The JNF’s Sordid History: Tower and Stockades, Forests and Jim Crow Vetting Committees
The Jewish National Fund (JNF) rightly presents itself as the most venerable of the Zionist institutions:
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The Threat of Annexation is far from Over
Annexation by Israel of occupied Palestinian territory in the West Bank was never likely to happen on July 1, as many observers assumed. The date was not a deadline; it was a window opened by the Israeli government to carry out annexation before US President Donald Trump leaves office.
Unhappily for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that window could slam shut in a matter of months, if current polling trends continue and Trump loses the presidential election in November.
Podcast Panel: Israeli Annexation Could Turn the West Bank Into a Gaza-Style Open Air Prison
Welcome to MintCast, the official MintPress News podcast hosted by Mnar Muhawesh. MintCast is an interview podcast featuring dissenting voices, independent researchers and journalists the establishment would rather silence.
Learning From the Past: History Provides Clues into Israel’s West Bank Annexation
Palestine has been annexed, occupied, stolen, and Palestinians have been dispossessed,
Keir Starmer’s “Antisemitism” Sacking is a Signal that Israel is Safe in his Hands
The sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey from the UK shadow cabinet – on the grounds that she retweeted an article containing a supposedly “antisemitic” conspiracy theory – managed to kill three birds with one stone for new Labour leader Keir Starmer.
PA Political Circus: Why Abbas Must Hand the Keys over to the PLO
The painful truth is that the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas has already ceased to exist as a political body that holds much sway or relevance, either to the Palestinian people or to Abbas’ former benefactors, namely the Israeli and the American governments.
Canada’s Security Council Defeat is a Win for Palestine
Canada’s defeat in its bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council is a major victory for Palestinian solidarity. It also puts Canada’s Israel lobby on the defensive.
Finkelstein: Israel will pretend that illegal annexation is a compromise
Israeli PM Netanyahu will annex valuable West Bank land while pretending to be making a compromise, Norman Finkelstein says. Israeli…
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Why the Assault on a Diplomat in Israel should Come as No Surprise
An Israeli diplomat filed a complaint last week with police after he was pulled to the ground in Jerusalem by four security guards, who knelt on his neck for five minutes as he cried out: “I can’t breathe.”
There are obvious echoes of the treatment of George Floyd, an African-American killed by police in Minneapolis last month. His death triggered mass protests against police brutality and reinvigorated the Black Lives Matter movement. The incident in Jerusalem, by contrast, attracted only minor attention – even in Israel.