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Video: mob of settlers call Hanin Zoabi a ‘terrorist’
Settlers mob member of Knesset Hanin Zoabi on Sunday as she walks through Hebron with military escort.
Posted in Activism, Flotilla, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists
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Khader Adnan ends strike and will be released in April, under reported deal
Israeli officials today offered a deal to hunger striker Khader Adnan, now in his 66th day of protest against his administrative detention.
Hasbara: Reach-out to non-Jews with ‘Zionist-inspired’ calendar
A Pro-Israel organization recently created a new tool, a “Zionist-inspired” calendar, to bolster campus pro-Israel support, including twelve “Israel-related” themed months with hasbara programming resources.
Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics
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Ambassadors of Apartheid: Batsheva Dance Company to tour San Francisco and New York
In the next few weeks activists in New York and San Francisco will protest the Batsheva Dance Company because the ensemble receives Israeli government funding as part of the “Brand Israel” campaign.
Israel increases tax breaks to settlements
Last weekend a bill was passed giving a 35% tax break to organizations “strengthening Zionism and encouraging Zionist settlement.”
Video: right-wing groups attack U.S. professors over Ilan Pappe speaking tour
A group called the AMCHA Initiative, founded by University of California faculty, launched a campaign against three California professors over an upcoming Ilan Pappe speaking tour.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Neocons
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Israel gives ‘price tag’ youth a new West Bank hilltop
The Israeli government is violating a order by the high court, granting settlers with the “price tag” hilltop youth a new plot of land, marking the first new settlement construction in over a decade.
Six US activists arrested in Bahrain while monitoring military crackdown
Yesterday, six international activists where arrested in Bahrain while attempting to monitor the government crackdown on protesters commemorating the one year anniversary of uprisings.
Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Middle East
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Happy Valentines Day: Anonymous takes down web sites for tear gas company and Bahrain government
Marking today’s anniversary of the Bahrain anti-government uprising, the hacker group Anonymous shut down the Bahrain government’s website, along with the websites of several U.S. manufacturers of “less than lethal” weapons.
Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, US Politics
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Israel bulldozes Palestinian community center, making way for a ‘City of David’ visitor center
Today, a Palestinian community center, café and playground in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem was demolished, making way for a second “City of David” visitor center.
Sh*t the David Project says about Israel
Jumping on the “Shit white girls say…to black girls” YouTube bandwagon, the David Project produces (with an all college student cast) “Sh*t people say about Israel,” co-opting the original video’s sentiment, which critiqued interpersonal racism.
Judge delays ruling on Khader Adnan, now in his 56th day of hunger strike
With failing health, Khader Adnan now on his 56th day of hunger strike, awaits a decision from an Israeli judge on his final appeal for release from administrative detention.
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Occupation
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Fight for academic freedom continues with MESA support for Marc Ellis
This week the Middle Eastern Studies Association of North America sent a letter to Baylor University president Kenneth Starr condemning the ongoing investigation of Prof. Marc Ellis, which is largely seen as connected to Ellis’s views on Israel/Palestine.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, US Politics
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Hasbara PennBDS wrap-up: Pro-Israel students are ignorant
After the PennBDS conference, the a Philadelphia based Jewish weekly paper describes pro-Israel students as “ignorant,” citing Hasbara as “ill-equipped” to challenge BDS calls for justice and human rights.
MSNBC: Israel trains Iranian terror group to kill nuclear scientists
Yesterday, MSNBC reported an Iranian terror group responsible for assassinating nuclear scientists was trained and financed by the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence unit.
Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, US Policy in the Middle East
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After 55 days of hunger strike MSM finally reports on Khader Adnan
After 55 days, Khader Adnan is still held in Israeli administrative detention without charge. Today a court will hear his last appeal in the military system, from a “special session,” in his hospital room.
Posted in Activism, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation
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Khader Adnan, political prisoner held without charges, is near death after 53 days of hunger strike
A Palestinian political prisoner held without charges is now near death. Call the State Department and Israeli embassy to demand action.
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine
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Mustafa Tamimi’s brother arrested in Nabi Saleh
Last night Nabi Saleh was raided and the brother of Mustafa Tamimi, the activist who was killed by the Israeli military last December, was arrested.
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation
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Palestinian developer: settlers are welcome to buy in his West Bank city
A Palestinian millionaire announced Israeli settlers are welcome to purchase homes and make use of the ‘country club’ in Rawabi, a new West Bank city currently under construction.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists
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Occupy Oakland’s landslide BDS endorsement
Last Wednesday, Occupy Oakland’s general assembly voted with overwhelming support to endorse Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions. Oakland’s movement has incurred tear gas used by the police, where the same manufacturers also produce tear gas used by the Israeli military.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Egypt, Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Another day in the annexation: two Palestinian villages in East Jerusalem lose their connection
Jerusalem villagers use their hands to move rocks blocking their road, thanks to Israeli bulldozers
LGBTIQ activists: ‘What we witnessed was devastating and created a sense of urgency around doing our part to end this occupation’
A few days ago, a group of activists, scholars and artists released “An Open Letter to LGBTIQ Communities and Allies on the Israeli Occupation of Palestine.” The letter is a statement produced by the participants of the one-week delegation. The … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
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‘Invented’ Palestinian confronts Gingrich at GOP debate
In the Jan. 26 Florida presidential debate, GOP candidates addressed a Palestinian Republican and re-affirmed their stance that Palestinians are an “invented people.”
Posted in Activism, Israel Lobby, Media, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Video: 140 Israelis endorse Methodist church’s upcoming divestment resolution
140 Israelis urge Methodists to divest from the Israeli occupation
New checkpoint method: gassing Palestinian cars with unknown chemical
Yesterday, Amira Hass reported in Haaretz the Israeli military are now pumping “nausea-inducing chemicals,” into cars at a Bethlehem checkpoint, as a new search method. Hass describes the IDF first pulling over cars, then: once parked, the passengers are asked … Continue reading