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Posted here Wednesday, March 22, 2023

• This Is the Disturbing Reality of Israeli Land Theft and Right-wing Rule
  The approval of a bill allowing Israelis to remain in four West Bank settlements reflects the rise of the monster against its creator. Methods that Israel and the settlers successfully used against Palestinians are now undermining segments of Jewish Israeli society
• Netanyahu After U.S. Rebuke: Law Allowing Return to Evacuated Settlements ‘Ends Jewish Humiliation,’ but Israel Won’t Build There
  Hours after the Biden administration excoriated Israel over its passage of a law permitting the resettlement of illegal outposts evacuated in 2005, the State Dept. summoned Mike Herzog to express its concern

• Israeli Far-right MK’s Spokesperson Shares Video on ‘Why We Need to Wipe Out Hawara’
  ‘All the houses in the village should be destroyed. It’s allowed, it’s ethical, it’s legitimate,’ says a far-right settler activist in a video shared by the spokesperson of Otzma Yehudit lawmaker Limor Son Har-Melech

Posted here Tuesday, March 14, 2023

• Blast on Israel’s Seamline Could Herald a New Era of Palestinian Bomb-making
  The Shin Bet and IDF are worried that West Bank terrorists preparing to use a traditionally lethal and effective weapon in their campaign against Israel – explosive charges and belts – for the first time in years

Posted here Wednesday, March 4, 2023

• Opinion |God Save Israel, I Don’t Know Who Else Can
  When I see the imminent collapse of Israel’s democratic regime, I think of Poland’s pre-war nationalists who became Nazi collaborators. We cannot leave Israel and Judaism in the hands of racists and xenophobes among us

Posted here Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Posted here Sunday, February 21, 2023

Posted here Sunday, February 12, 2023

• The Kohelet Tentacles: Inside the Web Surrounding the Right-wing Think Tank
  Some are funded directly, some of them share staff, some of them collaborate: From settlements to education to immigration, the Kohelet Policy Forum has a diverse range of NGOs under its wing
  Shuki Sadeh Shomrim Feb 12, 2023 12:14 pm IST

Posted here Wednesday, January 20, 2023

Posted here Wednesday, July 12, 2019

• Attorney General Backs Legal Petition to Allow Israeli Arabs to Enter Public Park
  Limiting access ‘raises serious questions’ on discrimination, Mendelblit argues, urging court to freeze northern municipality’s decision
  Noa Shpigel Jul 12, 2019 1:42 PM

Posted here Wednesday, July 9, 2019

• Opinion Nazareth, the Thorn in Israel’s Side
  Nazareth is stuck in the intrigues of Judaization, expulsion and the distortion of history. The family, urban and cultural continuum is very much in evidence there. And in Nazareth Illit? Judging by the nameplates, many of the residents are Arabs who live their lives in the lower city
  Amira Hass Jul 08, 2019 4:01 AM

• Analysis Not Just Qatari Cash: Why Violence Has Subsided Along Gaza-Israel Border
  Like previous concessions to Hamas, the decision to allow more Gazan to work in Israel was never published by Israeli officials
  Amos Harel Jul 09, 2019 1:26 PM

Posted here Friday, July 4, 2019

• Burying the Nakba: How Israel Systematically Hides Evidence of 1948 Expulsion of Arabs
  Since early last decade, Defense Ministry teams have scoured local archives and removed troves of historic documents
  to conceal proof of the Nakba
  By Hagar Shezaf Jul 04, 2019
  

Posted here Friday, March 15, 2018

• ‘Endless Trip to Hell’: Israel Jails Hundreds of Palestinian Boys a Year. These Are Their Testimonies
  They’re seized in the dead of night, blindfolded and cuffed, abused and manipulated to confess to crimes they didn’t commit. Every year Israel arrests almost 1,000 Palestinian youngsters, some of them not yet 13
  By Netta Ahituv Mar 14, 2019

Posted here Friday, December 21, 2018

• One-state Solution Gains Ground in America – and pro-Israel Groups Are Worried
  ‘We have a big challenge on our hands, because the one-state solution basically means Israel will no longer be a Jewish state,’ warns one U.S. activist
  Amir Tibon Washington Dec 15, 2018 5:58 PM
• Increasing Number of Americans Prefer One-state Solution to Israel-Palestinian Conflict, U.S. Study Finds
  A new poll surveying over 2,300 Americans shows growing support for giving Palestinians full and equal rights, even if that curtails Israel’s Jewish character
  Amir Tibon Washington 13.12.2018 02:52 Updated: 2:53 AM

Posted here Sunday, December 17, 2018

• Exclusive: Confidential Report Based on 20 Years of Monitoring Claims: Israel Regularly Breaks International Law in Hebron
  The international monitoring force, recognized by Israel, disputes land ownership of settlers, slams restrictions on movement and worship, and says ‘normal life’ is nowhere to be found in the West Bank city
  Uri Blau Dec 17, 2018  8:24 AM
• BDS Isn’t anti-Semitic, Says Gideon Levy. Listen to Our Podcast, While It’s Still Legal
  Israel’s most controversial journalist says that the government’s hysterical response to the boycott movement proves that it isn’t winning this 13-year war – and defends his most recent op-ed.
  Haaretz Weekly Dec 16, 2018 4:12 PM
• Airbnb Says It Suspends Implementation of West Bank Settlement Ban
  ‘Our policy will not be implemented,’ says the company in a statement following a meeting with Israeli tourism minister in Jerusalem, adding it will continue negotiations with the Israeli government
  Noa Landau Dec 17, 2018 10:17 PM
• No BDS Activists Barred From Israel Since Lara Alqasem, Minister Says
  Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan told Knesset that after Supreme Court allowed American student to enter in October, no one meeting the set criteria has tried to enter
  Noa Landau Dec 17, 2018 5:49 PM
• Deterrence? Israel Demolishes Palestinian Assailant’s Home – for the Third Time
  The Abu Hmeid’s family home in the Amari refugee camp was initially destroyed in 1990, and again in 2003, after several of its sons were convicted. It was again demolished on Saturday after their son Islam was accused of the May killing of a soldier
  Amira Hass Dec 16, 2018 5:59 PM

Posted here Sunday, November 11, 2018

• Banksy’s Latest pro-Palestine Stunt Sparks Spat With Top Israeli Art Collector
  Israeli billionaire Batia Ofer, known for her left-leaning views, slammed the British artist’s poster as ‘disgraceful’ after it earned Banksy praise from the Palestinian tourism minister
  Danna Harman London Nov 11, 2018 12:16 AM
• Opinion: The Distance Between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Has Never Been Greater
  Anyone who wants to understand just how poisonous the mix of religious fanaticism and brutal occupation is should look at Jerusalem ahead of the upcoming runoff election for mayor
  Gideon Levy Nov 11, 2018 10:33 AM
• At Alternative Israeli Film Festival in NY, Film About Settlers Proves Unsettling Experience for Viewers
  Iris Zaki’s award-winning ‘Unsettling’ strikes chord with young audience members, who express surprise at settlers’ lives in the West Bank and find comparisons to Trump’s America
  Taly Krupkin New York Nov 11, 2018 3:07 PM
• Israel Is Indirectly Cooperating With The Hague’s Probe Into 2014 Gaza War Despite Past Criticism
  International Criminal Court’s criminal investigation into Israel’s actions in the Strip could lead to a wave of lawsuits against those involved and even to their arrest abroad
  Yaniv Kubovich Nov 11, 2018 9:49 AM
• Opinion: From Rabid Zionism to Egalitarian Zionism
  The prevailing approach of Zionism makes the Palestinians hostages in the intra-Jewish debate over the country’s borders. It also makes Israel a criminal state. But there’s a way to justify the Jews’ settlement in Israel, based on political morality rather than history
  By Chaim Gans Nov 08, 2018

Posted here Monday, November 5, 2018

• Everyone Knows Settlers Cut Down Palestinian Olive Trees. But Israel Doesn’t Care
  Israelis coming from a nearby northern West Bank outpost damage trees, steal olives and throw stones, yet the Palestinian villagers say involving the police is a waste of time
  Amira Hass Nov 05, 2018 2:00 PM
• Opinion: Netanyahu, Man of Peace
  It’s doubtful a single other Israeli politician would have gotten through the past six months without sending the troops to Gaza for another round of useless bloodshed
  Gideon Levy Nov 04, 2018 1:19 AM
• From New York to Michigan, Is a Wave of ‘anti-Israel’ Democrats About to Reshape U.S. Politics
  In a three-part video series, Haaretz’s Allison Kaplan Sommer explains how Israel, anti-Semitism and the Jewish vote are affecting the Midterms – and what the results could mean for all three
  Allison Kaplan Sommer and Kyle S. Mackie Nov 05, 2018 2:11 PM

Posted here Monday, October 29, 2018

• Analysis Guns, Trump and anti-Semitism: Pittsburgh Shooting Highlights Vast Divide Between Liberal U.S. Jews and Israel
  While the Israeli government rushes to praise the president for denouncing anti-Semitism in the aftermath of the Pittsburgh massacre, liberal Jews see gun laws and Trump’s rhetoric as part of the problem
  Amir Tibon Pittsburgh Oct 29, 2018 3:58 PM
• Three Palestinians Aged 12-14 Said Killed in Israeli Strike on Southern Gaza
  PLO identifies casualties ■ Israeli military strikes three Palestinians who attempted to place explosive near fence
  Jack Khoury and Yaniv Kubovich Oct 29, 2018 9:45 AM
• Echoing Trump, Israeli Ambassador Dermer Blames ‘Both Sides’ for anti-Semitism
  ‘The anti-Semites are usually not neo-Nazis on campus. They are coming from the radical left,’ Ron Dermer tells MSNBC
  Haaretz Oct 29, 2018 12:56 PM
• Opinion: Despite the anti-Semitic Terror in Pittsburgh, I Can’t Regard Israel as a Safe Place for American Jews
  Netanyahu’s concern after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting means nothing. His love for Charlottesville-apologetics, Soros-bashing Trump shows he doesn’t really care about the safety of U.S. Jews
  Talya Wintman Oct 28, 2018 1:16 PM
• ‘The Wire’ Creator to Israeli Minister Visiting After Pittsburgh Shooting: Go Home
  David Simon tweets Naftali Bennett that Netanyahu’s interventions in U.S. politics helped elect Donald Trump and that the Jewish community is now ‘bleeding at the hands’ of the Israeli PM, becomes one-man Twitterstorm
  Haaretz Oct 28, 2018 1:19 PM
• Opinion: Why I’m Voting for the Old Man Who Has Made Tel Aviv What It Is
  If only Israel had a prime minister in power for 20 years with a balance sheet showing half the number of achievements as Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai
  Gideon Levy Oct 28, 2018 3:06 AM

Posted here Sunday, October 26, 2018

• New Poll Shows Support for Israel Plummeting Among U.S. Liberals, Millennials and Women
  Recent Economist-YouGov surveys indicate that the generally positive views of Israel are being steadily eroded in the hyperpolarized Trump era
  Chemi Shalev Oct 26, 2018 1:59 AM
• Report: Egypt Reaches Agreement Between Israel, Hamas to Ease Violence on Border
  The agreement doesn’t include a halt to the processions along the border but does call for an end to any violent acts by protesters, including the sailing of incendiary balloons
  Jack Khoury Oct 26, 2018 10:16 AM
• Opinion The Problems of Israeli Children vs. the Problems of Gazan Children
  Anyone who thought that the children of Jabalya, who gaze longingly at the children of Kibbutz Mefalsim, would sit idly by and accept their fate, does not know human history and the human soul
  Gideon Levy Oct 25, 2018 1:05 AM
• Palestinians to Pass ‘Dangerous Resolutions’ on Relations With Israel, U.S., Says Abbas
  The Palestinian president vows that the Palestinian National Council, which is slated to convene at the end of the month, is going to take bold steps because ‘Israel has violated’ all the ‘signed agreements between us’
  Jack Khoury Oct 24, 2018 11:20 AM
• In Jab at Netanyahu’s Policies, Top Jewish Organization Reaffirms Commitment to a Democratic Israel
  Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency votes unanimously to adopt resolution prompted by passage of nation-state law
  Judy Maltz Oct 24, 2018 8:08 PM

Posted here Wednesday, October 24, 2018

• Palestinians to Pass ‘Dangerous Resolutions’ on Relations With Israel, U.S., Says Abbas
  The Palestinian president vows that the Palestinian National Council, which is slated to convene at the end of the month, is going to take bold steps because ‘Israel has violated’ all the ‘signed agreements between us’
  Jack Khoury Oct 24, 2018 11:20 AM
• In Jab at Netanyahu’s Policies, Top Jewish Organization Reaffirms Commitment to a Democratic Israel
  Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency votes unanimously to adopt resolution prompted by passage of nation-state law
  Judy Maltz Oct 24, 2018 8:08 PM

Posted here Tuesday, October 23, 2018

• Palestinian Authority and Hamas Systematically Torture Detainees, Report Finds
  Human Rights Watch describes how the Gaza and West Bank regimes suppress dissent, using arbitrary arrest that contravenes basic Palestinian law ■ Palestinian authorities claim they obey the laws
  Amira Hass Oct 23, 2018 10:04 AM
• Jewish Agency Chairman Calls Crisis Between Israel, U.S. Jewry ‘Existential’
  At GA, Isaac Herzog promises help fund Hebrew language courses for Jews outside Israel in order to create a common language for dialogue
  Judy Maltz Oct 23, 2018 10:35 AM
• Fed Up With Critics, Netanyahu Opens Back Channel to Undermine U.S. Reform, Conservative Leaders
  Foreign Ministry flies in 20 rabbis – including well-known critics of current leadership – in move said to be masterminded by ambassador in Washington, a close confidant of the prime minister
  Judy Maltz Oct 22, 2018 8:51 PM

Posted here Monday, October 22, 2018

• Funding Blacklists of U.S. Citizens, Playing D.C. Against Iran: Israeli Gov’t Implicated by Shelved Al Jazeera Investigation
  Haaretz obtained the Al Jazeera documentary on the Israel lobby, in which the Israeli Strategic Affairs Ministry director admits it serves as a liaison to Jewish right-wing organizations in the United States
  Haaretz Oct 22, 2018 2:05 PM
• Opinion One Day, Palestinians Will Thank Trump for His Years of Hostility
  Trump’s Mideast team, unlike the rest of his administration, has been transparent and consistent: Palestinians have no right to a state; Israel doesn’t need to answer for its human rights abuses. But there’s a Democratic backlash – and a future political windfall for the Palestinians
  Zaha Hassan Oct 21, 2018 4:29 PM
• Opinion: American Jews Are Funding the Far-right Dream of Greater Israel. We Have to End This – Now
  We now know far more about how far American Jewish dollars embitter Palestinian lives, target Israel’s critics and entrench the occupation. It’s time to say: Enough
  Simone Zimmerman Oct 21, 2018 11:54 AM
• Jordan Canceling Annexes of Peace Treaty With Israel, King Abdullah Says
  Following recent protests, King Abdullah says Jordan will terminate parts of the treaty that allowed Israeli ownership rights under Jordanian sovereignty in the Naharayim/Baqura area and the Zofar/Al-Ghamr area
  Jack Khoury and Noa Landau Oct 21, 2018 3:38 PM
• Opinion: The Real Hero Is the B’Tselem Chief
  On the day the world realizes that the UN ambassador is Israel and Hagai El-Ad represents a muzzled minority, maybe its forgiving attitude toward Israel will change
  Gideon Levy Oct 20, 2018 9:22 PM

Posted here Saturday, October 20, 2018

• The Battle for Young Evangelicals’ Views on Israel Could Determine the Future of U.S. Policy
  Millennial Evangelicals are not as automatically supportive of Israel as their parents’ generation was. Evangelical groups are taking action – some trying to secure young Evangelicals’ love of the Jewish state, others to get them to learn about Palestinians
  Amir Tibon Washington Oct 19, 2018 11:56 PM
• Opinion: Blacklist: Top 13 Delegitimizers Who Should Be Denied Entry Into Israel
  It’s high time that we who are concerned for Israel’s welfare went after the worst of its delegitimizers, those who contribute the most to the criticism of Israel as a repressive, illiberal regime
  Bradley Burston Oct 16, 2018 8:47 PM

