UK silence on Israel’s detention of Palestinian children Israel has received international condemnation for its system of military detention for Palestinian minors [File: Mohammed Ballas/AP] Some UK politicians are getting fed up with Israel’s disregard for international law on the rights of children. 6 years after a damning report on “Israel’s widespread and systematic ill-treatment […] […]
Human Rights Group Places Front Page Ad In Haaretz
Here is an article from B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights group that consistently confronts the government of the rogue state regarding its persistent abuse of Palestinian human rights. – If you care about these issues, please share this –
Israel rights group urges UN intervention to stop killing of Gaza protesters —
Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has written to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urging intervention to stop Israeli forces’ use of lethal force against Palestinian protesters in the occupied Gaza Strip. The letter from B’Tselem director Hagai El-Ad begins by naming what it calls “the 35 unarmed Palestinian protesters killed by Israel inside the blockaded… via […]
Israeli ‘Boy Who Cried Wolf’ Netanyahu At It Again
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is well known for his elaborate lies and con games. He once testified to a US Congressional Committee that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. He lied. He is now employing the same tactic to prepare the way for a war on Iran, who (not coincidentally) have large oil reserves. […]
Trump’s Speech On Iran And It’s Claims Assessed
Donald Trump is nothing if not consistent. He has repeatedly made exaggerated or misleading or false claims about any number of nations and/or individuals. If his nonsense was confined to Stormy Daniels then it wouldn’t be such a problem. However, it now seems inevitable that the US and Israel will eventually find a way to […]
Jews Say No! publishes ‘Moving Forward’ to highlight Jewish National Fund role in the Nakba — Mondoweiss
As Israel recently celebrated its 70th year since its creation, the Palestinian people are commemorating the 70th year of the Nakba (the catastrophe). During Israel’s establishment (1947-1949), 750,000 Palestinian were expelled from their lands and their homes. 508 more words via Jews Say No! publishes ‘Moving Forward’ to highlight Jewish National Fund role in the Nakba […]
Respected Journalist Rubbishes Western Gas Attack Claims
Robert Fisk is a well-respected British journalist who often visits war-zones to uncover the truth behind the headlines. In this case, he has travelled to Syria to investigate the western claims that Assad used chemical weapons in East Douma. Fisk’s report appears to strongly contradict the official position of Israel, USA, UK and France in […]
Israel Dragging US Into World War III?
This article looks at the role Israel is playing in encouraging the US to become involved in a full-on confrontation with the major powers in the Middle East. The question must be asked, Is Israel behind the increasing US involvement, or are the US administration and its corporate comptrollers willingly headed to global war? – […]
Israel Moves To Ignite Global Conflict
Iranian forces in Syria launched a rocket attack on Israeli army bases in the Golan Heights early on Thursday, Israel said, prompting one of the heaviest Israeli barrages in Syria since the conflict there began in 2011, Reuters reports. The attack on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, just past midnight, marked the first time Iranian forces… via […]
The Ghost of Herut: Einstein on Israel, 70 Years Ago —
Albert Einstein, along with other Jewish luminaries, including Hannah Arendt, published a letter in the New York Times on December 4, 1948. That was only a few months after Israel had declared its independence and as hundreds of Palestinian villages were being actively demolished after their inhabitants were expelled. The letter denounced Israel’s newly-founded Herut […]
Early release for Israel soldier who killed wounded Palestinian —
Extrajudicial killing in broad daylight, Hebron, March 2016 Elor Azaria, the Israeli soldier who killed a wounded Palestinian in Hebron, was released today after serving just nine months in prison. According to Haaretz, “his release was brought forward by two days as he requested to attend his brother’s wedding”. On 24 March 2016, Azaria shot… via […]
Nuclear Chutzpah — Astute News
‘Chutzpah’ is a wonderful Yiddish word that means outrageous nerve, or unmitigated gall. This week’s Chutzpah Award goes to Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Standing in front of props of data files and cd’s, Netanyahu claimed Israel’s renowned Mossad spy agency had stolen a small mountain of secret Iranian nuclear data from a warehouse in […] […]