Shared language of oppression showcased at Qalandiya International.
Source: Aboriginal artist’s message resonates in Palestine | The Electronic Intifada
Category: Israel
Zionism today is the fence that encircles the Jewish people, granting it supremacy over the other people of this land. By Noam Rotem The State of Israel is a Zionist state. All of us, graduates of the Israeli educational system, knows this. Our first prime minister said it, Ehud Barak said it, even Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it. This declaration can be found in our educational curriculums, and even in the IDF’s educational curriculum. That is all good and well, but nowhere have I been able to find a formal definition put forth by the Israeli government for the…
Source: It’s 2016 — let’s say goodbye to Zionism once and for all | +972 Magazine
Israel lobby groups cannot manufacture facts to successfully suppress speech.
Source: Free speech triumphs over pro-Israel bullies in US universities | The Electronic Intifada
Use of word “Zionist” could be deemed criminal in some circumstances.
Source: UK lawmakers push to outlaw criticism of Zionism | The Electronic Intifada
The 30-year-old mother of two is hardly unique in struggling to obtain a divorce in a country where men must grant permission for their wives to leave.But her ca
Source: Israel’s “chained women” fight for right to divorce – Your Middle East
How Israel criminalises BDS while boycotting Palestinian Knesset members.
Netanyahu’s words reveal agenda to assert Israeli sovereignty over holy sites.
Source: Israel’s false spin on UNESCO Jerusalem vote | The Electronic Intifada
An Israeli human rights group urged the UN Security Council to take decisive action now to end the country’s occupation of Palestinian territory. Hagai El-Ad, executive director of B’Tselem, told an informal council meeting Friday on “Illegal Israeli Settlements: Obstacles to Peace and the Two-State Solution” that Israel has controlled Palestinian lives in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem for the past 49 years “and counting”.
The state will ask the High Court to, once again, delay the demolition of Amona. Here are a few myths surrounding one of the most stubborn outposts in the West Bank. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz In recent months the residents of Amona and right-wing politicians have been waging a campaign designed to prevent the evacuation of this unauthorized outpost and to continue seizing the lands that belong to the residents of the Palestinian villages Silwad, Taybeh and Ein Yabrud. However, the High Court of Justice ordered the outpost be evacuated by the end of December 2016. It…
Source: Resource: Fact-checking Israel’s most stubborn illegal outpost | +972 Magazine
The Israeli establishment used to rely on the IDF Censor to make sure the media didn’t ask questions. Nowadays it uses court-sanctioned gag orders. By Shuki Tausig Did you hear about…and about…or what about…how could you have missed that? After all, we are talking about newsworthy events, the kind that open the 8 o’clock news. So how come you didn’t hear about them? [tmwinpost] You didn’t hear about them because the police/Shin Bet/some other body rushed to ask the court to issue a gag order on the attack/investigation/affair. The courts usually serve as a rubber stamp in these cases, especially in cases when…
Source: Israel’s surefire way of keeping its citizens in the dark | +972 Magazine
An Australian woman travelled overseas to protest the slaughter of Gazans and break an illegal siege led by Israel. Meanwhile, nine young men, also from Australia, went to Malaysia and took their pants off at the Formula One. All got arrested, but one got substantially less media interest. Michael Brull explains. On October 5, IsraeliMore
By Chloe Benoist | Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — In October 2015 began what has been …
For years, liberal American publications have been generally sympathetic to Israel, even when they are criticizing its governments’ policies. Now, in light of an unprecedented New York Times editorial, that attitude might be about to change. The New York Times editorial board has realized, about a decade too late, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not care what the Obama administration — or any U.S. administration, for that matter — thinks about his policies regarding the Palestinians. [tmwinpost] According to the editorial published Friday, October 7, headlined At the Boiling Point With Israel, the catalyst for this realization was Netanyahu’s decision to approve the…
Source: The ‘NYT’ finally realizes: Netanyahu doesn’t care what Obama thinks | +972 Magazine
The Israeli military censor has redacted, in full or in part, over 17,000 articles since 2011. While fewer articles have been censored in 2015 and 2016, the new IDF Censor is attempting to redact already-published information with alarming frequency. The Israeli Military Censor has outright banned the publication of 1,936 articles and redacted some information from 14,196 articles over the past five years. That is 1,936 articles that professional journalists and editors decided were of public interest but which never saw the light of day. In fact, the IDF Censor redacted at least some information from one in five articles submitted to it…
Source: IDF Censor redacts 1 in 5 articles it reviews for publication | +972 Magazine
Chancellor Nicholas Dirks’ scandal-plagued tenure ends as it began: with attacks on Palestine scholarship, speech.