Posted here Friday, October 19, 2018

• Israel’s Supreme Court Grants Lara Alqasem’s Appeal; She Will Be Allowed to Enter the Country
  Court slams detention as an ‘extreme and dangerous step, which could lead to the crumbling of the pillars upon which democracy stands’ ■ Minister at heart of controversy: Supreme Court just rendered anti-boycott law meaningless
  Noa Landau and Jonathan Lis Oct 19, 2018 5:18 AM
• Facebook Blocks Trailer of Film on Palestinian Women’s Role in the First Intifada
  Facebook only lifted its ban on the advertisement of the documentary after Haaretz contacted the company, which told distributors it would not allow ‘advertising that includes derogatory or sensational content’
  Oded Yaron Oct 19, 2018 11:03 AM
• Israel Bars Gazans From Getting Medical Care in West Bank if They Have Relatives Staying There Without a Permit
  Until recently, such a ban was imposed on Gazans who have family members who are affiliated with Hamas. Now Israel expands the ban, claiming patients may use treatment as a ploy to avoid going back to the Strip
  Amira Hass Oct 19, 2018 9:01 AM
• Israel Sets New Red Lines Over Gaza as Hamas Warns of ‘Immediate and Decisive Response’
  Starting Friday, the military will intensify its response to airborne firebombs from Gaza and will extend its firing range during protests along the border ■ Despite policy changes, Gaza mosques call for mass participation in Friday’s protests
  Noa Landau, Jack Khoury and Yaniv Kubovich Oct 18, 2018 9:39 PM
• Head of Israeli Human Rights NGO B’Tselem to UN Security Council: Time Has Come for Action
  Israel UN envoy Danon condemns Hagai El-Ad’s testimony: ‘You’re an Israeli citizen who serves our enemies. IDF soldiers protect you and you come here and slander them. You should be ashamed, collaborator’
  Noa Landau Oct 18, 2018 7:46 PM

Catching up on Gideon Levy

• Opinion: The Israeli ‘Dream Team’
  If the captain of Israel’s national soccer team can be a Muslim, why shouldn’t there be equally talented Arab mayors in the mixed cities of Tel Aviv, Haifa or Jerusalem?
  Oct 18, 2018 1:19 AM
• Opinion: What’s So Bad About Assimilation?
  Lucy Aharish and Tzachi Halevy may actually spawn a much more moral and civilized race than the one that has arisen here so far
  Oct 13, 2018 11:10 PM
• Opinion: You Forgot Something Important About Benny Gantz
  Gantz was chief of staff during some of the Israeli army’s most horrific operations, the worst of which was Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip in 2014
  Oct 11, 2018 2:51 AM
• Opinion: It’s Even Allowed to Hate Israel
  If cabinet Minister Erdan, scourge of left-wing dissidents, visited Sweden, he certainly did not love the liberalism and equality there, yet Swedish airport officials wouldn’t have asked him about it
  Oct 07, 2018 1:09 AM
• Opinion: Who’s the Ignorant One?
  In a competition over the ignorance about what is happening under the occupation, it may be said that Ahed Tamimi’s hosts in Madrid know much more about it than Yair Lapid
  Oct 03, 2018 11:53 PM

Catching up on Amira Hass

• Opinion: Making the Left Seem Worse Than Fascism
  Attacks by the right have made many Jewish Israelis view the word ‘left’ as worse than ‘fascism’ or ‘racism.’ And in the end the Palestinians will pay
  Oct 16, 2018 3:46 AM
• Analysis: The Most Logical Solution to the Gaza Water Crisis Is the Most Political One
  The root of the problem is political, namely Israel’s attitude to the Strip as a separate entity with an autonomous water economy
  Oct 16, 2018 2:08 AM
• Hundreds of Trees Destroyed in West Bank Palestinian Villages, Israeli Rights Groups Report
  The trees were in plots Palestinians can only access under army supervision due to proximity to settlements and outposts where Israelis have attacked Palestinian farmers in the past
  Oct 15, 2018 6:24 PM
• Otherwise Occupied: A Pasture, a Pickup and Two Don Quixotes: Who Damaged the Left-wing Activists’ Truck?
  Screws don’t just disappear and the garage owner had no doubt: It was sabotage
  Oct 15, 2018 1:37 AM
• Israel Seeks to Deport to Brazil Man Who Has Lived Almost Entire Life in West Bank
  The case highlights problem of tens of thousands of Palestinians under constant threat of deportation, due to Israel’s freeze of family reunification requests
  Oct 13, 2018 9:42 PM
• How Settlers Use Flocks of Sheep to Take Over Palestinian Land
  An internal letter provides a glimpse into how at least 10 outposts throughout the West Bank have been built around a herd of sheep, with the help of Israeli government agencies
  Oct 13, 2018 12:28 AM
• Israel Bars Two Members of U.S. Medical Delegation From Entering Gaza Because They’re Jewish
  Israel at first refused to let the entire group enter due to members’ Jewish origins and alleged BDS ties, but folded after a petition by legal center advocating freedom of movement
  Oct 11, 2018 6:48 AM
• Opinion: A Rational Hamas
  Hamas leader’s interview with Israeli paper caused an uproar. It wasn’t always like that
  Oct 08, 2018 3:58 AM
• ‘Traitor? Who, Me?’ Talia Sasson Sums Up Her Term as New Israel Fund President
  Outgoing New Israel Fund president talks about how the offensive from Israel’s right has affected her, and why she’s convinced that it remains in Israel’s power to return to the values of democracy and equality
  Oct 06, 2018
• Time’s Up for Khan al-Ahmar: Israel Can Now Legally Demolish Contested West Bank Village
  Over the past few months, Khan al-Ahmar has become a magnet for solidarity activists, with dozens of Palestinian activists coming to the site, holding rallies and meetings, and building symbolical new structures – which were immediately demolished
  Oct 02, 2018 10:24 AM

Posted here Thursday, October 4, 2018

• Official Documents Prove: Israel Bans Young Americans Based on Canary Mission Website
  Some of the Americans who have been detained for questioning upon arrival in Israel over the past few months reported they were questioned about their political activity based on ‘profiles’ about them published on the controversial website Canary Mission. Documents obtained by Haaretz now clearly show that the site is indeed a source of information for the decisions to bar entry
  Noa Landau Oct 04, 2018 6:56 PM

Posted here Wednesday, October 3, 2018

• Merkel Heads to Israel Amid Calls to Prevent Demolition of Contested West Bank Village
  Khan al-Ahmar won’t be demolished during snap visit to avoid diplomatic tensions; Chancellor won’t meet Palestinian officials
  Noa Landau Oct 03, 2018 1:55 PM
• Palestinians: 15-year Old Killed by Israeli Army Fire in Gaza Clashes
  Gaza Health Ministry: 15 injured by live fire, tear gas inhalation ■ 3 Gazans wounded in Hamas outpost blast ■ IDF detains two Palestinians who crossed into Israel
  Jack Khoury and Yaniv Kubovich Oct 03, 2018 6:29 PM
• Israel Denies Entry to American Student Even Though She Had a Visa
  The Population, Immigration and Border Authority said entry was denied ‘because of boycott activity,’ adding the concession of the visa from the Israeli consulate in Miami was a result of ‘lack of coordination’
  Noa Landau Oct 03, 2018 9:34 AM
• Israeli Court Delays Deportation of American Student, Demands State to Explain
  Border authority said 22-year-old student, whose grandparents are Palestinian, was denied entry ‘because of boycott activity.’ Ministry says she was president of ‘BDS branch’ at university
  Noa Landau Oct 03, 2018 5:10 PM
• Revealed: Canary Mission Blacklist Is Secretly Bankrolled by Major Jewish Federation
  For three years, the website has spread fear among undergraduate activists, posting more than a thousand political dossiers on student supporters of Palestinian rights
  The Forward and Josh Nathan-Kazis Oct 03, 2018 3:01 PM
• Opinion: The Germans Will Ignore Israeli Apartheid Again
  Each day that has passed since May 1999, Europe in general and Germany in particular have crossed another red line in the normalization of the status quo
  Amira Hass Oct 02, 2018 12:02 AM
• Nobel Prize Winner George P. Smith Is a Longtime pro-Palestine, BDS Activist
  ‘Anti-Zionist’ scientist says he is opposed to ‘Jewish ethnic sovereignty over other peoples’ and is featured on the controversial Canary Mission website
  Allison Kaplan Sommer Oct 03, 2018 7:55 PM

Posted here Thursday, September 27, 2018

• Analysis: The International Committee for Subsidizing the Israeli Occupation
  Lacking the willingness to put political pressure on Israel, the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee will be discussing the scenario of further economical deterioration of the Palestinian economy
  Amira Hass Sep 26, 2018 8:50 PM
• Analysis: Whatever His Intentions, Trump’s Endorsement of Two-state Solution Changes Reality
  Trump’s ego wouldn’t allow him to refrain from boasting about the very steps that pushed the Palestinians away from negotiations in the first place
  Chemi Shalev Sep 27, 2018 1:54 PM
• Trump: Two-state Solution Will Be ‘Like a Real Estate Deal’
  In a press conference hours after meeting with ‘nice’ Netanyahu, Trump says ‘I think we’ll get the deal,’ but notes: ‘I’m OK with one-state, two-states, whatever’
  Amir Tibon Washington Sep 27, 2018 1:46 AM
• After Trump Cuts, Israeli-Palestinian Peace Groups Scramble to Continue Coexistence Projects
  Decision to cut $10m from coexistence groups was meant to pressure Palestinian leaders, but ‘punishes regular Palestinians and Israelis who try to promote peace,’ activists say
  Amir Tibon Washington Sep 27, 2018 1:28 PM
• Opinion: The BDS Monster
  A legitimate and nonviolent Palestinian protest movement has been turned into an anti-Semitic plot through sweeping propaganda and abundant resources
  Yuli Novak Sep 27, 2018 3:40 AM
• Reform Movement Takes Action to Prevent Detention of Its Rabbinical Students at Israel’s Border
  The Reform Movement takes unprecedented precautionary measure after repeated instances of liberal Jewish visitors held for questioning by Israeli authorities
  Judy Maltz Sep 25, 2018 10:00 PM
• Trump Meets Netanyahu: I Think the Two-state Solution Will Work Best
  U.S. president for the first time expresses public support to the two-state solution, saying Israel will have to do something good for Palestinians
  Noa Landau New York Sep 26, 2018 4:30 PM
• Analysis: The Two Words Netanyahu Is Afraid to Repeat Out Loud
  When it comes to a future Palestinian state, Netanyahu is being pulled by Trump on one side, and by hardliner Naftali Bennett on the other
  Noa Landau New York Sep 26, 2018 11:13 PM

Posted here Tuesday, September 25, 2018

• UNRWA Chief Says Money Will Run Out in October
  The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said schools and health centers are at risk if it is unable to plug a $185 million funding gap
  Reuters Sep 25, 2018 11:43 AM
• Palestinian Kids’ Long Trek to School – Past the Settler With the Handgun
  For 14 years an Israeli army jeep has had to accompany about 10 children to and from school in the West Bank, lest they be harassed, attacked or have to take the long route
  By Amira Hass Sep 24, 2018
• Opinion: Blotting Out ‘The Despicable Terrorist’
  I won’t impugn the standards of a father who has lost his son, but the demolition of a family’s home is collective punishment, immoral, illegal and inhuman
  Gideon Levy Sep 23, 2018 1:14 AM
• Israel Knowingly Gave Private Palestinian Land to West Bank Outpost
  Haaretz investigation shows World Zionist Organization did not act in good faith, as a judge ruled in August, but Settlement Division defends its actions
  Yotam Berger Sep 25, 2018 2:06 PM
• Not Just Millennials: These Older U.S. Jews Are Disillusioned by Israel Too
  The media may have focused on young American Jews’ disconnect from Israel, but a growing number of older U.S. Jews tell Haaretz they have also become alienated from a government that doesn’t share their liberal values
  Dina Kraft Sep 20, 2018 6:13 PM
• Gaza Economy in ‘Free Fall’ and External Aid Won’t Help, World Bank Warns
  The Strip’s economic deterioration is accelerating, the report says: Every second Gazan lives in poverty and unemployment tops 70 percent
  Jack Khoury Sep 25, 2018 1:43 PM
• BDS or Not, These Are the Gems to Watch at the Haifa Film Festival
  The events on Israel’s borders might be keeping some guests away, but those who show up can catch current and older classics that take you from America’s death row to France’s wine country
  Nirit Anderman Sep 21, 2018 5:55 PM

Posted here Tuesday, September 18, 2018

• Israel’s Top Court Has No Authority to Overrule Basic Laws, Justice Minister Says
  Ayelet Shaked claims Israel has never passed a racist law, says any Knesset that can pass racist laws is one that would not obey a High Court’s decisions
  Jonathan Lis Sep 18, 2018 2:27 PM
• Opinion: On Yom Kippur, Israelis Should Think About the Sins of the Occupation
  Will Israel’s decision-makers feel a little shame when they chant ‘we have trespassed,’ and when you get to ‘we robbed,’ ‘we have done violence,’ ‘we coveted’ and we ‘spoke deceitfully’?
  Amira Hass Sep 18, 2018 3:00 AM
• Editorial: Keep Lake Kinneret [Ed: i.e., Sea of Galilee] Open on Yom Kippur
  Non-Jewish or nonreligious Israelis are increasingly asked to consider the needs of the religiously observant, but this plea for ‘sensitivity’ is a one-way street
  Haaretz Editorial Sep 17, 2018 3:06 AM

Posted here Monday, September 17, 2018

• Despite Mother’s Warning, Israel to Demolish Family Home of West Bank Terrorist
  Israeli army raids, maps home of Khalil Jabarin in Palestinian village Yatta ■ Thousands attend funeral of Ari Fuld ■ Mayor of Yatta condemns violence, holds Israeli government for incitement to violent
  Yotam Berger, Yaniv Kubovich and Jack Khoury Sep 17, 2018 11:02 AM
• Two Prominent Jewish Republican Donors Cut GOP Ties Over Trump
  Leslie Wexner and Seth Klarman have both contributed millions of dollars and are known as supporters of Israel
  Amir Tibon Washington Sep 17, 2018 3:17 PM
• ‘Bad Faith’: Judge Slams Israel for West Bank Arrest of Professor, Orders Release
  Judge criticizes authorities’ handling of case, rejects demand that he be immediately deported
  Yotam Berger Sep 17, 2018 1:53 AM
• Palestinian Envoy in D.C. Says U.S. Revoked His and His Family’s Visas, Ordered Them to Leave
  Husam Zomlot says authorities revoked his and his family’s visas and demanded they leave the country in what he describes as an attempt at revenge to placate Israel
  Jack Khoury and Amir Tibon Sep 17, 2018 1:11 AM

Posted here Sunday, September 16, 2018

• Israel to Expel French-American Professor Arrested During West Bank Protest
  In a rare move, Frank Romano was arrested according to military law. However, before his hearing he was released and taken into custody by the population authority in preparation for his deportation
  Yotam Berger Sep 16, 2018 5:40 PM
• Opinion: Trump Cuts Funding for Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation. Fear and Hatred Will Take Its Place
  As bereaved families, Israeli and Palestinian, working together to build reconciliation, we urge the White House: Reconsider a cruel, harsh measure that can’t possibly contribute to any future peace process
  Robi Damelin Sep 16, 2018 6:02 PM
• Which Top Israeli Official Was a Foreign Agent in Manafort Case? Israeli Politicians Demand Immediate Probe
  Manafort allegedly worked with an Israeli official to defame Ukraine’s then-opposition leader with accusations of anti-Semitism. Simultaneously, Lieberman accused rivals of Manafort’s clients of espousing anti-Semitism
  Noa Landau Sep 16, 2018 2:56 PM
• Israeli Man, 40, Killed in Stabbing Attack at West Bank Mall
  The victim, an American citizen who immigrated to Israel and lived in the settlement of Efrat, shot the 17-year-old assailant after he was stabbed ■ U.S. envoy Friedman: Ari Fuld was ‘passionate defender of Israel’
  Yotam Berger, Yaniv Kubovich, Jack Khoury and Dina Kraft Sep 16, 2018 3:46 PM
• In Exceptional Move, Israeli Army Arrests French-American Law Professor in West Bank
  Frank Romano was arrested along with two Palestinians while protesting the upcoming demolition of the Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar, police say ■ IDF allowed to keep him under arrest for up to 96 hours without bringing him to court
  Yotam Berger Sep 15, 2018 5:25 PM
• Opinion: The State of Israel vs. the Jewish People
  Israel has aligned itself with one nationalist, even anti-Semitic, regime after another. Where does that leave world Jewry?
  By Eva Illouz Sep 13, 2018

Posted here Saturday, September 15, 2018

• Three Palestinians, Including 12-year-old, Said Killed by Israeli Army Fire in Gaza Border Clashes
  120 Palestinian protesters wounded by live fire, Gaza’s Health Ministry says ■ IDF: Some 13,000 demonstrators protest along border fence
  Jack Khoury, Yaniv Kubovich and Almog Ben Zikri Sep 14, 2018 8:35 PM
• Trump Administration Cuts $10 Million From Israeli-Palestinian Co-existence Groups
  The administration vetoed the transfer of the money that was already approved by Congress. The decision comes amid a string of mass cuts to Palestinian aid
  Amir Tibon Washington Sep 15, 2018 6:58 AM

