By Yvonne Ridley | MEMO | October 31, 2017 Some observers get very touchy at the mention of a pro-Israel lobby sweeping the corridors of power to influence opinion formers, politicians and media in order for them to look favourably upon the Zionist state. Quite why they get so defensive is beyond me when it […]
Press TV – October 30, 2017 Israeli forces and settlers have attacked British activists who walked from the UK to Jerusalem al-Quds in solidarity with the Palestinian nation on the centennial anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. The 60 British activists arrived in Palestine after they walked for more than 135 days from the UK to […]
23-year-old Rachel Corrie who was crushed to death by Israeli bulldozers in Gaza in 2003 [NawalAlhawsawi/Twitter] By Nasim Ahmed | MEMO | October 26, 2017 Fourteen years have passed since 23-year-old Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by Israeli bulldozers in Gaza. The American activists, along with other members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), […]
By Richard Edmondson | Fig Trees and Vineyards | October 25, 2017 The Israeli news site Haaretz is reporting that the Zionist state’s government has contracted with a U.S. law firm to help it in its fight against the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement. The firm named in the report is Sibley Austin, reportedly the […]
Senior Hamas members prepare for PA delegations to arrive in Gaza on 2 October 2017 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor] MEMO | October 25, 2017 The advisor to the Iranian foreign minister, Sheikh Hussein Al-Islam, has said the relationship between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Hamas is excellent and has become stronger and more solid. […]
IMEMC News & Agencies | October 19, 2017 The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement has welcomed the Palestinian student delegation and other Arab delegations’ withdrawal from the World Festival of Youths and Students, held in the Russian city of Sochi, due to the participation of Israeli delegations. “We appreciated the principled stand taken by the […]
By Jonathan Cook | Dissident Voice | October 18, 2017 There is something truly exasperating about digesting the steady flow of horror stories relating to Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. In part, of course, it is because the reports that Weinstein allegedly raped and sexually assaulted women over decades are deeply disturbing. In part, it is […]
By Stephen Lendman | October 18, 2017 Barring longtime math teacher Esther Koontz from renewing her teaching contract, solely for her political beliefs, is a flagrant First Amendment violation. She righteously supports BDS activism, wanting Israel held accountable for its high crimes against Palestinians. Kansas House Bill 2409 prohibits state contracts with individuals critical of […]
IMEMC | October 17, 2017 More than three-fourths of students at the University of Chile’s Faculty of Medicine voted to break institutional ties with Israeli universities in a student referendum held last month. They also voted against Israeli government sponsorship or attendance of events at their university. This is the third such vote to take place […]
By Amena Elashkar | Dissident Voice | October 14, 2017 Until I came to the US last year, I had never met an Israeli, and only one American Jew. As a third generation Palestinian refugee living in a camp in Lebanon, such opportunities did not exist. Then, when 85-year-old Mariam Fathalla and I came last […]
