Anti-BDS Laws Violate Our Freedom
Sheldon Richman
CounterPunch / February 17, 2020
Americans’ free-speech and other rights are being violated by state laws aimed at stifling the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) Movement against Israel’s illegal rule of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, both conquered over half a century ago. Twenty-eight states have enacted anti-BDS laws...
Arab MK tears up ‘deal of the century’ in Knesset and steps on it
Middle East Monitor / February 19, 2020
Ahmad Tibi, deputy in the Israeli Knesset on the joint Arab list, tore down a draft of US “Deal of the Century” and stepped on it. He said that this deal will end up “under people’s feet” referring to the incitement campaign led...
EU delaying tactics bring it closer to Trump’s deal
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / February 18, 2020
For all its purported peace-building efforts and support for Palestinian rights, the EU is committed to supporting Israel’s colonial-settler expansionism. Its feeble response to US President Donald Trump’s so-called “deal of the century” was accentuated in the recent decision to refuse to pass any...
Netanyahu optimistic about sabotaging ICC probe into alleged Israel war crimes
Middle East Monitor / February 18, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is confident he can block the International Criminal Court (ICC) from launching an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by his country against the Palestinians in the occupied territories.
While Israel is not a signatory to the ICC, it...
Hamas slams PA intelligence meetings with US counterparts
Middle East Monitor / February 18, 2020
A spokesman for Hamas has criticised the ongoing meetings between the Palestinian Authority intelligence service and its US counterparts.
Fawzi Barhoum said that the meetings reflect the fact that PA President Mahmoud Abbas is simply not serious about ending communication and meetings with the...
Israeli siege of Gaza pushes youth unemployment up to 70%
Middle East Monitor / February 18, 2020
The Head of the Popular Committee against the Siege in the Gaza Strip said on Monday that the Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory has pushed the youth unemployment rate up to 70 per cent.
Jamal Al-Khudari, MP, pointed out in a media statement...
Luxembourg takes EU lead on Palestine recognition
Andrew Rettman
EUobserver / February 18, 2020
BRUSSELS - Luxembourg has stepped up efforts to coordinate an EU reaction to the risk Israel will annex Palestinian territories in the West Bank.
Its foreign minister, Jean Asselborn, hosted a dinner with eight other EU foreign ministers from Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, Malta, Spain,...
Two-state obfuscation
Rod Such
The Electronic Intifada / February 17, 2020
Ian S. Lustick: Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality; University of Pennsylvania Press (2019)
Any American who has asked their representative or senator a question related to Palestinian rights knows that it only seems to auto-generate the following response: “I support...
Palestinian prisoner Khalida Jarrar in her own words: The age of freedom will come
Ramzy Baroud (introduction)
Middle East Monitor / February 17, 2020
Khalida Jarrar is a Palestinian feminist, a lawyer, educator and an elected parliamentarian. Over the years, she came to symbolize Palestinian popular resistance in the occupied West Bank, enraging the Israeli occupation authorities that arrested her repeatedly.
Despite her failing health, as...
Israeli army says Hamas militants ‘catfished’ soldiers with photo-sharing app to hack phones
Bel Trew
The Independent / February 16, 2020
Posing as young attractive women the militant group encouraged dozens of Israeli soldiers to download malware, the army says.
Hamas militants, posing as attractive young women, have infected the mobile phones of dozens of Israeli soldiers, with malware embedded in fake photo-sharing apps, the Israeli...
