Category Archives: Settlers/Colonists

The agenda behind the anti-Muslim film screened to NYPD: protecting Greater Israel

The backers of an anti-Muslim film shown to the NYPD are major financial backers of Israel’s settlement project.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Settlers/Colonists, US Politics, War on Terror | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

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

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, On the ground reports, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 4 Comments

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

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Gaza 2 Years Later, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine | Tagged | 4 Comments

EU diplomats propose boycotts, divestment, and sanctions against Israeli colonialism

A report sent to the EU by its member countries’ top diplomats in Jerusalem and Ramallah proposed state-level boycotts, divestment, and sanctions against Israel’s illegal colonial infrastructure in the occupied West Bank.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Occupation, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists | 5 Comments

Video: Settlers claim olive oil as ‘Israeli’

Ad for settlers’ olive oil mocks the truth, it is central to Palestinian culture

Posted in Activism, BDS, Settlers/Colonists | Tagged | 42 Comments

‘Corporate Watch’ publishes guide on targeting Israeli apartheid

Corporate Watch publishes a complete guide to BDS, including successes, company profiles, and sectors of the occupation, with additional advice on the next stage of campaigns.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Occupation, Reports/Video, Settlers/Colonists, US Politics | 49 Comments

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

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

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Gaza 2 Years Later, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Neocons, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 2 Comments

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,

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Gaza 2 Years Later, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Politics, War on Terror | 2 Comments

Europe gets it: Israel ‘forcibly transfers’ Palestinians

An internal European Union (EU) report states the plain truth: Israel ‘forcibly transfers’ Palestinians

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Settlers/Colonists | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

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.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East | 3 Comments

Omar Barghouti: ‘They can colonize our lands, but they can never colonize our minds’

Omar Barghouti spoke in Oakland, CA on his West Coast tour, covering BDS, the Occupy Wall St. Movement and Israeli attacks on Palestinian education.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists, US Policy in the Middle East | 15 Comments

Talks continue in Jordan as Israeli building binge rolls on in the occupied territories

Today’s headlines predictably focus on the Jordanian-brokered talks between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Meanwhile, Peace Now has declared that the year 2011 saw Israel break “all its settlement-building records.”

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Palestinian drivers challenge Israeli-only roads in the West Bank

This video was taken today outside Jericho as a convoy of 50 Palestinian cars attempted to travel to Ramallah over roads restricted to Israelis. Reports over Twitter say four activists were arrested.

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Gaza, Gaza 2 Years Later, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine | Tagged | 25 Comments

‘Day of reckoning’ settlers who attacked IDF base have friends in gov’t

What started out as a brazen attack by extreme rightwing Jewish zealots on a military base last month is turning into a full-on extravaganza.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged | 10 Comments

Hey Quartet, Netanyahu left a note for you on the door

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, US Policy in the Middle East | 9 Comments

US millionaire Kenneth Abramowitz funds settlers linked to attacks on IDF

A Haaretz investigation reveals that Kenneth Abramowitz (center), an American millionaire with close ties to the Likud Party, founded a group linked to recent attacks on the IDF.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Settlers/Colonists, US Politics | Tagged , , , , , , | 17 Comments

U.S. continues to fund Israeli military but not Palestinian ‘Sesame Street’

“Sharaa Simsim,” the Palestinian version of Sesame Street, has been put on hiatus for the 2012 season due to a funding freeze by the U.S. Congress.

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine | Tagged | 3 Comments

Christian group dedicated to derailing divestment bankrolled by settler-funding philanthropy

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Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East markets itself as a liberal group working for peace in Israel/Palestine. But its budget is bankrolled by philanthropy that funds settlements and Islamophobia.

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Neocons, Settlers/Colonists, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 26 Comments

Poof, Dome of the Rock, gone: IDF rabbinate edits Dome of the Rock out of picture of the Temple Mount

  IDF rabbinate edits out Dome of the Rock from picture of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount Photo appears in army packet on Hanukkah describing the Jewish revolt against Hellenistic rule; IDF spokesman: Image meant to illustrate a period in which holy … Continue reading

Posted in Activism, Egypt, Gaza, Gaza 2 Years Later, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East | 10 Comments

VIDEO: Settler youth discuss conquering Jordan, destroying mosques and increasing attacks on the IDF with Israeli TV

Israeli news Channel 2 films rare interview with “hilltop youth,” a group of 18 to 20 year old settlers responsible to attacks on the IDF, and bent on disobeying the IDF, expanding settlement, and have their sites set on Jordan as the next frontier.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists | 5 Comments

383 Palestinian children arrested in 2011, 15 in the last week alone

According to the Ansar organization for prisoners, Israel arrested 3,232 Palestinians in 2011. 383 of those arrested were children, and 250 of them remain in Israeli jails.

Posted in Activism, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East | 6 Comments

Israeli Supreme Court: Israeli companies are entitled to West Bank natural resources; international law must adapt to long-term occupation

The Israeli Supreme Court has decided that Israeli companies are entitled to exploit the natural resources in the occupied territories.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists | 27 Comments

‘Settlements in Palestine’ reports U.S. charities violate tax laws

Settlements in Palestine’ publishes a new report uncovering tax fraud committed by U.S. tax-exempt charities that funnel funds to Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Settlers/Colonists, US Politics | 6 Comments

Occupation economy: taking from the very land they stand on

Dispossession of Palestinian land means theft of resources, unending

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