Category Archives: Israeli Government

Intense video challenges Catalan and Spanish collaboration with the Israeli occupation

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

A video that is part of a campaign to pressure the Catalan and Spanish governments to end military and security cooperation with Israel.

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In 1948 the Nakba was carried out by the military, in 2013 it continues in courtrooms

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

Moriel Rothman uses the Shamasneh family eviction case in Sheikh Jarrah as an example of how the dispossession of the Palestinian people continues today, albeit in less dramatic fashion than 65 years ago.

Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists | 3 Comments

International Criminal Court opens preliminary investigation into attack on Mavi Marmara

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Annie Robbins

Yesterday May 14th Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), released a statement announcing her office would be opening a preliminary investigation into the massacre on board the Mavi Marmara in which the lives of 9 human rights activists were brutally cut short by the Israeli military on May 31, 2010, in international waters off the coast of Gaza.

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Infographic: An Ongoing Displacement – The forced exile of the Palestinians

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

Visualizing Palestine has released its latest infographic to coincide with the 65th anniversary of the Nakba.

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The Ongoing Nakba: The continuous forcible displacement of the Palestinian people

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Amjad Alqasis

May 15 marks the 65th anniversary of the Nakba. Although this commemoration remembers a moment in history, the Nabka is an ongoing process to displace and dispossess the Palestinian people of their land. As the Badil Center’s Amjad Alqasis writes, “The Nakba fundamentally altered Palestine. However the idea of forcible displacement of the indigenous Palestinian people did not end with the establishment of Israel in 1948, it rather started that year.”

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Im Tirtzu protests ‘nakba bullshit’ at Tel Aviv University

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Allison Deger

For the second time in two years, students at Tel Aviv University (TAU) commemorating the 1947-49 Palestinian expulsion and the destruction of villages were met with a counter-protest. At last year’s event over 1,000 amassed on campus, ending in clashes incited by members of Knesset. Again this year, the youth-based “new Zionist” group Im Tirtzu bottom-lined the demonstration, distributing a counter analysis pamphlet titled “Nakba Harta” or “Nakba-Bullshit”.

Posted in Activism, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, On the ground reports | Tagged | 36 Comments

Israeli airport sorts passengers with ‘Jewish stickers’ and ‘Arab stickers’

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Philip Weiss

Mira Awad, a Palestinian Israeli singer, has recounted her “huge humiliation” at Ben Gurion airport involving an “Arab sticker” on her passport

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government | 69 Comments

J14 is back– and still has nothing to say about the occupation

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Allison Deger

On Saturday the J14 movement made a “comeback” with 10,000 protesting in Tel Aviv over austerity measures. So Finance Minister Yair Lapid’s honeymoon with the Israeli center-left is over. And while you’d think that the protesters would be upset about the housing subsidies to West Bank settlers, they’re careful not to talk about the occupation

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Video: Vomit for Civil Rights — Israeli performance artist protests racism in Nazareth Illit

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

A video of Israeli activist Asher Lev reciting and “regurgitating” a racist statement made by Nazareth Illit mayor Shimon Gafso where Gafso declared that he would do whatever it takes to maintain a Jewish majority in the Israeli city of Nazarath Illit

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Senator Boxer’s far-fetched defense of the visa waiver exemption for Israel

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Mike Coogan

Senator Barbara Boxer’s recent letter in the Los Angeles Times defending legislation that would allow Israel in the Visa Waiver Program while give it a pass on key requirements was a disingenuous and poorly reasoned attempt to mollify critics of the provision.

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 7 Comments

The Samson complex: Israel again rebuffs peace with the Arab world

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Jonathan Cook
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Faced with a diplomatic impasse between Israel and the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas, John Kerry extracted from the Arab League an agreement to dust off a decade-old regional plan, the Arab Peace Initiative. The new Arab overture, like its antecedent, barely raised a flicker of interest from Israel. This response serves as a rejoinder to one of the conflict’s most enduring myths. Even before 1967, Israel presented itself as eager for acceptance from the Arab states. This fiction, which continues to shape western perceptions.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged | 38 Comments

Jerusalem Day’s unforgiving mix of nationalism and Judaism

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Allison Deger

Allison Deger reports from Jerusalem Day, a celebration of Israel’s 1967 conquest of the holy city, as religious-nationalists parade through the Palestinian sections of the Old City. Above, Israeli girls sing and dance in front of the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City.

