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Meet Netanyahu’s new allies, followers of an FBI-designated terrorist

[email protected] February 25, 2019 baruch goldstein, baruch marzel, benzi gopstein, history, itamar ben gvir, jewish power, kach party, meir kahane, michael ben ari, Otzma Yehudit, zionism

Netanyahu is affiliating with an extremist political party named “Jewish Power” whose leaders were disciples of an FBI-designated terrorist… one JP leader referred to Christians as “bloodsucking vampires,” declared Christmas should be outlawed… another has a police record of assaulting both Palestinians and Israelis… another called for violence & a “religious war” against homosexuals… another’s client list reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ of suspects in Jewish terror cases and hate crimes in Israel…

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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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“He can’t breathe”: a Palestinian Eric Garner

[email protected] February 18, 2019 al khalil, analysis, chokehold, eric garner, Hebron, IDF, occupation, police brutality, temporary international presence in hebron, tiph, zionism

As Palestinians in Hebron navigate life without the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) observers, it is worth looking back on how oppressive and violent life was even with outsiders watching. Eric Garner would find the city eerily familiar.

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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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Democratic bigwigs create group DMFI to promote Israel to progressives

[email protected] February 9, 2019 AIPAC, analysis, Democratic Majority for Israel, DMFI, hakeem jeffries, Kirsten Sinema, Mark Mellman, Robert Menendez, steny hoyer, ted deutch

Alison Weir’s in depth investigation of the new “Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI),” created to counter growing support among Democrats for Palestinian rights (only 19 % of progressive Democrats now support Israel over Palestinians). DMFI plans to use its substantial financial resources & powerful connections to bring Democrats back into the pro-Israel fold and to target Democrats such as Betty McCollum who support Palestinian human rights…

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After expulsion of West Bank observer force, Palestinians fear the worst

[email protected] February 7, 2019 al khalil, baruch goldstein, Hebron, hebron protocol, IDF, occupation, oslo accords, settler, settler violence, temporary international presence in hebron, tiph

The Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) has observed & documented Israeli violations of international law for 22 years. Netanyahu has cancelled their mandate following a leaked TIPH report of widespread Israeli abuse. Palestinians fear the worst without the watchful eye of TIPH; Israeli settlers say it will be “a breath of fresh air.”

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Not a person, but a “knife-wielding Palestinian”

[email protected] February 4, 2019 analysis, checkpoint, media bias, occupation, reuters, Samah Zuheir Mubarak, settler violence, shrinking palestine, suicide by cop, zionism

This 16-year-old child did not grow up or die in a vacuum. We need to examine the reportage, the context of her life, and own our own complicity in her death.

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WATCH: Yes, Israel does arrest children

[email protected] January 28, 2019 analysis, child detainee, child detention, child prisoners, cognitive dissonance, IDF, occupation, zionism

Intellectual honesty is about confronting those things that make us uncomfortable, not ignoring them. Israel arrests Palestinian children; see 7 of the many videos of these actions. The US gives Israel over $10 million per day and Congress is currently considering legislation to give Israel even more. That makes it obligatory for Americans to learn the facts, and act on them.

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The Pro-Israel Push to Purge US Campus Critics

[email protected] January 22, 2019 anti-Semitism, BDS, boycott, eretz yisrael, free speech, lara alqasem, Marc Lamont Hill, nation-state law, new anti semitism, temple university, zionism, Zionist Organization of America

Katherine Franke writes in the New York Review of Books that while Palestinian rights are getting more attention than ever, advocates of justice still face accusations of “anti-Semitism,” harassment, and most of all, censorship on college campuses….

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Crimes against Humanity: Israeli Snipers have shot down 45 Child Gaza Protesters

[email protected] January 22, 2019 crimes against humanity, Great March of Return, human rights, unhrc, war crime, zionism

45 children were killed in the Gaza Strip since March 30; in the overwhelming majority of cases, DCIP was able to confirm children did not present any imminent, mortal threat or threat of serious injury when killed by Israeli forces.

The report concludes Israeli forces and officials are responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity and other serious violations of international law for the killing of Palestinian child protesters in Gaza.

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