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Israeli doctors who saved thousands of Palestinian children honoured by UN | | Verena Dobnik - Independent - In twenty years, the non-profit, funded mostly by private donors, has performed surgery on nearly 5,000 children especially in war-torn and developing lands, including more than 2,000 from the West Bank and Gaza and 300 from Iraq and Syria.
The rest came from Africa, South America, Europe, Asia and throughout the Middle East.
At the moment, 44 children are being treated free-of-charge at the Edith Wolfson Medical Centre in Holon. [bz]
| 29/10/2019 |
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Trapped by treaty, Jordan’s options are limited | | Omar Karmi - EI - “Nothing attests to the temperature of Jordan-Israel relations
than the celebrations planned for Saturday, which marks the 25th anniversary of
the Jordan-Israel peace treaty. Nothing is planned” [ry] | 28/10/2019 |
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She Deserves Our Support: Betty McCollum Wants US to Stop Subsidizing Torture of Palestinian Children | | Ramzy Baroud - CounterPunch - “By introducing H.R. 2407, McCollum has
broken several major taboos in the US government. She unapologetically
characterizes Israel’s violations of Palestinian rights with all the correct terms –
‘torture’, ‘abuse’, and so on… Moreover, she calls for conditioning US military
support for Israel on the latter’s respect for human rights” [ry] | 28/10/2019 |
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Vladimir Putin, Syria’s pacifier-in-chief | | Pepe Escobar -
Information Clearing House
"The negotiations in Sochi were long – over six hours – tense and
tough. Two leaders in a room with their interpreters and several
senior Turkish ministers close by if advice was needed. The stakes
were immense: a road map to pacify northeast Syria, finally.The
press conference afterwards was somewhat awkward – riffing on
generalities. But there’s no question that in the end Russian
President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip
Erdogan managed the near impossible." ca | 25/10/2019 |
... |
A surge of public anger sends Lebanon’s politicians reeling | | Print edition | Middle East -
Economist
"THEIR GRIEVANCES are almost too many to list: electricity
shortages, undrinkable water, collapsing infrastructure, a poisoned
environment. The economy is stagnant and corruption is rife (see
chart). But it was WhatsApp that finally pushed the people of
Lebanon to the breaking-point. Since October 17th many have joined a
spontaneous outburst of anger at a fossilised political class. By
some estimates more than 1m people have come out to demonstrate, in
a country with fewer than 5m citizens. These are Lebanon’s largest
protests in almost 15 years." ca | 25/10/2019 |
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Twitter under pressure to block Hamas, Hezbollah accounts | | Emily Birnbaum - The Hill - Four members of the US House of
Representatives -
Democrats Josh Gottheimer and Max Rose and republicans Tom Reed and
Brian Fitzpatrick — are demanding that Twitter "stop allowing
figures associated with foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) —
Hamas and Hezbollah — to make accounts. This also includes media
which is supposedly linked to one of the two organizations, such as
the Lebanese Al Manar News Agency, which has around 11,600
followers on Twitter. Twitter’s director of public policy Carlos
Monje, Jr. explained that Twitter makes exceptions to its policies
on terrorist and extremist content for "groups that are involved in
peaceful resolution processes or that have been elected to public
office, as is the case with parts of Hamas and Hezbollah". However,
the four representatives rejected this explanation and demand that
Twitter follow the lead of Facebook and Google and cut off the Hamas
and Hezbollah no later than November 1. [ak]
| 22/10/2019 |
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Buttigieg: US aid should be used as `leverage` to change Israeli policies | | Eric Cortellessa - Times of Israel - ¡§It is in the American interest,
as well as the Palestinian and ultimately the Israeli Jewish interest,
that Israel not reach the point where there will have to be a choice
between either being a Jewish state or a democracy,¡¨ he said, ¡§and
there is a trajectory toward that going on right now.¡¨™©[bz] | 22/10/2019 |
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TheSyrian Debacle Is Actually Well Planned Chaos | | Brandon Smith -
Information Clearing House
"Let`s distill this down to some primary facts:The US and other
nations created ISIS anddeliberately destabilized Syria. The
establishmentthen tried to convince the American public tosupport
the use of military forces in the region toback the insurgents and
the civil war they created.This initial plan failed...Today, the war
has shifted once again. This time,Turkey is invading Syria with
claims that the Kurdspresent an existential danger. The reality is
thatthe Turkish government has sought to erase allKurdish culture
from Turkey and Northern Syria sincethe 1970`s, including banning
the Kurdish language and Kurdish dressand Kurdish names. Even the
words “Kurd” and “Kurdish were eventually banned."ca | 18/10/2019 |
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Israel likely to bag $1.6 billion in EU science grants | | David Cronin -
Electronic Intifada
"Israel’s involvement in a major research program run by the
European Union has been valued at nearly $1.6 billion – more
than enough to buy silence over the plight of the
Palestinians...Elbit Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries –
leading suppliers of drones used in attacks on Gaza – have proven
adept at winning EU grants until now. With a bit of ingenuity, they
should be able to continue doing so.Moreover, Israel has helped to
set the agenda whereby the EU is splurging greater quantities of
taxpayers’ money on developing killer robots and other futuristic
weapons." ca
| 18/10/2019 |
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Israel prepares to turn Bedouin citizens into refugees in their own country | | Jonathan Cook -
Mondoweiss
"
The decades-long struggle by tens of thousands of Israelis against
being uprooted from their homes – some for the second or third time
– should be proof enough that Israel is not the western-style
liberal democracy it claims to be. Last week 36,000 Bedouin – all of
them Israeli citizens – discovered that their state is about to make
them refugees in their own country, driving them into holding camps.
