New coalitions of women are shaping the future of activism and gender equality in the Gaza Strip, reclaiming the influential role they played in the First Intifada.
For Palestinian Feminists, Liberation Has 2 Meanings
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How Israel became a hub for surveillance technology
Israel’s cyber sector is the star of its economy; many of its leaders originally trained with Unit 8200, a top Israeli intelligence unit. Palestine is their “testing lab.”
Ha’aretz reports on Israeli ties to Trump Probe
There are billionaires aplenty with Kremlin ties who funneled political contributions to Donald Trump and top Republican leaders. So many are Israel lobbyists, Netanyahu cronies, and well-connected oligarchs — could it all be just one big coincidence? Read two articles below:
Israel detains Palestinian teen with severe head injury, AGAIN
Israel has detained Mohammad Tamimi, a minor who Israeli forces shot in the face last December, for the 2nd time since the shooting.
‘Sometimes dancing, sometimes furious’: a girl shot dead in Gaza
Poverty & injustice drove 14-year-old Wesal to protest at the Gaza border every Friday. Israeli snipers killed her, but her family has now joined the resistance.
Thank you, Breaking the Silence and If Not Now
Palestinians are not alone in their struggle for the right of return. Some Jewish and Israeli organizations raise their voices for justice.
Israelis who aided Harvey Weinstein collected info on Obama’s former administration
The New Yorker reports that an Israeli firm ran a covert campaign to discredit Obama officials who’d backed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Former Obama staff were contacted by undercover agents for Black Cube – the firm that Harvey Weinstein hired, & that offers access to assistance from “Israel’s élite military and governmental intelligence units.”
Meet the pro-Trump, pro-Israel PR Guy at the Center of the Mueller Probe — And Everything Else
Public relations mogul Ronn D. Torossian is a friend of nearly everyone who’s anyone in Washington; in this thorough article, Politico calls him ‘perhaps the most prominent practitioner of a brass-knuckled form of public relations.’ While Torossian is in PR by trade, Israel is his first love: many of his clients and acquaintances are serious players in the ascendency of Israel.
The Israel lobby: A List
The Israel lobby is one of the most powerful and pervasive special interest groups in the U.S. It consists of a multitude of institutions and individuals that work to influence Congress, the president, academia, the media, religious institutions, and American public opinion on behalf of Israel. View the list…
Peter Beinart: Jewish leaders encase Israel’s actions in Gaza in euphemism and lies
How can American Jews endorse the strangulation of 2 million human beings in Gaza? Because Jewish leaders, in both Israel and the United States, encase Israel’s actions in a fog of euphemism and lies.The organized American Jewish community doesn’t only conceal the truth about Gaza from itself. It lobbies American politicians to do the same. The three main talking points: that Israel “withdrew” from Gaza, that its actions are decreed by a need for “security,” and that “Hamas” is to blame. Let’s look at the real facts: