NY (2020-02-25). BDS protest at sheet maker Brooklinen's NYC store over production in Israel. indybay.org At a protest Sunday at Brooklinen's new Williamsburg, Brooklyn store, New York human rights advocates called for a boycott of the online sheet and linen retailer, over their Israeli production partners' involvement in Israel's apartheid rule over the Palestinian people.

yenisafak (2020-02-25). Israel to build 46,000 settlement units in West Bank. yenisafak.com Israel is planning to build 46,000 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli minister said on Tuesday. | "I instructed the ministry's planning teams to prepare plans to expand communities in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank]. We currently have plans to build 46,000 housing units," Minister of Construction and Housing Yifat Shasha Biton said in statements. | "This number will increase three times after the implementation of the deal of the century," she said. | On Monday, Israeli and American crews began working on delineating the West Bank maps to define the areas that Israel would annex as part of U…

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-02-24). Settlers Fence off Palestinian Agricultural Land in Jordan Valley. imemc.org Israeli settlers, on Sunday, continued fencing large tracts of land in the northern Jordan Valley as they chased Palestinian herders out of pastures in the area, according to local sources. Aref Daraghmeh, a local rights activist, told the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) that extremist settlers continued for the …

teleSUR (2020-02-24). Palestine Blasts US Over West Bank Map Plans. telesurenglish.net Palestine on Monday said that the U.S.-Israeli team tasked with mapping the areas in the West Bank that would be annexed by Israel under the U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan has no legitimacy. | RELATED: | Nabil Abu Rudeineh, Palestinian president's spokesperson, said that the new maps under the U.S. Mideast peace plan would not give legitimacy to any side, said a statement published by official Palestini…

Staff (2020-02-24). Headlines for February 24, 2020. democracynow.org Bernie Sanders Wins Nevada Caucuses by a Landslide, Calls for MSNBC's Chris Matthews to Resign After He Likens Sanders's NV Win to Nazi Takeover of France, Global Coronavirus Cases Surge, Trump Touts Defense Deal, Praises Modi at Massive Indian Rally, In Afghanistan, U.S. and Taliban Start Partial Truce, Iran: Conservatives Pick Up Bulk of Parliament Seats After 1,000s of Candidates Barred from Running, Outrage After Video Shows Israeli Bulldozer Removing Body of Killed Palestinian, Teck Resources Withdraws Application for Contested Alberta Oil Sands After Sustained Protests, Reports: Trump Admin Out to Purge Dis…

Celine Hagbard (2020-02-24). Israeli Authorities Force Beloved Palestinian Bakery to Close After 60 Years. imemc.org A Palestinian bakery in the heart of Old Jerusalem has been forced to close by Israeli authorities after 60 years in business. The reason provided for the forced closure was that the bakery had been providing baked goods to Palestinian worshipers headed to Al-Aqsa Mosque to pray. The Israeli occupation …

IMEMC News (2020-02-24). Updated: Israeli Soldiers Abduct 30 Palestinians, Including Three Children, In West Bank. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least 30 Palestinians, including three children, a young woman, and the Secretary of Fateh Movement in Jericho, after the army invaded and ransacked dozens of homes across the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem. Update: …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-02-24). Israel Resumes Airstrikes and Shelling of Gaza Strip. imemc.org Shortly after the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded a security meeting in Tel Aviv, on Monday, Israeli warplanes resumed its airstrikes against targets in the besieged Gaza Strip, Days of Palestine reports. The following is a complete breakdown of Israel's assault on Gaza. 2:…

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-02-24). Gaza Fires Rockets, Israeli Warplane Strikes, Injure 4 Palestinians. imemc.org Saraya Al Quds, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad resistance movement, fired a barrage of rockets at Israel, on Sunday, in retaliation for the Israeli crime of murdering and mutilating Palestinian Muhammad Na'em in eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Quds News Network (QNN) reports. Late Sunday, …

IMEMC News (2020-02-24). Two Palestinian Fighters Killed By Israeli Missiles In Damascus. imemc.org The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, has reported that two of its fighters were killed, late on Sunday at night, after Israeli war jets fired missiles into an area in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The Brigades stated that its slain fighters have been identified as Salim …