Source: Israel linked to suspension of Palestine course at UC Berkeley | The Electronic Intifada
After injuring him and killing his brother-in-law, Israel is now bringing trumped-up charges against Jerusalem resident Ali Nimir.
Source: When Palestinians are charged for Israel’s crimes | The Electronic Intifada
When the Israeli media talks about the latest ‘wave of violence,’ it leaves out the five unarmed Palestinians who were shot to death by soldiers and police officers in the past few months. The newspaper headlines over the past few days leave no room for doubt regarding what has been happening here lately. “Terror returns,” read Yedioth Ahronoth’s headline on Sunday, while Haaretz and Ma’ariv ran similar headlines on Tuesday morning. [tmwinpost] Indeed the last few days have been full of stabbing and vehicle-ramming attacks by Palestinians in Jerusalem and Hebron, the vast majority of them directed at soldiers and…
Source: A ‘wave of violence’ that never actually ends | +972 Magazine
Settler organization Ateret Cohanim has been gradually kicking out every single member of the Kirsh family from their homes since 2010. By Yael Marom Israeli police evicted a Palestinian family from their home in Jerusalem’s Old City earlier this week, at the height of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. The nine-member Kirsh family, which includes children and a pregnant woman, has been living in the same home since the 1930s. [tmwinpost] Their home was transferred over to Ateret Cohanim — a settler organization known for taking over Palestinian assets in the Old City and turning them over to Jewish families…
Source: Police evict Palestinian family in East Jerusalem | +972 Magazine
Three Palestinians and one Jordanian shot and killed by Israeli troops in separate incidents after alleged attacks.
Source: Israeli forces kill three Palestinians, one Jordanian – News from Al Jazeera
In leaked emails the former secretary of state acknowledges Israel’s nuclear arsenal, which he is pointed at Tehran. By Eli Clifton According to hacked emails reviewed by foreign policy website LobeLog, former Secretary of State Colin Powell acknowledged Israel’s nuclear arsenal, an open secret that U.S. and Israeli politicians typically refuse to acknowledge as part of Israel’s strategy of “nuclear ambiguity.” Powell also rejected assessments that Iran, at the time, was “a year away” from a nuclear weapon. [tmwinpost] The emails, released by the hacking group, DCLeaks, show Powell discussing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial speech before a joint meeting of Congress with his…
Source: Colin Powell acknowledges 200 Israeli nukes | +972 Magazine
When Palestinians demand their attackers receive the same punishments as those who target Jews, the pretense of equal treatment before the law slips away. Some of Israel’s most hardline politicians are fond of saying that they don’t differentiate between terror attacks perpetrated by Jews and Palestinians. In the wake of the Duma arson that killed three members of the Dawabsheh family, the likes of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Miri Regev, Ayelet Shaked and Naftali Bennett were all heard singing variations on the theme of “terror is terror, no matter whether Jewish or Arab.” [tmwinpost] The Israeli state and its judges, however, continue…
Source: Yes, Israel does differentiate between Jewish and Palestinian terror | +972 Magazine
Obama sacrifices Palestinians for political ambitions.
Source: Obama hands Israel the largest military aid deal in history | The Electronic Intifada
The approvals mostly involved new housing units, but a retroactive green light was also granted to 179 existing homes in the Ofarim settlement.Around 50 new unit
Source: Israel approves 466 settlement homes – Your Middle East
Israel’s Education Minister Naftali Bennett says that learning about the Jewish faith is more important than studying mathematics and science. He made the statement after the government dropped demands for ultra-Orthodox schools to teach core subjects.
