Crooked Bough News Round-up

— Why is Bernie Sanders still encouraging Israel's crimes?

 

at 7/22/19 1:31pm

Progressive leader says he will “probably not” move US embassy out of Jerusalem.

[Category: 2020 US presidential election, Bernie Sanders, Democratic Party, Jerusalem, US embassy in Jerusalem]

— Teens forced to take Israel propaganda course before overseas trips

 

at 7/19/19 9:37am

Hamas rejects official’s anti-Jewish comments.

[Category: Adalah, Rafi Peretz, BDS, Nareman Shehadeh-Zoabi, Israeli Ministry of Education, 1949 Israeli Security Service Law, Masar Institute for Education, Nazareth, Fathi Hammad, Hamas, Avi Elkabetz, Afula, Itai Cohen, Benjamin Netanyahu, Axios, Nickolay Mladenov, Omar Shakir, Naftali Bennett, Great March of Return]

— Between a rock and a hard place

 

at 7/19/19 3:52am

Tiny Samaritan community fears for its future amid political tensions and dwindling numbers.

[Category: Samaritans, Nablus, Israeli Occupation, Jabal al-Tur, Mount Gezerim]

— Medics need miracles to stay alive in Gaza

 

at 7/19/19 1:58am

Muhammad al-Judaili died after being shot during the Great March of Return.

[Category: Muhammad al-Judaili, Great March of Return, Muna Shurrab, Razan al-Najjar, Ashraf al-Qedra, Ahmad Abu Foul, Ali Saqir, Basem al-Batsh, Operation Cast Lead]

— Israel shoots boy in head and lies about it

 

at 7/18/19 4:01pm

Abd al-Rahman Shtaiwi, 9, critically injured while sitting in his village.

[Category: Abd al-Rahman Shtaiwi, children, Kafr Qaddum, B'Tselem]

— The friends I lost to Israel's bombs and bullets

 

at 7/17/19 2:25pm

I was deeply shocked to learn that my friends died at this time five years ago.

[Category: Jabaliya refugee camp, children, Qassam Brigades, Muhammad al-Sharatha, Medhat al-Yazji, Said Abu Jalala, Yousif al-Najjar, Salam al-Madhoun, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades]

— Ilhan Omar introduces resolution upholding right to boycott

 

at 7/17/19 1:58pm

New Jersey seeks to pass law equating criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism.

[Category: Ilhan Omar, anti-BDS laws, BDS, Rashida Tlaib, John Lewis, Israel Lobby, New Jersey, Florida, Palestine Legal, Lee Zeldin, Gilad Erdan]

— Labour Friends of Israel denies funding from Israeli spy

 

at 7/17/19 10:48am

BBC hatchet job triggers new interest in undercover Israel lobby film.

[Category: Labour Friends of Israel, BBC, Al Jazeera, Israel Lobby, Shai Masot, Ella Rose, Alex Richardson, Ofcom, Jewish Labour Movement, Panorama, John Ware, Jeremy Corbyn, Jackie Walker, Joan Ryan, Michael Rubin, boris johnson, Mark Regev, Ministry of Strategic Affairs]

— Insurer AXA helps Israel kill Palestinians and steal their land

 

at 7/16/19 12:09pm

French multinational increases investments in Israeli arms maker and banks.

[Category: AXA, France, Elbit Systems, divestment, cluster bombs, SumOfUs, Israeli banks, Israeli settlements, BNC, BDS France, Imen Habib]

— Israeli rights groups condemn German smears against BDS

 

at 7/16/19 1:48am

Germany aiding Israel to maintain “perpetual occupation” while “silencing any form of opposition.”

[Category: Bundestag, BDS, B'Tselem, Gisha, Adalah, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, Yesh Din, Breaking the Silence, HaMoked, Talib Kweli, Open Source Festival, Düsseldorf, Feierwerk music festival, YAAM, Uproxx, Marc Lamont Hill, Naomi Klein, Boots Riley, Mark Ruffalo, Young Fathers, Jennifer Lopez, Boycott from Within]

— When Israel bombed disabled Palestinians

 

at 7/15/19 3:05pm

Western media ignored how Israel caused serious damage to a Gaza charity in May.

— Israel lobby groups hatch plan to divide the left

 

at 7/15/19 12:43pm

Alliance with Trump and far-right seen as eroding support for Israel.

