Churchill was an anti-Semite who embraced Zionism as a colonial tool
Asa Winstanley
Middle East Monitor / June 24, 2020
Recent Black Lives Matter protests in Britain have thrown a light on the country’s history of colonialism, racism and slavery. Throughout the 17th century, and much of the 18th, the British Empire was a leading force in the transatlantic slave trade. The...
Palestinian rights are also ‘non-negotiable’, Chancellor Merkel
Motee Abu Musabeh
Middle East Monitor / June 24, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that, “Standing up for Israel’s security is non-negotiable.” This was her attempt at not provoking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not least by turning a blind eye to the heinous crimes committed against the Palestinians...
Israeli annexation could wipe out hopes for Palestinian statehood, envoy says
Arthur Scott-Geddes
The National / June 24, 2020
Palestinian ambassador to UK fears Benjamin Netanyahu wants to create Israel that runs ‘from the river to the sea’
The annexation of land in the West Bank and Jordan Valley serves “one function” for the Israeli government and would end hopes of a Palestinian...
‘Silicon Wadi’: Israel’s latest plans to impose control over Jerusalem’s occupied Old City
Aseel Jundi
Middle East Eye / June 24, 2020
Many Palestinian businesses have received eviction orders as Israel plans its technology park in East Jerusalem.
Despite the shock he underwent when he received an order from the Israeli occupation’s municipality in Jerusalem requiring him to vacate his garage, 35-year-old Mahmoud al-Kurd’s smile...
EU complicity greenlights Israeli executions
Maureen Clare Murphey
The Electronic Intifada / June 23, 2020
An Israeli soldier who shot and killed Gaza fisher Nawaf al-Attar in 2018 was sentenced by an Israeli military court last week to 45 days of community service for unlawfully firing his weapon.
The sentence is both a slap on the wrist and a rare example...
Trump aides begin discussions on Israel’s West Bank annexation plan
Middle East Monitor / June 24, 2020
Senior aides to US President Donald Trump began discussions on Tuesday on whether to give Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a green light for his plan to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to a US official and a person familiar with...