Source: Jewish studies more important than science & math – Israeli education minister — RT News
Netanyahu accuses two-state supporters of advocating ethnic cleansing. But state-sanctioned ethnic cleansing and human rights violations are what enabled the Jewish settlers to occupy Palestinian lands in the first place. By Nicola Perugini and Neve Gordon Just a few weeks after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that he cares about the rights and lives of Palestinians in Gaza more than the Palestinian leadership does, he posted a new video message on his Facebook wall, arguing that any future dismantlement of Jewish settlements in the West Bank would amount to “ethnic cleansing.” He went on to intimate that insofar as the U.S.…
The Israeli military’s law enforcement system and its flawed investigative mechanisms appear primarily geared toward protecting the armed forces instead of civilians, thus allowing impunity to prevail. By Muna Haddad Two years after the Israeli military…
Source: Two years after Gaza war, not a single war crime indictment | +972 Magazine
By Yakov M Rabkin | (Informed Comment) | – – The recent appointment of the Soviet-born Avigdor Lieberman has aggrieved …
Source: Is Modern Israel a Right Wing Project? | Informed Comment
Israel’s police chief angered Israelis when he claimed it is ‘natural’ to suspect Ethiopians. But his remarks are simply a reflection of where Israeli society is at today. By Galia Boneh Police Chief Roni Alsheikh’s recent comments, according to which it is “natural” for police to be suspicious of Ethiopian Israelis, stirred much controversy. They also lead to an important public discussion, exemplifying how structural racism works, and how racist acts in the name of public service gain legitimacy from the top echelon. In parallel, however, they also allowed the public to characterize Alsheikh as a racist, to renounce him…
Source: There is nothing ‘natural’ about police racism | +972 Magazine
No attack was being attempted on soldiers when they killed Mustafa Nimr on Monday.
Source: Israel admits it kills innocent Palestinian — again | The Electronic Intifada
A Jerusalem court rejects police attempt to place the blame for their own bullets elsewhere, but it’s not the first time they’ve tried — or succeeded at doing so. By John Brown* On the night between Sunday and Monday of last week, Israeli Border Police officers shot and killed Mustafa Nimer, a resident of Ramat Gan, in Jerusalem’s Shuafat refugee camp. While the police officers initially claimed that the driver, Ali Nimr — Mustafa’s cousin — had tried to attack them, a video of the shooting that surfaced on Tuesday revealed that the officers continued to fire even after the vehicle came to a complete stop and…
Source: How police killed a Palestinian man, tried to blame his cousin | +972 Magazine
Defamation, harassment and threats part of Israel’s covert effort against Palestinian rights movement.
Source: Israel using “black ops” against BDS, says veteran analyst | The Electronic Intifada
An expected visit by ICC delegation could increase the risk of Israeli officials being tried for war crimes.
Source: Will Israel be put on trial for war crimes? – News from Al Jazeera
Ever since he filmed an Israeli soldier executing a Palestinian man in Hebron, Emad Abu Shamsiya has been subject to violent threats. Things became so bad his family had to leave their home. So why do the police refuse to help? By John Brown* Ever since a video showing Israeli soldier Elor Azaria executing an immobilized Palestinian attacker in Hebron was published, Emad Abu Shamsiya, the man who captured the incident on video, has been subject to threats against his life by right-wing activists and settlers. The latter even threw stones at his home, according to Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, where Abu Shamsiya…
Source: Palestinian who filmed Hebron shooting faces threats to his life | +972 Magazine
Settler security officer says confirming a kill is army protocol.
Source: Israeli soldiers routinely shoot heads of injured Palestinians, court told | The Electronic Intifada
The Israeli army shuts down the Dura-based ‘A-Sanabel,’ claiming it incites against Israelis without so much as providing any evidence. Such is life under a military regime. The Israeli army shut down Palestinian radio station A-Sanabel in the early hours of Wednesday morning, arresting five of employees and confiscating equipment. According to the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, the station was closed “due to inciting broadcasts.” However, the IDF Spokesperson could not provide examples or statistics on such incitement. [tmwinpost] According to Israeli news site Ynet, A-Sanabel openly supported “harming Israelis,” praised violent attacks, backed campaigns for rebuilding demolished homes of Palestinian attackers, and “promoted…
Source: IDF shuts down Palestinian radio station — but won’t explain why | +972 Magazine
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Source: Analysis | +972 Magazine
Professor Efraim Inbar, the director of the BESA Center, an Israeli academic think tank that has carried out studies for the Israeli government and NATO, says that Islamist terrorists can serve a strategic purpose for Western interests in the region.
