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Palestine in the 2020 elections: a look at Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren

[email protected] October 15, 2019 2020 presidential race, apartheid, BDS, bernie sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Great March of Return, Netanyahu, settlementaid to israel

Overall, Bernie Sanders has taken the boldest stand for Palestinian human rights, but has pulled back to “safe” positions more than once; Elizabeth Warren has a history of support for Israel despite its long, systemic record of human rights abuses, but seems willing to respond to pressure from voters. Neither has advocated for full Palestinian rights and justice. See a detailed report on Sanders’ and Warrens’ position on Palestine…

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In Tuesday’s election, Israelis made it clear: Netanyahu’s time is up

[email protected] September 18, 2019 avigdor lieberman, ayman odeh, benny gantz, blue and white, knesset, likud, Netanyahu

Netanyahu conducted by far the ugliest – and most reckless – campaign in Israeli history (almost including a declaration of war on Gaza to delay the election), but it wasn’t enough. Coalition-building in the current environment will be tough.

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Gideon Levy: Please, Bibi, Let the Annexation Begin

[email protected] September 12, 2019 allon plan, analysis, annexation, apartheid, Gideon Levy, Netanyahu, racism, settlement, settler violence, West Bank, zionism

There’s no longer any real debate in Israel. The right wants to annex Palestinian land openly, and the center wants to annex, but deceive us. All that’s left now is to admit to the world that in reality Israel annexed the West Bank many years ago… it’s one country with an apartheid system.

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Israel Launches Unprovoked Attacks: Uses Its Firepower, Far And Wide

[email protected] August 30, 2019 analysis, attacks, Iran, Israeli occupation, Netanyahu, Palestine, Syria

Former top Pentagon official Paul Pilar reports that Israel has been launching unprovoked attacks using its military might within Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran despite ceasefire agreements. This heightened military aggressiveness has multiple extremely serious consequences, including damage to the United States…

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WATCH: Sanders, Lieu, Pressley, Fox commentator on Israel denying entry to Congress members

[email protected] August 16, 2019 Ayanna Pressley, Congres, denied entry, Ilhan Omar, Leslie Marshall, Netanyahu, Rashida Tlaib

Israel has denied entry to an official visit from two US Congress members, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.

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[Analysis] Israel to deny entry to official Tlaib-Omar Congressional visit

[email protected] August 15, 2019 AIPAC, analysis, BDS, boycott, Ilhan Omar, Netanyahu, Rashida Tlaib, trump tweet

In the latest skirmish between rightwing, extremist Israel partisans and more strategic Israel partisans, the rightwing won: Netanyahu says he will deny entry to Congress members Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar… four news reports on the Netanyahu-Trump action…

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Netanyahu: Concern for Palestinian Rights Is “Crazy”

[email protected] August 6, 2019 eu, european union, hot mic, Netanyahu, trade relations

During a closed meeting that was inadvertently broadcast to journalists by an open microphone, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the European Union’s approach to Israel, which conditions high levels of trade on human rights for Palestinians, as “crazy.”

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Trump’s Israel policies have caused a split among Israel lovers

[email protected] April 26, 2019 american zionism, analysis, Donald Trump, golan annexation, israel lobby, liberal zionism, Netanyahu, zionism, zionist

Philip Weiss reports that Trump’s extreme pro-Israel policies have fostered a widening split among Israel-lovers. Rightwing Zionists love what Trump is doing. Centrist Zionists who worry that Israel is going off the rails are disturbed by Trump’s actions. Liberal and centrist Zionists have been going to occupied Jerusalem for more than a generation and seeing a 26-foot wall that reminded them of the Berlin wall on steroids, and seen bright red occupation signs warning Jews against going into Palestinian areas that remind them of South Africa. And they’ve done nothing…

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Merry Christmas, Israel is building 2,191 new settlement housing units on Palestinian land

[email protected] December 28, 2018 international law, Netanyahu, outpost, settlement, two-state solution, zionism

In 2018, the government advanced thousands of housing units, including most which can be found in isolated settlements deep inside the West Bank, outside Israel’s pre-1967 borders. These are settlements that, in any two-state solution, Israel will have to evacuate. According to Peace Now, those who build these places have no intention of achieving peace and a two-state solution.

The latest announcement, which as an aside was cynically passed on Christmas while most Western governments are on holiday, shows that Netanyahu is willing to sacrifice Israeli interests in favor of an election gift to the settlers in an attempt to attract a few more votes from his right-wing flank.

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Palestinian groups agree to Egyptian-brokered truce with Israel

[email protected] November 13, 2018 ceasefire, Egypt, Gaza, Gideon Levy, hamas, IDF, Netanyahu, occupation, zionism, zionist

Last weekend saw an escalation of violence that started when Israeli military infiltrated Gaza, initiated a firefight, and retreated under cover of shelling. One Israeli and 7 Palestinians were killed, and Hamas responded with rockets. Today, factions in the besieged Gaza Strip say they have agreed to an Egypt-brokered ceasefire. “The resistance will respect this declaration as long as the Zionist enemy respects it.”

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