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09/12/2019
| | Exploited and underpaid, Palestinian women are fighting back in the workplace Judith Sudilovsky - +972 - Subject to below minimum wage jobs, no pay slips,
and arbitrary layoffs in Israeli settlements, Palestinian women under occupation
are learning more about their rights and are beginning to unionize [ry] | | | Trump: if Jared Kushner can`t achieve peace in Middle East, `it can`t be done` Associated Press - The Guardian - President also told Israeli American Council
summit some Jewish people in the US don’t love Israel enough and attacked
Ilhan Omar [ry] | | | December 8, 1987 – The First Palestinian Uprising (Intifada) IMEMC & Agencies - "On that day 32 years ago, Israeli settler, Herzel Boukiza,
rammed his vehicle into Palestinian workers returning home through the
Erez/Beit Hanoun checkpoint between Israel and Gaza. Four Palestinian
workers [...] were killed [...]. The next day, December 9, 1987 and following the
funerals of the four martyrs, angry Palestinians took to the streets in Jabalia to
protest [...]" [ry] | | | The “expert” who lets EU off the hook David Cronin - EI - “While the EU takes no meaningful action to halt Israel’s
colonization of the West Bank, the bloc continues to deepen its ties with the state
that is building the settlements. Israel is essentially being rewarded for the very
crimes the EU claims to oppose” [ry] | | | Hundreds protest ongoing police presence in Isawiya The Jerusalem Post - Israeli, Palestinian and international protestors
demonstrated against the police in Isawiya [ry] | | | Israel air raids in Gaza Strip after rocket attacks Al Jazeera - No Palestinian group claimed responsibility for rocket fire, but Israeli
army said Hamas was responsible for any attack [ry] | | | Only 19.7% of Americans agree with US State Dept on Israeli settlements Grant Smith - Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA) / If
Americans Knew - Following Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declaring
that Israeli settlements were not “inherently illegal,” the IRmep
public opinion poll posed to 2,034 American adults the question:
“International law SHOULD APPLY to Israel’s military occupation &
colonization of the West Bank, Golan Heights, E. Jerusalem and
displacement of their indigenous populations. Do you Disagree or
Agree?” 53.6 percent had no opinion at all to give. Of those who did
have an opinion, 26.7 percent said that in their opinion
international law still applies, while only 19.7 percent believe it
does not. [ak]
| | | Israel’s Next Move: The Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Jewish Settlements RAMZY BAROUD - Counterpunch - Let us not have any illusion regarding
the American approach to the so-called ‘Israeli-Palestinian conflict’
prior to Trump’s Presidency. The US has never, not even once, stood
up for Palestinians or Arabs since the establishment of the State of
Israel over the ruins of historic Palestine in 1948. Moreover,
Washington has bankrolled the Israeli occupation of Palestine in
every possible way, including the subsidizing of the illegal Jewish
settlements. However, Pompeo’s statement at a State Department press
conference on November 18 that, “the establishment of Israeli
civilian settlements is not, per se, inconsistent with international
law,” is still very dangerous and it does, in fact, constitute a
political departure from previous US policies. (rh) | | | The Systematic Torture of Palestinians in Israeli Detention Yara Hawari - Al-Shabaka - The recent case of Samer Arbeed
highlighted once again the systematic use of torture against
Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons. Israeli soldiers arrested
Arbeed at his home in Ramallah on September 25, 2019. They beat him
severely before taking him to Al Moscobiyye detention center in
Jerusalem for interrogation. Two days later, according to his lawyer,
he was hospitalized as a result of severe torture, and lay in
critical condition for several weeks. A judicial body had authorized
the Israeli Secret Service, the Shin Bet, to use "exceptional
methods" to extract information in this case without going through
the courts. This led Amnesty International to condemn what happened
to Arbeed as "legally-sanctioned torture." (rh) | | | Israel Approves Extra Funding for West Bank Settlements Noa Landau - Palestine Chronicle - Israel approved an extra 40
million shekels ($11.5 million) for settlements in the occupied West
Bank yesterday, reported Haaretz. The majority of the funding
allocation approved by the cabinet – 34.5 million shekels ($9.9
million) – is reportedly a one-time grant for “security needs” of
Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.The
remaining 5.5 million shekels ($1.6 million) is “for the construction
of first aid stations”, reported Haaretz. (rh) | | | For previous articles since 2004 go to respective sections | |
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