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Jaw-dropping declaration: Knesset can make laws everywhere in the world, violate sovereignty of foreign states

[email protected] August 24, 2018 adalah, area c, arnon harel, avichai mandelbilt, ayelet shaked, expropriation, international law, israel supreme court, judea and samaria, knesset, outpost, regularization law, settlement, settlement regulation law, zionism

Palestinian rights groups and local governments have challenged an Israeli law that seeks to the annex of parts of the West Bank. The Israeli government responded to the petition, stating that “the Knesset [is permitted] to legislate laws everywhere in the world” and that it is authorized “to violate the sovereignty of foreign countries via legislation that would be applied to events occurring in their territories.”

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Just another ordinary week in the Palestinian territories: August 12-18

[email protected] August 19, 2018

It’s not just about the Great March of Return on Fridays. Every day is full of surprises – it is as though Israel’s leaders lie awake at night, coming up with new ways to make Palestinians’ lives difficult. Read summaries here, click for full articles.

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Heart-wrenching firsthand account of Israeli water criminality

[email protected] August 14, 2018 international solidarity movement, ism, jordan valley, resistance, settlement, water, zionism

Israeli water policy is diabolical: the water table beneath the West Bank is being siphoned off by Israel and rationed to Palestinian farmers, sold at exorbitant prices; Israeli soldiers destroy water pipes and greenhouses; Israel walls off the Jordan River itself from Palestinian use; and water is piped away from refugee camps into illegal settlements.

Amid all this injustice, Palestinians carry on with patience and dignity. To exist is to resist.

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Speakers oppose racism in the U.S. while supporting it in Israel

[email protected] August 14, 2018 Aaron Alexander, Adas Israel

Progressive Except Palestine Department: Individuals recently spoke out against racism and injustice at U.S. rallies, while supporting racism and oppression against Palestinians in Israel…

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On Friday Israeli forces killed 2 more Gazans, shot 85, raided Bethlehem, Hebron, etc

[email protected] August 11, 2018

The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, two Palestinians, including one medic, and injured 307 others, including 85 who were shot with live fire… Israeli forces also rampaged, as usual, throughout the West Bank

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Analysis: Ahed Tamimi and Her Family: Israel’s Ongoing PR Disaster

[email protected] July 30, 2018

August 28, 2015: Palestinian women and youth scuffle with an Israeli soldier in the West Bank. Tamimi is seen on the left. Credit: AP By trying to make an example out of Ahed Tamimi’s arrest, Israel helped transform her into an anti-occupation poster child by Allison Kaplan Sommer, Ha’aretz Over the past eight months, anti-Israel protests…

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Birthrighter Asks: Why Do People Care More About Adelson’s Money Than The Lives Of Palestinians?

[email protected] July 26, 2018 birthright, city of david, diaspora jews, Great March of Return, hasbara, khan al ahmar, nation-state law, Netanyahu, notjustafreetrrip, occupation, Sheldon Adelson, snipeers, zionism

Every year, Birthright lies about the occupation to 50,000 young Jews visiting Israel. Telling the truth would simply add to the growing dissent against Israel’s policies.

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Obama’s peace envoy says Israel is carrying out ‘reversed Oslo’ in West Bank

[email protected] July 25, 2018 barak obama, frank lowenstein, john kerry, oslo accords, outpost, quartet report, resolution 2334, settlement, zionism

Instead of gradually transferring power to the PA as required by the Oslo Accords, Israel is handing it to settlers, says former US State Department official Frank Lowenstein.

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Unz Review: “American Pravda: Oddities of the Jewish Religion”

[email protected] July 20, 2018 chomsky, edward said, Israel Shahak, Solzhenitsyn, Talmud, Toaff, zionism

On July 19th Israel passed legislation reaffirming its status as a Jewish state. Jewish American analyst and publisher Ron Unz describes his journey of discovery concerning this subject matter. He discusses Israeli professor Israel Shahak’s information, Solzhenitsyn, and more.

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House panel considers recognizing Israeli annexation of Golan Heights

[email protected] July 20, 2018 Daniel Kurtzer, Dore Gold, Druze, Eugene Kontorovich, Golan, history, Michael Doran, Morton Klein, Ron De Santis, Stephen Lynch, Syria, Zionist Organization of America

The push to recognize Israel’s 1981 illegal annexation of the Golan Heights, part of Syria, represents an aggressive push by some pro-Israel groups and the Israeli government. Opponents say that recognition could unsettle the region and pose security concerns to the US and its allies. Israel destroyed hundreds of villages in the area…

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