Source: ‘Islamic State serves positive function in Syria’ – Israeli think tank — RT Op-Edge
A Palestinian mother of two and her 16-year-old brother were shot and killed by Israeli security guards at Qalandiya checkpoint in April, even though eyewitnesses say they posed no risk. The police refuse to release the CCTV footage – maybe they know something we don’t? By John Brown More than four months after a shooting incident at Qalandiya checkpoint that led to the death of a Palestinian woman and her 16-year-old brother, the Jerusalem Magistrates’ Court on Monday upheld Israel Police’s request to extend the gag order on the details of the affair by another month. The police said that…
Source: Gag order extended as police refuse to release CCTV footage of Qalandiya killing | +972 Magazine
Supporters of Israel steal animated video without creators’ permission to send Europe an extreme message.
Source: Israeli Propagandists Threaten Destruction of Europe as Punishment for Boycotting Israel | Alternet
Among the delegation were chiefs of the Orlando, Florida and San Bernadino, California, police departments, who recently witnessed unprecedented terrorist attacks in their cities.
Source: US police chiefs visit Israel to learn counter-terrorism techniques – Israel News – Jerusalem Post
By Tracie Aylmer I’m the type of person who believes in humanity and humanism. The idea of fascism within today’s world disgusts me enough to try to do everything I can to change whatever I can. Today, I saw an ‘explanation’ of a video. The propaganda related to the video scared me. One of the…
Source: Israel’s true flaws – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Omri Baranes sat in military prison for 67 days for refusing to join the Israeli army. After spending 67 days in military prison, Israeli conscientious objector Omri Baranes was officially released from IDF service on Thursday. Baranes, from the city of Rosh HaAyin in central Israel, was recognized by an IDF committee as a pacifist and was thus released on conscientious grounds. The conscientious objectors committee originally reject her request, leading Baranes to refuse to serve in the army and sit in prison. [tmwinpost] According to the IDF conscientious objectors who oppose all forms of violence or service in any army…
Source: IDF releases conscientious objector after 67 days in prison | +972 Magazine
Israel’s attempts to restrict online discourse are futile and counterproductive
When the occupation seems to becomes a bit too ‘quiet,’ the Israeli military is always there to fully contain and eliminate the threat. By Talal Jabari Israeli intelligence has intercepting would-be suicide bombers down to a fine art. The military is quite adept at quashing demonstrations in the West Bank (they did a very thorough job at leveling entire sections of the Gaza Strip during the 2014 military campaign). And along with every Israeli military action come the right-wing politicians who make their television appearances, patting themselves on the back and talking about eliminating the enemy — all the while reinforcing their fear-mongering…
Source: Following orders: How the IDF eliminates ‘quiet’ in the West Bank | +972 Magazine
When Israel’s military government needs to provide Palestinians with crucial information about the rules that affect their lives, money and Arabic-speaking staff are apparently in short supply. When it comes to PR, resources are seemingly on tap. Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman this week announced his new “carrot and stick” plan for Palestinians living in the West Bank, which roughly works out as: if you behave, we will give your towns and communities economic benefits; if you don’t, there will be more demolitions, more arrests, more raids, more canceled permits. Within Liberman’s plan is a proposal for an Arabic-language news website to…
Source: For Israel’s military gov’t, PR trumps freedom of information | +972 Magazine
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish rabbis have banned women from going to university, The Independent has learned. The strict Satmar sect issued the decree, seen by The Independent, warning that university education for women is “dangerous”. Written in Yiddish, the decree warns: “It has lately become the new trend that girls and married women are pursuing degrees in special education. Some attend classes and others online. And so we’d like to let their parents know that it is against the Torah.
Fact trumps tact when fighting injustice.
Source: Black activists owe no apology for charging Israel with genocide | The Electronic Intifada
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