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Ethnocracy on display: Cabinet ministers approve Israeli plan to forcibly displace Bedouin citizens

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Alex Kane

Israeli cabinet ministers recently approved a plan that will forcibly displace Bedouin citizens of the state against their will. At the heart of the plan is the destruction of at least 25 unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev and the forcible relocation of residents into seven government-created areas and 10 recognized Bedouin villages. The Bedouins themselves, who have inhabited the Negev area in southern Israel long before the establishment of the state, are rejecting the plan.

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‘The policy of the present Israeli government is likely to lead to disaster’: Stephen Hawking pulls out of conference hosted by Shimon Peres, backs academic boycott of Israel (Updated)

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

Controversy erupted over a Guardian report last night that Professor Stephen Hawking backs the academic boycott of Israel and cancelled an appearance at an academic conference organized by Israeli President Shimon Peres. Initially Cambridge University issued a statement that Hawking pulled out over health concerns, but now it has now retracted that statement and affirmed that Hawking’s decision was made out of support for the Palestinian call for boycott. Above, Stephen Hawking visiting staff and students at Birzeit University in 2006.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation | Tagged | 275 Comments

Israel approves draft law to displace dozens of villages and tens of thousands of Bedouins in the Negev

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Kate

Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing Israel approves plan to displace Negev Bedouins BETHLEHEM (Ma‘an) 6 May — Israel approved a draft law on Monday to implement a plan which will displace thousands of Bedouins in the Negev … Continue reading →

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Chomsky endorses Albany, NY ‘Stop $30 Billion Military Aid to Israel’ billboard

Posted on May 8, 2013 by The Coalition to Stop $30 Billion

The Coalition to Stop $30 Billion to Israel is proud to announce yet another billboard has just gone up calling for an end to military aid to Israel–this time in Albany, New York.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 10 Comments

Israeli right denounces reported settlement freeze, promised by Netanyahu to Kerry

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Annie Robbins

Israeli’s new Housing Minister Uri Ariel says Jewish Home Party will oppose any Gov’t budget without settlement expansion included

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 17 Comments

It’s in Jerusalem’s DNA to be under ‘sole Jewish rule,’ mayor declares

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Annie Robbins

May 8 is Jerusalem Day, and Israelis are already celebrating by issuing declarations about how many Jewish babies Jerusalem Jews are producing and how many Palestinians are producing

Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East | 51 Comments

Arab League slights boycott of Israel by backing ‘land swaps’

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Allison Deger

Until last week the Arab world’s position on Israeli borders was firm. Then Secretary of State John Kerry visited the Middle East and the Arab League reversed its stance on settlements, backing “land swaps” between Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.

Posted in Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists, US Policy in the Middle East | 13 Comments

Oberlin College Student Senate votes to support divestment from companies profiting from Israeli occupation

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

Oberlin College Student Senates votes to support divestment from Hewlett-Packard, Caterpillar, Veolia, Elbit Systems, G4S, and SodaStream. Next step will be for the Oberlin College Board of Trustees’ Finance Committee to decide on the resolution.

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Israeli minister: Google decision to recognize Palestine ‘pushes peace further away’

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

The Israeli government has responded to Google’s decision to recognize Palestine.

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In photos: Palestinian Christians welcome Easter’s ‘Holy Fire’ to Gaza

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Joe Catron
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Greek Orthodox Christians marked the beginning of Easter Sunday with a four-hour midnight service in Gaza’s 1,606-year-old Church of Saint Porphyrius.

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Lapid makes pilgrimage to Tel Aviv home of Sheldon Adelson

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Ira Glunts

Is this the beginning of a beautiful relationship or what? Sheldon Adelson championed Newt Gingrich and then Mitt Romney during the US presidential election, in an effort to ensure Israeli control of the occupied territories forever, and has long supported Benjamin Netanyahu for the same rightwing goal. But he appears to be covering his bases, meeting with Yair Lapid, the centrist meteor in Israeli politics. Lapid was careful not to criticize Israeli settlements during the recent campaign, and has partnered with rightwinger Naftali Bennett. No wonder he’s meeting with Adelson

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Anonymous sources in the Israeli US Embassy don’t like what they see on television

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

Ynet has an oddly anonymously-sourced story on a trend the Israeli embassy in Washington has noticed in American popular culture – Israel and the Israel lobby are increasingly portrayed as the bad guy.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, US Politics | 58 Comments

Video: Olmert booed in NYC for saying Israel should re-engage in the ‘peace process’

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

Over the weekend former Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spoke at a conference organized by the Jerusalem Post in New York City. As the the video above shows the crowd did not support his argument that a Palestinian state is in Israeli self-interest.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, One state/Two states, US Politics | 23 Comments