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Is Facebook about to crack down on criticism of Zionism?Oren Ziv and Alex Kane - +972 - Palestine advocates have long charged Facebook with suppressing criticism of Israel. Now they fear the company will escalate its censorship using a single keyword [ry] 29/3/2021
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Gulf officials warn Israel against forming gov`t with far-right candidates: reporti24NEWS - Officials from Gulf states have warned Israel that a coalition consisting of far-right figures could hamper diplomatic efforts between Jerusalem and the Arab world. (...) “A right-wing policy is one thing,” the officials were quoted as saying. “But expressions against Muslims and Arabs by Members of Knesset [Israel Parliament] that are a part of [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s government will harm and sabotage the normalization between Israel and Arab countries.” [ak]25/3/2021
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Former top Saudi adviser: No Israel normalization before Palestinian statehoodStuart Winer - Times of Israel - A former senior adviser to the Saudi Arabian government said that the kingdom would not normalize ties with Israel until a peace agreement establishes an independent Palestinian state. Nawaf Obaid’s editorial, published in the Palestinian Al Quds newspaper one day before Israelis go to the polls, was seen by analysts as an open message to Israel after PM Netanyahu recently indicated that Riyadh is on its way to normalizing relations with Israel. Obaid, who said the views he was expressing were those held by the kingdom’s de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, asserted that Saudi Arabia would see normalization as a way to pressure Israel on behalf of the Palestinians and that current Israeli policies showed it was therefore not an option. [ak]25/3/2021
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Netanyahu banned from top law enforcement appointments - High CourtTAMAR BEERI - Jerusalem Post - At the heart of the discussion of the High Court was the statement made in November by Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit, who claimed that due to the current conflict of interests surrounding Netanyahu`s indictment for bribery, fraud and breach of trust, he should not be permitted to interfere in certain decisions concerning the law enforcement system, the courts, the affairs of witnesses and other defendants in his trial. According to Mandelblit at the time, he should also not engage in certain areas of activity within the Communications Ministry, as well as certain governmental legislative proceedings which directly affect the criminal proceedings in his case. [bz]25/3/2021
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With 5th election possible, anti-Netanyahu bloc mulls law banning him from raceTimes of Israel - Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman has spoken to many senior members of the anti-Netanyahu bloc telling them that even if the differences between the various parties make forming a coalition together impossible, they can collaborate to pass a law to disqualify Netanyahu.[bz]25/3/2021
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Religious Zionist Party leader rules out Ra`am-backed coalition - Bezalel Smotrich slams voices on the right, calling to cooperate with the Islamist partyYnet - "There won`t be a right-wing government backed by Mansour Abbas` Ra`am. Period. Not from within. Not from the outside, not through abstaining, and not through any other scheme," Smotrich wrote on his Facebook page. [bz]25/3/2021
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UAE suspends Abu Dhabi summit over Netanyahu’s electioneeringAl Jazeerah - The summit scheduled for April was supposed to be attended by Netanyahu, a US official from the Biden administration, and leaders from other Arab states that have normalised relations with Israel. Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, known as MBZ, was reported to be “outraged” at what he regards as Netanyahu “exploiting the normalisation deal with Israel as a part of his election campaign”. In a tweet on Wednesday, Emirati former Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash explained: “From the UAE’s perspective, the purpose of the Abrahamic Accords is to provide a robust strategic foundation to foster peace and prosperity with the State of Israel [and not with a specific politician] and in the wider region,” rather than interfering in internal elections, now or ever. [bz]19/3/2021
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A proposal for `resetting relations with the Palestinians` discussed in the Biden Administration The National News (Abu Dhabi) - A memo drafted by Hady Amr, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Israeli-Palestinian affairs and presented to Secretary Blinken, recommends `resetting` relations with the Palestinians, who are moving towards holding their first general elections in 15 years. The memo recommends re-establishing contact with the Palestinian Authority which was cut under Trump, who shut the US consulate in Jerusalem and kicked Palestinian diplomats out of the US. Noting that Trump`s peace plan ignored key Palestinian concerns such as East Jerusalem becoming the capital of a Palestinian state, the memo recommends that the present administration re-commit the US to achieving Israeli-Palestinian peace under a two-state solution framework “based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed land swaps and agreements on security and refugees", reopen a US mission in the Palestinian territories to signal a commitment to the two-state solution, resuming a full range of economic, security and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians, including aid to UNRWA.)US financial aid to the PA and to UNRWA, and reversing Trump`s agreement to label settlement products entering the US as "Made in Israel". An immediate first step, to be announced later this month or in early April, is a $15 million in Covid-related humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians. [ak]18/3/2021