Posted here Friday, September 14, 2018

• With Oslo, Israel’s Intention Was Never Peace or Palestinian Statehood
  The transformation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip into separate Bantustans was all part of the plan
  Amira Hass Sep 14, 2018 6:48 AM
• Kushner Defends Trump’s Actions Against Palestinians: ‘False Realities’ Needed to Be Changed
  Senior White House aide tells New York Times that he doesn’t believe string of punitive measures taken by U.S. against the Palestinians will hamper the chances of a possible peace deal
  Haaretz Sep 14, 2018 10:33 AM
• Editorial: Leftists, Don’t Immigrate
  The message is clear: Israel is open to the immigration of right-wing Jews only
  Haaretz Editorial Sep 14, 2018 3:35 AM
• Young Palestinians Crash Israeli-Palestinian Event Marking 25 Years to Oslo Accords
  The young people burst into the East Jerusalem event celebrating a new issue for the ‘Palestine Israel Journal’ and proceeded to break glasses, toss microphones and condemn normalization with Israel
  Nir Hasson Sep 13, 2018 7:32 PM
• Analysis: Israel Is Giving China the Keys to Its Largest Port – and the U.S. Navy May Abandon Israel
  China will operate Haifa port, near Israel’s alleged nuclear-armed submarines, and it seems no one in Israel thought about the strategic ramifications
  Amos Harel Sep 14, 2018 12:58 AM

Posted here Thursday, September 13, 2018

• European Parliament Warns: Eviction, Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar Would Be War Crime
  Resolution passed on Thursday calls EU to demand compensation from Israeli government for aid funds invested in the West Bank Bedouin village, demands cessation of ‘policy of threats of demolition’
  Noa Landau Sep 13, 2018 2:59 PM
• Sick and Stuck in the Strip: How Leaving Gaza Became Mission Impossible
  Less than 30 years ago, Palestinians could exit and enter the coastal enclave almost as they wished. That all changed in 1991, though, and things have only gotten more difficult since
  By Amira Hass Sep 13, 2018
• U.S. Education Dept. Reopens Case Alleging anti-Semitism at Rutgers University
  Department’s Office for Civil Rights uses, for the first time, State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism, which includes some types of anti-Israel activity
  JTA Sep 12, 2018 11:37 AM
• How Kushner Played Matchmaker Between Israel and Saudi Arabia, According to Woodward
  Bob Woodward’s new book ‘Fear’ claims Kushner championed MBS in early 2017 as most important figure in Saudi Arabia, clashing with U.S. intelligence
  Amir Tibon Washington Sep 12, 2018 2:33 PM
• Pro-Israel Group Secretly Ran Misleading Facebook Ads to Target Palestinian-American Poet
  Anonymous digital campaigns appear to be a central part of the advocacy group Israel on Campus Coalition’s efforts to combat pro-Palestinian activism on U.S. campuses
  The Forward & Josh Nathan-Kazis, Justin Elliott/ProPublica Sep 12, 2018 1:02 PM
• Israel Denied Entry to U.S. Jewish Activist With Temporary Residency Status – Because She Visited West Bank
  Julie Weinberg-Connors, who is in the process of immigrating to Israel, was allowed in after Haaretz and lawmakers intervened. She said an investigator told her ‘you’re here to make trouble’
  Amira Hass Sep 13, 2018 12:01 AM
• Opinion: I Advised the Palestinian Negotiating Team. It Was a Mistake to Have Negotiated With Israel at All
  Buoyed by the Oslo Accords, I moved to the West Bank as a legal adviser to the PLO team. I was wrong. 25 years since that iconic Arafat-Rabin handshake, it’s clear talks are futile – and Palestinians are no closer to freedom
  Diana Buttu Sep 12, 2018 5:10 PM
• Kim Kardashian Signs Deal to Be the Face of Israeli Brand Carolina Lemke
  Kardashian West will join Israeli model Bar Refaeli, who also owns the glasses chain. The reality TV star will visit Israel on a promotional tour
  Shira Pur Sep 12, 2018 5:00 PM

Posted here Tuesday, September 11, 2018

• Palestinians Take Israel’s Eviction of West Bank Village to The Hague
  Palestinians in contact with court over Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and halted aid to UNRWA, Saeb Erekat says ■ Move comes day after U.S. announces closure of PLO mission in D.C.
  Jack Khoury Sep 11, 2018 5:28 PM
• Opinion: Closing PLO Office Is Part of Trump’s Effort to Tame the Palestinians via Humiliation. It’s Bound to Fail
  The Israeli right rejoices in the one-sided U.S. offensive, but history proves it’s a time bomb that will eventually blow up in our face
  Chemi Shalev Sep 11, 2018 7:09 PM
• International Criminal Court Vows to Continue Its Work ‘Undeterred’ by U.S. Sanction Threats
  National Security Adviser John Bolton says United States won’t allow ICC to ‘constrain’ Israel’s self defense or to investigate U.S. activities in Afghanistan
  Reuters and Haaretz Sep 11, 2018 1:22 PM
• Haaretz Poll: For Rosh Hashanah, a Picture of Israel’s Muddled Jewish Soul
  Israelis and Americans lead the West in their belief in God, a factor that can help explain their unique relationship and shared animosity toward secularizing Europe
  Chemi Shalev Sep 09, 2018 9:41 AM
• Israeli Arab Lawmakers Meet With Arab League Chief to Promote Action Against Nation-state Law
  Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit promises to act against the law through diplomatic measures with member states ■ Arab League convenes to discuss U.S. decision to shutter Palestinian mission in Washington
  Jack Khoury Sep 11, 2018 3:18 PM

Posted here Monday, September 10, 2018

• NGO Warns Trump’s Aid Cuts Will Cause East Jerusalem Hospitals to Collapse
  The American funding helps cover part of a debt owed by the Palestinian Authority to the hospitals, which has pushed many of them to the brink of bankruptcy
  Nir Hasson Sep 09, 2018 12:53 AM
• U.S. Announces Closure of Palestinian Diplomatic Mission Over ‘Refusal to Engage With Peace Efforts’
  State Dept. says PLO has failed to advance negotiations ■ Bolton: U.S. will shield Israel from ICC investigations
  Amir Tibon Sep 10, 2018 6:40 PM
• UNRWA Seeks Funding From Europe and Gulf States After U.S. Cuts
  The UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees is facing a $200 million shortfall caused by a U.S. aid cutoff
  Reuters Sep 10, 2018 9:00 PM
• Haaretz Poll For Rosh Hashanah, a Picture of Israel’s Muddled Jewish Soul
  Israelis and Americans lead the West in their belief in God, a factor that can help explain their unique relationship and shared animosity toward secularizing Europe
  Chemi Shalev Sep 09, 2018 9:41 AM
• Neither Arab nor Jew: Israel’s Unheard Minorities Speak Up After the Nation-state Law
  Many Israelis are unaware of the Arameans, Samaritans and Hebrew-Israelites who live among them
  By Ofer Aderet Sep 09, 2018
• Opinion: I Believed in the Oslo Accords for Years. But It Was Merely a Deception
  The Oslo Accords have given Israel another 25 years at least of uncontrolled settlement activity and brutal occupation
  Gideon Levy Sep 09, 2018 5:03 PM
• Opinion: Israel Is Too Strong
  If Israel were weaker, it would work harder to be accepted in the region. If it were less strong, Israel would have had to put an end to the curse of the occupation
  Gideon Levy Sep 08, 2018 11:36 PM
• UNRWA’s Teaspoon of Fish Oil and Glass of Milk: The Protective Framework That Millions of Palestinians Remember
  Even if the United States and Israel manage to scuttle the refugee agency’s efforts, this assault strengthens the ties that bind Palestinians – despite their weakening political leadership
  Amira Hass Sep 08, 2018 12:40 PM

Posted here Friday, September 7, 2018

• Trump: U.S. Cut Financial Aid to Palestinians as Means of Pressuring Them Back Into Negotiations
  Trump tells U.S. Jewish leaders that his peace team made ‘great progress’ over past year ■ U.S. president also says he expects Iran to return to negotiations over new nuclear deal after he slapped sanctions on Tehran
  Amir Tibon Washington Sep 06, 2018 8:02 PM
• Opinion: BDS Success Stories
  More than the achievements of the economic, academic and cultural boycott, BDS has succeeded in undermining the greatest asset of Israeli public diplomacy: Israel’s liberal and democratic image in the world.
  Gideon Levy Sep 05, 2018 11:16 PM
• Analysis: Why the Oslo Peace Process Went Into Deep Freeze
  Since failure of the accords signed 25 years ago next week, no Israeli leader has believed strongly enough in them to enable progress toward a final status accord
  Amos Harel Sep 07, 2018 1:59 AM
• Editorial: The Israeli High Court Is at a Crossroad
  The legal basis for Israel’s acts in the West Bank’s lands has always been shaky, but now it has been totally destroyed by the government
  Haaretz Editorial Sep 07, 2018 3:52 AM
• U.S. Envoy Sees Israel Keeping Golan Heights Forever
  Foreign governments, including the United States, don’t recognize Israel’s claim, a policy U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has recently echoed
  Haaretz and Reuters Sep 06, 2018 6:53 PM

Posted here Thursday, September 6, 2018

• Rabin’s Man in Oslo Analyzes What Went Wrong – and Right – With the 1993 Accords
  Joel Singer, who drafted the accords, left Israel broken-hearted in the wake of Rabin’s assassination. He tells Haaretz about the missed opportunities and calls on the current government not to destroy the foundations of a future peace deal
  By Noa Landau Sep 06, 2018
• Paraguay to Move Embassy Back to Tel Aviv From Jerusalem; Israel Retaliates – Shuts Embassy
  Israel to close embassy, recall ambassador for consultations ■ Palestinians say they pushed Paraguay to relocate embassy ■ Paraguay was third country to move its embassy, following U.S. and Guatemala
  Reuters and Jack Khoury Sep 06, 2018 2:03 PM
• Dozens of Housing Units Approved for Jewish Residents in East Jerusalem
  If the plan is implemented, it will be considered one of the largest Jewish settlements in Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem
  Nir Hasson Sep 06, 2018 2:33 PM
• Analysis: Khan al-Ahmar Ruling Gives Green Light for Mass Expulsion of Bedouin Villages
  MK Ayelet Shaked’s threat worked to a certain extent – but so did the court policy
  Amira Hass Sep 06, 2018 1:33 PM
• Israel Decides Not to Destroy Home of Mentally Ill Palestinian Killer
  Abed al-Rahman stabbed an Israeli settler to death in Jerusalem’s Old City last March
  Yotam Berger Sep 06, 2018 1:57 AM

Posted here Wednesday, September 5, 2018

• Israel’s Top Court Okays Eviction of West Bank Bedouin Village of Khan al-Ahmar
  Justices state that the main issue is not whether the eviction can be executed, but where to relocate the residents
  Yotam Berger Sep 05, 2018 12:00 PM
• In Blow to Corbyn, U.K. Labour Accepts Full anti-Semitism Definition
  Party leader Jeremy Corbyn came under fire for not adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition
  Reuters Sep 04, 2018 7:53 PM

Posted here Tuesday, September 4, 2018

• Opinion: The Eviction of Khan al-Ahmar Stinks Up to High Heaven
  This is a story about Israel that European newspapers would never publish. Who would believe the Jewish democratic state would present non-Jews with two options for where to live, either next to a garbage dump or next to a sewage plant?
  Amira Hass Sep 04, 2018 4:09 AM
• Kerry Reveals Details of Assad’s Secret Letter to Netanyahu in 2010
  ‘Assad asked me what it would take to enter into serious peace negotiations in the hope of securing return of the Golan Heights,’ former U.S. secretary of state says in new memoir
  Amir Tibon (Washington) Sep 04, 2018 9:27 AM
• EU’s Foreign Policy Chief Meets With Israeli Arab Leader: ‘We Wouldn’t Want to See Democracy Threatened’ in Israel
  Federica Mogherini and MK Ayman Odeh discuss the nation-state law despite attempts by Israeli lawmakers to prevent the meeting
  Noa Landau and Jack Khoury Sep 04, 2018 3:45 PM
• Eurovision Organizers Demand Netanyahu Let Fans Enter Israel ‘Regardless of Political Opinions’
  Broadcasting union chiefs present Netanyahu with conditions for song contest to be held in Israel ■ Public security minister urges rejection of demands
  Itay Stern Sep 04, 2018 12:20 PM
• Natalie Portman’s Jewish ‘Nobel’ Money Distributed to Women’s Groups – Without Her
  37 Israeli women’s organizations to split $1m Genesis Prize money originally earmarked for Israeli-American actor
  Judy Maltz Sep 04, 2018 2:59 PM

Posted here Monday, September 3, 2018

• These Are All the Artists Who Have Pulled Out of Israel’s Meteor Festival Amid BDS Pressure
  Lana Del Rey may be the most well-known performer to nix her upcoming Israel show, but she’s not the only one
  Shira Makin Sep 02, 2018 8:20 PM
• Israel Demolishes Buildings in Palestinian Village; 10 Wounded
  Some 40 people had been said to live in the buildings ■ The village, which lies within the jurisdiction of both Jerusalem and West Bank, has been the target of a recent enforcement drive by Justice Ministry
  Nir Hasson Sep 03, 2018 12:07 PM
• Opinion: How Many Israeli Soldiers Does It Take to Fix a Flat Tire?
  Or better put, what’s the real reason a Palestinian in the West Bank would stop to help?
  Amira Hass Sep 02, 2018 10:53 PM
• Analysis: Defunding UNRWA Is an Example of Trump’s ‘Peace’ Plan
  The goal of this strategy, in line with Netanyahu’s, is to decimate the Palestinian national movement. Will the Palestinian pressure cooker reach a critical boiling point
  Jack Khoury Sep 02, 2018 8:01 PM
• Abbas’ Secret Negotiator Says Israel and Hamas Now ‘Natural Partners’ for Peace Deal
  Hussein Agha warns Trump his peace team is misguided if it thinks it can buy Palestinians off with economic incentives
  Amir Tibon Washington Sep 03, 2018 2:53 PM
• Abbas: Trump’s Team Offered Me to Establish a Jordanian-Palestinian Confederation
  Palestinian President Abbas said he would agree to such an offer only if Israel is a part of the confederation
  Yotam Berger Sep 02, 2018 3:23 PM
• Opinion: The Education System That’s Endangering Israel’s Future
  As a new school year begins, an expert examines the system’s root problems and their socioeconomic implications for the state
  Dan Ben-David Sep 02, 2018 8:56 AM

Posted here Sunday, September 2, 2018

• ‘Colonizing Palestine’ Course at Tufts University Draws Criticism for ‘One-sided Narrative’ on Israel
  Tufts Friends of Israel, a student group, said the course violates the university’s policies and demonizes Israel ■ University’s Hillel chapter slams it as ‘prejudicial and unnecessarily provocative’
  JTA and Penny Schwartz  Sep 02, 2018 12:46 PM
• Opinion: Shame on You, America
  The United States has spent hundreds of billions on unnecessary wars, but only the UN relief agency for the Palestinians is improperly run
  Gideon Levy Sep 02, 2018 10:27 AM
• Corbyn Slams U.S. Decision to Cut Financial Aid to UNRWA
  ‘The U.K. must help to fill the gap by boosting its contributions,’ the British Labour Party leader states
  Haaretz Sep 02, 2018 1:43 PM
• Jordan Slams U.S. Decision to Cut Funds to UNRWA
  ‘Disruption of UNRWA services will have extremely dangerous humanitarian, political and security implications for refugees and for the whole region,’ Foreign Minster Ayman Safadi said
  Reuters Sep 02, 2018 7:31 AM
• Netanyahu: U.S. Decision to Cut UNRWA Funds ‘A Blessed and Important Change’
  Netanyahu says it is necessary ‘to abolish the refugee institution’ ■ Israel’s UN envoy blasts Abbas’ plan to address UN on fund cut, says the UN agency perpetuated terrorism
  Noa Landau Sep 02, 2018 1:30 PM
• Musician Shlohmo Cancels Israel Performance Over ‘Human Rights Atrocities’
  Electronic artist joins Lana Del Rey in bowing out of festival, citing desire to support the oppressed
  Haaretz Sep 02, 2018 12:38 PM
• Editorial: Defend Breaking the Silence
  The systematic escalation in the persecution of Breaking the Silence should keep all Israeli democrats awake at night
  Haaretz Editorial Sep 02, 2018 2:24 AM
• Abbas: Trump’s Team Offered Me to Establish a Jordanian-Palestinian Confederation
  Palestinian President Abbas said he would agree to such an offer only if Israel is a part of the confederation
  Yotam Berger Sep 02, 2018 3:23 PM

