“When life gives you lemons”: Muath can’t make a living as a house painter in Gaza, but he can make ends meet by selling fish caught on his boat made of water bottles collected on the beach.
Gaza fisherman battles poverty with plastic-bottle boat
Giraldi: Why Confronting Israel Is Important
If there is a real enemy of the U.S. in terms of the actual damage being inflicted by a foreign power, it is Israel…
The decision to go to war on false pretenses against Iraq, largely promoted by a cabal of prominent American Zionists in the Pentagon and in the media, killed 4,424 Americans as well as hundreds of thousands Iraqis and will wind up costing the US taxpayer $7 trillion dollars. That same group of American Israelists is now agitating to go to war with Iran using a game plan prepared by Israel which will, if anything, prove even more catastrophic… Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen demonstrates how far US politicians will go…
There’s Hope? Israel Allows Gaza Mother to Accompany Her Toddler to Cancer Treatment
3-year-old Louay was not allowed to have his mother present for his chemo treatments in Nablus because she is a “first-degree relative of a Hamas member.” But following widespread reporting, Louay’s mother was informed that she will be allowed to join him.
Israel’s New Nation-State Law: Codifying Apartheid – Podcast interview with Alison Weir
Burt Cohen interviews Alison Weir about Israel’s new law… Cohen: “At least it’s now out in the open. All Israelis who are not Jewish have had their rights diminished. Given the longstanding discrimination against non-white non-European Jews, Palestinians and Druze are now just third class citizens…” Listen to the interview.
Mail Call! Sacks of Mail Reach the West Bank, 8 Years Late
Here is yet another example of Israel’s obsession with controlling every aspect of Palestinian life: for 8 years, it has been hoarding mail, and now it has delivered 10 tons of old letters and packages at once.
New Low? Israel Bars Gaza Mother From Accompanying 3-year-old Son to Chemotherapy
With many thanks to the Goldin family – whose son’s remains are being held by Hamas – Israel is withholding humanitarian exit permits, especially to Gazans “related to Hamas members.” This leaves little Louay without a relative for his trips to Nablus for chemo.
Why we urgently need alternative news sources
Israel has discerning taste in news: it prefers headlines that make Palestinians sound like instigators and terrorists – and when they don’t, a few well-placed phone calls or tweets will usually do the trick. Mainstream media lives in Israel’s pocket. Alternative news sources are the lifeblood of truth, especially when it comes to the Israel/Palestine issue.
U.S. media continue to cover up U.S. aid to Israel, as Trump signs latest bill
U.S. Legislation to give Israel $38 billion over the next 10 years is steadily working its way through to completion, as Trump signs one of the bills giving US tax money to Israel. While this is the largest such aid package in U.S. history, U.S. media are not informing Americans of the AIPAC promoted legislation…
Israeli forces abducted 520 Palestinians in July
There are many aspects of Palestinian daily life that U.S. media reports rarely cover. One of them is the fact that every day Israeli soldiers invade Palestinian towns and villages and abduct people at will – in July the abductees included 69 children, nine women and five journalists… Read a few recent reports…
Daily Mail features Alison Weir article in odd piece about Jeremy Corbyn
The UK’s right-wing Daily Mail newspaper is trying to use a 2014 article by Alison Weir in a guilt by (remote) association hit piece against Jeremy Corbyn. Weir’s article had been posted by Britain’s Stop the War Coalition. Read her article, “Do Only Some Massacres Matter?”