Palestine

UN: Over 200 companies have Israel settlement ties

MEMO | January 31, 2018 The United Nations human rights office said today it had identified 206 companies so far doing business linked to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, where it said violations against Palestinians are “pervasive and devastating”. “The majority of these companies are domiciled in Israel or the settlements (143), with […]

Irish Senate delays vote on anti-settlement bill under Israeli pressure

Press TV – January 31, 2018 Under pressure from the Tel Aviv regime, the Irish Senate has postponed a vote on a bill that forbids the import and sale of products from Israeli settlements as well as the services originating from the occupied territories. The bill, entitled Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018, […]

Palestinian Teenager Shot Dead by Israeli Soldiers in West Bank

Laith Abu Naim was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers in the village of Al-Mugheer.
(MEE) — Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health ministry said.
Laith Abu Naim, 16, was shot in the head as soldiers stormed the village of Al-Mugheer, north of Ramallah, according to a ministry statement.

The American Zionist Movement And The Holocaust

  Herbert Block, the new executive director of the American Zionist Movement (AZM), says he wants to “rebrand” Zionism. What direction this re-branding will take is anybody’s guess, as he is still talking in the language of the existing brand of Zionism, which equates Zionism with being a Jew. The days are long gone when, as in the movement’s infancy, Zionism was largely opposed by[Read More...]

In First, Judge Blocks Kansas Law Aimed at Boycotts of Israel

ACLU | January 30, 2018 TOPEKA, Kan. — The American Civil Liberties Union won an early victory today in its federal lawsuit arguing that a Kansas law requiring a public school educator to certify that she won’t boycott Israel violates her First Amendment rights. A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the […]

‘Construction terror’ is Israel’s latest metaphor for Palestinian displacement

By Ramona Wadi | MEMO | January 30, 2018 Israel’s construction of its politics on contrasting levels which echo its colonial agenda knows no limits. Now that the international community is largely reluctant to do more than refer to previous statements of colonial expansion as illegal, Israel is more explicit in promoting its state and […]