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Detailed U.N. Report on Israeli Occupation of Golan Heights

[email protected] March 22, 2019

Israel “destroyed 244 villages and built-up areas in the Golan and expelled their population, sparing only five villages (Majdal Shams, Buq’ata, Ain Qunya, Mas’ada and al-Ghajar). Not even places of worship, schools and health centres escaped destruction. The underlying aim of the occupation authorities was to eliminate Arab landmarks and obliterate the Arab identity of the Golan, as a result of which anyone who visits the Golan today is able to identify the locations of the former Arab villages only from their ruins…”

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Israel’s ‘Rule of the Rabbis’ Who Preach Genocide Fuels Holy War

Kathryn Shihadah March 6, 2019 al aqsa, analysis, ayelet shaked, david ben-gurion, gender discrimination, genocide, Haredim, holy war, Mordechai Eliyahu, Naftali Bennett, orthodox jew, price tag, separation of church and state, Shmuel Eliyahu, uri avrney, zionism

Largely ignored by critics have been Israel’s increasing theocratic tendencies – the growth of Israel’s extremist religious population and the emergence of a class of influential rabbis who endorse the killing of non-Jews and preach genocide…

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Neocons tell Democrats how to get rid of Ilhan Omar

[email protected] February 24, 2019

Philip Giraldi reports that neocons (Israel partisans who switched from the left to the right) have come and gone and then come again. Some are part of the “Trump resistance”… their new media incarnation “The Bulwark” advises Democrats how to get rid of the freshman Congressional rep who blew the whistle on AIPAC…

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Yemen’s War Is a Mercenary Heaven. Are Israelis Reaping the Profits?

[email protected] February 20, 2019 agt company, analysis, anssaf ali mayo, avraham golan, houthi, jamal khashoggi, mati kochavi, mercenary, nso group, Pegasus spyware, spearhead operations group, stephen toumajan, yemen war

Ha’aretz reports that Israeli fingerprints are all over the war in Yemen, from cyber spyware to hitmen; Americans are also deeply involved, as well as individuals and companies from other countries…

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US court revives $1Billion Palestinian lawsuit against Sheldon Adelson

[email protected] February 20, 2019 bank hapoalim, bank leumi, genocide, hewlett packard, israeli settlement, Karen LeCraft Henderson, Larry Ellison, lawsuit, Sheldon Adelson, volvo AB, war crimes, zionism

US court revives Billion Palestinian lawsuit against Sheldon Adelson

In a unanimous decision, a DC court is allowing Palestinian plaintiffs to sue Sheldon Adelson & others for $1 billion over their support of Israeli settlements & alleged war crimes – including genocide.

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Don’t blame the Israel lobby on Christians and Republicans

[email protected] February 16, 2019 analysis

Philip Weiss reports that writers try to blame Democratic support for Israel on evangelical Christians so they won’t be called antisemitic. However, if evangelicals were so influential, Democrats would have supported Kavenaugh, would be anti-abortion, etc. And regarding Republicans: Adelson’s money was a major influence in Trump’s decision to move the embassy…

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Israel has starring role in H.R.648, “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019”

[email protected] February 15, 2019 analysis, arms export controls act, BDS, begin doctrine, boycott, consolidated appropriations, gaza blockade, government shutdown, hrc, human rights council, iaea, loan guarantee, martyrs fund, nancy pelosi, nita lowey, nonproliferation, palestinian state, refugee, zionism

As Congress tackles urgent issues of reopening government and setting the budget for the country, it takes the time to prioritize a foreign country: H.R.648 contains assurances that Israel will receive $3.8 billion for arms, and funding for refugee resettlement; the bill also includes threats to de-fund the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and any future state of Palestine–if US demands (dictated by the Israel lobby) are not met.

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New Yorker: ‘Private Mossads for Hire’ use avatars to target pro-Palestine movement

[email protected] February 11, 2019 BDS, black cube, Joe Zamel, Mossad, Psy-Group, Royi Burstien, spying

Israeli private intelligence companies Psy-Group, Black Cube, etc specialize in fake online identities known as “avatars,” some work with the neocon group Foundation for Defense of Democracies – the aim is to “destabilize and disrupt anti-Israel movements from within…”

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Surveillance, Political Threats, Daily Discrimination: What It’s Like to Be a Palestinian Citizen in Israel

[email protected] January 31, 2019 analysis, ayman odeh, knesset, land confiscation, nakba law, nation-state law, second class citizen, zionism

Palestinian citizens of Israel are constantly reminded of the fragility and conditionality of our (second-class) Israeli citizenship, and the illegitimacy of our Palestinian identity – and that’s amplified as elections approach.

The Palestinian identity of Israeli citizens is conceptualized as a perpetual threat precisely because it resists the constant revisionist efforts of the state. By virtue of existing, Palestinians contest the erasure of their own narratives and histories.

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Petition: Justice For Marzieh – Uphold the 4th Amendment

[email protected] January 24, 2019 Marzieh Hashemi

If anyone else abducted an individual and held the person prisoner for 10 days, there would be consequences. This should also be true for the federal government. The government must compensate Marzieh Hashemi for jailing her… sign here:

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