Palestine
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The West’s pampering of Israel will lead to the next Gaza massacre By Jonathan Cook
Faced with protests at the perimeter fence in Gaza, Israeli snipers killed dozens of unarmed Palestinians and wounded more than 2,000 others, including children, women, journalists and paramedics, in a hail of live fire. Amnesty, the international human rights organisation, rightly called it a “horror show”. Continue reading
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Gaza News Links 15-16 May 2018
16 May 2018 — williambowles.info Live Blog: Massacre in Gaza as US and Israel celebrate embassy move to Jerusalem http://mondoweiss.net/2018/05/massacre-celebrate-jerusalem/ Gaza protests: All the latest updates https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/gaza-protest-latest-updates-180406092506561.html US embassy opens in Jerusalem amid lockdown https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/jerusalem-lockdown-moves-israeli-mission-180514112733896.html Continue reading
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Mass murder in Gaza
The Israeli military slaughtered dozens of unarmed Palestinian demonstrators and wounded thousands more in Gaza on Monday. As this atrocity was being carried out, a grotesque ceremony was unfolding barely 50 miles away to mark the formal opening of a US embassy in the divided and occupied city of Jerusalem. Continue reading
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Gaza Slaughter News Links 14-15 May 2018: 58 Dead and Nobody Gives a Shit!
15 May 2018 — williambowles.info Tension in Gaza as Palestinians begin to bury 58 dead http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-44116340 My March of Return http://mondoweiss.net/2018/05/my-march-of-return/ Challenging the ongoing dispossession and displacement of the Palestinian people on the 70th commemoration of the Nakba http://mondoweiss.net/2018/05/dispossession-displacement-commemoration/ Continue reading
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Nakba Day: Remembering Palestine’s 1948 Humanitarian Disaster
14 May 2018 — Global Research News Israel at Seventy: Symbol of War, Racism, Reaction By Joyce Chediac, May 14, 2018 The settler state of Israel turns 70 on May 14. In imperialist capitals, especially Israel and the U.S., this state built on the bones of the Palestinian people will be praised and celebrated. The U.S. will… Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
The New Dark Age 