Palestine
-
Gaza: 41 Civilians Killed; 1500 Civilians Wounded inc. Dozens of Women and Children; 8 Journalists & 4 Paramedics
Number of Civilian Causalities in the Great March of Return and Breaking Siege in Gaza Strip Increases; 41 Civilians Killed, including 4 Children and Person with Mobility Impairment, and Around 1500 Civilians Wounded, including Dozens of Children and Women, 8 Journalists, and 12 Paramedics Continue reading
-
Finkelstein: Where’s the Solidarity for Gaza? (2/3)
In part two, Norman Finkelstein says that while Palestinian protesters in Gaza have bravely resisted their ghettoization under merciless Israeli fire, international solidarity is falling short Continue reading
-
Finkelstein: Where’s the Solidarity for Gaza? (2/3)
In part two, Norman Finkelstein says that while Palestinian protesters in Gaza have bravely resisted their ghettoization under merciless Israeli fire, international solidarity is falling short Continue reading
-
Israeli Forces Escalate Their Measures along Eastern and Northern Gaza Strip Borders
14 May 2018 — PCHR Ref: 50/2018 – Date: 14 May 2018 – Time: 09:30 GMT In Preemptive Move Prior to the Great March of Return and Breaking Siege, Israeli Forces Escalate Their Measures along Eastern and Northern Gaza Strip Borders PCHR Warns of More Civilian Casualties Continue reading
-
Western leaders betrayed Palestinians 70 years ago. There is no sign that’s about to change
Israel has been crafting a dishonest counter-narrative ever since the Nakba, one that historians scouring the archives have exploded On Tuesday, Palestinians will commemorate the anniversary of the Nakba, or catastrophe, their mass expulsion and dispossession 70 years ago as the new state of Israel was built on the ruins of their homeland. As a… Continue reading
-
Israel’s Violence on Gazans’ Non-Violence
Norman Finkelstein says that Israeli forces have conducted “a murderous assault on non-violent protesters” in Gaza’s Great March of Return because non-violent protest threatens not Israel, but its occupation Continue reading
-
Israel’s Violence on Gazans’ Non-Violence
Norman Finkelstein says that Israeli forces have conducted “a murderous assault on non-violent protesters” in Gaza’s Great March of Return because non-violent protest threatens not Israel, but its occupation Continue reading
-
Hamas and Fatah: Why the two groups are failing By Jonathan Cook
The Palestinian national movement, which has led the decades-long struggle against Israel’s takeover of the Palestinians’ homeland, has reached the lowest ebb in its history, according to analysts. But as Palestinians mark this week the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, the “Catastrophe” that followed the dispossession of their homeland and the creation of Israel in… Continue reading
-
In Provoking Iran and Allies Alike to Please Netanyahu, Donald Trump has become the Most-Pro-Zionist American President Ever By Prof Rodrigue Tremblay
It has become more and more obvious, for those who have ears to hear and eyes to see that Donald Trump’s drive to power is making the world a less secure place, possibly a very dangerous place. Trump is constantly poking the fires of war with his bullying foreign policy, a policy that seems to… Continue reading
-
At 70, Israel more than ever deserves a cultural and academic boycott
Recent events have highlighted why the continuing refusal by many Western academics and artists to take up the Palestinian call for an academic and cultural boycott of Israel is so wrong-headed. Continue reading
-
Netanyahu’s Long History of Crying Wolf over Fake ‘WMDs’ in Iran and Iraq
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a long history of crying wolf over supposed nuclear weapons in Iran and Iraq – Ben Norton reports. (Inc. transcript) Continue reading
-
Netanyahu’s Long History of Crying Wolf over Fake ‘WMDs’ in Iran and Iraq
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a long history of crying wolf over supposed nuclear weapons in Iran and Iraq – Ben Norton reports. (Inc. transcript) Continue reading
-
Gaza News Links 4-5 May 2018
5 May 2018 – williambowles.info 5 May 2018 Netanyahu Makes A Case For The JCPOA http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Netanyahu-Makes-A-Case-For-The-JCPOA.htm Defining Israel as a “Jewish State” https://dissidentvoice.org/2018/05/defining-israel-as-a-jewish-state/ Continue reading
-
As Israel Kills Dozens and Maims Thousands, Palestinian ‘Violence’ Under Media Microscope By Gregory Shupak
Corporate media help set the terms of debate about the issues they cover by pointing toward specific sets of questions and ignoring others. When news outlets highlight particular points of contention, they encourage audiences to see these as the central aspects of the story and discourage consideration of other facets of the topic. Recent reporting… Continue reading
-
Gaza News Links 28 April – 30 March 2018
29 April 2018 — williambowles.info 28 April 2018 Israeli snipers shoot another 178 Palestinian protesters, killing three http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/israeli-palestinian-protesters/ Israel needs Palestinian violence to shift world opinion — and ‘The New York Times’ helps out! http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/palestinian-violence-opinion/ Continue reading
-
BERTHA JUSTICE NETWORK: STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE
19 April 2018 — Bertha Foundation We, the members of the Bertha Justice Network, a global network of human rights and movement lawyering organizations working in pursuit of social justice, are observing with the greatest concern the situation in the Gaza Strip in Palestine, and in particular the recent attacks by Israeli military forces on… Continue reading
-
As Israel marks 70 years, what have been the true costs? By Jonathan Cook
The Zionist project was intended, so its founders claimed, to provide a sanctuary from persecution for all Jews around the world. But at what cost, both to the native Palestinians on whose homeland a Jewish state was built and to the moral character of those who settled there? And has it really provided the sanctuary… Continue reading
-
Media’s Linguistic Gymnastics Mislead on Gaza Protests By Gregory Shupak
As Adam Johnson (FAIR.org, 4/9/18) writes, media have engaged in extraordinary mental gymnastics to describe the Israeli military’s deliberate killing of Palestinian protesters in the Great Return March, framing long-distance sniper shootings as “clashes” in order to misleadingly “give the reader the impression of two equal warring sides.” Continue reading
-
Israel Massacres Unarmed Gaza Protesters Again as International Community Shrugs
The Israeli military massacred unarmed Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border for the second week in a row, and journalist Ali Abunimah says Israel has been granted “total impunity” on the global stage Continue reading
-
Media Lens: Killing Mosquitoes: The Latest Gaza Massacres, Pro-Israel Media Bias And The Weapon Of ‘Antisemitism’
The lack of condemnation from ‘mainstream’ voices in politics and the media to such a disgraceful message reveals widespread deep fear of being accused of antisemitism. This fear, used to constrain reasoned debate, needs to be seen in a broader historical context. In 2002, former Israeli minister Shulamit Aloni explained the rationale behind the charge… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 