Posted here Saturday, September 1, 2018

• EU Pledges to Continue Backing UNRWA After U.S. Cuts All Financial Aid
  EU statement implies it may increase funding to the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency if deemed necessary ■ EU adds that ‘many others in the international community, including many Arab states’ have pledged support
  Noa Landau Sep 01, 2018 7:04 PM
• Kerry: Israeli Action on West Bank Outposts, Trump’s Ambassador Pick Led Obama to Not Veto UN Anti-settlement Resolution
  In memoir slated for release next week, John Kerry writes that ‘Bibi was raising the bar, perhaps impossibly’ on Mideast peace process and that Netanyahu leaked Kerry’s cease-fire proposal during 2014 Gaza war
  Haaretz Sep 01, 2018 8:24 PM
• Trump Administration Ends Financial Aid for Palestinian Refugee Agency UNRWA
  Palestinians blast U.S. decision to stop funding the refugee agency as ‘cruel and irresponsible’ ■ Move expected to disrupt agency’s work in Gaza and the West Bank
  Amir Tibon and Noa Landau (Washington) Sep 01, 2018 6:39 AM
• Palestinians Incensed at White House Decision to Cut Aid to UNRWA
  UNRWA expresses ‘deep regret and disappointment’ at the U.S. decision, rejecting assertions that its programs are ‘irredeemably flawed’
  Reuters Sep 01, 2018 2:27 AM
• Germany to Boost Funds to UNRWA Amid Reports of Cuts by U.S.
  A U.S. State Department official, however, told Haaretz Thursday that there is ‘no change at this time’
  DPA and Haaretz Aug 31, 2018 1:59 PM
• 180 Wounded in Border Clashes With Israeli Army, Palestinians Say
  Gaza medics said 180 Palestinians were wounded in clashes in the West Bank and on the Gaza border; a third of them said to have been injured from live fire, including a female nurse and a young boy
  Reuters Aug 31, 2018 9:54 PM
• Israel Tells West Bank Bedouin: First Sign a Voluntary Eviction, Then We’ll See if the New Location Stinks
  First the state wanted them to live next to a garbage dump. Then it told the Jahalin Bedouin they’d be moved near a large sewage-treatment site where human habitation has been forbidden. And that’s not the end of the story
  Amira Hass Sep 01, 2018 1:54 PM
• Lana Del Rey Cancels Israel Show, Cites Inability to Schedule Palestinian Concert
  Singer tweets that she’s postponing show ‘until a time when I can schedule visits for both my Israeli and Palestinian fans’ ■ Israeli festival organizers slam Del Rey ‘for choosing us to be part of her publicity stunt’
  Itay Stern Aug 31, 2018 9:14 PM
• Opinion: Why We Went to the UN Over Israel’s Nation-state Law
  The choice for all of us, Jews and Arabs, is clear: real democracy or a nationalist ethnocracy
  Aida Touma-Sliman Aug 31, 2018 7:17 PM

Posted here Friday, August 31, 2018

• Editorial: A Ruling Rendered in Bad Faith
  After a contentious ruling to legalize the Mitzpeh Kramim settlement outpost and the new ‘Regularization Law,’ it seems Israel’s takeover of West Bank lands is an end that sanctifies a means
  Haaretz Editorial Aug 31, 2018 3:14 AM
• Court Orders Closure of Jerusalem Gallery for Hosting Breaking the Silence
  Court rules Barbur Gallery will have to vacate its premises by February 2019, tilting the case in favor of the Jerusalem municipality, which sought to shutter the gallery after it hosted the anti-occupation NGO last year
  Nir Hasson and Maya Asheri Aug 31, 2018 4:54 PM
• Israeli Border Police Detain Head of Anti-occupation Group Breaking the Silence, Two Activists in West Bank
  Police say a tour led by head of anti-occupation NGO, which was motivated by assault on activists, entered military zone but the order presenting it as such was only signed Friday to prevent the group from touring there
  Yotam Berger 31.08.2018 17:44 Updated: 5:45 PM
• WATCH: Parts of Censored Al Jazeera Documentary on D.C. Israel Lobby Leaked
  Leaked clips from film, pulled by Qatar in bid to appease U.S. Jewish community, show ‘astroturfing’ by college students involved with right-wing think tank, claim to reveal top U.S. donor of BDS blacklist
  Amir Tibon Washington Aug 30, 2018 5:41 PM
• Palestinian President Abbas’ Health Seriously Deteriorating, Report Says
  Palestinian officials who visited Abbas recently were surprised to learn he didn’t remember them at all, Israel’s Channel 10 reports
  Haaretz Aug 29, 2018 11:27 PM
• U.S. Muslims Increasingly Harassed for Working With Jewish Groups, Activists Say
  Bringing Jews and Muslims together is much harder now than it was even a few years ago, says one nonprofit leader. But despite the obstacles, organizations in the field promise to keep the multifaith
  Debra Nussbaum Cohen Aug 31, 2018 5:58 AM
• U.S. Official Says ‘No Change’ Planned in Policy on Palestinian Refugees, Contrary to Reports
  The State Department said that the policy on Palestinian refugees is still under discussion within the administration, but the Washington Post reported otherwise just hours later
  Amir Tibon Washington Aug 31, 2018 6:35 AM
• Germany to Boost Funds to UNRWA Amid Reports of Cuts by U.S.
  A U.S. State Department official, however, told Haaretz Thursday that there is ‘no change at this time’
  DPA and Haaretz Aug 31, 2018 1:59 PM
• Half of U.S. Jews Don’t Identify With Organized Religion, Study Finds
  But more than one in five, ‘actively practice their faith’ and are ‘deeply involved in their congregations,’ according to the Pew Research Center survey
  JTA Aug 30, 2018 4:24 PM
• ‘You Have to Be Strong to Get Respect’: What the U.S. Ambassador to Israel Really Thinks of the Middle East
  David Friedman’s remarks are strikingly similar to what Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday. ‘In the Middle East there’s a simple truth: There’s no place for the weak,’ the PM said
  Noa Landau Aug 30, 2018 3:26 PM
• Pro-Kahane Israeli Group Raising Funds in U.S. With Tax-exempt Status
  A complaint notes that despite promoting a movement blacklisted as ‘terrorist’ by the State Department, the group’s fundraising efforts for a Jerusalem hostel still enjoy tax benefits
  Judy Maltz Aug 30, 2018 3:20 PM

Posted here Tuesday, August 28, 2018

• BDS Activists Protest Jerusalem Orchestra Concerts in South America
  The most severe incident was in Santiago, where a poster was distributed depicting the conductor with blood on his chest and hands
  Amir Mandel Aug 28, 2018 8:56 AM
• Opinion: What Happens at Israel’s Border Crossings Is Calculated Humiliation
  Humiliation in guise of security questioning has been the norm for many non-Jews at the crossings for years
  Amira Hass Aug 27, 2018 2:15 AM

Posted here Monday, August 27, 2018

• Israel Buys Rockets ‘That Can Reach Anywhere in the Middle East’
  This is the first purchase since the Defense Ministry announced it would establish a ground-to-ground missiles force. ‘We are making the IDF stronger and more sophisticated,’ Lieberman says
  Yaniv Kubovich Aug 27, 2018 11:25 AM
• Overruling Cabinet, Court Allows Gazan Relatives of Hamas Members to Receive Medical Treatment in Israel
  Justices reject a compromise pushed by the Defense Ministry that would permit patients to travel through Israel to seek treatment abroad
  Amira Hass Aug 27, 2018 3:16 PM
• Israeli Cabinet Minister: Arab Lawmakers Should Be Charged With Treason for Turning to the UN
  Yariv Levin of Likud leads a chorus of outcries by Jewish MKs and ministers against Arab politicians’ bid for international intervention against a controversial nation-state law that Israel passed in mid-July
  Jonathan Lis Aug 27, 2018 10:06 AM
• Opinion Israel’s Racist Lynch Mobs Are Hunting Arabs. And They’re Fuelled by Government Incitement
  I was assaulted in Tel Aviv for ‘looking Arab.’ My privilege – being a Jew of Mizrahi origin – spared me, but won’t protect millions of Israel’s Arab citizens, serially delegitimized by legislation, three of whom were viciously attacked last weekend
  Noam Shuster Eliassi Aug 27, 2018 2:50 PM
• An American Singer Wrote a Whole Folk-rock Album on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  The Seattle-based songwriter was living in an apartment across from the Old City in Jerusalem as he wrote his album
  JTA and Gabe Friedman Aug 27, 2018 10:17 AM
• [from the Forward] Chabad Wanted This Conservative Shul’s Building — So They Secretly Took It Over
  Ari Feldman August 27, 2018

Posted here Sunday, August 26, 2018

• Analysis John McCain, the anti-Trump, Will Get the Last Laugh From His Grave
  The late senator from Arizona was a true supporter of Israel but he embraced positions of the rejectionist right
  Chemi Shalev Aug 26, 2018 5:38 PM
• Analysis: If Trump Falls, the Testimonies of Cohen, Pecker and Weisselberg Could Spark an anti-Semitic Backlash
  The trio’s public profile is a Jewish stereotype: the lawyer-fixer, the smut-dealing publisher and the numbers whiz who knows it all
  Chemi Shalev Aug 25, 2018 10:39 PM
• Report: Trump to Demand Recognized Palestinian Refugees Be Capped at Tenth of Current Number
  According to the Israel Television News Company, Trump administration will also announce freezing funding to UNRWA in the West Bank and asking Israel to limit its activities
  Haaretz Aug 25, 2018 10:26 PM
• ‘The Soldiers Just Stood There, Helpless:’ Left-wing Activists Attacked by Settlers in West Bank Speak Out
  ‘The craziest part was that there were four soldiers there with weapons, unable to protect Israeli citizens’ ■ Activists attacked tell Haaretz the story of the roughest settler attack they’ve endured
  Amira Hass Aug 25, 2018 10:59 PM

Posted here Saturday, August 25, 2018

• A Palestinian Woman’s Fight to Bring Electricity Into Gaza Defies Israeli Moves Against Border Crossings
  Gazans and rights groups wonder how long Israel will let goods flow at the reopened Kerem Shalom crossing, charge that Israeli moves are meant to punish the Hamas-ruled enclave
  Shuki Sadeh Aug 25, 2018 12:30 AM

Posted here Friday, August 24, 2018

• Trump Administration to Cut $200 Million From Palestinian Aid
  Slashed funds were supposed to be allocated to humanitarian and economic projects in the West Bank and Gaza ■ Move expected to hurt Washington’s deteriorating relationship with the Palestinian Authority
  Amir Tibon Washington Aug 24, 2018 11:23 PM
• Netanyahu on Trump’s Peace Plan: ‘I Don’t See Any Urgency on This Matter’
  ‘It’s his issue if he wants to promote it,’ Netanyahu says following his meetings with the prime ministers of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. ‘It may come, even though I don’t see any urgency on the matter’
  Noa Landau Aug 24, 2018 7:46 PM
• Shin Bet Holds German Citizen at Israeli Border: Your Blood Isn’t German, It’s Palestinian
  Nadim Sarrouh, a 34-year-old German citizen, says he’s accustomed to short detentions and questioning. But this time was different
  Amira Hass Aug 24, 2018 12:22 AM

Posted here Thursday, August 23, 2018

• Opinion: Uri Avnery Superstar
  History remembers the trailblazers; now that Israel’s great warrior for peace is gone, we can see more clearly than ever just how courageous he was
  Gideon Levy Aug 23, 2018 1:50 AM
• Rumble on the Right Pro-Israel Group Attacked for ‘Falsely’ Claiming Israel Supports Palestinian State
  StandWithUs claimed Israel ‘officially supports the two-state solution’ – the Zionist Organization of America thinks that’s false, ripping the hasbara group’s statement as ‘extremely harmful’
  Bradley Burston Aug 14, 2018 9:22 PM Updated: 9:22 AM

Posted here Wednesday, August 22, 2018

• Israel’s Public Enemy No. 1 or the Poster Boy for Zionism?
  His name is Mickey Gitzin and from the way Netanyahu has gone after him, you’d think he was the devil incarnate
  By Judy Maltz Aug 22, 2018
• Israel Approves 382 New Homes in West Bank Settlements
  Some of the units are located in isolated settlements. Hundreds more were advanced and are pending further permissions
  Yotam Berger Aug 22, 2018 2:41 PM
• Israel Won’t Grant Life-saving Treatment to Relatives of Hamas Members, Except for Minors
  Israel will make an exception for patients aged 16 or younger, while others will be allowed to travel to the West Bank or abroad, state tells High Court
  Amira Hass Aug 21, 2018 9:36 PM
• Opinion The Gazan Toddler With Cancer and the Humanitarian Trap
  The 3-year-old was forced to undergo chemotherapy treatment alone due to restrictions on family members of Hamas. Such a policy enables the normalization of cruel behavior by bureaucrats and military officers
  Amira Hass Aug 22, 2018 2:57 AM

Posted here Tuesday, August 21, 2018

• Opinion It’s a Good Thing You Didn’t Attend the Nation-state Rally in Tel Aviv, Tzipi Livni
  There’s no doubt that Livni’s DNA can be found in every paragraph of the nation-state law. And if anyone in the Arab community is working to forge an alliance with Livni, it’s because there are people even worse than she is
  Odeh Bisharat Aug 20, 2018 9:32 PM
• WATCH: Noam Chomsky Slams Israeli Interference in U.S. Politics as Far Greater Than Russian
  In an interview on Democracy Now, the renowned linguist said that Russian interference in the U.S. elections was minor in comparison to open Israeli interference
  Haaretz Aug 21, 2018 2:18 PM
• Israeli Military Opens Criminal Probe Into Border Killings of Two Gaza Teens
  Investigation into shootings ordered after suspicions arose that troops violated regulations for opening fire
  Yaniv Kubovich Aug 21, 2018 1:36 PM
• Hamas Chief: Gaza Close to Ending Blockade, Trump’s Peace Plan ‘Clinically Dead’
  ‘Any humanitarian aid to Gaza will not be made at a diplomatic price,’ Ismail Haniyeh says
  Jack Khoury 21.08.2018 11:06 Updated: 11:18 AM
• Israel Allows Hundreds of Thousands More Civilians to Carry Guns
  ‘Skilled civilians carrying a gun in public contribute to a sense of security,’ public security minister says
  Josh Breiner 21.08.2018 01:02 Updated: 12:41 PM
• Israel Sentences Ahed Tamimi’s Brother to 14 Months in Prison for Throwing Stones at Border Police
  Waed Tamimi’s sister Ahed, who was released from prison last month, attracted worldwide attention after she was caught on video slapping an Israeli soldier
  Yotam Berger Aug 21, 2018 1:04 PM
• Trump: Erdogan Reneged on Deal to Free Pastor After I Got Israel to Release Prisoner
  In a wide-ranging Oval Office interview with Reuters, Trump says Erdogan is making ‘a terrible mistake,’ also indicates he would consider lifting U.S. sanctions on Russia if Moscow took some actions in return
  Reuters Aug 21, 2018 1:02 PM

Posted here Monday, August 20, 2018

• Uri Avnery, Veteran Peace Activist and Among First Israelis to Meet Arafat, Dies at 94
  The Gush Shalom founder was one of the first Israelis to actively seek a Palestinian state as a peaceful solution to the conflict: ‘The difference between a freedom fighter and a terrorist depends on your perspective’
  Ofer Aderet Aug 20, 2018 7:21 AM
• Uri Avnery, 1923-2018: A Great Optimist Who Never Stopped Fighting for Peace
  Uri Avnery was boundlessly optimistic. Even at the worst of times, he did not give up on achieving a solution to the conflict. At 80, he said that he had decided to not die before peace would arrive. He did not keep his promise
  Nehemia Shtrasler Aug 20, 2018 4:30 PM
• Analysis: How Uri Avnery, the First Champion of the Two-state Solution, Laid the Foundations for Political Dissent in Israel
  Uri Avnery may have failed as a politician and a newspaper owner, but he laid the foundations for combative journalism in Israel and was vital to the country’s fragile and circumscribed democracy
  Anshel Pfeffer Aug 20, 2018 5:02 PM
• Why Peace Activist Uri Avnery Refused to Give Up – and Six Other Must Reads
  Here are six must reads written by the late Avnery for Haaretz, plus an interview marking his 90th birthday
  Haaretz Aug 20, 2018 12:27 PM
    1. Why BDS won’t save us
    2. The Green Line is not sacred
    3. The Hebrew state is disappearing, the Jewish state is taking over
    4. How a Mossad plot to kill Yasser Arafat nearly cost me my life
    5. Palestinian right of return, not such a complicated issue
    6. Who really started the 1948 war and when
    Interview: Uri Avnery at 90: Still leftist, after all these years
• Israeli Ministry to Fund Evangelical Bible Program in West Bank Settlement
  Education Ministry to set aside nearly one million shekels for trips to settlement facility dedicated to helping young Israelis foster ‘a deeper connection to God by embracing their biblical and cultural heritage’
  Judy Maltz Aug 19, 2018 6:12 PM
• Opinion: Israel Needs a New Jewish-Arab Party
  When Hadash joined Joint List, many voters were left ‘politically homeless.’ And Meretz, which has just one Arab MK and whose head is willing to join a coalition with Lieberman, isn’t the answer
  Iris Leal Aug 19, 2018 11:59 PM

