Posts Tagged ‘BDS’

BDS movement: ‘Governor Cuomo is among those standing on the wrong side of history’

This week, as Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, enter their 50th year living under Israel’s regime of military occupation and settlements, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has chosen to issue an anti-democratic executive order creating a blacklist of companies and organizations that abide by BDS campaigns for Palestinian freedom, justice and equality. The order is a […]

Chuck Schumer ‘worried’ that his daughter was not marrying a Jew

New York Senator Chuck Schumer spoke to the Jewish group Agudath Israel on Sunday at the New York Hilton and described two joyous events, one being his parents’ anniversary. While we’re here with mishpocheh [extended family], I have two simchas [joyous events]. Six weeks ago my daughter got married. When she talked about him she […]

Pro-Israel groups vow to "eliminate" BDS

Rania Khalek Activism and BDS Beat 7 June 2016 A jumbo screen displays the logos of groups taking part in Israel’s #StopBDS conference in the UN General Assembly hall in New York, on 31 May. Rania Khalek As the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement grows across the US, Israel’s supporters are cranking up hatred […]

Attacks on BDS websites linked to Israel

Ali Abunimah Activism and BDS Beat 6 June 2016 New evidence indicates Israel may be directly involved in attacks on the websites of the Palestinian BDS National Committee and other organizations supporting Palestinian rights. The report came just days after a senior Israel lobby official indicated that Israel’s previously announced plans to fight the growing […]

Palestinians forced to delay the start of Ramadan as Israel celebrates 49 years of ruling Jerusalem

Blue and white banners filled Jerusalem yesterday to mark 49 years of Israeli rule in the city. Crowds of settler youth chanted the slogan “the Jewish nation lives” as they marched under the ramparts of Damascus Gate. Many wore stickers supporting rabbi Meir Kahane, a former Knesset member kicked out of the government after calling for […]

Israel releases leftist lawmaker Khalida Jarrar

Charlotte Silver Rights and Accountability 3 June 2016 Lawmaker Khalida Jarrar is carried by supporters, near the Jabara checkpoint in the northern occupied West Bank, following her release from an Israeli jail on 3 June. Nedal Eshtayah APA images After 14 months in an Israeli prison, Palestinian legislator Khalida Jarrar was released on Friday at […]

Refugees Drown In Mediterranean As Another Boat Sinks

A boat carrying hundreds of refugees in the Mediterranean has capsized and sunk near Crete. Four migrants were reported dead by Greek officials on Friday. The Independent reports: Around 340 people have been rescued so far, with four bodies recovered, but more were feared to remain missing south of the Greek island of Crete. “The number of people in distress […]

Hamas executes 3 in Gaza despite protests

Charlotte Silver Rights and Accountability 1 June 2016 At the police headquarters in Gaza City on Tuesday morning, three Palestinians convicted of murder were executed by hanging and firing squad. In attendance were the families of those the three men had been accused of killing. Hamas carried out the executions despite multiple attempts by Palestinian […]

LIES ABOUT HITLER

Throughout the entire film we are bombarded with video footage of Hitler giving the Nazi salute accompanied by the low, coarse voice of Jones speaking about the evil, corruption and depravity of the current ruling elite. The neuro-association we are intended to derive from this is that the mysterious “global elite” whom Jones is decrying […]

Co-operative Alternatives To Uber And Airbnb Developing

As “death star platforms” such as Airbnb and Uber continue their pursuit of global domination, an alternative is rising in its wake. Platform cooperatives, which share the value they create with the users they depend on, are on the rise. As Shareable co-founder Neal Gorenflo writes in How Platform Co-ops Can Beat Death Stars Like Uber […]

Trapped Baby Elephant Rescued From Drain In Sri Lanka

An elephant calf has been rescued after getting trapped in an uncovered drain in Sri Lanka. Local residents in the port of Hambantota joined forces with rescue workers and wildlife officials to free the stuck animal. BBC YouTube video: The baby elephant was taken for treatment with a suspected broken leg, according to the BBC. […]

Flash flood devastates town in southern Germany; four killed, cars washed away, hundreds evacuated

     Floods have lashed southern Germany, killing at least four people and causing an underground carpark to collapse. The town of Schwäbisch Gmünd was the worst hit, with a volunteer firefighter drowning while trying to rescue a flood victim, Deutsche Welle reports. Two people died after a carpark filled with water and caved in. Scores […]

Chris Christie Approves Bailout of Atlantic City Government (In Part by Shaking Down the Casinos)

Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey signed legislation on Friday that will allow Atlantic City to avoid bankruptcy, for the time being. Atlantic City will receive both a loan from the state and regular payments from casinos to help stabilize its finances. The money from casinos would amount to $120 million in the […]

Palestinian rights groups try to stop Gaza executions

Ali Abunimah Rights and Accountability 26 May 2016 Palestinian human rights defenders are urging Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh to halt planned executions in the Gaza Strip. Ashraf Amra APA images Palestinian and international human rights defenders are urging Hamas authorities not to proceed with planned executions in the Gaza Strip. Earlier this month, Ismail Jaber, […]

Meet the Syrian Al-Qaeda Linked Rebel Who Freely Visited America Last Year

With all the U.S.-trained fighters dead, captured or missing and their leader in the hands of Al Qaeda, top U.S. commanders are scrambling this week to determine how to revive the half-billion dollar program to create a moderate Syrian army to fight the Islamic State. The outgoing chairman of the Joint […]

