Crooked Bough News Round-up

— No justifying Israel's bloodshed in Gaza

 

at 11/14/19 4:35pm

Netanyahu’s “ticking time bomb” claim has no basis in international law.

[Category: Gaza ceasefire, Islamic Jihad, children, Benjamin Netanyahu, ticking time-bomb, torture, extrajudicial executions, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Baha Abu al-Ata]

— Lionel Messi urged to boycott Tel Aviv "friendly" over Gaza strikes

 

at 11/14/19 9:18am

Argentina-Uruguay friendly scheduled in Israel days after attacks on Gaza killed dozens.

[Category: Lionel Messi, Muhammad Khalil Obeid, FIFA, Argentina, Uruguay, PACBI, Asian Champions League, Khadamat Rafah, Palestine Cup, sports boycott, Luis Suárez, BDS]

— Michael Bloomberg funded occupation infrastructure

 

at 11/14/19 9:08am

The possible presidential candidate is weak on Palestinian freedom, but did tell those seeking to censor BDS to “apply to a school in North Korea.”

[Category: Michael Bloomberg, Jim Crow, apartheid South Africa, 2014 Gaza war, Hamas, Ben Gurion airport, Students for Justice in Palestine, Brooklyn College, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, MSNBC, Stephanie Ruhle]

— Media use of "targeted killing" whitewashes Israeli attacks

 

at 11/13/19 5:43pm

Mainstream media spin for Israel as Palestinian civilians are killed in “pinpoint” strikes.

[Category: targeted killing, Baha Abu al-Ata, Asma Abu al-Ata, Islamic Jihad, The New York Times, Associated Press, Salah Shehadeh, CNN, Oren Liebermann, Al Mezan, NPR, Naomi Zeveloff, Los Angeles Times, BBC, Ronen Bergman, Jareer Kassis, Israeli army, Akram al-Ajouri, Abdullah Yousef Hassan, State Department]

— Three children killed as Israel escalates Gaza attacks

 

at 11/13/19 3:02pm

Palestinian factions seek to contain confrontation started by Israel.

[Category: Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Peter Buttigieg, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Jeremy Corbyn, Baha Abu al-Ata, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Haaretz, Ziad al-Nakhala, al-Mayadeen TV, extrajudicial executions, Rafat Muhammad Ayyad, Islam Rafat Ayyad, Amir Rafat Ayyad, Mumin Muhammad Qaddoum, Ibrahim Ayman Abd al-Aal, Ismail Ayman Abd al-Aal, Ahmad Ayman Abd al-Aal, Khalid Muawad Faraj, Kerem Shalom, Erez checkpoint, Gisha, Medical Aid for Palestinians, Fikr Shalltoot, Benjamin Netanyahu, Naftali Bennett, Nickolay Mladenov, Ayman al-Safadi, Jordan]

— Is Jordan flying with Israeli air force while Gaza is being bombed?

 

at 11/13/19 6:16am

Aviation analyst says Jordanian air force unofficially taking part in exercise hosted by Israel.

[Category: Jordan, Gaza, Jordanian air force, normalization]

— Attacking Palestine's future

 

at 11/13/19 2:56am

Israel violates the right to education every single day.

[Category: academic freedom, international law, Israeli Occupation, war crimes, discrimination]

— Ten killed in Gaza as Israel instigates new war

 

at 11/12/19 2:02pm

Islamic Jihad commander and his wife killed in airstrike on their home, precipitating rocket fire.

[Category: Islamic Jihad, Baha Abu al-Ata, Asma Abu al-Ata, Akram al-Ajouri, Ziad al-Nakhala, rockets, Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights, Benjamin Netanyahu, Aviv Kohavi, Ismail Haniyeh, Naftali Bennet, Amnesty International, Ahmed al-Jabari]

— EU's top court upholds right to boycott Israeli settlement goods

 

at 11/12/19 10:12am

Labels must tell consumers that products come from occupied territories.

[Category: Israeli settlements, settlement goods, European Court of Justice, European Union, Psagot winery, settlement products, labeling]

— A small victory for free speech on Israel

 

at 11/11/19 12:53pm

University College London pushed to halt censorship of Chomsky book launch.

