Palestine
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Israel is deliberately obliterating media buildings in Gaza to cover up the war crimes that will follow
On Tuesday, Israel bombed the 10-storey Al-Jawhara Tower, causing it to collapse. Before doing so, it had ‘benevolently’ warned that the airstrikes were coming. The following day, it bombed the 14-storey Al-Shorouk Tower, also giving warning it was going to do so. Continue reading
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Palestine/Gaza News Links 13-14 May 2021
14 May 2021 • 20:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Global Resistance: End The Nakba Now! https://popularresistance.org/global-resistance-end-the-nakba-now/ Palestinians in Israel now face far-right mob violence backed by the state https://williambowles.info/2021/05/14/palestinians-in-israel-now-face-far-right-mob-violence-backed-by-the-state/ If I Fall In The Struggle,… Continue reading
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Palestinians in Israel now face far-right mob violence backed by the state
Protests by Palestinian citizens are being greeted with a mix of police violence and vigilante-style attacks from Jewish fascists Continue reading
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This time it’s different
As I write, the building I live in here in Gaza is shaking continuously. Above us, Israeli F-16 warplanes pummel us with a seemingly endless barrage of bombs. I am writing amid a rapid flow of developing events, so it is certain that by the time this is published, many things may have changed, but… Continue reading
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Palestine/Gaza News Links 13 May 2021
13 May 2021 — The New Dark Age Laith Marouf on Palestinian legitimate Resistance to Israeli occupation & to the bombardment of Gaza The Electronic Intifada 13 May 2021 https://williambowles.info/2021/05/13/the-electronic-intifada-13-may-2021/ Continue reading
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The Electronic Intifada 13 May 2021
13 May 2021 — The Electronic Intifada France bans rally, arrests Palestine solidarity leader By Ali Abunimah on May 13, 2021 05:03 am “Dictatorial methods” will not stop French citizens speaking out, group says. Continue reading
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Fifteen Thoughts On Palestine
13 May 2021 — Caitlin Johnson by Caitlin Johnstone Listen to this article: 1 You don’t get to drop an entire colony on top of an inhabited country, grind those inhabitants into the dirt for generations, and then claim self defense every time they retaliate. That’s not a thing. The US-centralized power alliance in general is… Continue reading
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Palestine/Gaza News Links 14 April – 12 May 2021
12 May 2021 18:49 — The New Dark Age Enough is Enough: It is Time for Apartheid to End, by Kenn Orphan I have anxiety in my heart tonight. I have friends in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, Palestinians and Israeli Jews, and I am truly fearing for them. Several of them have reported… Continue reading
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Israel’s Pogroms in Jerusalem Could Spark the Destruction of al-Aqsa
There is every reason to believe the tragic (and seemingly unbelievable) scenario that one of Jerusalem’s holiest sites, and one of the world’s most revered monuments, could soon lay ruined in ashes as Zionist forces smile in satisfaction. Continue reading
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“Deep concern” won’t halt Jerusalem evictions
The state’s authorities said they were investigating the death of Said Yousef Muhammad Odeh, a Palestinian boy who was shot in the back by Israeli soldiers earlier this week. Continue reading
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In Wake of HRW Apartheid Report, Israeli Propagandists Launch Global PR Offensive
Much of the online anger at the Human Rights Watch report was actually manufactured by an Israeli government-sponsored app, Act.IL, which organized supporters of the Jewish state to act in sync to create an artificial groundswell of opposition to it. Continue reading
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Watch: “The Present” — A Painful Short Film Tells the Whole Story of What It Means to be Palestinian
In “The Present,” as throughout all of Palestine, soldiers, police officers, secret police, or Shabak agents, have the power — indeed they are instructed — to harass, humiliate, and take the lives of Palestinians in the most arbitrary fashion. Continue reading
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How the IHRA antisemitism definition became a pro-Israel cudgel
New research charts a five-year campaign by highly partisan, pro-Israel lobby groups to mislead the international community about the nature of what has been widely described as the “gold standard” definition of antisemitism. Continue reading
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Labour antisemitism allegations: How Corbyn and Starmer are judged by different standards
For years, allies of Jeremy Corbyn argued that allegations of antisemitism had been weaponised against the then-Labour leader and his supporters to undermine his socialist programme and stifle criticism of Israel. Continue reading
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Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, steal land with impunity
Every aspect of their existence on occupied Palestinian land is illegal. Still, the violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers against civilians continues, propped up by Israel’s legal system and the world’s blind eyes. Continue reading
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Labour disclosure ‘shows antisemitism was weaponised against Corbyn’, activists say
A group of Labour activists fighting through the courts to discover why they and others were investigated or expelled from the UK’s Labour Party for antisemitism say they have flushed out proof of bad faith from their accusers. Continue reading
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Just Like in the US, Policing in Israel is Rooted in Racist Violence
HAIFA, ISRAEL — Israeli state violence manifests in several ways—police killings, home demolitions, displacement and detentions—but each is grounded in the same colonialist ideology spanning decades. Continue reading
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Threatened by cultural defiance, Israel throws dancer in prison without charge
The arrest, in February, and continued detention without charge of acclaimed dance choreographer Ata Khattab underlines just how threatening Palestinian culture and identity is considered by Israel’s occupation forces. Continue reading
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