Posted here Sunday, August 19, 2018

• Israeli Arabs, PA to Commemorate Nation-state Law With ‘Day of Resistance Against Israeli Apartheid’
  Decision made at PLO assembly in Ramallah ■ Israeli Arab leaders claim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to help Arab MKs act against the nation-state law worldwide
  Jack Khoury Aug 19, 2018 2:39 PM
• Under the Looming Threat of BDS, Israel’s High-tech Sector Is Bridging the Arab-Jewish Divide
  It’s harder to boycott technology than academia; either way, Tech2Peace and similar academies hope to apply the tech mindset to peace-making
  Stefania D’Ignoti Aug 19, 2018 2:27 PM
• Opinion: Illusions on the Way to an Apartheid State
  Removing 33 ‘isolated’ settlements wouldn’t allow for a viable two-state solution, despite what a Haaretz colleague of mine argues
  Gideon Levy Aug 19, 2018 5:02 AM

Posted here Saturday, August 18, 2018

• How Israeli Right-wing Thinkers Envision the Annexation of the West Bank
  From granting the Palestinians the right to vote in Jordan to expelling them creatively – how rightists propose to apply Israeli sovereignty in the Palestinian territoriesBy Carolina Landsmann Aug 18, 2018
• How Many Settlers Need to Be Evacuated to Make Way for a Palestinian State
  A look at the map suggests the two-state solution could be achieved with a minimal evacuation of Jews from the West Bank
  By Ori Mark Aug 18, 2018
• UN Chief Proposes Armed Peacekeeping Force to Protect Palestinians in Gaza
  Guterres’ propositions follow General Assembly resolution in June condemning violence in the Strip ■ Application seems less likely following recent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas
  Noa Landau Aug 18, 2018 12:27 PM
• J Street Withdraws Support for Rashida Tlaib Over Refusal to Endorse Two-state Solution
  Left-wing lobby group states it ‘will not endorse candidates who don’t endorse the two-state solution’ after the Palestinian-American congressional nominee walked back on statements she made prior to winning the primary
  Allison Kaplan Sommer Aug 17, 2018 11:30 PM
• Threats at Gunpoint and Stone-hurling Israeli Arab Bus Drivers in West Bank Suffer Daily Abuse
  Jewish drivers may not be immune to violence, says one driver, but it seems that in the fraught meeting point between Jewish passengers and Arab drivers, ‘racism quickly erupts’
  Or Kashti Aug 17, 2018 9:38 PM

Posted here Friday, August 17, 2018

• Opinion: There’s a Reason the Opposition Didn’t Attend the Nation-state Protest
  We believe Israel must be both a Jewish and a democratic state, and I cannot support any formulation that gives priority to either of these values at the expense of the other
  Tzipi Livni Aug 17, 2018 1:47 AM
• Ten Tons of Palestinian Mail Were Held in Jordan Since 2010. Israel Just Allowed Its Delivery
  Israel’s chief liaison office with the Palestinians describes the one-time transfer as a ‘gesture’
  Noa Landau and DPA Aug 16, 2018 9:28 PM

Posted here Thursday, August 16, 2018

• Gaza Cease-fire, Prisoner Swap and Seaport: Details of Israel-Hamas Deal Emerge
  Understanding, approved by all minister but Bennett and Shaked, includes six phases to be implemented gradually
  Noa Landau and Jack Khoury Aug 16, 2018 2:04 PM
• From Two States to One: Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib Shifts Position on Israel
  Did Palestinian-American Congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib pull a bait-and-switch on the two-state solution and U.S. aid to Israel? J Street wants to know
  Allison Kaplan Sommer Aug 16, 2018 8:46 PM

Posted here Tuesday/Wednesday, August 14/15, 2018

• Opinion: Israel’s Conducts Mass Psychological Experiment on Gaza
  This study is much more successful than the famous experiment carried out by social psychologist Stanley Milgram 55 years ago, and the Israelis are the guinea pigs
  Amira Hass Aug 15, 2018 1:59 AM
• Are You Next? Know Your Rights if Detained at Israel’s Border
  From Israelis to foreign nationals, here’s what to do if you get stopped or questioned at Ben-Gurion Airport for a ‘cautionary conversation’ with the Shin Bet security service
  Allison Kaplan Sommer Aug 15, 2018 5:17 AM
• ‘You Won’t See Your Kids’ Reza Aslan Reveals He Was Detained by Shin Bet at Israeli Border
  Aslan posted on Twitter that Peter Beinart’s expose of his detention by the Shin Bet while entering Israel has prompted him to tell his own detention story
  Haaretz August 14, 2018 10:19
• Reza Aslan Tells Haaretz His Interrogation Was Political; Israel Denies, Says He ‘Behaved Suspiciously’
  Reza Aslan says he was asked about his views of Netanyahu by Israeli interrogator; Shin Bet denies the Iranian-born author was threatened
  Amir Tibon Aug 15, 2018 2:44 PM
• Rumble on the Right Pro-Israel Group Attacked for ‘Falsely’ Claiming Israel Supports Palestinian State
  StandWithUs claimed Israel ‘officially supports the two-state solution’ – the Zionist Organization of America thinks that’s false, ripping the hasbara group’s statement as ‘extremely harmful’
  Bradley Burston Aug 14, 2018 9:22 PM Updated: 9:22 AM
• Palestinian Family Evicted From West Bank Home Contrary to Israeli Court’s Order
  Two of the family’s homes were demolished after the compound where they lived was purchased by a group led by a settlement funder
  Amira Hass Aug 15, 2018 12:52 PM

Posted here Monday/Tuesday, August 13/14, 2018

• Israel’s Shin Bet Detains Peter Beinart at Ben-Gurion Airport Over Political Activity
  The Jewish-American journalist wrote that he was pulled aside for questioning upon entering Israel ■ Netanyahu says he was told detention was ‘administrative mistake’ and ‘Israel welcomes all’
  Amir Tibon and Noa Landau Aug 13, 2018 8:38 PM
• Analysis Peter Beinart’s Airport Interrogation Proves Something Is Rotting in the State of Bibi
  Netanyahu was quick to distance himself from an incident that was totally outrageous and completely predictable at the same time
  Chemi Shalev Aug 14, 2018 12:54 AM
• Rights Groups Petition Israel’s High Court to Re-open Gaza Border Crossing
  Petitioners are demanding that Israel reverse restrictions imposed a month ago on the entry of fuel and export of goods through the Kerem Shalom crossing
  Amira Hass Aug 13, 2018 6:21 PM

Posted here Sunday, August 12, 2018

• Tens of Thousands Gather in Tel Aviv for Nation-state Law Protest Led by Israeli Arabs
  Protesters waving Palestinian and Israeli flags, chanting: ‘Nation-state is apartheid’ ■ Netanyahu: There is no better testimony for the necessity of the law’
  Bar Peleg and Jack Khoury 11.08.2018 22:07 Updated: 10:39 PM
• Netanyahu: Protesters Trying to Turn Country Into Israeli-Palestinian State
  At Sunday’s cabinet meeting, Netanyahu spoke about the joint Jewish-Arab protest against the nation-state law and about the escalation with Gaza, saying Israel wants ‘a complete cease-fire; we will not be satisfied with less’
  Noa Landau Aug 12, 2018 11:47 AM
• Israeli Politicians Explain Why They Shunned Nation-state Protest
  Few Jewish lawmakers attend Arab-led demonstration, while culture minister says march proves ‘cooperation between left and Israeli Arabs who want another country’
  Bar Peleg, Jonathan Lis and Noa Landau Aug 12, 2018 1:02 AM
• Israeli-Arab Leaders Consider Tel Aviv Rally a Success, Though Debate Over Palestinian Flags Rages On
  ‘The spectacular scene yesterday allowed Netanyahu to begin unbridled incitement,’ chairman committee wrote. Arabs divided over question of Palestinian flags
  Jack Khoury Aug 12, 2018 1:50 PM
• [Haaretz’s lead editorial, as published in the Hebrew and English newspapers in Israel.]
  Editorial: Night of Honor, Night of Disgrace
  Saturday night’s demonstration should launch a new chapter in Israeli politics, in which the Arab community becomes an inseparable part of a large bloc capable of blocking the government
  Haaretz Editorial Aug 12, 2018 3:12 AM
• Secret Israeli Report ‘Reveals Armed Drone Killed’ Four Children Playing on Gaza Beach in 2014
  According to a confidential Israeli military police report obtained by The Intercept, four cousins were killed in two separate drone strikes after they were mistaken for Hamas fighters
  Haaretz Aug 12, 2018 12:59 PM
• Opinion: The Late Inas and Bayan Khammash
  Imagine the reaction if Hamas had killed a pregnant Israeli woman and her baby daughter. But Inas and Bayan were Palestinians from Dir al-Balah
  Gideon Levy Aug 12, 2018 2:50 AM

Posted here Friday, August 10, 2018

• Analysis: In Show of Renewed Activism, Arab Israelis to Protest Nation-state Law on Saturday
  After years of scarce political engagement, the Arab Israeli community is showing signs of waking up and is applying pressure on its political leadership and parties over the passage of the new nation-state law
  Jack Khoury Aug 10, 2018 4:37 PM
• Editorial: Demonstrate With the Arabs
  The place of Livni and the other opposition leaders is in Rabin Square, alongside the Arab community. Their struggle is the struggle of all Israelis, Jews and Arabs alike
  Haaretz Editorial Aug 10, 2018 1:32 AM

Posted here Thursday, August 9, 2018

• Left-wing Peace Activist Uri Avnery Hospitalized in Critical Condition
  The writer and former Knesset member, who has written regularly for Haaretz, has been an advocate for a Palestinian state for the past 70 years
  Ofer Aderet Aug 09, 2018 10:37 AM
• Colombia Recognizes Palestine as Sovereign State
  Diplomatic move in favor of Palestinians comes in final days of Colombian President Santos’ tenure ■ Netanyahu canceled a work trip to Bogota last week over situation in south
  Noa Landau Aug 09, 2018 8:41 AM
• Opinion: Jeremy Corbyn for U.K. Prime Minister
  Israelis regard him as a sort of alien – the left here has never been led by an Israeli Corbyn, nor by anyone who can hold a candle to him
  Gideon Levy Aug 09, 2018 12:28 AM
• ‘My Israel Is Dead’: Dame Vivien Duffield, One of Israel’s Biggest Donors, Is Furious About the Nation-state Law
  ‘I will make absolutely sure that Arabic is still part of every project we do,’ says the biggest, most dedicated and most veteran philanthropist in Israel in defiance to nation-state law
  By Gili Izikovich Aug 09, 2018
• Analysis: UNRWA Under Attack: Trump Tries to Destroy a Palestinian Achievement to Force a Deal
  The administration thinks this tactic will make it easier for it to impose the ‘deal of the century’ – that is, the surrender agreement – on the Palestinians
  Amira Hass Aug 08, 2018 3:28 PM

Posted here Tuesday, August 7, 2018

• Basic Law or Basically a Disaster? Israel’s Nation-state Law Controversy Explained
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is refusing to amend the legislation, which opponents say undermines Israel’s democracy and has driven the normally loyal Druze community on to the streets in protest
  Allison Kaplan Sommer Aug 06, 2018 9:31 PM
• Israel Is Using an Online Blacklist Against pro-Palestinian Activists. But Nobody Knows Who Compiled It
  Israeli border officials are using a shadowy online dossier as an intelligence source on thousands of students and academics
  The Forward and Josh Nathan-Kazis Aug 07, 2018 12:30 PM
• Opinion: Exercising the Privilege of Going to Jail
  Rather than quietly avoid prison time, these young Israelis chose to make a statement that invites others like them to question the nationalist, security-focused axioms they have been stuffed with
  Amira Hass Aug 07, 2018 1:35 AM
• Rappers Tyga and Fat Joe Cancel Their Performances in Israel Over ‘Security Reasons’
  The festival’s producers said that the two, considered some of the most famous rappers in the U.S., canceled their arrival at the Shaka hip-hop festival
  Haaretz Aug 06, 2018 11:47 AM

Posted here Monday, August 6, 2018

• White House Doubles Down on Palestinian Refugees Issue, Says UNRWA Mandate Must Change
  Following criticism from Palestinian President Abbas over its plans to reform UNRWA, a White House official says the agency’s mandate ‘has perpetuated and exacerbated the refugee crisis and must be changed’
  Amir Tibon Washington Aug 06, 2018 9:39 AM
• U.S. Jewish Activist Simone Zimmerman Held by Shin Bet at Border, Questioned on Work With Palestinians
  Founding member of IfNotNow says she was asked about opinion of Prime Minister Netanyahu as she and fellow activist Abigail Kirschbaum were detained
  Noa Landau Aug 06, 2018 11:57 AM
• Israel’s Justice Minister Warns of ‘An Earthquake’ if Top Court Kills Nation-state Law
  The High Court has never been conclusive on whether it has the authority to overrule a Basic Law – the controversial nation-state law might be the litmus test
  Revital Hovel and Noa Shpigel Aug 05, 2018 10:21 PM
• Opinion: Why It’s Now Every American Jew’s Duty to Oppose Israel’s Government
  Netanyahu’s zealous dissolution of democratic norms is a critical moral and political mistake. It’s leading U.S. Jews to question even attenuated support for the Jewish state, while framing Israel as an unreliable, undesirable ally for America
  David Rothkopf Aug 05, 2018 3:31 PM

Posted here Sunday, August 5, 2018

• Kushner Reportedly Worked to Strip Jordan’s Two Million Palestinians of Refugee Status
  Kushner raised the issue with Jordanian officials during a visit to Amman, Foreign Policy reports ■ Move appears to be part of broader effort to halt UNRWA, which Kushner allegedly called ‘corrupt and inefficient’
  Haaretz Aug 05, 2018 12:35 PM
• A Palestinian Father Wonders Why the Israeli Army Had to Kill His 14-year-old Son
  Arkan Muzhir threw stones at army jeeps that entered the Deheisheh refugee camp. ‘If he threw a stone,’ his father asks, ‘couldn’t they shoot him in the leg?’
  Amira Hass Aug 05, 2018 10:35 AM

Posted here Saturday, August 4, 2018

• Analysis Netanyahu Cons Druze and Incites Jews to Protect Controversial Nation-state Law
  For prime minister’s minions, the protest against the controversial law transforms Druze from blood brothers to backstabbing leftists
  Chemi Shalev Aug 04, 2018 12:54 PM
• ‘We Need Equality’: Tens of Thousands Attend Druze Rally Against Nation-state Law
  ‘Despite our unreserved loyalty, Israel doesn’t see us as equals,’ Druze leader tells mass Tel Aviv protest ■ Right-wing activists spread fake correspondence on deal between Druze leaders and Labor party
  Bar Peleg, Noa Shpigel, Chaim Levinson, Oded Yaron and Noa Landau Aug 04, 2018 11:32 PM
• Analysis Druze Solidarity Rally Could Make or Break Netanyahu’s Election Campaign
  Netanyahu is already laying the toxic groundwork for his next election win. It worked in 2015, but it may not in 2018
  Anshel Pfeffer Aug 04, 2018 11:17 PM

Posted here Friday, August 3, 2018

• Trump Administration Released Dozens of Millions of Dollars to Support Palestinian Security Forces
  Funds which had been frozen since the beginning of the year were recently released despite political tensions between D.C. and Ramallah ■ U.S. official: this money supports Palestinian-Israeli security cooperation
  Amir Tibon Aug 02, 2018 7:46 PM
• In Rare Rebuke, Jewish Federations Slam Israel’s Nation-state Law as ‘Step Back for All Minorities’
  Major Israel fundraiser JFNA says ‘disappointed’ with controversial law, which stipulates that only Jews have right to self-determination in Israel
  Judy Maltz Aug 02, 2018 7:17 PM
• Opinion After 51 Years of Tyranny in the Territories, Is It Any Wonder Israel Interrogates Its Critics at Airports?
  You can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs; we’ve broken lots of eggs for the sake of the settlements, and all we’ve got to show for it is a small, foul-smelling, toxic omelet
  Zehava Galon Aug 01, 2018 11:53 PM

Posted here Thursday, August 2, 2018

• Opinion: Israel Is the Nation-state of the Israelis
  Israel is the nation-state of the Israelis. It belongs to those who pay taxes, vote and get elected to office; those who live here, speak the language, are given their rights and meet their obligations
  Avraham Burg Aug 02, 2018 1:30 AM
• Opinion: The Real Oslo Criminals
  A new documentary shows quite well how Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres were the heroes of Oslo but also its criminals: Their missed opportunity, rooted chiefly in their cowardice, is unforgivable
  Gideon Levy Aug 02, 2018 1:03 AM
• Nation-state Law Backlash: Netanyahu Offers Israel’s Druze New Legislation to Enshrine Their Status
  Some Druze representatives say Netanyahu is trying to implement a policy of ‘divide and conquer’ ■ Netanyahu: anyone who serves in the military should be eligible for benefits
  Noa Landau and Jack Khoury Aug 01, 2018 7:29 PM
• Seven Seriously Ill Gaza Women Refused Entry Into Israel for Treatment
  The rejection highlights the uptick in denials of entry so far this year; Israel has refused passage to 769 people because they have close relatives in Hamas
  Amira Hass Aug 02, 2018 9:59 AM

