Israel’s next UK ambassador is a settler extremist
Asa Winstanley
The Electronic Intifada / June 12, 2020
Israel’s next ambassador to the UK is a pro-settler activist who has promoted the movement to destroy Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
Tzipi Hotovely once claimed that there is “no Palestinian people.”
A 41-year-old extremist, she openly states that Palestinians deserve less rights than Jews. She...
UK public figures call for Israel sanctions
Asa Winstanley
The Electronic Intifada / June 10, 2020
More than 100 lawmakers, artists, trade unionists and activists in the UK on Monday issued a call for sanctions on Israel over its latest plan to annex Palestinian lands.
It is the latest win for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement.
The public...
Israel is forcing out Palestine’s watermelon farmers before it takes their land
Fareed Tamallah
Middle East Monitor / June 12, 2020
For Palestinian Murad Sartawi, the watermelon is symbolic for its colours: red, green, black and white, resemble those of the flag of his country.
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and in the northern Jordan Valley produced around 100,000 tonnes of watermelons each...
Trump order treats international prosecutors like war criminals
Robbie Gramer & Jack Detsch
Foreign Policy / June 11, 2020
A new executive order would impose sanctions and travel restrictions on staff of the International Criminal Court.
The Trump administration on Thursday announced economic sanctions and visa travel restrictions against staff of the International Criminal Court investigating possible war crimes by U.S....
The world continues to watch as Israel disregards human rights, justice
Hossam Shaker
Middle East Monitor / June 11, 2020
As the date for Israel’s planned annexation of Palestinian lands draws closer, Israeli circles have expressed growing concern about the consequences of the move.
The concerns do not stem from the fact annexation violates international law or that it overturns the obligations of...
100 law experts warn against Israel’s annexation of West Bank
Middle East Monitor / June 12, 2020
Over a hundred jurists and law scholars from around the world, including scores from Israel, have said Israel’s plans to annex the occupied West Bank would “constitute a flagrant violation of bedrock rules of international law, and would also pose a serious threat...
Palestinians know deadly US police tactics all too well
Mersiha Gadzo
Al-Jazeera / June 12, 2020
Two decades of Israeli-US police cooperation includes training in racial profiling and violent suppression of protests.
Following the killing of George Floyd, as US riot police fired rubber-coated bullets, tear gas canisters, pepper spray and stun grenades at protesters, Palestinians shared tips on social media on how to...
BDS – best quotes of the milestone judgement for the right to boycott
Dear friend,
Thursday 11 June marked a decisive victory for freedom of expression of Palestinian rights defenders in Europe. The European Court of Human Rights Court (ECHR) rendered its judgement, unanimously ruling that the French highest court’s criminal conviction of BDS activists campaigning for a boycott of Israeli products violated...
