Palestine
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DECLARATION OF THE CRIME OF APARTHEID: ISRAEL
Over 700 scholars, artists and intellectuals from more than 45 countries have signed the following declaration calling for the dismantling of the apartheid regime set up on the territory of historic Palestine and the establishment of a democratic constitutional arrangement that grants all its inhabitants equal rights and duties. Continue reading
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Israel: Racist, violent policing is at the heart of apartheid
Police made sweeping arrests of Israel’s large minority of Palestinian citizens after protests rocked the country in May during Israel’s 11-day attack on Gaza. Officers were documented beating demonstrators, and in some cases torturing them while in detention. Police also failed to protect the Palestinian minority from planned, vigilante-style attacks by far-right Jewish extremists. Continue reading
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Palestanian Protesters Recount Harrowing Details of Torture at the Hands of Israeli Police
NAZARETH, ISRAEL — In May, the world watched Israel’s brutal occupation on full display: The forcible displacement of Sheikh Jarrah residents was underway; Israeli security forces attacked Muslim worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan; Israeli rocket fire rained down on Gaza; and Jewish extremists chanted “Death to Arabs!” in the streets. Continue reading
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Bennett’s Fragile Hookup with the Zionist Left Offers Little Promise for a Post-Apartheid Israel
On the racist reality of Israeli politics, the absurdity of calling any Zionist party “Left,” and why the so-called Zionist Left could join a coalition government headed by Naftali Bennett: their differences are inconsequential. Continue reading
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Israel’s night raids on Palestinian families aren’t over, whatever the courts say
Young children are forced awake. With a mix of bleary-eyed confusion and fear, they are made to answer questions posed to them in broken Arabic by these faceless, armed strangers. They are lined up in one room while the soldiers take photographs of them holding their identity cards. And then, just as suddenly as they… Continue reading
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If Bibi Was the Frying Pan, Is Bennett the Fire? What To Expect from Israel’s New PM
“It’s not like [Israel is] replacing Netanyahu with a person who believes in equality for all, who believes in freedom for all, who believes in human rights for all. They’re replacing Netanyahu with an ultra-nationalist who is going to put forward his ultra-nationalist agenda.” – Diana Buttu, former PLO spokesperson Continue reading
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Palestine: Smashed Houses, Crushed Orchards, A Trail of Unrestrained Malice
Residents of Sheikh Jarrah’s resistance to eviction by Israeli Jews evolved into a military confrontation so lopsided, the Israeli bombardments against Gaza so terrifying, it drew widespread condemnation (the US government excepted). Continue reading
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The Imperialists Intensify Colonial Genocide In Reaction To The Rise Of Liberation Movements
Israel’s siege on Gaza, where new airstrikes are being launched following last month’s unprecedentedly destructive bombing campaign and just two days into Israel’s new government, is the latest stage in a global intensification of colonial warfare. As much as CIA propagandists try to deflect from the pro-Washington bloc’s crimes within this war by fabricating accounts of a… Continue reading
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Thomas Friedman’s last gasp
10 June 2021 — Jonathan Cook New Left Review – 10 June 2021 Thomas Friedman’s recent column in the New York Times reflecting on Israel’s 11-day destruction of Gaza is a showcase for the delusions of liberal Zionism: a constellation of thought that has never looked so threadbare. It seems that every liberal newspaper needs… Continue reading
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Gaza/Palestine News Links 10 June 2021
10 June 2021 — The New Dark Age On the Politics of Victory and Defeat: How Gaza Dethroned the King of Israel https://dissidentvoice.org/2021/06/on-the-politics-of-victory-and-defeat-how-gaza-dethroned-the-king-of-israel/ National Coalition Calls On Biden To Halt Weapons Sales To Israel https://popularresistance.org/national-coalition-calls-on-biden-to-halt-weapons-sales-to-israel/ Continue reading
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Zionist Terror Fails To Break Palestinian Solidarity, Accelerates Israel’s Demise
A dozen years ago, Ali Abunimah of The Electronic Intifada predicted that Israel “won’t survive.” The Zionist state is doomed, he concluded, because the reasoning used to justify its existence is being accepted by ever fewer people: Continue reading
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Investigation finds 33% of UK cabinet members funded by pro-Israel groups
A third of the members of the British cabinet, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, have been funded by Israel or pro-Israel lobby groups, Declassified UK has revealed. The investigative journalism website uncovered the various ways through which the occupation state has courted members of the government over the years, a trend that was denounced as “disgusting” last… Continue reading
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Gaza/Palestine News Links 1-5 June 2021
5 June 2021 — The New Dark Age The Wind of Change Reached Israel https://journal-neo.org/2021/06/04/the-wind-of-change-reached-israel/ Israel’s new government will deepen rifts, not heal them https://williambowles.info/2021/06/04/israels-new-government-will-deepen-rifts-not-heal-them/ Continue reading
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Tech giants help Israel muzzle Palestinians
Israel’s caretaker prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sought to shut down all use of the popular video-sharing app TikTok in Israel last month. The attempt to censor TikTok, details of which emerged last weekend, is one of a number of reported attempts by Israel to control social media content during last month’s military assault on the… Continue reading
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Israel’s new government will deepen rifts, not heal them
The symbolic moment of a Palestinian party sitting in government alongside settler leaders will turn sour all too soon Continue reading
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Gaza/Palestine News Links 31 May – 1 June 2021
1 June 2021• 14:45 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Not Forgetting Palestine Israel lifts majority of coronavirus restrictions as new cases drop to single digits, but keeps indoor mask mandate https://www.rt.com/news/525310-israel-coronavirus-restrictions-lifted/ Jewish extremists plotted FIREBOMB attack… Continue reading
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Gaza/Palestine News Links 29-30 May 2021
30 May 2021 — The New Dark Age US to Israel: We can’t support you forever US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday told Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi that America cannot continue to publicly support its bombing campaign in Gaza, Axios reported. The battle for Jerusalem has humiliated Israel and its Arab Zionist supporters Israel… Continue reading
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Israel-Palestine conflict at inflection point
The well-known French philosopher, writer and political activist, late Paul-Michel Foucault has written about a conversation he had with an Iranian during his visit to Tehran in November 1978 on the eve of the Islamic Revolution. The stranger remarked, “They will never let go of us of their own will. No more than they did in… Continue reading
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Watch: Lowkey on the UK’s Complicity in Israeli Apartheid & Settler Colonialism
18 May 2021 — Youtube Host: Mnar Adley w/ Guest: Hip-hop artist and antiwar activist Lowkey Continue reading
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Gaza/Palestine News Links 29 May 2021
29 May 2021 • 20:00 — The New Dark Age Rockets Fired From Gaza During Last Battle Were Palestinian-Made: Iran’s Quds Force Commander Israel, US and UK vote against World Health Assembly decision to improve health facilities in Palestine Israel Post Ceasefire: When the Dreams of Israelis Collide with the Hopes of Palestinians Palestinians Vow… Continue reading
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