Palestine
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Israel’s Atrocity in Gaza Did Not Make the Headlines: Selected Articles
8 April 2018 — Global Research News While thousands of unarmed protesters marched to fight for their freedom and rights, the IDF tweeted, “Nothing was carried out uncontrolled; everything was accurate and measured, and we know where every bullet landed.” How much blood will this viciousness shed before justice is served? See our selection below and repost to your… Continue reading
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Not Only Against Demonstrators but also Journalists: Israeli forces Practice Murder in Cold Blood
On Saturday, 07 April 2018, Israeli forces killed photojournalist Yasser Murtaja. Murtaja succumbed to wounds he sustained after being hit with a live bullet that was shot by an Israeli sniper to the abdomen. Since the beginning of the incidents, 9 journalists sustained live bullets wounds. Continue reading
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Gaza 6 April 2018: Israel Kill 7 Civilians; Wound 718 inc. 77 Children and 17 Women
6 April 2018 — PCHR Ref:41/2018 – Date: 06 April 2016 – Time: 20:00 GMT On Second Friday of Great March of Return and Breaking Siege in Gaza Strip, Israeli Forces Kill 7 Civilians and Wound 718 Others, Including 77 Children and 17 Women, Without Posing Threat to Soldiers’ Life Continue reading
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The Good Friday Massacre: World…We Are All Palestinians, Now!
6 April 2108 — Global Research The Good Friday Massacre: World…We Are All Palestinians, Now! By Brett Redmayne-Titley, April 06, 2018 Eighteen more Palestinians were unapologetically murdered this past “Good Friday” by the Israeli military. They were unarmed. They were on their own land. They were desperate. They screamed their desperation as they marched. Then, they… Continue reading
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With more Palestinians than Jews, Israel is waging a numerical war of attrition By Jonathan Cook
The Israeli army’s trigger-finger against Palestinian protesters close to the fence surrounding Gaza at the weekend, killing at least 18 and injuring hundreds more, has an explanation rooted in more than normal conceptions of security. Even before Israel’s creation, its leaders were obsessed with demography and winning a zero-sum numerical war of attrition with the… Continue reading
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Israel admits, then deletes, responsibility for Gaza killings By Ali Abunimah
The Israeli army posted a statement on Twitter on Saturday apparently accepting full responsibility for the killings a day earlier of 15 Palestinians as thousands took part in the Great March of Return in Gaza. Continue reading
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Gaza Update: On Bloodiest Day After 2014 Offensive and within Land Day Activities
30 March 2018 — PCHR Time: 18:30 GMT Ref: 40/2018 Number of Killed Persons Amounts to 13 Civilians and Number of Wounded Increases to 1,031, including 218 Children and 34 Women Further to the Press Release published by the Palestinian Center for Human rights (PCHR) at approximately 14:00 GMT on Friday, 30 March 2018, and According… Continue reading
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If this happened in Alabama there would be uproar. In Israel, it’s the norm
Israeli town freezes new housing project to stop entry of Palestinian citizens. But the mayor insists he’s not racist Continue reading
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Publish it Not! How Israel controls the media
March 2011 — Coldtype – Jonathan Cook Given all the palaver around Corbyn’s alleged anti-semitic thoughts, I thought it well worth republishing Jonathan Cook’s excellent essay on the subject of Israel’s propaganda war, ‘Publish It Not!‘ (PDF). ‘How Israel controls the way the international ‘liberal’ media portray its illegal and vicious occupation of Palestine and… Continue reading
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Israeli parliament endorses final version of ‘Jewish nation-state bill’ By Jonathan Cook
After seven years of delays, the Israeli governing parties have agreed the final terms of controversial new legislation that would define Israel exclusively as “the nation-state of the Jewish people”. Continue reading
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The lies and self-deceptions at work within Israel’s ‘moral’ army By Jonathan Cook
It is has been a very bad week for those claiming Israel has the most moral army in the world. Here’s a small sample of abuses of Palestinians in recent days in which the Israeli army was caught lying. Continue reading
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Israeli PM Netanyahu ‘cannot cling on to power much longer’ By Jonathan Cook
The legal noose has tightened sharply around the neck of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as dramatic developments on two fronts last week left him more exposed than ever Continue reading
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Israel: DNA tests may provide answers on missing babies By Jonathan Cook
The mystery of the missing children has plagued Israel for decades, with evidence mounting that at least some of the babies were trafficked by hospitals and orphanages – possibly with the connivance of Israeli officials. The vast majority of the children – potentially as many as 8,000 – were from Jewish families that had recently… Continue reading
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Fourteen-year-old Ghada was the latest victim of Israel’s dehumanising machine By Jonathan Cook
How did a 14-year-old Palestinian girl who has never set foot in the open-air prison of Gaza find herself being dumped there by Israeli officials – alone, at night and without her parents being informed? Continue reading
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Al-Quds/ Jerusalem — the capital By Eric Walberg
Al-Quds is, literally, the holy city, for believers, Jewish, Christian, Muslim alike, called by non-Muslims Jerusalem (from “City of Shalem” after a Canaanite deity, during the early Canaanite period (approximately 2400 BCE)). Continue reading
The New Dark Age 