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15/11/2019
| | Israel soldiers filmed assaulting father in front of his young child
Middle East Monitor - The footage, which went viral on social media,
was recorded in Hebron, the occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces
protect a small, radical settler population. Both soldiers and
settlers regularly harass and attack local Palestinians, who are
subjected to numerous movement restrictions. The video shows two
soldiers shouting at the father, claiming that the small boy had been
throwing stones. The father expresses incredulity at the accusation,
and replies his son is just five-years old. The soldier replied that
he does not care how old the child is, at which point another soldier
joins, and both attack the man, who tells them: “don’t raise your
hands on me”. -rh | | | Bernie Sanders Is The Only Presidential Candidate Who Truly Cares About Palestinian Lives
Muhammad Shehada - Forward - But this year, several Democratic
presidential candidates actually debated serious action — including
leveraging US military aid to Israel — to end the ongoing destruction
of the peace process.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks
during a town hall event on October 18, 2019 in Norfolk, Virginia.
My eyes filled with tears as I watched Bernie Sanders demand that
Israel “fundamentally change [its] relationship to the people of
Gaza,” my home.-rh
| | | Protests Against Israel’s Nation-State Law Proved a More Just State Is Possible
Dov Khenin - The Nation - In the summer of 2018, I witnessed two
scenes that sum up the contradiction that defines Israeli politics at
this moment. Late one summer night, as a member of the Knesset
(parliament) for the left-wing Hadash Party, I watched the dramatic
passage of the Nation-State Law, which attempts to codify the
inferior status of Arab citizens. In that messy parliamentary scene,
I saw how far-right racism had made its way to the highest reaches of
power, rendering dissenting voices helpless when it came time to
vote. Yet later that same summer, I also witnessed a remarkable
opposing political reality here: a defiant mass joint Jewish-Arab
protest against the Nation-State Law, organized by the leadership of
the Arab minority in Israel, and attended by tens of thousands of
people. On that evening, I could barely move through the overcrowded
streets of Tel Aviv. Chants in Hebrew mixed with those in Arabic, and
bilingual placards were handed out among those present. For many who
were there, that evening was so powerful because it provided us with
a picture of the possible, demonstrating that Arab-Jewish equality
was indeed not merely a slogan but also a reality we all knew how to
achieve.-rh | | | Pressure increases on Israel`s attorney general over case against Netanyahu
Ben Caspit - Al-Monitor - Even as Blue and White leader Benny Gantz
struggles to break the impasse in his effort to form a government,
Yisrael Beitenu leader Avigdor Liberman continues to rule out a
narrow or minority governing coalition, and Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu insists on going first in any power-sharing agreement with
Gantz, all eyes are nonetheless on Jerusalem. In a modest office on
Salah al-Din Street, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit is holding
intense discussions with 20 senior-level attorneys before announcing
his decision on whether to indict Netanyahu on charges of
corruption.-rh
| | | This Week Proves It: Anti-Semitism On The Right Is The Only Real Threat To Jews
Liam Hoare - Forward - This week provided yet another illustration that
despite the endless handwringing about anti-Semitism on the left, it is
far-right extremism which constitutes the paramount threat to American
Jewish life today.-rh | | | Survey: Health care gaps between Jews & Arabs
Physicians for Human Rights - Without proper investment in primary
care, conditions that could have been diagnosed and prevented or
treated early, are discovered only at a stage where treatment and
rehabilitation are more expensive - with the cost borne by the health
care system and taxpayers. The “savings” on preventative medicine are
swallowed by the high cost of emergency care, long hospital stays,
medication and everything these involve. This state of affairs is
enabled by the capitation system, which mostly hurts disempowered
groups that require multiple services, particularly preventative
care. Under this system, Israeli health funds have little incentive
to improve the quality of the services they provide and prefer not to
invest too much in these population groups. The Ministry of Health
and the Ministry of Finance bear a responsibility to find a solution
for this situation and ensure a fair and equal distribution of
resources within health funds, while strengthening the geographic
and social periphery.-rh
| | | Three options for Benny Gantz to compose a government
Yossi Beilin - Al-Monitor - The delusional appointment Nov. 8 of New
Right senior right-wing hard-liner Naftali Bennett to the position of
defense minister indicates that Netanyahu is determined to ensure his
continued role as prime minister. Now Benny Gantz has that rare
opportunity to form the next government. It is not because his Blue
and White party has one seat more than the Likud. It is because
Avigdor Liberman, chairman of the Yisrael Beitenu party, decided to
keep victory out of Netanyahu’s clutches. The motivation behind
Liberman’s decision to fill the role of liberal in his current
incarnation remains unclear. Then again, it doesn’t really matter. As
long as this is the situation, it is a patriotic duty to save Israel
from the unenlightened forces of extremism, and to start a new
chapter in the country’s history. Giving up on this option to return
the liberal camp to power is too big a risk, as will be seen if all
other options are blocked.-rh
| | | Israeli Extrajudicial Execution Policy Resumed: IOF Airstrike Kills Senior Leader of Islamic Jihad, and his Wife, in Gaza
Palestinian Center for Human Rights - According to PCHR
investigation, at approximately 04:00 on Tuesday, IOF warplanes fired
a missile at Bahaa’ Salim Hassan Abulatta’s house (42), member of the
al-Quds Brigades’ military bureau which is the armed wing of the
Islamic Jihad movement, and he was in charge of its northern Gaza
Strip activity. Abulatta and his wife, Israa’ Mohammed Hassan
Abulatta (38), were killed during the targeted airstrike on their
apartment, on the second floor of a residential building, resulting
in complete destruction. The victims’ bodies were extracted from the
rubble at the UNRWA school across the street from their apartment due
to the extreme intensity of the explosion: his body was found near
the gates, while his wife’s was found within the school.
Furthermore, 7 others sustained shrapnel wounds in the airstrike,
including 4 of the victims’ children (including two little girls):
Salim (19); Mohammed (18); Fatima al-Zahra’ (13); Layan (11); two
women from the neighborhood: Hanan Shehda Mohyaldeen Helles (26);
Shereen Fouad Khalil Helles (21); and Mahmoud Fouad Abdulrahman
Abulatta, victim’s bodyguard. The injuries were reported to be minor
and moderate. - rh
| | | What would Israelis do if Palestinians disappeared overnight?
Natasha Roth - +972 - Azem’s novel is a work of magical realism: she
uses the impossible scenario of millions of Palestinians vanishing in
the blink of an eye in order to pull at the loose threads of Zionist
mythology about Israel’s establishment. Accordingly, several eerie
scenes in the novel have a ring of familiarity to them for anyone who
has read about the Nakba: homes with plates of food uneaten on the
table; televisions still switched on; house keys still hanging by the
front door — empty rooms that are innately disturbing for how
undisturbed they looked, as if the residents had been suddenly
spirited away in silence.-rh | | | Jerusalem: Israel approves controversial Old City cable car plan
bbc.com - A controversial plan to build a cable car network in
Jerusalem`s Old City to transport visitors to one of Judaism`s
holiest sites has been approved by Israel`s housing cabinet. The
cable cars will ferry up to 3,000 people an hour about 1.4km (0.9
miles) from West Jerusalem to the Western Wall in occupied East
Jerusalem. Israel`s government says the project will reduce traffic
congestion. But opponents say it will damage the area`s historic
landscape. They intend to petition Israel`s High Court of Justice to
stop it.-rh | | | For previous articles since 2004 go to respective sections | |
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