Posted here Wednesday, August 1, 2018

• Activists Hand Out Anti-occupation Materials to Birthright Participants en Route to Israel
  The Jewish activists from the IfNotNow group were kicked out of the JFK International Airport after Birthright staffers allegedly asked airport security to intervene
  Taly Krupkin New York Jul 31, 2018 7:31 PM
• Facebook Takes Down Video of Second Birthright Participants Walking Off a Trip
  The social network took down the video over the weekend, which featured the moment of the walk-off, as well as a lengthy conversations with Palestinians
  The Forward and Alyssa Fisher Jul 31, 2018 7:02 PM
• Amnesty: We Were Targeted With Israeli NSO Cyberweapons
  In 20-page report, human rights group claims malicious software also targeted opposition figures in the Middle East and beyond
  The Associated Press and Haaretz Aug 01, 2018 11:54 AM
• ‘Freedom of Speech Has Limits’: Jerusalem Post Defends Axing of Cartoonist Over Pig Drawing
  In an editorial the paper says illustration published by The Jerusalem Report crossed lines and that it could not accept the demeaning analogy of Jews and swine
  Haaretz Aug 01, 2018 11:21 AM
• More Than 2,000 Trees in West Bank Palestinian Villages Destroyed in Two Months
  According to B’Tselem, in one incident near Hebron, 700 vines were damaged. So far, 10 suspects have been arrested, all of whom have been released
  Yotam Berger Aug 01, 2018 2:12 PM

Posted here Tuesday, July 31, 2018

• Israeli Arab Poet Dareen Tatour Gets Five-month Sentence for Incitement on Social Media
  Tatour, 36, was convicted of incitement to violence and supporting terrorist organizations in May
  Noa Shpigel Jul 31, 2018 11:50 AM
• Second Druze Officer Says He’s Quitting Israeli Military Over Nation-state Law
  ‘Today I refused for the first time in my service to salute the flag, I refused for the first time to sing the national anthem,’ Shady Zaidan says in a Facebook post
  Yaniv Kubovich Jul 31, 2018 1:06 PM

Posted here Monday, July 30, 2018

• Israeli Author Questioned by Shin Bet at Ben-Gurion Airport Over Involvement in Leftist Groups
  Moriel Rothman-Zecher, who lives in the U.S., says his interrogator told him he should think of their conversation as a warning: ‘It’s a slippery slope’
  Yotam Berger Jul 30, 2018 6:54 PM
• Israeli Druze Commander Quits Army Over Nation-state Law in Open Letter to Netanyahu
  In a Facebook post, Capt. Amir Jmall calls on leaders of his community to work toward putting an end to the compulsory conscription of Israeli Druze
  Yaniv Kubovich Jul 30, 2018 5:36 PM
• ‘Abolish This Sin’: Amoz Oz, David Grossman and Hundreds of Israeli Intellectuals Slam Nation-state Law
  Intellectuals fire at Netanyahu: ‘You have been steadily eroding the foundations of our state’
  Jonathan Lis, Jack Khoury, Chaim Levinson and Bar Peleg Jul 29, 2018 12:21 PM
• Saudi King Tells U.S. That Peace Plan Must Include East Jerusalem as Palestinian Capital
  ‘They told the administration, “what we could do for you before Jerusalem, we won’t be able to do now,”‘ one diplomatic source says, referring to the embassy move
  Amir Tibon Washington Jul 29, 2018 8:23 PM
• Yuval Noah Harari Rebuffs Israeli Consulate Event in Protest of New Israeli Laws
  After enactment of nation-state and surrogacy laws, historian and best-selling author declines to be associated with Israeli policy
  Haaretz Jul 30, 2018 11:05 AM
• Opinion: This Is a Grim Time for Diaspora Lovers of Israel
  From jettisoning LGBT and minority rights to befriending the European nationalist right and abjectly surrendering to ultra-Orthodox dictates, Netanyahu serially chooses the path of stupidity, political convenience and moral obtuseness
  Eric H. Yoffie Jul 30, 2018 12:50 PM
• Opinion: Ahed Tamimi’s Attorney: Eight Months in Prison Didn’t Break Her
  The attempts to break Ahed’s spirit continued after her arrest as well: police and military intelligence used aggressive, questionably legal measures in interrogating her. But this courageous girl didn’t give in for a moment
  Gaby Lasky Jul 30, 2018 5:37 AM
• Thousands Attend Mega Arabic Lesson in Tel Aviv to Protest Nation-state Law
  Organized by a consortium of Israeli civil society organization, the event was held to protest the controversial nation-state law, passed this month, that downgrades Arabic as one of the country’s official languages.
  Judy Maltz Jul 30, 2018 10:52 PM
• Opinion: Gaza’s Indifference Will Spell Its End
  My small city, which has become sad and dark, has taught me something new. It, like Gaza as a whole, needs not only its infrastructure rehabilitated, but also its men, women and children
  Mohammed Azaria Jul 30, 2018 8:58 PM

Posted here Sunday, July 29, 2018

• Israel to Open Jewish Heritage Center in Palestinian Neighborhood in East Jerusalem
  Israel will invest more than $1 million in the center in Silwan, devoted to Yemenite immigrants in the 19th century Chaim Levinson Jul 29, 2018 4:00 PM
• Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi, Jailed for Assaulting Israeli Soldier, Released
  Tamimi, 17, spent eight months in prison. ‘Resistance will continue until occupation ends,’ she says on release ■ PA President Abbas calls Tamimi ‘role model for Palestinian struggle for liberty’
  Yotam Berger and Jack Khoury Jul 29, 2018 2:16 PM
• Analysis: Ahed Tamimi and Her Family: Israel’s Ongoing PR Disaster
  By trying to make an example out of Ahed Tamimi’s arrest, Israel helped transform her into an anti-occupation poster child
  Allison Kaplan Sommer Jul 29, 2018 1:10 PM
• Netanyahu Attacks Left as Criticism Mounts Against Nation-state Law
  ‘Don’t be apologetic,’ Netanyahu tell ministers amid uproar over the controversial legislation
  Noa Landau Jul 29, 2018 1:01 PM
• Opinion: The South African Model: Make Israel’s Druze ‘Honorary Jews’
  Thanks to the Druze community’s protest against the nation-state law, two basic truths were uncovered that can no longer be concealed
  Gideon Levy Jul 29, 2018 4:18 AM
• Case Against Policemen Who Assaulted Israeli Arab Lawmaker Dropped
  Only two policemen received disciplinary action despite the Justice of Ministry questioning 10 for potential involvement in the 2017 assault
  Josh Breiner Jul 29, 2018 1:48 AM

Posted here Saturday, July 28, 2018

• ‘Hurricane Season’ American Jews Say Current Storm With Israel Will Pass, Just Like All the Others Did
  ‘People expect that there will be some kind of massive abandonment of Israel by American Jews, but I don’t see that happening – it’s a much longer process’ says one expert
  Amir Tibon Jul 28, 2018 2:04 AM
• Israeli Arab Lawmaker Quits Knesset in Protest Over Nation-state Law
  ‘The law oppresses me and the population that sent me to the Knesset,’ Zouheir Bahloul says about the contentious legislation
  Jonathan Lis and Chaim Levinson 28.07.2018 19:52 Updated: 7:53 PM
• Opinion: Keep It Up, Ahed Tamimi
  Now it must be said to her, days before her scheduled release after eight months in prison: It was worth it. Keep up the resistance to the Israeli occupation
  Gideon Levy Jul 25, 2018 10:19 PM
• Israel Arrests Italian Artists Who Painted a West Bank Mural of Ahed Tamimi
  Palestinian officials said Israeli border police arrested the two artists who crafted the large painting, now on display at a separation barrier in Bethlehem
  Reuters Jul 28, 2018 10:35 PM
• Police Arrest Right-wing Activist Suspected of Assaulting Breaking the Silence Co-founder
  Activist suspected of injuring Yehuda Shaul during a tour of Hebron. He was released after questioning and barred from the city for two days
  Yotam Berger Jul 28, 2018 11:37 PM
• How Birthright Guides (Don’t) Discuss the West Bank
  After a video of participants walking off a trip went viral, many question whether Birthright has a responsibility to grapple with the occupation
  JTA and Ben Sales Jul 27, 2018 8:47 PM
• ‘When We’re in Uniform They Treat Us Well’: Israel’s Druze No Longer Feel Like Blood Brothers
  The new nation-state law has given members of Israel’s model minority the feeling they’ve been betrayed: ‘We’re blood brothers when someone dies but now we’re second-class?’
  Noa Shpigel Jul 29, 2018 12:30 AM
• Once Again, Israel Denies the Bedouin What It Grants the Settlers
  On Wednesday the High Court will hear petitions against the demolition of the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, while two Palestinian villages request that the state demolish illegal structures in a nearby settlement
  Amira Hass Jul 27, 2018 10:23 PM

Posted here Thursday, July 26, 2018

• Second Israeli Minister Admits ‘Mistake’ Over Controversial Nation-state Law
  ‘The enactment of the nation-state law was done hastily,’ Moshe Kahlon tells Army Radio, ‘we were wrong and we need to fix it’
  Haaretz Jul 26, 2018 10:34 AM
• Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi to Be Released From Israeli Prison
  The 17-year-old turned into a Palestinian protest icon after she was filmed slapping Israeli soldiersYotam Berger
  Yotam Berger Jul 26, 2018 12:36 PM
• Born-again BDS: Barred From Israel, South African Model Becomes Boycott Movement’s Star
  Shashi Naidoo faced massive backlash for praising Israel and calling out Hamas. Now she’s the face of South African BDS, part of long list of those blocked from entering Israel
  Allison Kaplan Sommer Jul 26, 2018 5:00 AM

Posted here Wednesday, July 25, 2018

• Birthright Says It Won’t Vet Applicants Despite Recent Walkouts Protesting Israeli Occupation
  The program that offers free trips to Israel reiterates that it does not inquire about its applicants’ political views
  Judy Maltz Jul 23, 2018 7:52 PM
• Opinion: Sabah al-Kha’ir, Israel! Now, You Are ‘Free’
  Mabruk Israel, for now being able to march without interference toward half of your dream, while throwing the other half in the garbage. What do you need this democracy nonsense for when you can simply be Jewish?
  Mira Awad Jul 23, 2018 9:44 PM
• Born-again BDS: Barred From Israel, South African Model Becomes Boycott Movement’s Star
  Shashi Naidoo faced massive backlash for praising Israel and calling out Hamas. Now she’s the face of South African BDS, part of long list of those blocked from entering Israel
  Allison Kaplan Sommer Jul 26, 2018 5:00 AM

Posted here Tuesday, July 24, 2018

• Opinion: Europe Is Fighting Israel’s Occupation. America Is Normalizing It
  It’s a tale of two continents: A wave of European states are backing boycotts of illegal settlements, while the U.S. Congress and state legislatures are actively protecting them. Why are their approaches so different?
  Zaha Hassan Jul 23, 2018 4:01 PM
• Opinion: Today, I Am Ashamed to Be an Israeli
  The founding fathers of the State of Israel considered the principle of equality and the pursuit of peace as the bedrock of the society they were building. What happened?
  Daniel Barenboim Jul 22, 2018 2:03 PM

Posted here Saturday, July 21, 2018

• • [From Palestine News Service] US rejects visa for six Palestinians who were to attend UN forum 3 days ago

• EU Foreign Policy Chief to Meet With Israeli Arab Lawmakers
  The lawmakers expect the meeting to deal with the nation-state law, which passed in the Knesset Thursday, giving Jews exclusive right to self-determination in the country
  Jack Khoury Jul 21, 2018 6:55 PM

Posted here Friday, July 20, 2018

• Head of Conservative Judaism Movement Compares Israel’s Religious Authorities to Iran and Saudi Arabia
  ‘Israel is losing its soul and weakening its democracy and Jewish character,’ Rabbi Steven Wernick says
  Amir Tibon Jul 20, 2018 1:15 AM
• Analysis: Jewish Nation-state Law Makes Discrimination in Israel Constitutional
  The nation-state law is another step in the direction of annexing the territories, but in reverse: The territories have annexed the state
  Mordechai Kremnitzer Jul 20, 2018 7:02 AM

• Hamas Blasts Kushner as ‘Spokesman for Israeli Occupation’
  Rulers of Gaza hit back after op-ed by Trump aides blames the group for the plight of Palestinians and urges it to abandon violence
  Haaretz and Jack Khoury Jul 20, 2018 12:11 PM

Posted here Thursday, July 19, 2018

• Israel Passes Controversial Jewish Nation-state Bill After Stormy Debate
  62 lawmakers vote in favor of the bill after a stormy debate ■ Arab lawmakers tossed out after they tear bill in protest, call it ‘apartheid law’
  Jonathan Lis and Noa Landau Jul 19, 2018 7:35 AM
• Opinion: The Israel You Know Just Ended. You Can Thank Netanyahu
  Look around. The country looks the same. But it doesn’t feel the same. Not even close. A day of mourning has come
  Bradley Burston Jul 19, 2018 5:50 PM
• Nation-state Law Builds Up ‘Racist Laws’ Against non-Jews, Top Palestinian Official Says
  ‘We are convinced that this law would not have been passed without the culture of impunity that Israel continues to enjoy,’ says Saeb Erekat after the contentious bill passed
  Jack Khoury Jul 19, 2018 5:48 PM
• Israel Detains Conservative Rabbi for Performing non-Orthodox Weddings
  Rabbinical Court files complaint against Rabbi Dov Haiyun ■ Police backtrack after reports ■ ‘Police serve as tools for the ayatollahs in Israel,’ rabbi says
  Aaron Rabinowitz, Josh Breiner and Noa Shpigel Jul 19, 2018 12:12 PM
• Prominent Jewish Donor to Israel Questioned by Airport Security Over ‘Palestine’ Pamphlet
  Meyer Koplow, who sits on Brandeis’ board and has donated to numerous Israeli causes over the years, says: ‘I have a deep Zionist connection. Whatever was intended by this questioning, I think it accomplished exactly the opposite’
  Amir Tibon Jul 19, 2018 11:24 AM
• Opinion: Israel’s Holocaust Credit Line Is Running Out
  The day will come when not only Israeli politicians and military officials will be put on trial, but also jurists, military and civilian judges, architects and planners, everyone who enabled and enables the division of this land
  Amira Hass Jul 18, 2018 1:47 AM

Posted here Tuesday, July 17, 2018

• • Israel Collected $100m From Palestinians. Now It Wants to Use the Money to Upgrade Roadblocks
    The Finance Ministry and the Population and Immigration Authority have accumulated millions of shekels in sick leave compensations belonging to Palestinian workers
    Or Kashti Jul 17, 2018 7:39 PM
  • After Reprimand From EU Revealed in Haaretz, Israeli Minister to Present Terror-funding Claim in Brussels
    ‘Baseless accusations against me won’t stop facts,’ Israel’s public security minister charges after Haaretz published the contents of the harsh letter Mogherini wrote him, but says he will still visit EU to prove claims
    Noa Landau Jul 17, 2018 2:32 PM

• • Israel Passes Law Meant to Keep Breaking the Silence Out of Schools
    Law prohibits school activities organized by groups in favor of legal actions being taken abroad against Israeli soldiers ■ Critics ask: ‘Where will we hear the truth about what’s happening in the occupied territories?’
    Jonathan Lis Jul 17, 2018 10:18 AM

• A D.C. Reporter’s Weekend Under Hamas Rocket Fire From Gaza
  My house in Kibbutz Nahal Oz is as close to the Gaza border fence as Capitol Hill is to the Washington Memorial and this weekend, my first back in almost a year, was the most violent in recent memory
  Amir Tibon, Nahal Oz Jul 16, 2018 7:24 PM

Posted here Monday, July 16, 2018

• Entitled Brats? What’s Wrong With the Birthright Walk-outs
  Birthright’s programs are essentially a gift the government of Israel and from wealthy American Jews. The goal of these protests may be noble: the method – not so much
  Allison Kaplan Sommer Jul 16, 2018 6:00 PM

Posted here Sunday, July 15, 2018

• Israeli Lawmakers Advance Bill Limiting Palestinians From Petitioning High CourtThe bill would reduce the High Court’s heavy caseload and aims to stop Palestinians from disputing Jewish settlement construction
  Jonathan Lis Jul 15, 2018 11:18 AM
• For Second Time in Two Weeks: U.S. Jews Walk Off Birthright Trip to Join Anti-occupation Activity
  Eight young Americans leave the trip during a visit to Jerusalem’s City of David Park to visit family slated for eviction by right-wing organization that manages the park
  Nir Hasson Jul 15, 2018 4:36 PM
• Opinion ‘One Jewish Life Is Worth More Than 10,000 non-Jews’: Why More U.S. Jews Will Walk Off Birthright This Summer
  My Birthright guide’s supremacist stance was extreme. But the program’s claim to be ‘apolitical’ is not only demonstrably untrue; it frames every critical, inquisitive Jewish millennial who wants to meet Palestinians as Israel-haters
  Sam Sussman Jul 15, 2018 3:56 PM