These Israelis, it seems, are the wrong kind." ca
| 18/10/2019 |
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Philippine police are executing people with Israeli weapons | | Eitay Mack -
+972
"For much of the past two years, Israel has been exporting weapons
and military training to the Philippine security forces. As part of
President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal drug war, police officers and
masked militiamen have been raiding the country’s poorest
neighborhoods, where they execute men and young boys suspected of
criminal activities or drug use. Their weapons of choice? Israeli-
produced rifles such as the Tavor and the Negev, and handguns such
as the Masada.Since Dutarte was elected president of the Philippines
in June 2016, the country’s police force and its various militias
have executed at least 12,000 people without trial, according to
Human Rights Watch."ca | 18/10/2019 |
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Judge fines petitioners for challenging Israel`s arms sales to Philippines | | Orly Noy -
+972
"Judge Gilia Ravid of the Tel Aviv District Court issued a ruling
Thursday on the petition filed by human rights attorney Eitay Mack
on behalf of more than 50 human rights activists, who demanded that
Israel cease its arms exports to the Philippines. As is customary
with petitions of this kind, the hearing was held in camera and the
ruling itself was embargoed. However, in an unusual move, the judge
imposed a 10,000 NIS ($2,800) fee in legal costs on the petitioners
— the only part of the ruling that was cleared for publication." ca
| 18/10/2019 |
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U.S. withdrawal is a tragic blow for Syria`s Kurds | | Kareem Shaheen - +972 - Donald Trump’s apparent capitulation to Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the fate of Syria’s Kurds risks paving the way
for ISIS to renew its strength in the region, while adding to the growing murkiness
of the Syrian conflict’s endgame [ry] | 14/10/2019 |
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Hacker found guilty of “terror and intimidation” against Palestine activists | | Ali Abunimah -
Electronic Intifada
"A French court has confirmed the conviction of a Jewish extremist
for hacking the computers of Palestine solidarity activists.CAPJPO-
EuroPalestine, the group targeted by the hacker, said that the court
of appeal in Paris last week sentenced “Jonathan B.” to eight months
in prison with suspension and $26,000 in damages and fines.The
perpetrator, who has been previously named as Jonathan Bouaziz, is a
member of the Brigade Juive, or Jewish Brigade, a pro-Israel
extremist group." ca | 13/10/2019 |
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Interior Minister Arye Deri Moves to Deport BDS Founder Barghouti | | Lahav Harkov - Jerusalem Post - “Barghouti led a determined battle against the occupation and settlements,” said Joint List MK Ahmed Tibi. “He received his resident status legally, and did not commit a crime other than expressing clear and determined stances here in Israel and in the world against the occupation and colonialism and used the same methods the blacks used in South Africa. [bz] | 8/10/2019 |
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Over 100 Jewish scholars condemn Trump admin for exploiting anti-Semitism | | Joshua Leifer - +972 - More than 100 Jewish academics sign open letter
demanding the Trump administration stop exploiting anti-Semitism in order to
quash criticism of Israel on college campuses [ry] | 7/10/2019 |
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Local parties move against two Labour Friends of Israel MPs | | Asa Winstanley - EI - “Both Ellman and Hodge have attacked left-wing party
leader Jeremy Corbyn in the most outspoken terms. Last year Hodge personally
slandered Corbyn as ‘a fucking anti-Semite and a racist’” [ry] | 7/10/2019 |
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Arab leaders plan protests throughout October over police inaction on violence | | The Times of Israel - Hundreds rally on Saturday; organizers readying to set up
protest tents outside government offices at month’s end [ry] | 7/10/2019 |
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Despite difficulties, comprehensive peace possible - King | | Press release -
Jordan Times
"After 70 years, it is clear that peace in the Holy Land cannot be
achieved by unilateral fiat or violence; it cannot be imposed by
land grabs and walls against one`s neighbours; it cannot come by
flouting international law and equal human rights. And the
alternative to a two-state solution is a bi-national state and an
unthinkable, undemocratic regime of unequal laws. We need to take a
better, more effective path. And that is something we all have a
vital role in delivering." ca | 4/10/2019 |
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Sleep Deprivation and a Freezing Cell: A Palestinian Woman Is Interrogated by Israel | | Amira Hass -
Haaretz
"The Shin Bet security service tried to make journalist Lama Khater
confess to links with Hamas, so for 35 days she was cuffed to a
chair for 10 or 20 hours a day." ca | 4/10/2019 |
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Portland Trail Blazers sever ties with company that supplies IDF with rifle scopes after campaign by activists | | Michael Arria -
Mondoweiss
"Portland Trail Blazers president and CEO Chris McGowan has
announced that the National Basketball Association (NBA) team will
no longer partner with a rifle scope manufacturer that has a
contract with Israeli military. The move comes after a year-long
campaign by local activists to pressure the Blazers to drop the
sponsor." ca
| 4/10/2019 |
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