Category Archives: Israeli Government

Israel’s latest threat — the silver screen

Two documentaries focus on the Israeli occupation at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

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In the last 24 hours an orgy of land theft and political arrests of children

Land Theft & Destruction / Attacks on Protests Against Land Theft / Restriction of Movement / Apartheid / Refugees Breaking: Israeli bulldozer, soldiers destroy entire community of Beit Arabiya in West Bank, Philip Weiss Tne tragic night in the West … Continue reading

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Video: Atlanta Jewish Times publisher’s tearful anti-apology

Sunday, Atlanta Jewish Times owner and publisher Andrew Adler issued a 20-minute tearful explanation for his January 13 column, which called for a “hit” on president Obama, in an interview with a public access channel.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 84 Comments

Ynet manufactures new threat to promote Ben White book

Israel’s self-delegitimization campaign intensifies as Ynet, the website of Israel’s second largest daily, publishes a news article headlined, “Zoabi Endorses Anti-Semitic Author.” The article, which also appears in print in Hebrew, is a shocking exposé that reveals that Palestinian-Israeli Knesset … Continue reading

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Israel’s Al Jalame prison: ‘Palestinian children are locked in solitary confinement for days or even weeks’

The Guardian published a scathing article over the weekend by Harriet Sherwood on human rights abuses suffered by Palestinian children in Al Jalame prison in northern Israel.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports | Tagged | 22 Comments

Report: Israel to give US only 12-hour warning before attacking Iran because Netanyahu doesn’t trust Obama

From the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv (in Hebrew, translated by MW contributor Shmuel): Israel: We Won’t Give Advance Notice of Attack on Iran Sunday Times reports that Israel told Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff it would give only twelve hours’ … Continue reading

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New book Palestinians in Israel explores the contradiction of the ‘Jewish and democratic’ state

Ben White discusses his new book “Palestinians in Israel.”

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Why did Ehud Barak postpone joint US-Israeli military exercise?

Multiple analysts have suggested that the postponement demonstrates the Israeli government’s contempt for Obama and an ongoing effort to back the president into a corner in an election year over Iran.

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Must-see TV from West Wing: Hide the 1709 map of Holy Land, it doesn’t show Israel!

Blackwashing joins pinkwashing and greenwashing to save the Israeli brand

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Gaza youth hear about Israel lobby’s role from Abunimah via Skype

For the second week in a row, the Center for Political Development Studies holds a video link on the role of the Zionist lobby in US elections. Ali Abunimah, the founder of The Electronic Intifada, joined Gaza activists via Skype … Continue reading

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Arab-American high school student video targets US backing for killings of Palestinian children

Arab-American student’s video protests US gov’t's allegiance to Israel, using Kanye West music

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Military trial for 17-year-old girl, charged with… Spilling Water on Soldier

  Military Trial of 17-year old Amal Hamamdeh from Mufakarah. Charge: Spilling Water on Soldier, Assaf Oron As reported here, during home demolitions in the cave-dweller village of Mufakarah, two young women who resisted nonviolently were arrested and charged with … Continue reading

Posted in Activism, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Gaza 2 Years Later, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Occupation, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged | 6 Comments

Saudi hacker plays cat-n-mouse with oh-so serious foreign minister

Saudi hacker 0xOmar is interviewed by Al Akhbar, taunting Israeli foreign minister Danny Ayalon, into a game of cat and mouse.

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If I must die

A poem from a Gazan writer on the importance of the vision of kites

Posted in Arab Spring, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation | 20 Comments

Reports of Mossad role in assasination shine light on Israeli hypocrisy

Evidence that the Mossad assassinated an Iran scientist undermines Israel’s anti-Iran narrative.

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Settlers assault Palestinians in Hebron. Palestinian fire fighters save settlers in Hebron

and other news from Today in Palestine: Jewish settlers assault two young men and the soldiers arrest themIsraeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested two Palestinian young men in Al-Khalil city after a group of Jewish settlers assaulted them on Friday. link … Continue reading

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Israeli drone ‘mega deals’ export the occupation world-wide

Earlier this month, two Israeli weapons producers signed “mega deals” with “unnamed” countries, exporting a crucial piece of the occupation — drones.

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Israel plans to expel a Bedouin community from the shadow of Ma’ale Adumim to a garbage dump in Abu Dis

Israel’s Civil Administration is planning to relocate some 27,000 Bedouins living in the West Bank. At first, some 2,300 people will be expelled from their homes near the Ma’ale Adummim settlement and relocated to a site next to the Abu Dis garbage dump, east of Jerusalem.

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Palestinian hackers occupy an Israeli government website

Thursday evening the Israeli fire services website was taken over by the Gaza Hackers Team, in a surprise move leaving the Israelis embarrassed, vowing to ‘defeat’ their ‘opponents.’

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Iran accuses CIA & Israel, US warns Israel to back off

The repercussions from the  assassination of Iranian nuclear expert Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan are rippling thru diplomatic circles even as thousands of Iranians mourn. With tensions high and the US denying any involvement in the slaying, the U.S. has– are you sitting … Continue reading

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The headline you aren’t seeing: Iran wants talks, Israel pushing for war

Israel is seeking to provoke a war between US and Iran with murder of nuclear scientist

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13 year old Palestinian girl in wheelchair victim of hit and run by Israeli settlers

Hiba Abdul Ghaffar, 13, was heading to school Thursday when she was hit by a settler car near the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron,

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‘Infiltrators’ and the Jewish state

An Israeli activist looks at the relationship between the recently passed “Prevention of Infiltration Bill” and the history or Palestinian refugees.

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Israel breaks promise to the U.S. by subsidizing settlement housing

Netanyahu announces a plan to build 277 housing units in the Efrat settlement through a government program that will result in below market value housing prices. This breaks an agreement Israel reached with the Bush administration.

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Israeli Supreme Court upholds discriminatory citizenship law: ‘Human rights shouldn’t be a recipe for national suicide’

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The Israeli Supreme Court has upheld the Citizenship Law which prevents Palestinians from living in Israel with their Israeli spouses. Incoming head of the court Asher Grunis wrote in the decision, “human rights shouldn’t be a recipe for national suicide.”

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