IMEMC News (2020-02-24). Palestinian Fighters Exchange Fire With Israeli Soldiers Invading Qabatia. imemc.org Palestinian resistance fighters exchanged fire, on Monday at dawn, with Israeli soldiers who invaded Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Media sources said the fighters fired bursts of live ammunition at Israeli military vehicles invading the town, and that the soldiers fired a barrage of …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-02-24). Arab League Denounces Israel's Settlement Plans. imemc.org In a statement, on Sunday, the Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories, Saeed Abu Ali, denounced the Israeli plan to establish a settlement neighborhood in place of the former Qalandia Airport in Jerusalem, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. "This announcement comes within the …

news.un (2020-02-24). With Gaza violence 'escalating as we speak,' UN envoy calls for 'immediate stop'. news.un.org It is no longer enough to reaffirm past agreements on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a senior UN envoy, who said on Monday that it is time to "find our way back to a mutually agreed mediation framework" to resume meaningful negotiations towards a two-State solution.

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-02-24). Adalah to Israeli Military: This is a War Crime; Open an Immediate Criminal Investigation. imemc.org Adalah — The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel sent an urgent letter, Sunday, 23 February 2020, to Israeli Chief Military Advocate General, Sharon Afek, demanding he immediately open a criminal investigation into the incident that occurred Sunday morning near Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip in …

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-02-24). 'This Is a War Crime': Video of IDF Bulldozer Dragging Body of Palestinian Man in Gaza Sparks Outrage. commondreams.org Human rights advocates expressed outrage and called for a criminal investigation after video footage of an Israeli military bulldozer dragging the body of a Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied Gaza Strip circulated widely across social media over the weekend. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12028326031.jpg …

PCHR (2020-02-23). PCHR: IOF Abuses the Body of Palestinian in a Humiliating and Degrading Manner. imemc.org On Sunday, 23 February 2020, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot and injured Palestinian civilians whom were trying to rescue and evacuate two persons that were targeted by IOF in eastern Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip. IOF made a 150-meter incursion into the border and evacuated the body of …

Miko Peled (2020-02-21). The Government of Israel Has A Very Serious Antisemitism Problem. mintpressnews.com The government of Israel is engaged in what is perhaps the worst example of antisemitism in the world today, writes Miko Peled, and its aimed at its very own Orthodox Jewish community.

Ramzy Baroud (2020-02-21). The Donald Trump I Know: Abbas' UN Speech and the Breakdown of Palestinian Politics. mintpressnews.com The real danger of Trump's 'Deal of the Century' is not the actual stipulations of the sinister plan, but the fact that Mahmoud Abbas will find a way to co-exist with them, writes Ramzy Baroud.

Staff (2020-02-14). Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Trump's "Racist" Plan Would Legalize the Theft of Palestinian Land. democracynow.org We continue our conversation with Congressmember Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress. She responds to President Trump's Middle East plan, under which Israel would gain sovereignty over large areas of the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem would be under total Israeli control, and all Jewish settlers in the occupied territory would be allowed to remain in their homes. Tlaib says the plan was formulated with a "racist lens" that ignores Palestinian lives and aspirations. Tlaib says she wants people "to know what the human impact is of taking people's land, taking people's…

Middle East Eye (2020-02-07). Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes. theantimedia.com Russia accused Israel of "making a total mockery of the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians."

Ramzy Baroud (2020-02-02). On the Road to Gaza: The Freedom Flotilla Will Sail Again. zcomm.org True solidarity should aim at forcing Israel to end the protracted occupation and siege on the Palestinian people…

CounterSpin (2020-01-31). Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine 'Peace' Plan, Rainey Reitman on Greenwald Persecution. fair.org MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin: It is strange to think that you could create a plan to shape the relationship between two entities, in consultation with one but not the other, and then not just declare it, yourself, a "win-win," but also say to the unconsulted party, "You better take it, or else." Yet …

Last Process: 24 Citations: 2020-02-25 15:36 GMT (10:37 EST)