Posted here Friday, July 13, 2018

• Opinion: A Law That Tells the Truth About IsraelThe nation-state law makes it plain. Israel is for Jews only, on the books. It’s easier this way for everyone
  Gideon Levy Jul 12, 2018 5:01 AM

Posted here Thursday, July 12, 2018

• Israeli Minister Planned Eviction of West Bank Bedouin 40 Years Ago, Document Reveals
  Now agriculture minister, then settler activist, Uri Ariel was already planning in the 1970s the eviction of Bedouin living east of Jerusalem that is taking place now in Khan al-Ahmar
  Amira Hass Jul 12, 2018 2:57 AM

Posted here Tuesday, July 10, 2018

• ‘Could Harm Jews’/Israeli President Warns Jewish-only Communities Undermine Zionist VisionNation-State Bill allows ‘discrimination and exclusion based on ethnic origin,’ Rivlin says in damning letter. Knesset legal advisor agrees: ‘no equivalent clause in any constitution in the world’
  Jonathan Lis 

  Jul 10, 2018 9:50 AM

Posted here Monday, July 9, 2018

• • Explained: Everything You Need to Know About the West Bank Bedouin Village at the Eye of a Diplomatic Storm
    Who lives in Khan al-Ahmar, why is the West Bank village slated for demolition considered ‘illegal’ and what does the High Court say about it?
    Yotam Berger Jul 08, 2018 8:12 AM

• • Netanyahu: Israel to Close Commercial Gaza Crossing Over Airborne Firebombs
    Israel taking more steps to counter threat from incendiary kites and helium-filled balloons, PM tells Likud lawmakers
    Chaim Levinson Jul 09, 2018 3:34 PM

• Opinion: I Am a Palestinian Woman in Israel. You Don’t Get to Define My LabelsThe mere fact that we live within Israel’s borders does not make us less Palestinian. We suffer from the same bitterly oppressive policies, even if our suffering is of a different nature and takes a different form
  Maha Ighbaria Jul 08, 2018 8:28 PM
• Opinion: One State, One VoteAfter decades of government by a single regime that brought great accomplishments and led to a dead end, the only way to achieve change is by first taking down the scaffolding on which the structure was built
  Gideon Levy Jul 08, 2018 3:25 PM
• Farm Warfare: How Israel Uses Chemicals to Kill Crops in GazaThe purpose of herbicides is to enable farmers to grow produce, but Israel is quietly using them to do just the opposite in the Strip — in the name of security
  Amira Hass Jul 06, 2018 12:33 AM

Posted here Monday, July 2, 2018

• • Israel Denies Entry to U.S. Jewish BDS Activist
    Ariel Gold arrived in Israel on a student visa, which was revoked at the airport ■ Activist says Israeli authorities accused her of lying about why she had arrived, but claims: ‘I didn’t lie’
    Noa Landau and Yotam Berger Jul 02, 2018 9:16 AM

• Australia Ends Direct Aid to Palestinian Authority Amid Fears Money Is Going to Terrorists
  Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says she’s concerned funds may be spent on activities that ‘Australia would never support’ ■ Palestinian President Abbas says Palestinians are talking to Australian gov’t following announcement
  The Associated Press and Jack KhouryJul 02, 2018 12:37 PM
• Opinion Trying, Failing to Buy Off PalestiniansThe Palestinians don’t have much sway over the Americans, and still, despite the tremendous suffering caused them due to the occupation, they’re winning big
  Odeh Bisharat Jul 02, 2018 4:02 AM

Posted here Wednesday, June 27, 2018

• Analysis: El Al and Barkan Wines: A Tale of Two BoycottsThe two Israeli companies were forced to choose which set of customers they wanted to appease – the ultra-Orthodox or the secular public. It could become an increasingly common business decision
  Allison Kaplan Sommer Jun 26, 2018 8:27 PM
• Foreign Journalist Barred From Covering William-Netanyahu Meeting Over Suspicion He Is MuslimNebi Qena, AP’s chief TV producer in Israel for the past three years, was detained by security guards at Netanyahu’s residency ■ PM’s office says ‘lessons will be drawn immediately’
  Noa Landau Jun 26, 2018 5:37 PM
• Democrat Who Slammed Israel for Gaza Killings Is Shock Winner of New York Primary
  Alexandria Ocasia-Cortez, 28, scores decisive victory over House Democrat Joe Crowley after running on a socialist platform
  Allison Kaplan Sommer Jun 27, 2018 11:40 AM
• Opinion: Zionism’s Terrorist Heritage
  Israel has a terrorism problem it’s unwilling to talk about. Hidden in plain sight
  Bradley Burston Jun 26, 2018 9:15 PM

Posted here Monday, June 25, 2018

• Editorial: Segregation at Rabin SquareDespite religious objections, public spaces belong to the entire public and equality in such spaces must be safeguarded
  Haaretz Editorial Jun 25, 2018 1:03 AM

• Israeli’s Foreign Wife Deported After Getting 8 of 70 Questions Wrong on ‘Couple Verifier’ Quiz
  The Israeli and his Georgian wife answered dozens of questions identically. They have known each other for 20 years, and married in 2015. Each had spent time in prison and sought to start a new life together
  Lee Yaron Jun 24, 2018 10:07 PM

Posted here Friday, June 22, 2018

• • More Israelis Are Coming Out as anti-Arab, Activists Warn, With Politicians Setting the Tone
    What was once whispered behind closed doors is now being said openly in public, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 2015 comments about Israeli Arabs voting in ‘droves’ seen as a turning point
    Judy Maltz Jun 22, 2018 2:12 PM

• Night Raids and Attack Dogs: For West Bank Palestinians, Their Homes Are Not Their Castles
  Israel’s Border Police are increasingly using dogs to attack people in the middle of the night, while soldiers have used creative solutions like welding a door shut and keeping a family prisoners in their own houseAmira Hass Jun 19, 2018 8:04 PM

Posted here Wednesday, June 20, 2018

• • Opinion: Israel, a State Unencumbered by DemocracyThe Knesset presidium has excised the principle of equality from the definition of democracy. Instead of dealing with the Balad party’s vision, they have chosen to kill the messenger.Haneen Zoabi Jun 18, 2018 11:50 AM
  • Opinion: We Won’t Stop Filming, We Won’t Stop WritingThe Knesset could act not just against the press, but against human rights groups and Palestinians, the last witnesses for the prosecution against the occupation
    Gideon Levy Jun 17, 2018 10:42 PM

• ‘Anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist’: Palestinian Issue Shakes Up Most Famous U.S. Jewish CampCamp Ramah is a staple of American Jewish life. But now its alumni from IfNotNow are fighting its ‘one-sided’ pro-Israel narrativeDina Kraft Jun 15, 2018 10:09 PM

Posted here Thursday, June 14, 2018

• Journalists Beaten, Cameras Destroyed: Palestinian Police Break Up anti-Abbas Protest in Ramallah
  Dozens beaten and arrested, including foreign journalists, in breakup of demonstration against Abbas’s economic sanctions on Gaza
  Amira Hass and Jack Khoury Jun 14, 2018 11:19 AM

• Hundreds of Israelis Demonstrate Against Home Sale to Arab Family
  Former mayor joined protest: ‘the residents of Afula don’t want a mixed city, but rather a Jewish city, and it’s their right. This is not racism’
  Noa Shpigel Jun 14, 2018 3:20 AM

Posted here Wednesday, June 13, 2018

• • Opinion: Israel’s New Tool for Dispossessing PalestiniansMilitary order 1797 is one more item in Israel’s ‘toolbox’ to stop all Palestinian construction in the lion’s share of the West Bank
    Amira Hass Jun 13, 2018 3:40 AM

• Did Israeli Settler Group Use Government Funds to Spy on Human-rights NGOs?
  Haaretz investigation: State-funded group Regavim commissioned and paid for private investigation into prominent human-rights lawyer and the organizations he represents.
  Uri Blau Jan 19, 2016 11:24 AM

Posted here Sunday, June 10, 2018

• Opinion: After Killing Razan al-Najjar, Israel Assassinates Her CharacterWhen fairness is gone, all that is left is propaganda
  Gideon Levy Jun 10, 2018 12:47 AM
• Opinion: Trump Mideast Envoy: The Palestinians Deserve So Much More Than Saeb ErekatThe inaccurate, unhelpful and false rhetoric of Palestinian leaders like Dr Erekat have not brought peace, and never will. It’s time to hear different Palestinian voices with the courage to seize peace
  Jason Greenblatt Jun 10, 2018 1:29 PM
• Response to Jason Greenblatt: The Trump Administration, Peddling Israeli Extremism, Is Killing the Peace Process, Not MeIn dozens of meetings, Mr. Greenblatt refused to discuss substance: borders, settlements, even the two-state solution. This White House can’t come remotely close to facilitating a just and lasting Mideast peaceSaeb Erekat Jun 10, 2018 6:51 PM
• Opinion: Should Palestinians ‘Return’ to Judaism?‘They belong to our people’: Why Israel’s founders believed Palestinians were originally Jews, and how this discredited theory could offer hope for reconciliation today
  Seraj Assi Jun 10, 2018 1:03 PM

Posted here Friday, June 8, 2018

• • The Boycott Law 2.0
    The provision being pushed by the coalition isn’t intended for the battle against BDS, but for the battle against Israeli citizens who oppose the occupation
    Haaretz Editorial Jun 07, 2018 10:06 PM

• Citing ‘pro-Palestinian Provocations,’ Israeli Minister Pushes to Nix Funding for Jerusalem Gallery
  Miri Regev accuses Barbour Gallery of seeking to ‘subvert the state’s existence and nurture fairy tales about the Nakba’
  Maya Asheri Jun 07, 2018 6:16 AM

Posted here Thursday, June 7, 2018

• Israeli Parole Board Denies Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi Early ReleaseBoard says Tamimi, imprisoned for slapping an Israeli soldier, lacks remorse and remains dangerous
  Yotam Berger Jun 07, 2018 2:11 AM 
• Opinion: How UNRWA Prevents Gaza From Thriving
  As long as Gazans are defined as refugees from Palestine, there’s no real chance to rebuild the Strip
  By Einat Wilf and Adi Schwartz Jun 06, 2018

Posted here Wednesday, June 6, 2018

• Palestinian Shot Dead in Clashes With Israeli Army in West Bank
  According to an initial report by B’Tselem, Izz ad-Din a-Tamimi was severely wounded during a confrontation in the village of Nabi Saleh
  Yotam Berger and Jack Khoury Jun 06, 2018 12:40 PM

Posted here Tuesday, June 5, 2018

• • Opinion: The Arab World Needs to Move on From the Liberation of Palestine
    Israel is going nowhere, and we in the Arab world have to deal with it. That means offering Israelis prosperity, security and friendship; all Israel needs to do is overcome their prejudices and give Palestinians their rights
    Khalaf Al Habtoor Jun 04, 2018 3:26 PM

• Opinion: Anonymous Snipers and a Lethal VerdictWe may never know the name of the soldier who killed Razan al-Najjar. But we do know the names of those who gave the order enabling him to kill her
  Amira Hass Jun 05, 2018 3:26 AM

Posted here Monday, June 4, 2018

• U.S. Ambassador Friedman Slams American Reporters for Critical Coverage of Gaza Deaths
  Friedman says criticism of recent Palestinian death toll in the Strip is aimed mainly at ‘my friends in the United States and one Israeli newspaper I’ve been known to criticize here’ – a seeming reference to Haaretz
  Judy Maltz Jun 04, 2018 2:44 PM

Opinion: You, the Silent Majority, Go to This Palestinian Village
Go to the Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar and do this in the name of the Jewish people, or at least the sane part of it
Odeh Bisharat Jun 04, 2018 10:24 AM

Posted here Sunday, May 27, 2018

• WATCH Ronan Farrow: Israelis, Like Russia, Are Interfering in American Politics
  Pulitzer Prize winning journalist claimed on ABC’s ‘This Week’ round table on Sunday morning that not only Russia tried to interfere with the United State’s 2016 presidential election – but Israelis also
  Haaretz May 21, 2018 3:08 PM

Posted here Friday, May 25, 2018

• • Analysis: The Countless Israeli Connections to Mueller’s Probe of Trump and Russia
    The Israel-lobbyists, Netanyahu cronies, psyops manipulators and well-connected oligarchs — could it all be just one big coincidence?
    Chemi Shalev May 25, 2018 5:44 PM
  • Israel to Demolish Entire West Bank Bedouin Village, Ending Year-long Legal Battle
    The village, along with its school made of tires, has become the flagship of the fight against the removal of Palestinians from Area C, which is under full Israeli control
    Amira Hass May 25, 2018 11:37 AM
  • Opinion: More Palestinians Will Die Unless Gaza Becomes Livable
    Open Gaza to weaken Hamas. Lift the blockade, properly fund UNRWA, rehabilitate Gaza’s infrastructure – these are the only ways we can prevent the desperation of protestors willing to lose their lives
    Rep. Keith Ellison and Carol Hutner Winograd 23.05.2018 12:23 Updated: 5:05 PM

• Over 70 Democratic Lawmakers Urge Netanyahu: Don’t Demolish West Bank Village of Susya
  Left-wing group J Street calls the letter ‘the most significant criticism of settlement expansion ever by Congress’
  Amir Tibon (Washington)  May 23, 2018 7:28 PM

Posted here Wednesday, May 23, 2018

• Israeli Court Halts Expulsion of Senior Human Rights Watch Official
  Israel issued a deportation order against Omar Shakir, accusing him of being involved in the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement
  Noa Landau May 09, 2018 12:57 PM

Posted here Tuesday, May 22, 2018

• Israeli Lawmakers Told 22,000 Jobs Could Be Lost Under New U.S. Military Aid Package
  Knesset Finance Committee members urge government to reopen talks on 10-year accord that goes into effect this year
  Hagai Amit May 21, 2018 8:54 PM

Posted here Monday, May 21, 2018

‘We Die Anyway, So Let It Be in Front of the Cameras’: Conversations With Gazans
My friends in Gaza are outraged by Israel’s claim that Hamas rules everything. ‘You people always looked down at us, so it’s hard for you to understand that no one demonstrates in anyone else’s name’
Amira Hass May 20, 2018 4:46 PM

Posted here Saturday, May 19, 2018

21 Israeli Arabs Arrested During Haifa Protest Against Gaza Killings
Dozens participated in the protest, in which many were carrying Palestinian flags. Some demonstrators were warned prior not to participate
Noa Shpigel and Jack Khoury May 19, 2018 3:34 PM

U.S. Officials Reportedly Visit Mideast to Hold Talks on Gaza Crisis, Advance Peace Negotiations
Administration officials discuss the establishing of an independent committee that would overlook affairs in the Strip, receive funding from Europe, U.S.
Jack Khoury May 19, 2018 6:17 PM

Posted here Friday, May 18, 2018

The First Palestinian Museum in U.S. Quietly Opens in Connecticut
Its founder, a Palestinian-American entrepreneur from the West Bank, hopes his model, located in suburbia, will eventually be replicated in big cities
By Tzach Yoked (Connecticut ) May 17, 2018

Posted here Thursday, May 17, 2018

Opinion: 60 Dead in Gaza and the End of Israeli Conscience
On the night of the Palestinians’ slaughter, Zion exulted an embassy and a Eurovision. It’s difficult to think of a more atrocious moral eclipse
Gideon Levy May 17, 2018 2:49 PM

Editorial: Stop the Bloodbath
There is no dispute over Israel’s right to defend its border, but this does not mean it has the right to do whatever it pleases to those who try to cross it
Haaretz Editorial May 15, 2018 4:08 AM

Posted here Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Bloodbath: How the World Media Covered Israel and the Deadliest Day of the Gaza Protests
Media outlets worldwide reported extensively on the violent events that were juxtaposed with the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
Haaretz May 15, 2018 2:32 PM

Posted here Monday, May 14, 2018

Opinion: Trump’s Embassy Move Intensifies America’s Immoral Support for Israel’s Alt-right Government
Opening the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem escalates decades of America coddling Israel’s occupation, unopposed by a quisling Palestinian leadership and world powers who barely whisper their condemnation Diana Buttu May 13, 2018 1:44 PM

Posted here Thursday, May 3, 2018

Two Leading U.S. Human Rights Activists Deported From Israel, One for Alleged BDS Ties
Katherine Franke and Vincent Warren say they were questioned by security, detained 14 hours and accused of lying before being flown back to New York Monday
Dina Kraft 03.05.2018 08:39 Updated: 1:01 PM

