Gaza desperately needs power for fresh water production. The EU donated a new solar energy field to do the job, but Israeli restrictions keep it from being used.
Good News/Bad News on Water Supplies in Gaza
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A New Wave Of Hardline Anti-BDS Tactics Are Targeting Students, And No One Knows Who’s Behind It
College campuses are being hit by militant, often anonymous anti-BDS campaigns. Some of them are so rough, they’re even making pro-Israel Jews uncomfortable. The list of Jewish groups that do anti-BDS work on campuses is bafflingly long. A partial tally includes StandWithUs, AEPi, CAMERA, the David Project, the David Horowitz Freedom Center, Jerusalem U, AIPAC, Sheldon Adelson’s Maccabee Task Force, and the Zionist Organization of America. The total amount of American Jewish and Israeli government funds flooding the anti-BDS effort is easily in the tens of millions of dollars each year…
“That was awkward” – Israel’s 2nd defeat in the UN this week
UN Economic and Social Council In the same week that a UN bloc of 135 countries, 80% of the world’s population, chose Palestine as its next leader, Israel was in for yet another blow. Israel suffered an embarrassing setback in the UN when ECOSOC passed a resolution condemning the Jewish State for economic consequences of…
Birthrighter Asks: Why Do People Care More About Adelson’s Money Than The Lives Of Palestinians?
Every year, Birthright lies about the occupation to 50,000 young Jews visiting Israel. Telling the truth would simply add to the growing dissent against Israel’s policies.
Israel deepens trade ties with China, causing potential danger to the U.S.
BBC: The Pentagon is worried that Israel could become a backdoor through which China could acquire capabilities that it could not get in the US… Israeli-Chinese deals could cause artificial intelligence capabilities to find their way into a new generation of Chinese weapons that would threaten American troops. “If an American pilot were ever shot down by a Chinese missile powered by Israeli technology, it would be a real problem for the Israeli government.”
IDF snipers: choosing who to shoot
Breaking the Silence spokesperson explains snipers’ open fire policy at the Gaza border: secret regulations enable shooters to target any Palestinian with impunity.
Palestinian Leaders to Seek UN Sanctions After Israel Passes Nation-state Law
Palestinian leaders will seek help from UN legal authorities – in the form, hopefully of sanctions a la South Africa.
For the First Time, an Israeli Will Head UN Human Rights Committee
Yuval Shany of Israel is new head of the UN Human Rights Committee, a “nonpolitical body.” Israel has been violating Palestinian human rights for over 50 years.
Unz Review: “American Pravda: Oddities of the Jewish Religion”
On July 19th Israel passed legislation reaffirming its status as a Jewish state. Jewish American analyst and publisher Ron Unz describes his journey of discovery concerning this subject matter. He discusses Israeli professor Israel Shahak’s information, Solzhenitsyn, and more.
House panel considers recognizing Israeli annexation of Golan Heights
The push to recognize Israel’s 1981 illegal annexation of the Golan Heights, part of Syria, represents an aggressive push by some pro-Israel groups and the Israeli government. Opponents say that recognition could unsettle the region and pose security concerns to the US and its allies. Israel destroyed hundreds of villages in the area…