Palestine
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As Gaza’s economy collapses, so does any hope of peace By Jonathan Cook
The moment long feared is fast approaching in Gaza, according to a new report by the World Bank. After a decade-long Israeli blockade and a series of large-scale military assaults, the economy of the tiny coastal enclave is in “freefall”. Continue reading
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Defying Israel lobby, Labour votes for arms freeze By Asa Winstanley
In a historic move, the Labour Party’s annual conference on Tuesday voted to end UK arms sales to Israel. But The Electronic Intifada has learned that Emily Thornberry, the woman who would become foreign minister were a Labour government elected tomorrow, had privately tried to scupper the motion. Continue reading
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Preventing Palestine: A Must Read History of Failed Peace-Making By James J. Zogby
Seth Anziska’s Preventing Palestine: A Political History From Camp David to Oslo is a deeply insightful and profoundly disturbing book that traces the tortuous path of Middle East peace-making during the past four decades. It was quite painful to read. Continue reading
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Palestinians suffer as Trump tears up rules-based order By Jonathan Cook
Washington’s decision to intensify swingeing aid cuts to the Palestinians – the latest targets include cancer patients and peace groups – reveals more than a simple determination to strong-arm the Palestinian leadership to the negotiating table. Continue reading
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Corbyn Might Long Regret Capitulation on Anti-Semitism
The British Labour Party’s decision to adopt the IHRA’s contested anti-Semitism definition is a victory for the Israel lobby and for forces on both sides of the Atlantic seeking to stifle criticism of Mideast policy, argues Daniel Lazare. Continue reading
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Censored film reveals The Israel Project’s secret Facebook campaign By Ali Abunimah and Asa Winstanley
The Israel Project, a major advocacy group based in Washington, is running a secret influence campaign on Facebook. Continue reading
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A ‘gentleman’s agreement’: How Oslo worked out as planned for Israel By Jonathan Cook
There will be no anniversary celebrations this week to mark the signing of the Oslo Accords in Washington 25 years ago. It is a silver jubilee for which there will be no street parties, no commemorative mugs, no specially minted coins. Palestinians have all but ignored the landmark anniversary, while Israel’s commemoration has amounted to… Continue reading
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Leaked Clips from Censored Documentary on Israel Lobby Reveal Attacks on US Activists
Excerpts of the censored Al Jazeera undercover film on the Israel lobby in the US have started to be leaked. The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah and the Grayzone Project’s Max Blumenthal explain how these clips show the Israeli government backing attacks on American pro-Palestinian activists and Black Lives Matter Continue reading
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A new capital? Palestinians say Abu Dis is no substitute for East Jerusalem By Jonathan Cook
The entrance to Abu Dis could not be more disconcerting, given reports that Donald Trump’s administration intends it to be the capital of a future Palestinian state, in place of Jerusalem. The wall, and the security cameras lining the top of it, are the legacy of battles for control of Jerusalem’s borders. Sections of concrete… Continue reading
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There is a deeper, darker agenda afoot as the US cuts UNRWA funding By Jonathan Cook
2 September 2018 — Jonathan Cook Refugees are the final loose end in forcing Palestinians to accept Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ peace plan The National – 2 September 2018 The Trump administration’s decision to scrap all future aid payments to the main agency helping Palestinian refugees marks a new – and most likely disastrous… Continue reading
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Leak From Censored Israel Lobby Film Exposes Anti-Palestinian Operatives
The first leaked excerpt of Al Jazeera’s censored film on the Israel Lobby in the U.S. claims to identify the funder behind the Canary Mission, an anonymous website devoted to smearing and silencing vocal supporters of Palestinian rights. We play a clip from the film and speak to Asa Winstanley of the Electronic Intifada, which… Continue reading
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The Anti-Semitism Campaign Against Corbyn Leaves out Palestinians
Palestinian scholar Ghada Karmi explains that in defending himself from accusations of anti-Semitism, both Jeremy Corbyn – the head of the British Labour Party – and the opposition to him are reneging on their responsibility towards Palestinians Continue reading
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In detaining Peter Beinart, Israel has declared it no longer represents millions of Jews overseas By Jonathan Cook
Academics, lawyers, human rights groups, opponents of the occupation and boycott supporters are facing ever-more difficult interrogations when landing in Israel Continue reading
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New Information Reveals How Israel Covered-Up the Killing of Four Boys in Gaza
Shir Hever discusses the Intercept report, revealing that the Israeli military used an armed drone to kill four children playing football and injure four others. The Israeli investigation of the killing is exposed as a sham Inc. transcript) Continue reading
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US Military Aid to Israel Set to Exceed $3.8B, or $23,000 Per Year for Every Jewish Family Living in Israel By Whitney Webb
The massive funding for Israel’s military is the result of the 2016 U.S.-Israel Memorandum of Understanding on security assistance between the Israeli and U.S. governments, which called for annual funding of $3.8 billion — or $23,000 per year for every Jewish family living in Israel — for the next 10 years. Continue reading
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Israeli Commandos Brutally Attack Freedom Flotilla Activists in International Waters
Indigenous leader Larry Commodore returns to Canada after being released from an Israeli prison Continue reading
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Palestine News Links 28-29 July 2018
29 July 2018 — williambowles.info Breaking the Gaza Blockade: Message From A Former Israeli Air Force Pilot https://www.globalresearch.ca/breaking-the-gaza-blockade-message-from-a-former-israeli-air-force-pilot/5648942 How Labour’s Dreadful Antisemitism Debate Has to Change http://novaramedia.com/2018/07/29/how-labours-dreadful-antisemitism-debate-has-to-change/ Continue reading
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Palestine News Links 28 July 2018
28 July 2018 — williambowles.info Israel kills children in Gaza protests https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/israel-kills-children-gaza-protests Gaza protests: All the latest updates https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/gaza-protest-latest-updates-180406092506561.html Continue reading
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“Political Madness” and the Real Axis of Evil: US-NATO-Israel: selected Articles
26 July 2018 — Global Research News Assad: “Israel Has exhausted Our Patience and Iran Will Stay in Syria as Long as Is Needed” By Elijah J. Magnier, July 26, 2018 The Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has communicated to the Russian leadership that “Israel has exhausted our patience” … “Israeli jets will be a legitimate target for our… Continue reading
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Palestine News Links 26 July 2018
26 July 2018 — williambowles.info A racism scandal blew up in Theresa May’s face as parliament broke for summer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/OwBEY6KaDnk/ Continue reading
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