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Muslim Groups Raise Thousands for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Victims | | Matthew Haag - New York Times - “Putting our religious differences or even your political differences aside, the core of all of us is that we have a shared humanity,” Mr. El-Messidi said in an interview. “We really wanted to reach out as human beings to help.” (...) One person who jumped at the chance to help was Shay Khatiri, an Iranian-American who immigrated to the United States four years ago. Mr. Khatiri, who lives in Washington, created a GoFundMe campaign for the synagogue on Saturday.
Over the weekend, donors contributed more than $100,000. Then $200,000. And by Tuesday evening, the campaign had raised nearly $900,000. The latest goal is to bring in $1 million.
Among the donors, “there are Steins and Bergs, and there are Mohammeds. There are generic American names, and there are Asian ones,” Mr. Khatiri wrote on GoFundMe. “It is only fitting that Americans of all backgrounds — immigrant, native-born, Jewish, atheist, Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Muslim, etc. — are uniting against this hateful act. America is beautiful!”
[bz] | 31/10/2018 |
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Thousands signed a letter saying Trump was not welcome in Pittsburgh. He plans to visit anyway. | | Allyson Chiu and Amy B Wang - The Washington Post - More than
35,000 people have signed an open letter to President Trump from the
leaders of a Pittsburgh-based Jewish group who say the president
will not be welcome in the city unless he denounces white
nationalism and stops “targeting” minorities. Nevertheless, the
White House announced Trump would travel to Pittsburgh, ignoring the
letter as well as a plea from Pittsburgh’s mayor that the president
at least refrain from visiting “while we are burying the dead.” The
open letter, which was published and shared on Sunday, was written
by 11 members of the Pittsburgh affiliate of Bend the Arc, a ational
organization for progressive Jews focused on social justice. “For
the past three years your words and your policies have emboldened a
growing white nationalist movement,” the Jewish leaders wrote. “You
yourself called the murderer evil, but yesterday’s violence is the
direct culmination of your influence. Our Jewish community is not
the only group you have targeted. You have also deliberately
undermined the safety of people of color, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and
people with disabilities. Yesterday’s massacre is not the first act
of terror you incited against a minority group in our country.” [ak]
| 30/10/2018 |
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PCC decides to suspend recognition of Israel | | Ma`an - The Palestinian Central Council (PCC) decided on Monday, a day after meeting in the central occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, to end all commitments in agreements the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has signed with Israel, suspend recognition of Israel until it recognizes the State of Palestine, end security coordination and end the Paris Economic Protocols, in view of Israel`s continued denial of the signed agreements. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was authorized to decide whether and when to implement the decisions.[bz] | 30/10/2018 |
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Revealed: The Jerusalem Jews Behind the Israeli Conduit Funneling Money to Canary Mission | |
Uri Blau -
Haaretz -
"Haaretz found that Jonathan Bash, who heads Megamot Shalom, is also
the owner of Royal Research, a company which provides "research,
data collection and website preparation services." The company was
founded in September 2015, a few months after Canary Mission started
to operate online. In an expose published by the Forward, two
sources who spoke with the paper said that Bash, a resident of the
Old City of Jerusalem`s Jewish Quarter, told them he was the person
behind Canary Mission. Ben Packer, an American-born rabbi who runs
the Jerusalem Heritage House and is known to be an outspoken
supporter of the far-right extremist rabbi Meir Kahane, is a
shareholder in Megamot Shalom alongside Bash." ca
| 27/10/2018 |
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Under public attack, Cairo film festival cancels award to French director Lelouch | | Youssra el-Sharkawy -
Al-Monitor -
" The cancellation comes after several artists and intellectuals
protested the festival`s decision to give the Faten Hamama Honorary
Award to the French director, on the grounds that he is "a supporter
of Israel" and called the country his homeland during a visit in
2016. Lelouch, whose film “A Man and A Woman” won the Palme d’Or in
Cannes in 1966, comes from a Jewish-Algerian family..." ca
| 26/10/2018 |
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Jordan says peace treaty won’t be affected by decision to nix land leases | | TOI staff and AP -
"Jordan said Thursday that its decision to end a pair of land leases
with Israel would not affect the decades-old peace agreement between
the countries, seeking to calm fears in Jerusalem that ties could be
downgraded...Officials in Jerusalem had expressed fears that the
move signaled Jordan’s desire to effectively reduce diplomatic ties
with Israel, and many saw it as a reflection of intense domestic
pressure from a public that still largely views Israel as an enemy."