[Category: Reut Institute, Jewish Council for Public Affairs, intersectionality, Ferguson, Black Lives Matter, Black for Palestine, The Lobby--USA, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, pinkwashing, A Wider Bridge]

— Under pressure from Zionists, church cancels Palestinian youth event

 

at 7/12/19 11:53am

Israel lobby groups in Canada threaten more action against Palestinian Youth Movement.

[Category: Canada, B'Nai Brith Canada, Jewish Defense League Canada, Israel Lobby, Palestinian Youth Movement, Ghassan Kanafani, Cheri DiNovo, United Church of Canada, PFLP]

— Battle underway in Ireland over ban on settlement goods

 

at 7/11/19 10:28am

"World is watching" to see if Occupied Territories Bill gets implemented, says singer Frances Black.

[Category: ireland, Oireachtas, settlement goods, Michael McDowell, Occupied Territories Bill, Simon Coveney, Niall Collins, Frances Black]

— BBC's anti-Corbyn hatchet job fails to land blow

 

at 7/11/19 10:26am

Panorama gives Israel lobby open platform to demonize Labour Party.

[Category: BBC, Labour Party, Labour witch hunt, Jeremy Corbyn, Panorama, John Ware, Mike Creighton, Seumas Milne, Tony Blair, Iraq, Iraq War, Ella Rose, Adam Langleben, Jewish Labour Movement, Israeli embassy in London, Alan Johnson, BICOM, Israel Lobby, Alex Richardson, Joan Ryan, Labour Friends of Israel, Al Jazeera, Jennifer Gerber]

— Israel isolates Palestinian universities

 

at 7/11/19 5:53am

Dozens of international faculty affected by visa policy.

[Category: Right to Education, Birzeit University, right to entry, COGAT]

— Jerusalem family evicted from home seized by settlers

 

at 7/10/19 2:25pm

Siyam family waged a decades-long legal battle to stay in their Silwan property.

[Category: Silwan, forced evictions, Jerusalem, City of David, Elad, TripAdvisor, Amnesty International]

— Revealed: UK police spy who infiltrated Palestine solidarity

 

at 7/10/19 9:02am

Spy cop “Rob Harrison” deceived a woman into a relationship.

[Category: Rob Harrison (cover name), ISM London, International Solidarity Movement, Special Demonstration Squad, Special Branch, John Mitting, Undercover Policing Inquiry, Atif Chodhury, Asa Winstanley, Police Spies Out of Lives, Stephen Lawrence]

— How long before Israeli embassies pop up in the Gulf?

 

at 7/9/19 2:19pm

Saudi crackdown on Palestinians as Gulf figures embrace Israel ties.

[Category: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, deal of the century, Yisrael Katz, Steven Mnuchin, Arab normalization, Iran, Gulf-Israel alliance against Iran, Saudi-Israeli relations, Javad Zarif, Benjamin Netanyahu, John Bolton, Mohammed bin Salman, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, B Team, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Tzipi Livni, Barak Ravid, Munich Security Conference, Egypt, Jordan, Bahraini Society Against Normalization with the Zionist Enemy, Itay Blumental, Ynet, Cyprus, UN Climate Change Summit, Abu Dhabi, António Guterres, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Miri Regev, Iraq, Oman, International Road Transport Union, Muscat, Sultan Qaboos, Yossi Cohen, The Times of Israel, Fareed Yasseen, prisoners of conscience, Palestinians in Saudi Arabia, Al Khaleej Online, Eid al-Fitr, Fahd al-Shammari, Jamal Khashoggi, Hamad al-Mazroue]

— Boris Johnson whitewashes Britain's crimes in Palestine

 

at 7/9/19 1:38pm

Probable prime minister has expressed contradictory views on the Balfour Declaration.

[Category: boris johnson, Arthur James Balfour, Winston Churchill, Black and Tans, Henry McMahon, Patrick Hartnett, Jeremy Corbyn]

— Kamala Harris supports segregation by supporting Israel

 

at 7/8/19 12:16pm

Can you be a progressive, anti-racist champion while supporting Israel’s lethal apartheid?

[Category: 2020 US presidential election, Democratic Party, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Peter Buttigieg, Beto O'Rourke, Tulsi Gabbard, Cory Booker, Bill de Blasio, Kyle Kulinski, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren]

As of 7/22/19 4:00pm. Last new 7/22/19 2:30pm.