The Holocaust becomes a Palestinian issue
Lawrence Davidson
CounterPunch / October 2, 2023
A commotion (more like a tempest in a teapot) has broken out over a recent Holocaust-related statement by President Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas is head of Fatah, the secular nationalist party that runs the Palestine Authority (PA). It should be noted that Fatah...
Dispelling the hasbara fog
Steve France
Mondoweiss / October 2, 2023
A new guide seeks to disarm and counter “Israelspeak,” the web of misleading clichés and tropes that have driven Zionist narratives deep into the American consciousness.
WHEN THEY SPEAK ISRAELA Guide to Clarity in Conversations About Israelby Alex McDonald156 pp. Great Tree Publishing,...
Israel: national security has never been in a worse state, claims general
Middle East Monitor / October 2, 2023
A former Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defence Forces, Major General Dan Harel, has said that he has never seen the occupation state’s national security in a worse state, Haaretz reported on Saturday. Harel made his comment during a protest...
Germany to strip Palestinian refugee’s status over his activism
Hebh Jamal
+972 Magazine / October 2, 2023
Echoing dubious Israeli claims against his advocacy group, Germany could force Zaid Abdulnasser into a legal limbo faced by thousands of Palestinians.
On July 19, Zaid Abdulnasser, a Palestinian refugee from Syria who has been living in Berlin since 2017, received a...
Most Israelis support peace with Saudi Arabia, but not letting it enrich uranium
Middle East Monitor / October 2, 2023
More than half of Israeli citizens support normalization of relations with Saudi Arabia but without letting it enrich uranium, a poll published by Israeli Kan Channel 11 revealed on Sunday. Fifty-six per cent of respondents supported the proposed normalization, while 39 per cent...
For Palestinians, social media influence comes with the threat of prison
Sophia Goodfriend
+972 Magazine / October 2, 2023
The persecution of activists like Ramzi Abbassi illustrates Israel’s escalating attempts to stifle Palestinian expression online since May 2021.
On the evening of April 2, 2023, Ramzi Abbassi, a prominent Palestinian journalist and social media influencer, drove back to his home in...
Israel shuts Hebron Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslim worshippers for Jewish holiday
Middle East Monitor / October 2, 2023
Israel, on Monday, shut the flashpoint Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron/Al-Khalil and opened it for settlers to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, Anadolu Agency reports.
“The Israeli occupation authorities closed Al-Ibrahimi Mosque on Monday and Tuesday due to Sukkot,”...
[Second Intifada] 23 years since October 2000 killings
Adalah / October 2, 2023
23 years have passed since the October 2000 Israeli police killings of 13 unarmed Palestinian protesters (12 citizens of Israel and one Gaza resident) - and the wounding of hundreds of others – who participated mass demonstrations from 1-8 October 2000, throughout the...
Poll: 68% of Israelis against exempting ultra-Orthodox men from military service
Middle East Monitor / October 2, 2023
Most Israelis are opposed to ultra-Orthodox Jewish men being exempt from military service, a recent poll conducted by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) found.
Published last week, the poll found 68 per cent of the general public opposed granting an exemption...
Second Israeli minister to visit Saudi Arabia within days
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / October 2, 2023
Planned trip comes amid warming ties between the two countries who are reportedly edging closer to establishing formal relations.
A second Israeli minister is set to visit Saudi Arabia within days as the two countries reportedly edge closer to a deal establishing formal ties.
Shlomo Karhi, Israel’s minister...
