Israel and its military trample Palestinian human rights on a daily basis. Here are just a few headlines from the last week that U.S. media ignored.
Headlines from Palestine that Israel doesn’t want you to read
Media bias: CNN and NPR are afraid to say “Apartheid” out loud
As is standard practice in American mainstream media, CNN and NPR buried a major story critical of Israel so deep, it’s almost like it never happened.
The bizarre case of Mohammad El-Halabi displays Israeli “justice”
Mohammed El-Halabi’s experience as a Palestinian prisoner in Israel is unique only in its magnitude of injustice – its essence is common to thousands of Palestinians, including numerous practices that contravene international law.
53 Jewish groups lobby Biden to adopt Israel-centric definition of antisemitism
Major Jewish organization call on Biden to adopt an Israel-centric definition of antisemitism for use by all federal departments and agencies… the definition defines many criticisms of Israel as ‘antisemitic’… some groups oppose the action, calling its use an ‘attack on academic freedom& free speech’
This is apartheid: Jewish supremacy from the River to the Sea
B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories – believes that “apartheid” is the only word to describe the accumulation of policies and laws in Israel devised to entrench control over Palestinians.
Pro-Israel mega-donor Sheldon Adelson dies at 87
Sheldon Adelson, one of the richest people in the world, deployed his wealth on behalf of Israel. His Israeli wife, reportedly the driver of his actions, is even richer… (contains video of Adelson saying he regretted serving in US Army instead of IDF…)
Illegal settlement expansion: Israel approves 800 new units in final days of Trump admin
Just days before US President-elect Joe Biden (who disapproves of settlements) is set to take office, the Israeli government approved a settlement expansion plan: the construction of 800 new units in the occupied West Bank.
Critics deem the move as an effort to take advantage of the final days of the pro-settlement Trump administration, and likely leading to a confrontation with the new Biden administration.
The COVID-19 vaccine: another ugly face of Israeli apartheid
The apartheid system under which Israel operates inside the occupied territory could not be better displayed than in the case of the COVID-19 vaccine — who gets the vaccine, and who doesn’t, is a simple matter of nationality.
In fact, Israel could vaccinate its entire population before Palestinians receive a single dose.
Friedman drove the radical overhaul of US policy on Israel-Palestine
NYT reports that Trump’s bankruptcy lawyer-turned-ambassador leaves his post having radically overhauled policy toward Israel and the Palestinians… The administration moved ahead with a raft of policies previous administrations, both Republican & Democratic, had resisted…
The role of the Israel lobby in Jon Ossoff’s ascendance
The new US Senator from Georgia, a 33-year-old who is now the best funded Senate candidate in history, began his political career helping to defeat Georgia’s first Black woman to be elected to Congress. She had been targeted for removal by the Israel lobby (see video of her explaining the requirement for politicians to pledge loyalty to Israel)…