18 February 2019 — Electronic Intifada
Israeli forces expelled a Palestinian family from their home in the Muslim Quarter of occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday and handed it to Jewish settlers.
The Abu Asab family received eviction orders earlier this month demanding they vacate the building by 12 February.
Hatem Abu Asab was able to postpone his family’s expulsion until 28 February through his lawyers, but Israeli police paid no heed.
16 February 2019 — Jonathan Cook’s Blog
Has anyone else noticed how almost anything you say nowadays – if it’s leftwing – can suddenly be cited as proof of your anti-semitism?
That is, if you haven’t already been denounced as a Kremlin stooge.
14 February 2019 — Electronic Intifada
The attacks against Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar are meant to bully her into silence. (Fibonacci Blue)
Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar has exposed a long-held open secret about the massive influence of the Israel lobby group AIPAC on US lawmakers.
13 February 2019 — Jonathan Cook
Palestinians, the secular and women all face a harsher environment as theocratic tendencies are entrenched
Middle East Eye – 13 February 2019
In which country did a senior, state-salaried cleric urge his followers last month to become “warriors”, emulating a group of young men who had murdered a woman of another faith?
The cleric did so with impunity. In fact, he was only echoing other highly placed colleagues who have endorsed a book – again without penalty – urging their disciples to murder babies belonging to other religions.
13 February 2019 — Jonathan Cook
The National – 10 February 2019
You might imagine that a report by a multinational observer force documenting a 20-year reign of terror by Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers against Palestinians, in a city under occupation, would provoke condemnation from European and US politicians.
But you would be wrong. The leaking in December of the report on conditions in the city of Hebron, home to 200,000 Palestinians, barely caused a ripple.
12 February 2019 — The Electronic Intifada
Palestinians are at a critical juncture. Oren Ziv ActiveStills
The resignation of a government and dismissal of parliament – all to bolster the position of a president – doesn’t inspire confidence.
1 February 2019 — Electronic Intifada
Welcome to a new era and a new format for The Electronic Intifada Podcast!
Joining Nora Barrows-Friedman as co-host for the first time is her colleague and fellow reporter Asa Winstanley.
This week we take a deeper look at Asa’s latest investigative article, “Fake Labour accounts fueling ‘anti-Semitism crisis’,” which went viral soon after publication.
We discuss how the story came about and the wider background of events in the UK Labour Party over the last few years.
Who is behind the “anti-Semitism crisis” in Labour? Is this media narrative having an effect? How is Israel like ISIS? Has there been any official response to the story?
What would Asa say to Jeremy Corbyn if he had another chance to interview him? And why do people who try to ban the term “Israel lobby” annoy the hell out of us?
30 January 2019 — The Electronic Intifada
Many unexploded missiles were found in Gaza during — and after — Israel’s 2014 attack. Ashraf Amra APA images
Where can you hide when you can’t run?
This is the question Gaza’s two million inhabitants ask themselves after every Israeli assault.
27 January 2019 — Electronic Intifada
Relatives of Hamdi Naasan, who was killed during a settler incursion into the occupied West Bank village of al-Mughayyir a day earlier, mourn during his funeral on 27 January. – Ahmad Arouri APA images
A Palestinian father of four was fatally shot on Saturday as Israeli settlers, protected by soldiers, stormed the village of al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
25 January 2019 — Jonathan Cook
Analysts warn that breakup of faction risks Palestinian citizens of Israel staying home – bolstering the right in April’s ballot
Middle East Eye – 25 January 2019
A political coalition representing Israel’s Palestinian minority – currently the third biggest faction in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset – has been plunged into crisis by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to call for a surprise general election for April.
22 January 2019 — Electronic Intifada
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Israeli forces injured more than 100 Palestinian prisoners at Israel’s Ofer military prison near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah in a series of raids since Sunday.
Several Israeli military units raided two other prisons since then, Nafha prison in the Naqab region in southern Israel and Gilboa prison in the north, after allegedly receiving an intelligence tip that members of Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian political and resistance organization, had mobile phones, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
23 January 2019 — Moon of Alabama
Two weeks ago the Zionist lobby targeted civil rights activist Angela Davis for her support of the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions movement (BDS). Following lobby pressure the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Alabama canceled its annual gala at which Davis was to receive a prestigious human rights award. This created a huge backlash. The city council of Birmingham unanimously adopted a resolution “recognizing the life work of Angela Davis”. The Institute’s chair, vice-chair and secretary had to resign from the board.