[Category: Noam Chomsky, Jackie Walker, University College London, The Jewish Chronicle, Tony Klug, Jonathan Boyd, Steve Jones, Hilary Rose, Geoffrey Bindman, Greg Philo, Times Higher Education, King's College London, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, Waterstones, Students for Justice in Palestine, Ku Klux Klan, Randy Fine, Labour Briefing, Primo Levi, Rudolf Vrba]

— Darkness and desire

 

at 11/8/19 11:08am

Huzama Habayeb’s raw and violent novel Velvet is a compulsive read.

[Category: Huzama Habayeb, fiction, literature, women, Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, Kay Heikkinen]

— Chris Williamson runs for Parliament as independent

 

at 11/6/19 2:30pm

Left-winger’s move follows Labour decision to remove him as a candidate in general election.

[Category: Chris Williamson, Labour Party, Labour witch hunt, Jeremy Corbyn, Derby, Labour National Executive Committee, Mike Leigh, Peter Kosminsky, Ken Loach]

— Tear gas destroys livelihoods in Gaza

 

at 11/6/19 12:41pm

Israeli claims that it is firing "non-lethal" weapons are contradicted by human rights workers.

[Category: Atia Darwish, Great March of Return, Hasan Nofal, Al Mezan, Ahmad Ammar, Mohammad Fseifes]

— Israel releases Jordanian citizens

 

at 11/6/19 11:29am

Hiba al-Labadi and Abdulrahman Mirie jailed for more than two months without charge or trial.

[Category: Hiba Ahmad al-Labadi, Abdulrahman Mirie, Jordan, al-Baqoura, al-Ghamr, Israel-Jordan gas deal, Ayman Safadi, Ghassan Majali, Wadi Araba agreement, Nadav Argaman, Meir Ben Shabbat]

— Enfeebled Israel lobby strikes back on military aid

 

at 11/6/19 8:44am

ZOA’s Morton Klein promotes anti-Semitism in attacking Senator Bernie Sanders.

[Category: Morton Klein, Zionist Organization of America, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Peter Buttigieg, Julian Castro, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, racism, anti-semitism, Joe Biden, J Street, Sabrina Siddiqui, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Dan Shapiro, Data for Progress, AIPAC, Democratic Majority for Israel]

— Israeli spyware targeted Americans

 

at 11/6/19 4:48am

NSO Group enables invasive snooping and intrusive bugging.

[Category: NSO Group, cyberwar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Mexico, Pakistan, India, WhatsApp, Pegasus, Citizen Lab]

— Israel’s high court orders expulsion of Omar Shakir

 

at 11/5/19 10:24am

Human rights organization slams court decision: “extraordinarily dangerous precedent.”

[Category: Omar Shakir, Omar Barghouti, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, BDS, Aryeh Deri, Al-Haq, Gilad Erdan, Saleh Higazi, Shurat HaDin, NGO Monitor, Mossad, Al-Marsad, Energix, Gisha, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, Laith Abu Zeyad, Kumi Naidoo, israeli high court]

— Why Palestinians are wary of joining Lebanon's protests

 

at 11/5/19 10:19am

Camp residents are supportive of demonstrations but worried their participation will be used to ignite sectarian strife.

[Category: Lebanon protests, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, democracy]

— Moroccan filmmaker boycotts Tel Aviv festival

 

at 11/5/19 10:11am

Nadir Bouhmouch declares a “moral obligation” to oppose Israel’s abuses of Palestinian rights.

[Category: BDS, Morocco, BDS Maroc, Nadir Bouhmouch, Sion Assidon, DocAviv, artwashing, MACBI, Arab normalization]

— Twitter censors news from Palestine

 

at 11/4/19 8:44am

Social media firm appears to be caving in to political pressure.

[Category: Twitter, social media, Facebook, censorship, free speech, Josh Gottheimer, Quds News Network]

— Jordanian-Israeli tensions continue to rise

 

at 11/3/19 7:10am

Jordan recalls ambassador over prisoners held without charge or trial in Israeli jails.

[Category: Jordan, Wadi Araba agreement, King Abdullah of Jordan, Ayman Safadi, Ghassan Majali, Hiba Ahmad al-Labadi, hunger strikes, Allenby Bridge, Jenin, Raslan Mahajneh, 7iber, administrative detention, Addameer, Abdulrahman Mirie, al-Baqoura, al-Ghamr]

As of 11/15/19 12:04am. Last new 11/14/19 5:56pm.