Israel Palestine News

IDF Awards Israeli Soldiers for Deadly Crackdown on Gaza Protests

[email protected] October 12, 2018 children, Gaza, humanitarian crisis, IDF, injuries, intifada, Israeli military, killed, protests, schools

As the man-made crisis in Gaza is nearing a dangerous climax, Israel’s military has awarded the Gaza Division with a “certificate of appreciation” for its role in suppressing Palestinian protests. Described in the media as “clashes,” these protests involve Israeli snipers firing into crowds of unarmed young Palestinians. The award was given as the number of unarmed protesters wounded since March 30 surpassed 22,000 and the killings reached 198.

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My grandfather Nelson Mandela fought apartheid. I see the parallels with Israel

[email protected] October 11, 2018 apartheid, BDS, children, discrimination, Nakba, occupation, prisoners, segregation wall, solidarity, south africa, zionism

While my country has long been free from racist minority rule, the world is not yet free of the crime of apartheid. I see the eerie similarities between Israel’s racial laws and policies towards Palestinians, and the architecture of apartheid in South Africa. We South Africans know apartheid when we see it. In fact, many recognise that, in some respects, Israel’s regime of oppression is even worse.

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Farewell, Nikki “Twist and Shout” Haley

[email protected] October 11, 2018 nikki haley, United Nations

She twisted facts, she twisted words, and then she shouted her distortions from the podium of the United Nations to the mainstage of AIPAC. The world – with a few notable exceptions – knew better than to believe her.

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San Francisco Jewish Federation Also Funding Groups Promoting Islamophobia

[email protected] October 10, 2018

Funds from one of the biggest donors to San Francisco’s Jewish Community Federation, the Helen Diller Foundation, went to organizations known for promoting bigotry against Muslims. Diller Foundation head Jaclyn “Jackie” Safier is on UC Berkeley’s board of visitors

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Mondoweiss: New York Times staff writer praises AIPAC for its work supporting Israel

[email protected] October 10, 2018 AIPAC, Bari Weiss, Bret Stephens, David Brooks, Munich, Roger Cohen, Ronen Bergman, Steven Spielberg

Phil Weiss reports on a talk by Ronen Bergman, who lavished praise on AIPAC for ‘having Israel’s back’… Weiss notes that 4 New York Times writers have had sons in the Israeli military; current Times columnists Roger Cohen, Bret Stephens and David Brooks are proudly Zionist; opinion editor Bari Weiss comes out of a career as an Israel advocate, and her father is a stalwart at AIPAC…

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Jewish Telegraphic Agency report on Senate Candidates

[email protected] October 10, 2018 candidates, Congress, Senate

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports that Jewish candidates’ stances on Israel are mixed: Some staunchly defend Israel, some are among Israel’s most outspoken critics, some barely registered on the Israel spectrum… Boldfaced sections show each candidate’s views/actions regarding Israel

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IMEMC reports: Israelis abduct, injure, attack Palestinians in West Bank & Gaza

[email protected] October 10, 2018 IMEMC

Recent news reports from the International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC), Oct. 9-10

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Breaking the Silence about Israel’s occupation of Hebron

[email protected] October 9, 2018 body cam, breaking the silence, collective punishment, Hebron, history, Ido Even-Paz, intifada, military service, occupation, oppression, settlements, settlers, war crimes

Jonathan Cook reports on Israeli soldiers breaking the silence on what they’ve done. “Whatever a soldier believes when they begin their military service, there is no way to behave ethically in the occupied territories,” Ido Even-Paz, a former Israeli soldier says. “It’s a system in which Palestinians are always treated as inferior… Every day the job is to inflict collective punishment…”

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Nobel laureate supports Palestinian rights, referred to Alison Weir’s book in article

[email protected] October 9, 2018 Alison Weir, George P. Smith, George Smith, Nobel Prize

George Smith, just awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry, has been active and outspoken in his support of Palestinian rights. In his articles on the subject Professor Smith has quoted a wide range of sources, including Alison Weir’s book, Against Our Better Judgment. Mondoweiss chronicles Smith’s dedication to Palestinian human rights despite being smeared by Israel partisans…

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NYT: A New Wave of Democrats Tests the Party’s Blanket Support for Israel

[email protected] October 8, 2018 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ammar Campa-Najjar, Andrew Gillum, chuck schumer, Dima Khalidi, Duncan Hunter, Gene Green, Ilhan Omar, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, Leslie Cockburn, Palestine Legal, political candidates, Rashida Tlaib, Republican Jewish Coalition, Ron DeSantis, Ron Halber, Scott Wallace, StandWithUs

New York Times reports that a cluster of activist Democrats — most of them young, most of them cruising toward House seats this fall — has dared to breach what has been an almost inviolable orthodoxy in both political parties, strong support for Israel, raising the specter of a crack in the Democratic Party that Republicans could use to attract Jewish supporters.

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