Friday, November 25, 2016

Israel/Palestine News




In New York, Jewish and Muslim communities unite in protesting against anti-semitism, Islamophobia and discrimination heightened by Trump's victory.



Protests took place in NYC outside a Zionist Organization of American gala that featured Trump advisor Stephen Bannon





Col. Lawrence Wilkerson and Paul Jay discuss Trump's foreign policy team and whether it's a continuation of policy under Cheney




IDF shoots at & then maces Amir Bitan in Jordan valley, El Heime.




Another Demo In Ni'ilin.

Friday, November 18, 2016

Israel/Palestine News




Arab-Israeli MP Ahmed Al-Tibi condemns new bill backed by Netanyahu to ban the Athan (Islamic call to prayer) in Jerusalem.



Demo In Ni'ilin.

Friday, November 11, 2016

Israel/Palestine News





The right sees it as carte blanche for its political activities while the left sees it as potentially leading to less U.S. support for the occupation, says political economist Shir Hever





PM Netanyahu congratulates US President-Elect Donald Trump.



On 2 November 2016, soldiers entered the village of Zabubah, in the northern West Bank, in pursuit of children who had thrown rocks at the separation barrier. The soldiers entered the center of the village and ran toward a group of children who had gathered there. The children dispersed, but one of them, an 11-year-old, froze. A security camera installed in the area captured the incident on video.






Filmed by: Yusef Abid



Miko Peled, whose father was an IDF general, tells Paul Jay that Bernie Sanders opened the door for mainstream politicians to criticize U.S. policy towards Israel
  



Another demo in Ni'ilin.

Friday, November 4, 2016

Israel/Palestine News

 



These Palestinians can only access their land for a couple of days per
year. This is how they harvest olives under occupation. Filmed by video
journalist Elia Ghorbiah in Palestine.
 



 70% of Palestinians living in Gaza are refugees due to Israeli
policies of mass expulsion. As they face debilitating conditions under
Israeli occupation and siege, Israel denies them their internationally
recognized right to return to their homes and land.
 



Clinton’s administration’s policy towards the Palestinians would reflect
her patronizing and colonialist remarks from 2006 recently published by
the Observer, says TRNN correspondent Shir Hever
 



 



Two videos about the Occupation in the Jordan Valley.
 



Addameer is pleased to announce the launch of a new film that tackles
the issue of administrative detention as a policy used by the Israeli
government to hold Palestinians indefinitely on secret information
without charge or trial. The film specifically focuses on the
psychological effects of administrative detention on detainees and their
families.
 



Questions & Answers with David Sheen
University College London • 23 November 2015
 



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While local and international leaders are unable to
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Yehudah Glick, once called ‘the most dangerous man in the Middle East’
for his leadership with the Temple Mount Movement, was appointed to the
Israeli Knesset last month, suggesting this once fringe movement is now
in the Israeli mainstream.