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Israel shoots 100 people, Washington Post calls the area ‘quiet’

Alison Weir February 24, 2020 home demolitions, IDF, Malik Eissa, Marty Baron, Ruth Eglash, washington post

Alison Weir reports: The Post says there had been “weeks of relative quiet,” even though Israeli soldiers had shot over 100 Palestinian civilians, killing four of them; conducted 400+ invasions of the Palestinian Territories; abducted dozens of Palestinians; perpetrated air strikes on Gaza; shot at fishermen and farmers; demolished Palestinian homes; tortured a Palestinian mother; and shot a small boy in the eye… Are Post Editor Marty Baron and reporter Ruth Eglash too close to Israel to report the full, unfiltered news?

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Trump-Kushner “Peace” Plan ignores elephants in the room: Israel created this mess

[email protected] February 21, 2020 accountability, apartheid, deal of the century, elephant in the room, Jared Kushner, occupation, palestinian state, peace to prosperity

The Trump-Kushner “Peace” Plan is slick and businesslike, with an aura of objectivity and balance – but it is exactly the opposite, and something about it stinks. See this detailed, thorougly cited analysis…

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Bloomberg: Fanatic pro-Israel billionaire trying to buy US Presidency

[email protected] February 17, 2020 benjamin netanyahu, Gaza, Israel-Palestine, Michael Bloomberg, Mondoweiss, Norah O'Donnell, Obama Administration, tulsi gabbard, UN, United States

Michael Bloomberg – The 9th richest person in the world – is buying his way into the Dem campaign, and the DNC is permitting it, even though Bloomberg flip flops between being a Democrat, a Republican, and an independent… He’s a fervent Israel advocate who puts Israel above US law. In 2014 he flew to Israel to support Israel’s ruthless assault on Gaza that killed masses of children – & defied the FAA’s flight ban to do it…

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UN publishes list of companies with ties to Israeli settlements

[email protected] February 13, 2020 black list, Israeli settlements, UN, United Nations

The UN has published a list of 112 companies with business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories (which are illegal under international law), including Expedia, TripAdvisor, Airbnb, Booking.com, and Motorola Solutions. See the list…

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Today, Palestine calls for real peace plan, not Trump’s arrogant sham

[email protected] February 11, 2020 analysis, apartheid, arab initiative, deal of the century, Jared Kushner, mahmoud abbas, occupation, peace to prosperity

At the UN today, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says: Give peace, not apartheid, a chance, and offers a serious proposal to achieve a just and lasting peace in the Mideast – a peace plan that works for Palestinians.

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Assassins from FBI-designated terrorist group live untouched on Israeli settlement

[email protected] February 8, 2020 adc, alex odeh, analysis, andy green, Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, assassin, baruch ben-yosef, dome of the rock, history, Jonathan Pollard, kach movement, kahanist, keith israel fuchs, meir kahane, meshilut, robert manning, temple movement

Riveting story of pro-Israel extremists whose 1985 terror bombing killed a Palestinian peace activist in California. Despite compelling evidence of their guilt – and their organization being identified as illegal in Israel – the Jewish State has harbored them while they live openly on an Israeli settlement.

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UN Statistics on Palestinian Territories: Jan 21-Feb 3

[email protected] February 7, 2020

4 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, 0 Israelis killed by Palestinians; 352 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces, 3 Israelis injured by Palestinians; 10 Palestinian structures demolished by Israel, 0 Israeli structures demolished by Palestinians; 81 Israeli search and arrest operations in the West Bank; 0 Palestinian search and arrest operations in Israel… etc.

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Israeli forces violated int’l law 262 times in past week (23–29 Jan)

[email protected] January 30, 2020 detention, freedom of movement, home demolition, human rights, occupation, settler violence

Between 23 and 29 January, Israel committed 262 violations of international law against Palestinians, ranging from freedom of movement to demolition to bodily injury. Se the entire list with details of each human rights violation here…

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Ten ordinary days under occupation in Palestine

[email protected] January 29, 2020 abduction, eviction, freedom of movement, home demolition, occupation, war crime

The Trump so-called peace plan prioritizes security for Israel – but the real at-risk population is the Palestinians. Below are some of the (clickable) headlines from Palestine that the mainstream media missed over the past ten days: settler violence against Palestinians, home demolitions, evictions, abductions, land confiscation, shootings with injuries…the list goes on…

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Analyses of Trump’s Peace Plan for Israel-Palestine, “Deal of the Century” (Updated)

[email protected] January 28, 2020 apartheid, bantustan, deal of the century, Jerusalem, Netanyahu, settlement, south africa, zionism

US President Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century” violates international law in a number of ways. It gravely violates the rights and dignity of the Palestinian people. It gives Israelis the illusion of security while in reality trapping them within an unstable regime based on racial oppression. Read analyses from the New Yorker, UK Guardian, Mondoweiss, Informed comment, and American Conservative. Also gives link to the 181-page document of the plan…

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