Iceland’s capital has announced that it will boycott all Israeli products until Palestine is freed from occupation.

On Sunday, Reykjavik’s municipality voted for the boycott, and promised to continue the embargo “as long as the occupation of Palestinian territories continues.”

The vote is part of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Tel Aviv, which was initiated in 2005 by over 170 Palestinian organizations that were pushing for “various forms of boycott against Israel until it meets its obligations under international law.”

Since then, thousands of volunteers worldwide have joined the BDS to help promote the Palestinian cause.

Iceland’s move was severely condemned by Israel’s Foreign Ministry, which released a statement claiming that it was unjustified.

The move comes as academics and activists from across the globe are gearing up for a gathering in Tunisia to discuss further developing the BDS movement.


The file photo shows ‘Boycott Israel’ stickers in a store in Canada.

The gathering titled Boycott as a Strategy to Counter Israel’s Occupation and Apartheid: Present-day Realities and Aspirations” is organized by the Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) in the capital city of Tunis and is scheduled to be held from August 4 to 6.
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A senior Hezbollah official has expressed concern about the threat posed by Daesh and al-Nusra Front terrorists to Lebanon’s northeastern border areas.

Sheikh Nabil Qaouk, the deputy chief of Hezbollah’s executive council, also said on Saturday ​the Lebanese resistance movement has played an active role in protecting Lebanese frontiers.

Sheikh Qaouk said the Takfiri danger of Daesh and the Nusra Front on the outskirts of the town of Arsal and the village of Ras Baalbek is “serious, real, comprehensive and continuous.”

“This danger must not be dealt with through complacency or disregard, as some are doing in Lebanon, who insist on ignoring these Takfiri gangs,” he said.

Qaouk further praised the cooperation between the Lebanese army and Hezbollah, saying joint action was of great strategic importance to protect Lebanon from extremist and Israeli threats.

“Through the cooperation…, Lebanon has been able to achieve what many large international coalitions [allegedly fighting] against terrorism in Iraq and Syria haven’t,” the Hezbollah official added.
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The death toll from two bombings in a Shia neighborhood in Baghdad at dawn Sunday jumps to 126, Iraqi security and health officials say.

They said 125 people, including 25 children, were killed and at least 147 others wounded when a car bomb went off at a busy commercial street in Baghdad’s Shia neighborhood of Karrada. A police official was quoted as saying that the dead included 10 women and six policemen.

Footage posted on social media showed a large blaze in the main street of Karrada.

The second explosion occurred at an outdoor market in the Shaab neighborhood of southeastern Baghdad, leaving one person dead and wounding five others.

In a twitter post, the Daesh terror group claimed responsibility for the attacks which, it said, were aimed at Shia neighborhoods.


Iraqi firefighters carry the body of a victim from a building damaged in a car bomb at a commercial area in Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad July 3, 2016. ©AP

Having suffered heavy losses on the battlefield against Iraqi soldiers, Daesh has recently stepped up its terror attacks across Baghdad, particularly the neighborhoods populated by Shia Muslims.

Baghdad was the scene of back-to-back bombings claimed by Daesh in May, when nearly 200 people lost their lives in and near the city in just a week.
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The Shauls and the Goldins have criticized the Israeli government for not making the return of the bodies a part of the reconciliation agreement with Turkey as Turkey has close political relations with Hamas. Hamas has a headquarters in Istanbul.

They are planning to protest and block humanitarian aid shipments into Gaza as long as their son’s remains and the remains of Hadar Goldin are held in Hamas captivity.

Turkish aid ship on its way to the Port of Ashdod

Turkish aid ship on its way to the Port of Ashdod

Meanwhile, a Turkish aid ship is expected to dock in the port of Ashdod with a humanitarian shipment destined for the Hamas controlled enclave on Sunday as part of the framework of the Israel-Turkish reconciliation agreement.
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The picture posted on his feed showed Clinton against a backdrop of hundred dollar bills. Appearing next to her face were the words: “Most corrupt candidate ever” inside a red Star of David.

Donald Trump's Twitter posts

Donald Trump's Twitter posts

The picture conjured up images of the typical stereotype equating Jews with money and corruption. Apparently spotting the controversial nature of the choice of symbol, Trump updated the photo by removing the Star of David and replacing it with a red circle. However, in yet another faux pas, he forgot to remove the original version from his account. Only two hours later did he delete the original version featuring the Star of David. Morevoer, the updated version was also the subject of criticism since Trump added the hashtag “AmericaFirst,” a slogan previously defined by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) as anti-Semitic.
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(JTA) Rocket fire from the Gaza Strip hit a building in Sderot.

The Associated Press reported that the building, hit Friday, was a kindergarten.

In response, Israeli combat aircraft hit components of Hamas’ infrastructure in Gaza, the army said in a statement Saturday.

No one was injured in the exchange. The kindergarten was empty at the time it was hit.
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