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Reporters Without Borders accepts prize from journalist-killing regimeAli Abunimah "Reporters Without Borders is facing sharp criticism for accepting a prize from a regime that murders journalists. The group, often known by its French initials RSF, received the Dan David Prize for “defending democracy” earlier this month at a Tel Aviv University ceremony attended by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin." ca 31/5/2019
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Israel twists law to dodge ICC probeMaureen Clare Murphy - Electronic Intifada "The situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip has been under preliminary examination by the International Criminal Court since 2015. Its chief prosecutor issued an unprecedented warning to Israeli leaders last year that they may face trial for the killings of unarmed protesters in Gaza." ca31/5/2019
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Poll shows new elections could help Netanyahu, (but do they have to?)Arik Bender - Jerusalem Post - The left-wing Meretz party headed by Tamar Zandberg is strengthened, but the surprise of this time is the entry, after all, into the Knesset of the New Right party headed by Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked. The United Arab List is predicted not to pass the threshold [unless reuniting with Chadash/Ta`al-bz]27/5/2019
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Likud MK boasts government will make Supreme Court ‘irrelevant’Michael Bachner - Times of Israel - In exchange with Meretz lawmaker at Knesset committee, Miki Zohar also gloats Netanyahu will get immunity and keep ruling for another decade; ‘What will you do?’ he asks, laughing. [ak]21/5/2019
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Israeli West Bank Archaeological Digs Must Not Be Made Public, Top Court RulesNir Hasson - Haaretz - The decision upholds both the state’s position and a lower court ruling. The state had argued that releasing the names of the archaeologists carrying out the digs would make them vulnerable to academic boycotts. The original petition was filed with the Jerusalem District Court by two left-wing organizations, Yesh Din and Emek Shaveh. Under the 1954 Hague Convention, an occupying power is forbidden to remove archaeological findings from occupied territory. [bz]21/5/2019
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Trump`s Planning a Wedding in Bahrain. But He Forgot to Invite the GroomNoa Landau - Ha`aretz - Anyone who has kept track of the murky relations between the Palestinian Authority and the Trump administration to date are not surprised by Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh declaring that the PA will not cooperate with an event that meant to symbolize the launching of Trump`s plan. “Any solution to the conflict in Palestine must be political ... and based on ending the occupation. The current financial crisis is a result of a financial war waged against us and we will not succumb to blackmailing and extortion and will not trade our national rights for money. The Palestinian leadership will not agree under any circumstances to a formula of just improving the lives of Palestinian citizens under the Israeli occupation”.[ak] 21/5/2019
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U.S. Ambassador Says Israel Is ‘on the Side of God’David M. Halbfinger - New York Times "First, he said, the relationship between the two countries was growing “stronger and stronger and stronger.” "And the second is that Israel has one secret weapon that not too many countries have,” Mr. Friedman added. “Israel is on the side of God, and we don’t underestimate that.” “The last time we had people thinking that way in Palestine was in the Middle Ages, and look at what happened,” Ms. Ashrawi said." ca 20/5/2019
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The return of Palestinian refugees is quite possible ...despite what Israel may claim.Ahmed Abu Artema - Al-Jazeera - "Every year, in our communities we count how many elderly Palestinians who witnessed the Nakba are left. Although their numbers shrink with every passing Nakba day, the memory of what happened seven decades ago is kept alive. The keys to the homes from which they were forcefully expelled are passed on to us, the younger generation, as we continue the struggle for the return of all Palestinian refugees." - id17/5/2019
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Why is no one in Likud speaking out against the immunity bill?Yuval Karni - Ynet - "Likud members who say they long for the days of Menachem Begin, when open debate was tolerated, should dare to speak out now and keep democracy alive."..."Some, when asked how they would vote, should such legislation be tabled, responded that they would not support it." - id17/5/2019
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Has Facebook Decided the Star of David is Anti-Semitic?Richard Silverstein - Tikun Olam - "I suggest this as a possibility in the aftermath of the horror show that was the Artunes cartoon featuring Netanyahu as a dachshund with a Star of David around his neck, leading a blind Donald Trump with a yarmulke on his head. The benighted NY Times caved to right-wing pressure and ‘executed’ the cartoon and the cartoonist with dramatic public statements and even an editorial denouncing the image as anti-Semitic." - id16/5/2019
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After long ambiguity, Madonna will sing at Tel Aviv EurovisionJerusalem Post - For several weeks Pop superstar Madonna kept everybody guessing on whether or not she would make a guest appearance on Saturday during the Eurovision finals in Tel Aviv. Activists of such groups as Jewish Voice for Peace had been intensively campaigning for her to boycott the event, reminding Madonna of her oten reiterated commitment to Human Rights. This morning, just a few hours before the Eurovision semi-finals, organizers told the media: "We still don`t know whether or not Madonna will come, she did not yet sign a contact with us". A few hours later, however, Madonna announced in Los Angeles that she finally decided in favor of coming to sing in Tel Aviv, telling Reuters: "I`ll never stop playing music to suit someone`s political agenda nor will I stop speaking out against violations of human rights wherever in the world they may be," the singer said in a statement to Reuters. [ak] 14/5/2019
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France’s Alstom quits settler railway, Israeli partners sayAli Abunimah - The Electronic Intifada - “This position is based entirely on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the point of departure presented to Electra and Dan is that the tender and the implementation of the project are ostensibly harmful or liable to harm human rights,” the letter adds. “Moreover, Alstom claims that its participation is contrary to French law.” [bz]14/5/2019
