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Gaza teeters on the brinkMaureen Clare Murphy - EI - "Nickolay Mladenov, the United Nations’ Middle East peace envoy, told the Security Council on Tuesday that the two instances of projectiles fired from Gaza towards Tel Aviv this month “represent a very serious escalation.” He said his office was “working intensely with Egypt” to prevent the situation from spiraling further out of control. “A new conflict will be devastating for the Palestinian people, it will have consequences for Israelis, who live in the vicinity of the Gaza perimeter, and it is likely to have regional repercussions,” he added." - id28/3/2019
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The Gaza agreement for calm is comingAlex Fishman - Ynet - "What happened in the last two days in Gaza was not a military event. As such, the main players were the prime minister and the head of the NSC, not the IDF chief of staff. It was a clearly political maneuver, with the Air Force and the IDF playing the role of leverage." - id 28/3/2019
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Trump: Time for US to recognise Israeli sovereignty over GolanAljazeera - "Trump makes announcement about the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Twitter as Mike Pompeo visits Jerusalem." - id21/3/2019
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Why I am not voting when Israel goes to the pollsYair Katan - Ynet - "I am not willing to cast a ballot for this current crop of scandal-mongers, gossips and PR-obsessed dilettantes who are tearing the country apart - don`t we deserve better?" - id21/3/2019
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Shaked Sprays Herself With ‘Fascism’ Perfume in Campaign AdIMEMC - A new election ad for the far-right Hayamin Hehadash party, featuring Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked in sultry poses, spraying herself with a perfume labeled “Fascism,” has the look and feel of a satiric sketch, echoing a 2017 “Saturday Night Live” send-up of Ivanka Trump in a mock commercial for the scent “Complicit.” But, the Shaked ad was no send-up: The images are accompanied by the seductively whispered phrases (in Hebrew) “Judicial reform,” “Separation of powers” and “Restraining the Supreme Court”... [bz]13/3/2019
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UN experts urge Israel to rein in security forces on Gaza borderReuters, AP and Ynet - The Commission of Inquiry said Israel should review the rules of engagement immediately and investigate the shooting of more than 6,000 people in past year. [bz]19/3/2019
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Pittsburgh Jews raise £150K for Christchurch Muslim communities after massacreJewish News reporter - Times of Israel - Jewish residents of Pittsburgh have raised £150,000 ($200,000) for New Zealand’s Muslim community. A bid to repay the kindness shown by Muslims in the aftermath of the synagogue shooting in October. The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh was quick to organise the fundraising this week after a man wrote a far-right manifesto before entering two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, killing 50 worshippers and wounding another 50. [bz]19/3/2019
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Israeli arms industry’s “great leap” in Central AmericaGabriel Schivone - EI - "Halfway through Donald Trump’s presidency, Israel’s decades-long role in Central America is scaling new heights of military and political influence. Israel has wasted no time securing valuable arms deals in this part of the world, deals that now account for nearly 20 percent of its arms exports" [ry] 18/3/2019
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Likud MK: Netanyahu ready to conquer Gaza before elections ‘if need be’The Times of Israel - Opposition accuses PM of having lost Israel’s deterrence, but Labor MK says it’s ‘absurd’ her colleagues are going after PM for showing restraint [ry] 18/3/2019
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Israel: Top court bans Jewish Power`s Michael Ben-Ari from pollsAl Jazeera - Supreme Court bans far-right candidate Michael Ben-Ari from April elections, citing his display of anti-Arab racism [ry] 18/3/2019
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German Jews for Palestinian rights receive a peace prize– and are dismissed as ‘the wrong kind of Jews’Jonathan Ofir - Mondoweiss - "Nonetheless the jury stuck to its decision, and crowdfunded a prize of 28,000 Euros, which the organization will donate to human rights organizations in Palestine as well as to the liberal Israeli +972 Magazine" [ry] 18/3/2019
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Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot wades into Netanyahu row over Israeli ArabsBBC News - "This isn`t a matter of right or left. Jew or Arab. Secular or religious," she told her 28.3m followers on Instagram. "It`s a matter of dialogue, of dialogue for peace and equality and of our tolerance of one towards the other." President Reuven Rivlin also appeared to get involved in the debate on Monday. Without mentioning any names, Mr Rivlin condemned what he said were recent "entirely unacceptable remarks about the Arab citizens of Israel". [bz]12/3/2019
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Lebanese architect blazes new pathJoseph Hammond - Al-Monitor " The selection of a design for the new Beirut Museum of Art building marks an important step forward for women in the Middle East and in the Lebanese cultural scene. In December 2018, the museum announced that the winning design was from WORKac, a New York-based firm co-founded by Beirut-born architect Amale Andraos. Andraos, currently the dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, co-founded WORKac with her partner, Dan Wood." ca 9/3/2019
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Israel is Playing a Big Role in India’s Escalating Conflict with PakistanRobert Fisk - Counter Punch - "Two thousand five hundred miles separate the Israeli ministry of defence in Tel Aviv from the Indian ministry of defence in New Delhi, but there’s a reason why the usual cliche-stricken agency dispatches sound so similar." - id7/3/2019
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EU court upholds freeze on Hamas fundsAl-Jazeera - "The organisation describes itself as "a lawful political movement that won the Palestinian elections and forms the core of the Palestinian government," which should therefore prevent it "from being characterised as a terrorist group"." - id7/3/2019
