Fear and loathing in 67-year old Israel
An article on American plans for mass celebrations of Israel’s existence follows Zvi Bar’el and an inset on Carl Cox, the British DJ who has accepted the gig of performing at the ‘mega-event’ in Israel.…
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Bennett: No Palestinian state, even if world ‘penalizes’ Israel
Jewish Home party leader says there’s no point relinquishing land to ‘satisfy the radical Islamist beast’BY ARON HELLER February 17, 2015, 11:18 am 46 Naftali Bennett, leader of the Jewish Home party — a lynchpin…
Supreme Court rules: Israel can confiscate Palestinian property in Jerusalem
The justices said the controversial Absentee Property Law is applicable in East Jerusalem, but warned it should be used only rarely, and with explicit approval of the attorney general. By Nir Hasson | Apr. 16,…
Israel sprays Gaza farms with poisonous gases, again
Poisonous gases were sprayed on Wednesday but their effects started to appear on the crops over the weekend EXCLUSIVE IMAGES Israel has sprayed Palestinian farms with poisonous gases that damaged crops, Qudsnetreported farmers saying yesterday.…
Palestinian children bring home the Israeli harvest
Israel: Settlement Agriculture Harms Palestinian Children Press Release, Human Rights Watch April 13, 2015 (Jerusalem) – Israeli settlement farms in the West Bank are using Palestinian child labor to grow, harvest, and pack agricultural produce,…
Legal win, moral defeat for pro-Israelis
High Court backs university’s decision to ‘postpone’ Israel conference Organisers of a conference on Israel and international law have failed in their bid to overturn a decision by the University of Southampton to cancel the…
Israel can now ‘legally’ seize Palestinian homes in Jerusalem under absentees property law
The Israeli government can now legally seize Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem after judges approved the use of a controversial law. The Palestinian side of the holy city had previously been exempt from the Absentees’…
Israeli marathon in West Bank to shut down main highway
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities will close the Ramallah-Nablus road on Thursday as settlers take part in a marathon, a Palestinian official said Tuesday. Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in the northern…
Israel’s Mordechai Vanunu is as much a hero as Edward Snowden
Those who support the US whistleblower should back his Israeli predecessor in his bid for a new life abroad ‘The decision to restrict Mordechai Vanunu’s movements seems to be based more on a desire to…
When Free Speech Becomes Dead Silence – The Israel Lobby And A Cowed Academia
IN ALERTS 2015 POST 08 APRIL 2015 LAST UPDATED ON 08 APRIL 2015 BY EDITOR The sudden cancellation of an academic conference on Israel, as well as the lack of outcry from ‘mainstream’ media, demonstrates…
Victory for Palestinian-led boycott campaign as Veolia sells Israel assets
Palestinian campaigners have welcomed the news that French multinational Veolia has completed the sale of its water, waste, and energy activities in Israel, following a global campaign against the company’s role in illegal Israeli settlements.…
Israel cut back lumber shipments to Gaza, Palestinian importers say
Israel cut back lumber shipments to Gaza, Palestinian importers say Israeli authorities overseeing the transfer of goods to the Hamas Islamist-run enclave were not immediately available to comment. By Reuters | Apr. 6, 2015 |…
Netanyahu’s victory marks the end of the two-state solution
Jeff Halper on March 19, 2015 106 Comments Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures to supporters at party headquarters in Tel Aviv March 18, 2015. (Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen) Dramatic as they were for returning…
Opinion: Netanyahu’s rejection of peace must mean British recognition of Palestine
By Jonathan Brown | Fri 20th March 2015 – 4:05 pm On ‘Call Clegg’ this week Nick robustly declared that “if Benjamin Netanyahu now unilaterally has decided to rule out the prospect of a Palestinian…
When Jewish militants dug underground tunnels
Seventy years ago it was the Zionist militias who dug underground tunnels and hid weapon caches among the civilian population. So why is it so difficult for Israelis to understand when Hamas does the same…