Obama Lifts Arms Embargo to the “Police State” of Vietnam

US President Barack Obama announced on Monday that Washington would fully lift an embargo on sales of lethal arms to Vietnam, despite human rights organizations describing it as “among the world’s most repressive regimes.” The decision to lift the arms trade ban, which followed intense debate within the Obama administration, suggested that US […]

‘Clinton scares the generals’ — Democratic Party divides over foreign policy

The divisions inside the Democratic Party are breaking out in a big way, especially now the divisions in the Republican Party are last week’s headline. Many Democratic establishment types are openly wringing their hands about what Bernie Sanders’s young hordes will do at the convention and in the general election if they lose and are […]

US anti-Muslim groups fund Europe’s Israel lobby

Asa Winstanley Lobby Watch 18 May 2016 Former European commissioner Antonio Tajani was also on the board of a key Israel lobby group. (EPP/Flickr) The Israel lobby has established a “firm presence in Brussels,” the de facto capital of the European Union, according to a new report. Launched in London on Friday, The Israel Lobby and the […]

New Law Introduced Into California Legislature Would Punish Companies That Boycott Israel

A Republican California assemblyman introduced a bill into the state legislature on Monday that would forbid the state – whose campuses have been a focal point of BDS activity – from doing business with companies boycotting, sanctioning or divesting from Israel. Travis Allen, of Huntington Beach in southern California’s Orange County, introduced the […]

Bill before Ontario legislature falsely claims ‘primary purpose’ of BDS is to boycott Jewish Canadian businesses

On Thursday May 19, the Ontario Legislature will discuss the “Standing Up Against Anti-Semitism in Ontario Act, 2016.” The bill, however, has nothing to do with anti-Semitism, and does not conceal its purpose as a bill that targets the BDS movement and, both, its organizational and individual supporters. The bill seeks to enact penalties on […]

Face recognition app taking Russia by storm may bring end to public anonymity

Source: Guardian If the founders of a new face recognition app get their way, anonymity in public could soon be a thing of the past. FindFace, launched two months ago and currently taking Russia by storm, allows users to photograph people in a crowd and work out their identities, with 70% reliability. […]

Face recognition app taking Russia by storm may bring end to public anonymity

Source: Guardian If the founders of a new face recognition app get their way, anonymity in public could soon be a thing of the past. FindFace, launched two months ago and currently taking Russia by storm, allows users to photograph people in a crowd and work out their identities, with 70% reliability. […]

How Israel helps settler groups grab Palestinian land

Charlotte Silver Rights and Accountability 12 May 2016 A Palestinian woman stands near graffiti spray-painted on her home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem in September 2011. Ryan Rodrick Beiler ActiveStills Last November, Muhammad Abu Ta’ah arrived at his property in Sheikh Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem only to find it had been […]

Resolution 242 does not mean what you may think it means

It is generally accepted by the Palestinian leadership, the international community, and liberal Zionists that the territorial parameters of a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict are already determined. They would leave Israel within its current borders: Palestine would consist of the 22 percent of Mandatory Palestine outside those borders, namely the West Bank and […]

Sabeel BDS conference pits local church against Jewish community leaders

On April 29-30 Friends of Sabeel North America organized a highly successful conference in Santa Cruz CA, titled “Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions at the Crossroads of Campus, Church & Community.”  Local rabbis and other leaders in the Jewish community, including the director of Santa Cruz Hillel, tried hard to shut it down, focusing on the Peace […]

Reebok cancels sneaker celebrating Israel’s "independence"

Ali Abunimah Activism and BDS Beat 10 May 2016 The “Israel 68” special edition sneaker from Reebok was announced in The Jerusalem Post. International sportswear maker Reebok has canceled and repudiated plans to market a special edition sneaker celebrating what Israel calls its “Independence Day.” “Reebok would like to distance itself from the shoe,” the […]

‘Love of country fills his soul’: Daughter of imprisoned Palestinian astrophysicist speaks out on her father’s case

Palestinian astrophysicist Imad Barghouthi, a professor at Al-Quds University, is currently being held in Israeli administrative detention – imprisonment without charge or trial. His three-month sentence is indefinitely renewable on the basis of “secret evidence” to which he and his lawyer are denied access. Barghouthi’s imprisonment has touched off protests from scientists and academics around […]

Ford’s Jewish Critique Was Largely Accurate

Trump and the war for ‘Western Values’

Donald Trump’s campaign inspired a rowdy, rock-throwing, freeway halting, cop-car-window-smashing protest against his message of division and hatred he was delivering in Orange County. Some of the hundreds of protesters carried Mexican and American flags, the Los Angeles Times reports. Trump threatens Los Angeles and the Southwest by presenting a vision of the nation state […]

Vice News spins Israeli army propaganda as ‘leaked report’

Vice News is now carrying water for the Israeli army. The the self-proclaimed “news organization for a connected generation” published a report yesterday from what is claimed to be a “leaked” Israeli military document into the investigation of Elor Azarya, the soldier-medic who summarily executed Palestinian man Abd Al-Fattah Al-Sharif in the occupied West Bank city […]

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