Israeli police said “No” to a “Yes to Peace, No to War” poetry festival designed to encourage creativity in students at a Palestinian orphanage school in occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli soldiers invade orphanage school to stop ‘Yes to Peace’ poetry
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Presidential candidate offers a bold plan for Israel/Palestine
Presidential candidate Mike Gravel says, “The two-state solution is dead. Let us take the obvious and humane path forward,” and he lays out a courageous proposal.
Patriot owner pledges $20 million to set up yet another foundation for Israel
New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft pledged $20 million to establish a new foundation that will work to counter the international movement to boycott Israel over its violations of human rights. Kraft said that the foundation will combat “antisemitism,” which is often defined to mean criticism of Israel.
Israel lobby to take frosh Congressional Dems to Israel, some refuse trip
At least 23 out of 59 freshmen Democrats in the House will be traveling on an all-expenses-paid trip to Israel in August. But 14 won’t be attending the Israel lobby funded trip and 2 are checking their schedules. The rest have not divulged their plans to the public. See the list…
Mousa Abu Mayyala
June 19, 2019: Mousa Abu Mayyala, 60, died from serious wounds he suffered two weeks ago, when several undercover Israeli soldiers repeatedly assaulted and struck him, in Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem. Mousa was assaulted by the undercover soldiers while standing in front of his home in the refugee camp. He suffered various serious…
Israeli court upholds shady sale of Jerusalem church property to settlers
Church property in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City may end up in the hands of a radical settler group that could bar Christian access to their holy sites.
Tulsi Gabbard Pushes No War Agenda – and the Media Is out to Kill Her Chances
Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard calls out the pro-war establishment for prioritizing the agendas of Israel and Saudi Arabia; in return, mainstream media is taking her down.
240 Israelis and Jews urge Germany not to enforce anti-Boycott law
Palestinians in Gaza protest against the German Parliament decision on BDS on 23 May 2019 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor] A significant number of Israeli and Jewish intellectuals publicly denounced Germany’s “deceitful” anti-BDS bill, the first of its kind in Europe. [Nathan Thrall summarizes the birth and goals of BDS: The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement…
Mohammad Sobhi al-Jodeili
June 10, 2019: Mohammad Sobhi al-Jodeili, 36, a medic, died from serious wounds he suffered, on May 3, 2019, after Israeli soldiers shot him with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the face in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has confirmed that the medic, from the al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza,…
Israel is selling arms to fellow human rights abusers, including Myanmar
Israel continues to supply arms and training to the regime in Myanmar – despite its genocide against the Rohingya people – and other human rights violators.