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US Government Denies Visa to Renowned Palestinian Legislator Hanan AshrawiCeline Hagbard - IMEMC - In what seems yet another incident in the ongoing confrontation between the Trump Administration and the Palestinians, the United States had denied a visa to the veteran Palestinian legislator and diplomat, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi. No reason was given, the State Department stating: “Visa records are confidential under U.S. law". Dr. Ashrawi had studied in the US, visited there often and had contacts with both Democrat and Republican administrations over decades, and until the advent of Trump there was never any doubt on her getting an American visa. Ashrawi had a back-and-forth on Twitter with Jason Greenblatt, Donald on Israel. Three months ago, in response to an Ashrawi tweet criticizing U.S. policy toward the Palestinian people, Trump adviser Jason Greenblatt responded on Twitter that Ashrawi would be welcome to come and talk to him at the White House... [ak]14/5/2019
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Festival brings Sufi bands from region and beyond to Palestine Ahmad Abu Amer - Al-Monitor "In a move to combine spirituality with Palestinian historical heritage, most of the events were organized at ancient sites...This year’s edition, which started in mid-April, coincides with the designation of Jerusalem as a 2019 capital of Islamic culture by the Morocco-based Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. “The Al-Kamandjati Association’s festival has a rich and diverse program, which is in line with the Palestinian Ministry of Culture’s celebration of Jerusalem as capital of Islamic culture 2019,” the Ministry of Culture`s representative in Ramallah, Jad al- Ghazzawi, told Al-Monitor." ca 13/5/2019
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Lebanon to not `survive` if Palestinian, Syrian refugees remainMa`an News Agency - "The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said in a 2017 report that there are about 174,422 Palestinian refugees that currently live in 12 camps and 156 Palestinian communities across Lebanon’s five districts. The UN, which runs services in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, considers them among the most crowded urban areas in the world.According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon reached a total of 997,000 at the end of November 2017, excluding the Syrians who are not registered with UNHCR." ca11/5/2019
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Eurovision protests grow in solidarity with PalestineAli Abunimah - Elelctronic Intifada "People across Europe are taking action in response to the Palestinian call to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest being hosted next week in Tel Aviv.London Palestine Action and Queers for Justice in Palestine on Friday released a catchy spoof of the Village People’s “YMCA” to urge broadcaster Graham Norton to drop out as the BBC’s Eurovision host.Watch the video above." ca 11/5/2019
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High Court allows hundred Palestinians to take part in joint memorial. Netanyahu fuming.Breaking News - Jerusalem Post - Netanyahu reacts furiously to `comparing the blood of our sons and those of terrorists.` But in the ruling, the High Court said that the argument these Palestinians are related to terrorists is false. It is all about Palestinians who mean to enter Israel to take part in the Tuesday memorial service in which Jews and Arabs will once more honor in their thousands the victims of aggression on both sides of the conflict. [bz] 7/5/2019
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How a Standoff With the U.S. Almost Blew Up Israel`s Nuclear ProgramHaaretz - At the height of the crisis, some actually feared a U.S. army raid on Israel`s nuclear facility in Dimona (...) President Kennedy insisted on biannual American inspection visits to Dimona, which would have made it effectively impossible to carry on a military nuclear program there.(...) The confrontation escalated with Kennedy’s June 15 letter, akin to an ultimatum: If the U.S. government could not obtain “reliable information” on the state of the Dimona project, Washington’s “commitment to and support of Israel” could be “seriously jeopardized.”(...) We will never know how unwavering President Kennedy would have been on the issue of Dimona, had he lived to serve his full term (or even two terms) as president. (...) As it was, Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, a few months after that letter was delivered. President Lyndon B. Johnson did occasionally raise the issue, but he never pressed hard on the subject the way that Kennedy had. The biannual inspection visits to Dimona, which Kennedy had insisted on, were never implemented. [ak] 7/5/2019
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Israel Required a Palestinian to Hire Armed Guards to Visit His Dying Brother. He Didn`t Raise the Money in Time Gideon Levy - Haaretz "A Palestinian whose teenage brother was shot at a checkpoint, after allegedly trying to stab a policeman, was asked to pay $1,360 in order to see him at an Israeli hospital...Since then, the state has refused to return Younis’ body to his family, who are currently in mourning at home, with no funeral or grave, without having said farewell to their loved one. " ca4/5/2019
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Islamic Jihad warns will hit major cities if targeted assassinations resumeElior Levy - Ynet - "Following the rocket launched from Gaza, which landed just off the coast Monday, the IDF accused al-Atta and published his photo." ... "They believe the publication of his name is an indication that Israel will assassinate him if terror attacks continue." - id3/5/2019
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US Congresswoman McCollum Reintroduces Bill to Protect Palestinian ChildrenIMEMC - "...to promote the human rights of Palestinian children who face detention, interrogation, abuse and violence by Israel through its military court system in the occupied West Bank." - id3/5/2019
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Netanyahu`s embrace of far-right leaders leaves Jews vulnerable to anti-SemitismRachel Shenhav-Goldberg - +972 - "By aligning himself with nationalist leaders who foster white supremacy, Netanyahu has abandoned world Jewry in a bid to bolster his own nationalist machinations." - id3/5/2019
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Facebook Suspension for Criticizing Israeli Rabbinic RacismRichard Silverstein - Tikun Olam - "I am a journalist. These rabbis made these statements and my goal was to criticize their views. I don’t know how FB can justify suspending an account for reporting accurately statements made by prominent, senior Israeli rabbis. In effect, you’ve censored legitimate speech opposing racism and violence. I urge you to remove the suspension from my account." - id 2/5/2019
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