Posted here Tuesday, May 1, 2018

• • Palestinians Should ‘Shut Up’ or Make Peace, Saudi Crown Prince Told Jewish Leaders
    ‘People literally fell off their chairs,’ said a source who was briefed on the meeting
    The Forward and Aiden Pink May 01, 2018 3:07 PM

• • The Websites You Must Visit to Understand Israel’s Policy Toward Palestinians
    For those who don’t speak Arabic, these sites will put you on the ground in the West Bank and Gaza
    Amira Hass Apr 29, 2018 7:42 PM
  • Sixty-seven Things Gideon Levy Loves About Israel
    Yom Kippur, Israeli wine, and Gaza. Haaretz’s Gideon Levy was sent out on a mission to find 70 things he loves about Israel and came up with 67 – and that wasn’t easy, either
    By Gideon Levy Apr 25, 2018

• • Lowest Deeds From Loftiest Heights (an op ed referenced in the previous link)
    Israel’s ‘heroic’ pilots push buttons and joysticks, battling the weakest and most helpless of people.
    Gideon Levy Jul 15, 2014 1:21 AM

• • Palestinians Uncover History of the Nakba, Even as Israel Cuts Them Off From Their Sources
    For Palestinian historians researching the 1948 exodus of their people, the greatest challenge is getting access to the few surviving documents of the period: most are locked away in Israeli archives
    By Dina Kraft Apr 20, 2018

• Israel Deports Palestinian Mom to West Bank, Cutting Her Off From Her Jerusalem Family
  After living 17 years in East Jerusalem, Ibtisam Abid was separated from her husband and three children, and expelled to the West Bank
  Gideon Levy and Alex Levac Apr 18, 2018 2:05 PM

Posted here Saturday, April 6, 2018

• Gaza Border Clashes: Journalist Among Nine Palestinians Killed by Israeli Gunfire
  Nearly 300 wounded by Israeli gunfire ■ IDF reports 20,000 Palestinians protest at border for second consecutive Friday ■ Gaza Health Ministry asks UN, foreign governments for medical supplies ■ Protesters burn tires, throw stones, firebombs ■ Abbas calls on the international community to stop ‘Israel’s crime and killing’
  Jack Khoury, Yaniv Kubovich, Almog Ben Zikri 07.04.2018 02:57 Updated: 10:48 AM

Posted here Monday, February 26, 2018

• Israeli Army Detains 10 Palestinians, Including Teen Cousin of Soldier-slapping Ahed Tamimi
  Residents of Nabi Saleh believe that the motive for the raid was vengeance on the village and the Tamimi family
  Jack Khoury and Yotam Berger Feb 26, 2018 1:24 PM

Posted here Sunday, February 25, 2018

• • The Tragedy of Suspect Benjamin Netanyahu
    The week of Netanyahu’s greatest achievement is also the week in which he’ll face the most serious questioning yet ■ His popularity rests on his significant achievements, and as long as that’s the case, many will keep supporting him – even if they believe he’s guilty
    Aluf Benn Feb 25, 2018 3:08 PM

• To Leave Gaza, Israel Asks Palestinian Minors to Commit They Not Return for a Year
  Israel imposes harsher restrictions on Gazan kids leaving the Strip for abroad, demanding they sign an agreement to stay away
  Amira Hass Feb 23, 2018 4:27 AM

Posted here Wednesday, February 21, 2018

• • Two Bombshells in One Day: As Police Close in on Netanyahu, Here’s What You Need to Know
    These dramatic developments in police investigations surrounding the prime minister reshuffled the deck on Tuesday
    Haaretz Feb 21, 2018 2:35 AM

• At UN, Abbas Calls on World Leaders to Recognize Palestinian State
  Palestinian president calls for international conference on Israeli-Palestinian peace by mid-2018, slams U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as ‘unlawful decision’
  Jack Khoury and Amir Tibon (Washington, D.C.) Feb 20, 2018 7:51 PM

Posted here Saturday, February 24, 2018

• The Proposed Nation-state Law Is Discriminatory and Nationalistic
  In its new version, the nation-state bill does not recognize the status of Arabic as an official language, and will allow the establishment of separate communities based on ethnicity or religion
  Haaretz Editorial Feb 21, 2018 5:18 AM

Posted here Sunday, February 18, 2018

• Palestinian Schoolteacher Mauled by Israeli Military Dog as Soldiers Watch
  Bursting into a schoolteacher’s house in the middle of the night, soldiers sicced their dog on him. The dog bit him and held on, as his family looked on, horrified
  Gideon Levy and Alex Levac Feb 16, 2018 1:52 AM

Posted here Wednesday, February 14, 2018

• Vast Numbers of Progressive California Jews Are Disengaging From Israel, Survey Finds
  Only a minority of young Jews in San Francisco’s Bay Area believe a Jewish state is important and only a third sympathize more with Israel than the Palestinians
  Judy Maltz Feb 14, 2018 12:59 PM

Posted here Tuesday, February 13, 2018

• • Israel Will No Longer Allow Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi to Make the Occupation Look Bad
    The military judge at the teen’s hearing seeks to do everything possible to prevent the courtroom from becoming a media circus
    Anshel Pfeffer Feb 13, 2018 4:04 PM

• • Israel Police Recommend Charging Prime Minister Netanyahu With Bribery in Two Cases
    ‘Case 1000’ alleges Netanyahu received lavish gifts from wealthy businessmen in return for political favors; ‘Case 2000’ alleges a tit-for-tat with publisher of Israeli daily
    Josh Breiner and Revital Hovel Feb 13, 2018 8:14 PM

• Justice Minister: Israel Must Keep Jewish Majority Even at the Expense of Human Rights
  Minister Ayelet Shaked addressed the proposed nation-state law, contending that Israel as a Jewish state must administer equal civil but not national rights
  Revital Hovel Feb 13, 2018 2:57 AM

Posted here Monday, February 12, 2018

• Netanyahu: Annexation of West Bank Settlements Being Discussed With U.S.
  Netanyahu tells lawmakers that ‘for some time now’ he’s been holding talks with U.S. on importance of West Bank to Israel
  Chaim Levinson Feb 12, 2018 4:22 PM
• Opinion: Lieberman Is Right, There’s No Crisis in Gaza – This Is Disaster
  A ‘crisis’ involves a breaking point, and Gaza got there long ago. This is beyond a break in routine. This is a humanitarian disaster
  Amira Hass Feb 12, 2018 12:52 AM

Posted here Sunday, February 11, 2018

• The High Court Allowed the Bulldozers to Return to Susya
  The Palestinians in the West Bank village have been in a state of ‘certain uncertainty’ for the past week – but then again, it’s been like that for decades
  Amira Hass Feb 09, 2018 2:27 AM

Posted here Saturday, February 10, 2018

• U.S. Ambassador Lashes Out at Haaretz After Writer Calls Out Settlement Donations
  Gideon Levy called David Friedman out for donating an ambulance to the settlement of Har Bracha, which was the home of an Israeli murdered this week in a terror attack
  Haaretz Feb 09, 2018 10:28 AM

Posted here Friday, February 9, 2018

• U.S. Ambassador Lashes Out at Haaretz After Writer Calls Out Settlement Donations
  Gideon Levy called David Friedman out for donating an ambulance to the settlement of Har Bracha, which was the home of an Israeli murdered this week in a terror attack
  Haaretz (no byline) Feb 09, 2018 10:28 AM
• [Here’s the Gideon Levy piece referenced in the above article]
  Opinion: U.S. Ambassador to Israel’s Ambulance
  Friedman has the right to donate as he wishes, but it’s clear that his choice speaks not only to his political outlook, but also to his moral makeup
  Gideon Levy Feb 08, 2018 6:41 AM

Posted here Wednesday, February 7, 2018

• Qatar Promised U.S. Jewish Leaders: Al Jazeera Documentary on D.C. ‘Israel Lobby’ Won’t Air
  The Qataris told the Jewish leaders last year they won’t air the film, but last week, pro-Israel groups received letters from Al Jazeera asking to respond ahead of its release
  Amir Tibon (Washington, D.C.) Feb 07, 2018 8:35 PM

Posted here Monday, February 5, 2018

• Modi to ‘Honor’ Arafat in ‘Historic Palestine Visit,’ Three Weeks After Netanyahu’s India Tour
  Purpose of the visit is to show solidarity with the Palestinian people and India’s commitment to ‘deepening ties with Palestine’Noa Landau Feb 05, 2018 3:24 PM

Posted here Sunday, February 4, 2018

• Brainwashing and Cross-dressing: Israel’s Assassination Program Laid Bare in Shocking Detail
  Ronen Bergman’s riveting history of Israel’s use of targeted killings reveals for the first time many operations carried out in the name of national security. Some may inspire the reader while others will sicken
  By David B. Green Feb 04, 2018
• PLO to Demand UN Security Council Recognize Palestine Within 1967 Borders
  The Palestine Liberation Organization will also formulate a plan for disengaging from Israel in terms of security and economics
  Jack Khoury Feb 04, 2018 2:25 AM

• Israeli Labor Leader: If Peace Talks Fail, Israel Should Withdraw From West Bank Without a Deal
  ‘The Palestinians must reach a place where it’s worth it for them to reach a deal’
  Jonathan Lis Feb 03, 2018 10:41 PM

Posted here Wednesday, January 28, 2018

• For an Israeli Lawyer Fighting for Palestinian Rights, Winning Is a Double-edged Sword
  Michael Sfard talks to Haaretz about his new book, ‘The Wall and the Gate,’ his optimistic outlook on ending the occupation and the disturbing trends he sees in Israeli society
  By David B. Green Jan 28, 2018
• For an Israeli Lawyer Fighting for Palestinian Rights, Winning Is a Double-edged Sword
  Michael Sfard talks to Haaretz about his new book, ‘The Wall and the Gate,’ his optimistic outlook on ending the occupation and the disturbing trends he sees in Israeli society
  By David B. Green Jan 28, 2018
• [From +972 Blog]  Support for two states drops below 50% among Jewish Israelis & Palestinians alike
  Given alternatives to a two-state solution, nearly 20 percent of Jewish Israelis said they would opt for a ‘definitive war,’ and nearly 40 percent of Palestinians said they support armed struggle.
  By Yael Marom Published January 25, 2018
• Americans More Divided Over Israel ‘Than at Any Point’ in Recent History, Study Finds
  Pew claims that while 79% of Republicans say they sympathize with Israel more than the Palestinians, the same is true for only 27% of Democrats
  Amir Tibon (Washington) Jan 23, 2018 4:15 PM

Posted here Sunday, January 21, 2018

• • ‘We Look at Them Like Donkeys’: What Israel’s First Ruling Party Thought About Palestinian Citizens
    Israel’s first ruling party, Mapai, was torn about the status of Arabs who remained in the country after the War of Independence; almost 70 years later, the ‘Arab question’ has yet to be answered
    By Adam Raz Jan 13, 2018

• ‘We Look at Them Like Donkeys’: What Israel’s First Ruling Party Thought About Palestinian Citizens
  Israel’s first ruling party, Mapai, was torn about the status of Arabs who remained in the country after the War of Independence; almost 70 years later, the ‘Arab question’ has yet to be answered
  By Adam Raz Jan 13, 2018

Posted here Saturday, January 20, 2018

• Haaretz Editorial: Hysteria in Military Court
  This unacceptable proceeding doesn’t restore the honor of the IDF or the soldiers involved in the incident
  Haaretz Editorial Jan 19, 2018 1:34 AM

Posted here Friday, January 19, 2018

• After Palestinian Teen Is Killed by IDF, Troops Deface His Death Notice With Stars of David
  Musab Tamimi, 16, was shot dead by Israeli troops during a clash in the West Bank. The army claims he was armed, but witnesses say otherwise
  Gideon Levy and Alex Levac Jan 19, 2018 3:00 PM
• Opinion: Abbas Is Right. Why Does Israel Keep Saying He’s Wrong?Abbas speaks the truth. Israel’s comments against him aren’t about reality— they’re just nationalistic snarlsGideon Levy Jan 19, 2018 9:27 AM

Posted here Thursday, January 18, 2018

• Opinion: The ‘Two-state Solution’ Only Ever Meant a Big Israel Ruling Over a Palestinian Bantustan. Let It Go

  When the Jewish ‘hard’ left leads the battle for one state, pushing the only political horizon that isn’t apartheid, U.S. Jews attack us – for fighting for the same democratic values they prize so highly back home
  Jeff Halper Jan 18, 2018 5:14 PM

Posted here on Wednesday, January 17, 2018

• Israel Will Not Release Palestinian Teen Who Slapped Soldier Until Trial’s End
  Ahed Tamimi was filmed with her cousin Nur slapping an Israeli soldier in a video that went viral and she has since been held by an Israeli military court
  Yotam Berger Jan 17, 2018 2:59 PM

Posted here on Tuesday, January 16, 2018

• • Abbas Declares Oslo Accords Dead: ‘Trump’s Peace Plan Is a Slap, We’ll Slap Back’
    Abbas: ‘Israel killed Oslo Accords. Future negotiations to take place within context of international community’ ■ Deputy chief of Fatah: ‘freezing recognition of Israel is an option’
    Jack Khoury Jan 15, 2018 1:50 PM

• Netanyahu Blasts Abbas Speech: He Revealed Truth About Conflict and Did Israel a Service
  Speaking to reporters while visiting India, Netanyahu says he supports economic relief for Gaza; on Iran, the prime minister warns West: Last chance to fix nuclear deal
  Noa Landau (New Delhi) 15.01.2018 16:30 Updated: 5:51 PM
• Opinion: Abbas Exits With One Final, Outrageous Performance. Now, America Must Contain the DamageAfter a shameful speech full of bizarre canards about Israel’s illegitimacy, the U.S. now knows Abbas can’t, and won’t, reach a Mideast peace deal. But we must also understand the same is true about Israel’s current government
  Daniel B. Shapiro Jan 16, 2018 2:16 PM

Posted here on Tuesday, January 9, 2018

• Israel Sets Up Secret Firm With Top Ex-generals, Envoys for Online ‘Mass Awareness’ Campaign ‘To Fight Delegitimization’
  Among the shareholders are former UN ambassador Dore Gold and ex-generals Amos Yadlin and Yaakov Amidror. The new initiative will not be subject to the Freedom of Information LawNoa Landau Jan 09, 2018 3:26 PM
• Jerry Seinfeld and Family Visit Anti-terror Fantasy Camp in West BankAccording to a Facebook post by the Caliber 3 ‘academy’ the Seinfeld family spent the day in shooting and Krav Maga trainingHaaretz Jan 08, 2018 9:30 PM

Posted here on Monday, January 8, 2018

• New Book on Trump Reveals Plan to Cede Control of West Bank and Gaza to Jordan and Egypt
  ‘Fire and Fury’ also sheds light on rivalry between Kushner and Bannon on Israel policy
  Amir Tibon (Washington) Jan 07, 2018 3:47 PM
• BDS Organizations Barred From Israel Say Blacklist Is Increasing Their Membership
  One observer says the blacklist is ‘colossally stupid’ and ‘counterproductive political theater’
  Debra Nussbaum Cohen Jan 08, 2018 12:26 AM

Posted here on Sunday, January 7, 2018

• Israel Publishes BDS Blacklist: These Are the 20 Groups Whose Members Will Be Denied Entry
  Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry had for months refused to divulge which organizations are on the list
  Noa Landau Jan 07, 2018 6:55 PM
• How a U.S. Quaker Group That Won the Nobel Peace Prize Ended Up on Israel’s BDS Blacklist
  American Friends Service Committee was honored in 1947 for its work helping victims of the Nazis, but 70 years on has been declared an enemy of the Israeli state. Peace activists are baffled by the move, but critics say it is richly deserved
  Allison Kaplan Sommer Jan 07, 2018 8:01 PM
• Jeremy Corbyn Is Patron of Blacklisted pro-BDS Group Whose Senior Members Will Be Barred From Israel
  U.K. Labour Party leader was also once chairman of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, one of Britain’s most active pro-Palestinian groups
  Daniella Peled Jan 07, 2018 6:01 PM
• Opinion: I’m a U.S. Jew on Israel’s BDS Blacklist. I Have Family in Israel. But I Won’t Be Silenced
  Israel wants to intimidate the growing numbers of Jews fighting for equality and freedom for all people in Israel/Palestine. It won’t work
  Rebecca Vilkomerson Jan 07, 2018 4:45 PM

Two recent articles that we had been using to test.

• Ahed Tamimi, Palestinian Teen Who Slapped Israeli Soldier in Video, Charged With Assault
  Her mother, Nariman is being charged with assault and incitement on social media
  Yotam Berger and Yaniv Kubovich Jan 01, 2018 7:47 PM
• Opinion And if Ahed Tamimi Were Your Daughter?
  How is it that Israelis are totally indifferent to the plight of the blond girl behind bars who could easily be their child?
  Gideon Levy Dec 31, 2017 11:40 AM