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Trump pardons brokered by groups tied to Jared Kushner

[email protected] March 23, 2021 alan dershowitz, Aleph Institute, Brett Tolman, Chabad-Lubavitch, Charles Kushner, Jared Kushner, Nick Muzin, Philip Esformes, Rabbi Moshe Margaretten, Sheldon Silver, Sholam Weiss, sholom rubashkin, Tzedek Association

Trump relied heavily on a pro-Israel network that revolved around two influential Jewish organizations connected to Jared Kushner to determine who would get pardons, according to an investigation by the New York Times… The Aleph Institute and Tzedek Association are tied to influential lawyers including Israel partisan Alan Dershowitz… The Aleph Institute is a non-profit organization that was founded at the express direction of the Chabad-Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, an extremist pro-Israel religious leader…

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Palestinian activist victorious in landmark defamation lawsuit

Kathryn Shihadah March 13, 2021 anti-slapp law, BDS, Censorship, first amendment, IDF, razan al najjar, Rebecca Rumshiskaya, social media, Suhair Nafal

Pictured left is a photo of Rumshiskaya taken for an IDF promotional campaign, and right, a photo of Nafal provided to MintPress. “What this judge brilliantly uncovered is that Israeli law is inherently inconsistent with American values.” — Attorney Haytham Faraj by Alan MacLeod, reposted from MintPress News, March 10, 2021 SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA — A…

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Falk: Thomas Friedman unconditionally supports Israel, ignores Palestinian grievances

[email protected] March 11, 2021 abraham accords, israel impunity, jamal khashoggi, new york times, richard falk, thomas friedman

Richard Falk reports that “Progressive Except Palestine” journalist Thomas Friedman is an unapologetic Israel apologist, putting a positive spin on Israeli actions that can be spun, and simply avoiding comment on issues when it’s convenient.

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New Congress entertains its first anti-BDS legislation

[email protected] March 6, 2021 andy barr, BDS, boycott, covid relief, fmep, IHRA definition

New Congress, same Israel partisanship. One congressperson proposed an amendment to the COVID relief bill that would refuse funding to supporters of the Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights – during a *pandemic.*

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Meet Sami Huraini, leader of a rising youth protest movement in the West Bank

[email protected] March 4, 2021 annexation, area c, at-tuwani, harun abu aram, israeli settlement, nonviolent protest, occupation, sami huraini, settler violence, sumud, youth of sumud

Activist Sami Huraini, 23, is one of the coordinators of a West Bank youth group engaged in weekly demonstrations. His family history of nonviolent protest has yielded some unlikely victories.

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Israeli interrogator sexually assaults Palestinian child detainee

[email protected] March 1, 2021 child abuse, child detainee, child detention, Defense for Children International, israel torture, rape, sexual assault, sexual violence, torture

In a world where the oppressor always has the upper hand, this 15-year-old Palestinian boy had the courage to tell the story of his torture and rape while in Israeli custody. The practice is well-documented, but Israel has so far escaped accountability.

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Report finds Israeli checkpoint killing of Palestinian Ahmad Erekat was an execution

[email protected] February 26, 2021 ahmad erekat, israeli impunity, police brutality

London-based group says video evidence casts doubt on claims Ahmad Erekat was conducting an attack on the day of his sister’s wedding last June when Israeli police gunned him down. It’s what his family has said all along.

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Headlines from Israel-Palestine: new week, same old violence

[email protected] February 26, 2021 home demolition, home invasion, occupation, settler violence

Israel’s incessant human rights abuses against Palestinians included last week: abductions, violence, home demolition and invasion, and more. Mainstream media won’t tell these stories.

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Israel’s Covid response is a “moral failure” – WHO

[email protected] February 25, 2021 apartheid, covid-19, medical apartheid, pandemic, vaccine rollout

While Israel boasts of its great Covid vaccine rollout, it keeps making very public, deliberate decisions to snub Palestinians, even though it’s legally responsible for their welfare. Can the world keep ignoring such delinquency?

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Grandmother dies of heart attack after Israeli soldiers storm her home

[email protected] February 19, 2021 home invasion, occupation, Rahma Khalil Abu 'Ahour

After Israeli soldiers violently broke into a Palestinian woman’s home, causing anxiety and damage, a woman suffered a heart attack and died. Such home invasions occur on a daily basis, and are in violation of international law.

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