ca | 26/10/2018 |
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Israelis urge cutting water supply to Jordan | | Tamara Nassar -
Electronic Intifada
"Israeli agricultural minister Uri Ariel reportedly threatened to
reduce Israel’s water supply to Jordan if King Abdullah does not
reverse his decision.Ariel called Jordan’s decision a “provocation,”
according to media reports.“I urge Prime Minister Netanyahu to
explain to the king that Jordan needs Israel more than Israel needs
Jordan,” Ariel said.The minister warned that the supply of water to
the Jordanian capital Amman could be cut from four days per week to
just two." ca
| 26/10/2018 |
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Gaza’s first maritime emergency service attends to protesters | | Ahmad Abu Amer -
Al Monitor -
"The Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip launched the first maritime emergency service in Gaza in order to provide medical assistance to demonstrators injured by Israeli fire while protesting at sea." - id
| 24/10/2018 |
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Israeli writer Larry Derfner on The Arab Street podcast | | Ray Hanania -
The Arab Daily News -
"Author Larry Derfner joined Palestinian writer Ray Hanania on TheArabStreet.org Podcast for a discussion about the challenges facing Palestinians and Israelis and the fight for peace." - id | 24/10/2018 |
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Palestinian Authority and Hamas run parallel police states — Human Rights Watch | | Annelies Verbeek - Electronic Intifada - “Twenty five years after Oslo, Palestinian authorities have gained only limited power in the West Bank and Gaza, but yet, where they have autonomy, they have developed parallel police states,” said Tom Porteous, a Human Rights Watch representative. [bz] | 23/10/2018 |
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Traveling the world as a Palestinian on an Israeli passport | | Anwar Mhajne - +972 - I find myself having to explain my identity not only to foreigners but also to Jewish Israelis and fellow Arabs. At a conference in the United States earlier this year, a Jewish Israeli participant was confused by how I could be both Palestinian and Israeli. Israel uses the term “Israeli Arabs” to define us, a term I avoid because it disregards our heritage and attempts to disconnect us from the Palestinian struggle. (,,,) It should be up to us, the people living the conflict, to interpret our own experiences and determine our own identity accordingly. [bz] | 23/10/2018 |
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What Israelis and Palestinians think – uncut interviews from the streets | | Roger Hamilton-Martin - The Guardian - Corey Gil-Shuster puts his followers’
questions to the public, no matter how controversial [ry] | 22/10/2018 |
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Controversial ‘Cultural Loyalty Bill’ Advances in Knesset | | Amy Spiro - The Jerusalem Post - We will fight to make sure the law does not
pass in its present form,’ says Israeli Actors Guild [ry] | 22/10/2018 |
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King says Jordan to reclaim land leased to Israel under 1994 deal | | Ali Younes - Al Jazeera - King Abdullah II says Amman will terminate parts of
peace treaty which allowed Israeli farmers to use Jordanian land [ry]
| 22/10/2018 |
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Saudis Used Israeli Spyware to Track Khashoggi Associate, Leading Dissident | | Richard Silverstein -
Tikun Olam
"It’s well known the the leading spyware package bought by
repressive regimes, intelligence agencies, and corporate malefactors
is Pegasus, which was created by the Israeli hacking company, NSO
Group. Its development has allowed NSO to thrive financially and
become an attractive target for major corporate interests." ca | 20/10/2018 |
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Defying US, UN gives ‘Palestine’ extra rights so it can head major bloc in 2019 | | RAPHAEL AHREN -
The Times of Israel -
"A whopping 146 states voted in favor of Resolution A/73/L.5, while only three countries — the US, Israel and Australia — opposed it. Fifteen countries abstained. US ambassador Nikki Haley branded the move “a mistake.”" - id
| 17/10/2018 |
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MADA: 48 Violations against Palestinian Media Freedoms during September | | IMEMC -
"Most of the 39 Israeli attacks fall under the extremely serious types of attacks. It is worthy to mention that 25 of these attacks were mostly physical injuries inflicted upon both female and male journalists while they covered field events in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip; sixteen of these injuries were caused by live, explosive, and rubber bullets, as well as gas bombs fired directly at the bodies of the journalists." - id | 17/10/2018 |
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State Prosecutor Nitzan against Regev`s Loyalty in Culture Law | | Tova Tzimuki - Ynet - Shai Nitzan, who serves as acting attorney general,
submits recommendation to the government, saying the culture minister`s
