Palestine
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Israel attacks Palestinians as they fight COVID-19
Israeli occupation forces continue to attack Palestinian communities as they struggle to hold back the threat from the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
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As Netanyahu uses coronavirus to consolidate power, Israel’s opposition leader gives in
Benny Gantz, the former Israeli general turned party leader, agreed late last week to join his rival Benjamin Netanyahu in an “emergency government” to deal with the coronavirus epidemic. Continue reading
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The coronavirus could force rival Benny Gantz to shake Netanyahu’s hand
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s caretaker prime minister, is preparing to squeeze every last drop of personal advantage from a local and global crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. He has needed to move fast. Continue reading
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Coronavirus would see “collapse” of Gaza health system
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, in the occupied West Bank has increased to 25, the World Health Organization reported on Monday. Continue reading
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Netanyahu may yet prove himself the Houdini of Israeli politics
The Israeli prime minister has worn down voters by refusing to go, while his rival Benny Gantz has no visible path to power Continue reading
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With Head Lowered And Eyes Averted – Israeli Racism And The ‘Honourable’ Robert Peston
Robert Peston is one of the UK’s most high-profile broadcast journalists, renowned for his theatricality and… curious… halting… delivery. As political editor of ITV News he has enormous influence, including 1 million followers on Twitter, just behind the BBC’s political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, with 1.1 million. He also hosts a weekly ITV political discussion show,… Continue reading
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Podcast Ep 15: Resisting the censors
On episode 15 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, filmmaker and journalist Abby Martin discusses her recent free speech lawsuit against the state of Georgia and its anti-BDS law. Continue reading
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Profiting from loss: how business in illegal Israeli settlements continues unchecked
UN efforts to protect Palestinian land from economic exploitation are failing, and exposing the hypocrisy of western states Continue reading
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Candidates to replace Corbyn denounce him as anti-Semitic
Emily Thornberry posted – but later deleted – a shamelessly anti-Palestinian tweet that same night. The posting clearly implied it was “anti-Semitic” for Labour conference delegates to fly Palestinian flags. Continue reading
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Kissing International Law Goodbye to Satisfy Israeli Ambitions
Palestinian chiefs say that Trump’s so-called peace plan contains 300 violations of international law and they will take it up with the Security Council. That’s nearly two violations per page. Given the document was put together by America and Israel, both lawless and criminal to the core, no-one is surprised. It is a brazen expression of criminal… Continue reading
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Israel bans Palestinian exports in cruel and merciless ‘final nail’ policy
It appears that for Israel, that cutting off the supply of clean drinking water is not enough. It is not enough that water-borne diseases are spiking or that health and emergency services are breaking down. It is not enough that fresh food is unavailable because of a lack of refrigeration as electricity is only available… Continue reading
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The Trump plan is just a cover for Israel’s final land grab
The Trump “Vision for Peace” will never be implemented – and not because the Palestinians reject it. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s enthusiastic public embrace of the plan belies the fact that the Israeli right detest it too. Continue reading
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Trump “peace” deal is Israel’s apartheid blueprint
US media have treated Trump’s launch of his Middle East “peace” plan as a sideshow to impeachment hearings in Washington. But the plan, if imposed on the Palestinians by Israel, which worked with the Trump administration to develop it, would violate the rights of millions of people. Continue reading
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Ending Palestinian Statehood as ‘Path’ to Palestinian Statehood
Media coverage of the Israel/Palestine conflict over the years has typically portrayed Palestinians as obstinate and imperious negotiating partners who insist on unreasonable preconditions before reaching an agreement (e.g., US News, 6/20/12; Wall Street Journal, 4/28/13; Jerusalem Post, 7/18/17). When Israel’s preconditions are reported, the precondition that the peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians should be mediated by the US is often omitted. Continue reading
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Palestine News Links 1-30 January 2020
30 January 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back How is Washington “Liberating” Free Countries https://dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/how-is-washington-liberating-free-countries/ Iraq-Raping Neocon Upset That People Keep Bringing Up The Iraq Thing https://www.greanvillepost.com/2020/01/30/iraq-raping-neocon-upset-that-people-keep-bringing-up-the-iraq-thing/ Continue reading
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Trump’s Mideast “Steal of the Century”. Breaking Palestine: Selected Articles
29 January 2020 — Global Research Done Deal: How the “Peace Process” Sold Out the Palestinians By David Hearst, January 29, 2020 In November 2016, fresh off his electoral win, US President-elect Donald Trump boasted of his intention to end the Israel-Palestine conflict by striking what he called the “ultimate deal”. Calling it “the war that never ends,” Trump… Continue reading
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Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ will not bring peace – that was the plan for the US and Israel
The so-called “Vision for Peace” unveiled on Tuesday simply confirmed that the US government has publicly adopted the long-running consensus in Israel: that it is entitled to keep permanently the swaths of territory it seized illegally over the past half-century that deny the Palestinians any hope of a state. Continue reading
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Trump’s “win-win” plan hands everything to Israel
After much anticipation and with great ceremony, on Tuesday US President Donald Trump presented his plan for Middle East peace. Continue reading
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