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Kosovo opens Israel embassy in JerusalemAl Jazeera - The controversial move comes after Israel recognised Kosovo’s independence and means there are now three countries with embassies located in Jerusalem [ry] 15/3/2021
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Mourid Barghouti, a giant of plain wordsAhmed Masoud - Electronic Intifada - Thirty years after his exile began, Barghouti went back to Ramallah for the first time in 1996. It was the era of the Oslo accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Numerous commentators were talking about peace in the Middle East yet Barghouti was under no illusions. In `I Saw Ramallah`, he writes: “The others are still masters of the place. They give you a permit. They check your papers. They start files on you. They make you wait.” [bz]11/3/2021
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Netanyahu and Lapid reportedly sabotage each other`s meetings with Arab Princes Y-Net/World Israeli News - Twelve days ahead of the crucial Israeli general elections, the campaigns of both PM Netanyahu and opposition leader Lapid reportedly extend to involve Arab Monarchies and their Crown Princes. This morning, Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein was due to visit Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, but was turned back at the Allenby Bridge by the Israeli military authorities. The official reason was that he had with him "too many armed bodyguards". But it is rumored that this was just a pretext, the real reason being that he intended to meet Opposition Leader Lapid. In an apparent retaliation, Jordan refused to allow the plane of PM Netanyahu to cross Jordanian airspace, to meet with Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and possibly also the Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Ben Salman. The rumors here tell of Lapid and former PM Ehud Barak having pushed the Jordanian King Abdullah to take this step. [ak] 11/3/2021
U.S. vows to keep `ironclad commitment` to Israel`s securityi24NEWS - Ynet - In document, Washington says will continue promoting regional integration and a two-state solution with the Palestinians, will not allow Mideast partners to pursue policies that are `at odds with American interests and values` [ry] 8/3/2021
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EU backs ICC after Netanyahu’s “anti-Semitism” smearAli Abunimah - EI - “Asked by The Electronic Intifada for the EU’s reaction to Netanyahu’s comments, the bloc’s spokesperson Peter Stano did not respond directly regarding the Israeli leader. However, Stano affirmed that the ‘ICC is an independent and impartial judicial institution with no political objectives to pursue.’ He also reiterated that the EU ‘respects the court’s independence and impartiality’” [ry] 8/3/2021
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Abbas Battles Growing Discord in Fatah Party ahead of Palestinian ElectionsPalestine Chronicle - "A breakaway bid by one of Abbas’s party allies has intensified speculation he might cancel a presidential vote planned for July, fearing a potential challenge by Marwan Barghouti, a popular Palestinian leader detained by Israel" [ry] 8/3/2021
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Defense Minister Ganz: Hundreds of Israelis may face prosecution at the International Criminal Court Yonah Jeremy Bob - Jerusalem Post/Reuters - International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is opening a full war crimes probe against Israel and Hamas. "The decision followed a painstaking preliminary examination undertaken by my office, lasting close to five years. Our central concern must be for the victims of crimes, both Palestinian and Israeli, arising from the long cycle of violence and insecurity that has caused deep suffering and despair on all sides. My office will take the same principled, non-partisan, approach that it has adopted in previous cases." The Government of Israel voiced vehement protest, frustrated in its hope that Bensouda - soon to end her term as ICC prosecutor - would leave the decision to her successor and that he could be persuaded to stop the investigation. Defense Minister and Acting Justice Minister Benny Gantz alarmed government officials when he warned that hundreds of Israelis could be subject – in the near future – to war crimes probes by the International Criminal Court. Gantz called that “an estimate,” declining to say that Israel had drawn up a list of officials likely to be investigated.[ak]3/3/2021
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European lawmakers urge action against Israel`s `de-facto annexation` of West BankFrance 24 - More than 400 European parliamentarians have urged leaders to use Joe Biden`s new presidency as an opportunity to stop what they term Israel`s rapidly progressing "de-facto annexation" of the occupied West Bank. [bz]3/3/2021
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Palestine shuts West Bank schools to contain coronavirus variantsMEMO - "Schools in the occupied West Bank will shut down for 12 days in an effort to stop a sharp rise in coronavirus variant infections, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said on Saturday, reported Reuters" [ry]1/3/2021
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Palestine shuts West Bank schools to contain coronavirus variantsMEMO - "Schools in the occupied West Bank will shut down for 12 days in an effort to stop a sharp rise in coronavirus variant infections, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said on Saturday, reported Reuters" [ry]1/3/2021
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Arab community calls for probe after 35 hurt by police in anti-crime protestThe Times of Israel - Officials say weekly protests against the spread of organized crime will continue; Haifa court releases 3 suspects arrested by police [ry] 1/3/2021
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Syria says Israel attacked areas around southern DamascusAl Jazeera - Israel targets Iran-backed strongholds in second attack in less than a month on outskirts of Syrian capital [ry] 1/3/2021
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