proposed amendment, which seeks to deny state funds to artists who
denigrate national values and symbols, `raises serious legal concerns,` and
will be difficult to defend in High Court of Justice [ry]
| 15/10/2018 |
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Trump’s Middle East Delusions Persist | | Sheldon Richman - AntiWar - "Jason Greenblatt, Donald Trump’s No. 2 special
envoy to the Middle East behind son-in-law Jared Kushner, assures us that his
boss’s plan to settle the Palestine-Israel `conflict` once and for all is still in the
works and is going to be great. (It’s a conflict in the same way that a
confrontation between a car owner and a car thief is a conflict)" [ry] | 15/10/2018 |
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Ramallah open mic night: An outlet for Palestinian youth | | Stefania D`Ignoti - Al Jazeera - Young Palestinians express themselves in front
of a live audience at Sard, a growing community of poets and musicians [ry] | 15/10/2018 |
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Qatari fuel enters Gaza to avert `humanitarian disaster` | | Al Jazeera -
"Fuel delivery bypassed the Palestinian Authority, which has threatened retaliatory measures if deliveries continue." - id
| 10/10/2018 |
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Not just Canary Mission: SF Jewish Federation bankrolls these hate groups | | Mairav Zonszein -
+972 -
"The Federation’s tax filings reveal a litany of radical-right and anti-Muslim groups that have received its support for years. The Federation says its review process has recently been strengthened but refuses to account for its funding of notorious Islamophobic hate groups." - id | 10/10/2018 |
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Birzeit students win gold in international innovation challenge | | Ray Hanania -
The Arab Daily News -
"The idea for the project came from Sajdyeh’s own need for a relatively-inexpensive prosthetic arm after a bomb left by Israeli soldiers in Qalandiya amputated his right hand in November 2014." - id
| 10/10/2018 |
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`One Palestinian murders, the other saves` | | Meir Turgeman, Korin Elbaz Alush - Ynet - Sarah Vettori, 54, who was moderately wounded in the Alon recycling factory terror attack, said a Palestinian warehouse worker saved her life. "Basel saved my life," she repeated several times. "I was vaguely conscious and Basel, who ran into the office where I was hiding, pulled me under the table and reassured me when he said: `Habibti, habibti (My dear, my dear).` He stroked my face in an attempt to keep me conscious and tried to stop the bleeding with tissue paper until the ambulance arrived." [bz]
| 9/10/2018 |
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Dutch supplier of Israeli attack dogs compensates Palestinian victim | | Adri Nieuwhof - The Electronic Intifada - The company knew or should have known that the Israeli army regularly unleashed its dogs against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.
That is why damages for Abu Hashem were demanded.
In June 2016, Four Winds K9 announced that it was no longer providing Israel with “biting dogs,” but only tracking hounds.
[bz] | 9/10/2018 |
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Israeli Minister: If Detained U.S. Student Condemns BDS, Expresses Regret, I`ll Consider Allowing Her In | | Noa Landau - Haaretz - Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan slams `far-left, Meretz members,` and Hebrew University for cooperating with `campaign of lies of the boycott activist`. In her testimony to the appeals court last week, Alqasem said, “If I supported BDS, I wouldn’t be able to come to Israel as a student.” [bz] | 9/10/2018 |
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profits of Israel’s war industry | | Gabriel Schivone - EI - "When Roei Elkabetz, a brigadier general in the Israeli
army, addressed a 2012 convention of specialists in border control technology
in El Paso, Texas, he clicked onscreen a photo of the wall, built by Magal
Systems, that isolates Gaza from the outside world. ‘We have learned lots from
Gaza,’ he said. ‘It’s a great laboratory’” [ry] | 8/10/2018 |
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Uri Avnery`s Column - There will never again be a new article added here | | Gush Shalom staff -
Gush Shalom -
"The article "So who the hell are we?" Was published here on Friday, August 4, 2018. That; as it turned out, was the last article. The next day, Uri collapsed in his apartment and never regained consciousness.
No new article will ever again be published here. We will continue to maintain this column as it is, as an archive and memorial." - id
| 3/10/2018 |
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Shin Bet opens up about border interrogations, detentions | | Tova Tzimuki - Ynet - Shin Bet reveals numbers of foreigners detained at
border-crossings, says it does not deviate from its authority or deal with
phenomena such as BDS or ask about political preferences [ry] | 1/10/2018 |
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