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Meet ‘proud racist’ May Golan, set to become Israel’s Consul General in New York

Jonathan Ofir  Mondoweiss  /  April 22, 2023 Benjamin Netanyahu's appointment of self-described "proud racist" May Golan as Consul General in New York will likely alienate more American Jews from Israel. “I’m proud to be a racist!” shouted Israeli lawmaker May Golan in 2012, when she was an activist in one...

Israel cements ties to Turkmenistan on Iran’s border

Reuters  /  April 20, 2023 ASHGABAT – Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen inaugurated a permanent embassy in the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan on Thursday, establishing his country's closest diplomatic presence to Iran, as Israel seeks to strengthen ties to its arch-foe's neighbours. Although the countries established diplomatic relations...

On Palestine Prisoners’ Day, the PA is silent about its own detainees

Ramona Wadi Middle East Monitor  /  April 20, 2023 On Palestinian Prisoners' Day, the Palestinian Authority (PA) stayed silent about its detention and torture of Palestinians in its prisons. The PA makes some prisoners more worthy of mention than others, further exploiting the Palestinian political prisoners and attempting to...

Israel: self-proclaimed ‘racist’ politician nominated as New York consul general

Chris McGreal The Guardian  /  April 20, 2023 May Golan has insulted Africans in Israel and disparaged the Reform movement, the largest Jewish denomination in the US. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has nominated a far-right politician who once boasted that she is “proud to be a racist” as his...

Could Israel carry out another Nakba ?

Peter Beinart Jewish Currents  /  April 19, 2023 Expulsionist sentiment is common in Israeli society and politics. To ignore the warning signs is to abdicate responsibility. When officials in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government explain why they’re so eager to weaken Israel’s Supreme Court, they often cite the limitations it places on their ability...

Murabitat: The Palestinian women defending Al-Aqsa

Jaclynn Ashly Al-Jazeera  /  April 19, 2023 Murabitat remain dedicated to defending Al-Aqsa against Israeli incursions, despite repeated banning orders. Occupied East Jerusalem – Shouts of “Allahu Akbar! ” reverberate from the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. One voice travels farther than the rest; bellowing across the centuries-old stone homes and...

Palestinian Prisoner’s Day: How I survived a decade in Israeli prison

Ameer Makhoul Middle East Eye  /  April 16, 2023 A Palestinian activist and former political prisoner recounts his time in an Israeli prison where he formed a community among his fellow prisoners. Like thousands of Palestinians who experienced arbitrary arrest and detention by occupation forces, I was incarcerated in an Israeli prison for nearly a decade....

US in eclipse: 240,000 Palestinians worship at Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem as Iran, Lebanon, show...

 Juan Cole Informed Comment  /  Apil 15, 2023 Ann Arbor – Quds (Jerusalem) Day is commemorated on the last Friday of Ramadan, and was held yesterday. “Al-Quds” is the Arabic name for Jerusalem, meaning “the Holy.” Revolutionary Iran established this custom, and some of the biggest Quds Day crowds...

Israel continues intensification of military measures in the northern Jordan Valley

WAFA  /  April 13, 2023 JORDAN VALLEY – Israeli occupation forces continued for the sixth consecutive day the intensification of military measures at Al-Hamra checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley, said local sources. Al-Hamra checkpoint is erected at an intersection that connects the cities of the West Bank to...

The international humanitarian paradigm keeps failing Palestinians

Ramona Wadi Middle East Monitor  /  April 13, 2023 The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has been operating since 1 May 1950 under repeatedly renewed mandates in the absence of a political solution. In recent years, UNRWA has reiterated that lack of funding is rendering it incapable...