Palestine
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Trump enjoys bipartisan support for his plan to eradicate the Palestinian cause
The White House’s prolonged financial bullying of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the Palestinians’ government-in-waiting, has reached the point where there are now credible warnings that it is close to collapse. The crisis has offered critics further proof of the administration’s seemingly chaotic, often self-sabotaging approach to foreign policy matters. Continue reading
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Israel blames “bots” for Eurovision boycott Asa Winstanley
Last month, Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs released a report titled “The Big Scam.” In it, the ministry claimed to have exposed “bots” and “fake accounts” allegedly used by Palestinians and their supporters during the boycott campaign against the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. Continue reading
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Inside Israel’s million dollar troll army By Asa Winstanley
A global influence campaign funded by the Israeli government had a $1.1 million budget last year, a document obtained by The Electronic Intifada shows. Act.IL says it has offices in three countries and an online army of more than 15,000. Through its app, Act.IL issues “missions” to this troll army in exchange for “cool prizes”… Continue reading
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Secret tripartite summit in Jerusalem by Thierry Meyssan
A summit of the national security advisors from the USA, Israël and Russia has been announced in Jerusalem. The aim of this conference is to untangle the imbroglio around the Axis of Resistance, guarantee the security of all the States in the Middle East, and establish a shared suzerainty of the United States and Russia… Continue reading
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Drama on the tarmac: US judge foils secret deportation to Israel By Ali Abunimah
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were attempting to secretly deport him to Israel, which would then transfer him to the West Bank. But contrary to the plan, the aircraft was met by a US embassy official who told the ICE agents on board that they could not hand Ashqar over. Continue reading
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The Trump ‘Deal’: An Ultimatum and a Setup By Elias Samo
The deal doesn’t offer the Palestinians many concessions. Their basic and minimum demands for a peaceful resolution of the Palestinian problem are not met. It is an ultimatum to surrender and accept whatever Netanyahu dictates Continue reading
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WATCH: Israeli Diplomat offering MP £1 million: Video proves NEC member was suspended for telling the truth
The Labour Party have suspended Pete Willsman, a member of their National Executive Committee, for being “antisemitic”. Continue reading
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Stripped of Their Rights: Understanding the Gaza Strip By Rima Najjar
Many wonder why Israel continues to persecute the Palestinians in Gaza with such brutal repression. The answer is simple; Palestinians in Gaza pose a demographic and, indeed, an existential threat to the Jewish state, which created the inferno that is Gaza today in order “to exist” as such. Continue reading
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Palestinians to be sacrificed for Israel-Gulf marriage By Tamara Nasser
Ties between Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia, and Israel are warmer than ever as the United States beats its war drums against Iran and prepares to reveal its so-called “Deal of the Century.” Continue reading
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Reporters Without Borders accepts prize from journalist-killing regime By Ali Abunimah
Reporters Without Borders is facing sharp criticism for accepting a prize from a regime that murders journalists. Continue reading
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Israel’s War Criminals in Their Own Words By Philip Giraldi
Israel’s public face, sustained and propagated by a wealthy and powerful diaspora that has significant control over the media, insists that the country is the Middle East’s only true democracy, that is operates under a rule of law for all its citizens and that its army is the “most moral in the world.” All of… Continue reading
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During Protests in Commemoration of 71st Anniversary of Palestinian Nakbah: Israeli Forces Wound 144 Civilians
On Wednesday, 15 May 2019, Israeli forces wounded 144 Palestinian civilians, including 49 children, 4 women, and 1 paramedic, in excessive use of force against the peaceful participants in the protests organized in commemoration of the 71st anniversary of the Palestinian Nakbah. Continue reading
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Jerusalem cable car project passes over objections from many quarters
Israel is close to building a $55 million cable car through occupied East Jerusalem, despite opposition from archaeologists, architects, Palestinians, and a tiny community of Jews. Critics say the project is intended to hide the local Palestinian population from some 3 million tourists who visit Jerusalem each year, turning the city into a ‘Disneyland’ focused… Continue reading
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The Zionist Idea Has Never Been More Terrifying than It Is Today By Rima Najjar
Whether you believe the American rabbi and historian Arthur Hertzberg’s assessment of the Zionist idea as “unprecedented … an essential dialogue between the Jew and the nations of the earth”, rather than a matter between Jews and God, or you believe the assessment of Ass’ad Razzouk, researcher and contributor to the PLO Research Center’s 1970 Arabic… Continue reading
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Eurovision protests grow in solidarity with Palestine By Ali Abunimah
People across Europe are taking action in response to the Palestinian call to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest being hosted next week in Tel Aviv. Continue reading
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Is leaked document Trump’s ‘deal of the century’? By Jonathan Cook
A report published this week by the Israel Hayom newspaper apparently leaking details of Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” reads like the kind of peace plan that might be put together by an estate agent or car salesman. Continue reading
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EU envoy admits he doesn’t really care about Palestinian rights By David Cronin
Shortly before stepping down as ambassador to Washington, Araud remarked that Israel is already an apartheid state. Continue reading
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Fans staying away from Eurovision in Tel Aviv By Tamara Nassar
Thousands have signed a petition calling on Ireland’s representative Sarah McTernan to withdraw from this month’s Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. Continue reading
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50,000 Palestinian Children Imprisoned by Israeli Kangaroo Courts Since 1967 By Whitney Webb
While Israel’s government often touts itself as the “only democracy” in the Middle East, it is also the only government in the entire world that detains children through military courts with a near 100 percent conviction rate, something that even Saudi Arabia does not do. Continue reading
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As the Israel lobby in the US weakens, its UK counterpart grows more fearsome
For decades it was all but taboo to suggest that pro-Israel lobbies in the United States like AIPAC used their money and influence to keep lawmakers firmly in check on Israel-related issues – even if one had to be blind not to notice that that was exactly what they were up to. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 