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I’m Jewish, and I’m ashamed of how we’re treating Ilhan OmarScott Brown - +972 - "Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is being accused of anti-Semitism not because criticizing Israel is anti-Semitic, but because the pro-Israel lobby has done a great job of making the American public and Congress believe that story." - id7/3/2019
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Israeli Political Decisions Could Spark West Bank Violence, Defense Officials Warn Yaniv Kubovich - Haaretz - A series of what defense officials term election-driven decisions against the Palestinians could spark violence in the West Bank, especially when combined with the territory’s poor economy, these officials warned the government recently. Among the most important of these was the decision to deduct all the money the Palestinian Authority pays jailed terrorists from the tax revenue Israel collects on the PA’s behalf. Defense officials attribute this decision to rightist parties’ need to woo their bases ahead of April’s election. [bz]5/3/2019
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Palestinian peace activist denied entry to U.S. for speaking tourEdo Konrad - +972 - During his interrogation, Iliwat was repeatedly asked about Combatants for Peace and about his political affiliations. Interrogators asked repeatedly about the beliefs, the political affiliations of the founders of the organization, and how often Iliwat speaks to them on a daily basis, and whether they have spent time in Israeli prisons. The interrogators also asked Iliwat about the West Bank tours Combatants for Peace organizes, and which Palestinian political movement he supports. [bz]5/3/2019
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Palestinian families left homeless after Israeli demolition near Haifa Ma`an - Israeli Palestinian rights group Adalah says that only 4.6% of new homes built in Israel are in Palestinian towns and villages, even though Palestinians make up over 20% of the population. This in spite of their recognized Israeli citizenship. The difficulty for Palestinians in Israel to obtain building permits forces them to expand or build homes and structures without permits, which are liable to later be torn down. [bz]5/3/2019
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Supreme Court: Scientist`s Appointment Can`t Be Blocked Over Signing 13 years ago a petition in support of refusers.Asaf Ronel and Revital Hovel - Haaretz - Hendel and Stein agreed in their ruling that a call for refusing orders could be a moral consideration for blocking an appointment, but were not convinced that the present case, as Minister Akunis presented it, justifies banning Amitai form serving on the scientific commission. In spite of the leniency in this specific case the Association for Civil Rights in Israel said the ruling was a serious blow to the freedom of political expression in Israel and the court in practice allowed a minister to examine the worldview of a candidate for the position and reject her if she does not toe the line with the minister’s position. ACRI called this unprecedented. [bz]5/3/2019
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Report: Downgrade of Palestinian Mission to ‘Take Effect on Monday’IMEMC News & Agencies - "The United States is scheduled to move ahead with a downgrade of its mission to the Palestinians, on Monday, by merging its Jerusalem consulate with the embassy to Israel, a US official said" [ry] 4/3/2019
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Corbyn calls for UK to condemn Israel’s targeting of PalestiniansMEMO - “On Twitter, Corbyn wrote: ‘The UN says Israel’s killings of demonstrators in Gaza – including children, paramedics and journalists – may constitute ‘war crimes or crimes against humanity. The UK government must unequivocally condemn the killings and freeze arms sales to Israel’” [ry] 4/3/2019
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A relationship in need of ReformItamar Eichner - Ynet - Slowly but surely, Israel`s relationship with liberal American Jewry is deteriorating; now, the Foreign Ministry has accused the Reform Movement of neglecting Israel at an upcoming conference — and outraged the largest Jewish denomination in the US [ry] 4/3/2019
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When Saudi Arabia Gets the BombCharles Pierson - Counterpunch "After Venezuela, Saudi Arabia sits on the largest oil reserves on the planet. Why does it need nuclear power? The Saudis give several reasons. Under his ambitious “Vision 2030” plan, MBS, as the crown prince is known, is out to diversify the Saudi economy and make the kingdom less dependent on oil...in February 2018, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, who is heading up the negotiations with the Saudis because Trump has been unable to find anyone less qualified to do so, was considering a deal which would allow the Saudis to enrich uranium after 10 to 15 years." ca2/3/2019
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Pompeo: If Bibi Wants a Fascist Government, Fine by UsRichard Silverstein — Tikun Olam "Mike Pompeo told Jake Tapper that it was none of our business what Bibi Netanyahu did regarding internal Israeli politics. Israel’s a democracy, and if it’s voters want outright fascists in government, it’s OK by him:" ca2/3/2019
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A Wider Bridge: the “gay rights” group funded by homophobesStephanie Skora - Electronic Intifada "If you’ve encountered LGBTQ Jewish life in the United States, odds are you’ve heard of A Wider Bridge. The LGBTQ-specific Israel advocacy organization, whose mission in its own words is “Equality IN Israel and Equality FOR Israel,” has tried hard to portray itself as progressive and to create a pro-Israel bent in LGBTQ life in the United States...A Wider Bridge receives funding directly from organizations with a long and troubling pattern of giving to groups that could be classified as right-wing, anti-gay, anti-Muslim, pro- settlement; campus-specific organizations dedicated to those causes; or agents and politicians in the Republican Party. All eight of their publicly available institutional funders have repeatedly given to organizations that fit these categories." ca2/3/2019
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