Category Israel / Hasbara
Podcast: ‘Anti-Intellectualism is More Than Partisan Politics – it’s Anti-Progress’ — APNS Public Radyo
Summary: TheAngryindian speaks extemporaneously on the issue of institutional anti-intellectualism and why is it inherently dangerous to coddle those who bully the general society and targeted groups/populations into accepting their marginalisation as ‘right’ and obedience to their xenophobic, right-wing sociopolitical ideas and utterly paranoid religious fundamentalism. The discourse also includes an examination of Israeli Prime Minister […]
Israel bombs Gaza; Amnesty accuses Hamas | World War 4 Report
An Amnesty International report released May 26 charges that Hamas committed war crimes against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip during last year’s Operation Protective Edge. “Hamas forces carried out a brutal campaign of abductions, torture and unlawful killings against Palestinians accused of ‘collaborating’ with Israel and others during Israel’s military offensive against Gaza,” the […]
Sarah Silverman’s Sister Is Running in Israel’s Election to Help Topple Its Right-Wing Government | Alternet
Still, for many Israelis Meretz remains a voice for the Israeli left that feels disenfranchised by an Israeli political system that has endorsed economic inequality at home and permanent occupation of the Palestinian territories. Meretz, for example, was the only Zionist party to oppose the war in Gaza over the summer. Israel’s electoral system is […]
Israel Working With Al-Qaeda? « LobeLog
But Smith’s article is important, and not only for helping to confirm (and in The Weekly Standard no less!) reports of Israel’s effective cooperation (even sharing intelligence!) with al-Nusra/al-Qaeda. Without necessarily meaning to, the article also justifies the realpolitik that underpins Israel’s position, which, notwithstanding Smith’s weasel-worded subtitle, boils down to “the enemy of my […]
‘Ex-Israeli agents’ threatened cyber attack on S Africa – Al Jazeera English
According to the reports, then-Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan received a note from “unknown sources” on June 28, 2012, threatening a cyber attack “against South Africa’s banking and financial sectors.” The hand-delivered letter gave the government just 30 days to achieve the “discontinuation of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign and the removal and prosecution […]
Israeli Claims About Iran Nuclear Program Denied By Own Spy Agency | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
In a September 2012 address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Netanyahu claimed that Iran was 90 down the road to developing an atomic weapon and would do so within the year. “By next spring, at most by next summer, at current enrichment rates, they will have finished the medium enrichment and […]
Connecting Palestinian and Indigenous peoples’ struggles for freedom | rabble.ca
On July 11 the Israeli Occupation Forces finished it off with a direct hit while shelling the port of Gaza. No one expected that helping Palestine gain its freedom would be easy. Every effort counts. Like Indigenous resistance in the Americas, Palestinians know that they are involved in a long-term struggle. Just like round dances […]
The Ongoing Intelligence War Between Israel and… – Matthew Aid
Sunday, Israeli airstrikes targeted a convoy of Hezbollah vehicles, killing several senior operatives, reportedly including Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of late Hezbollah terrorist leader Imad Mughniyeh. Whether Jihad was the intended target or not is already a matter of debate, but the collection of the kind of timely and actionable intelligence that identified the convoy […]
Noam Chomsky: Only one thing will make Israel change course | Israeli Occupation Archive
Since November 2005 the terms of these agreements have remained essentially the same. The regular pattern is for Israel to disregard whatever agreement is in place, while Hamas observes it—as Israel has conceded—until a sharp increase in Israeli violence elicits a Hamas response, followed by even fiercer brutality. These escalations are called “mowing the lawn” […]
IDF strikes Gaza in retaliation to rocket fire — RT News
The attack allegedly comes in retaliation to a rocket fired from Gaza earlier in the day into an open territory near the Eshkol Regional Council. “The IDF will not permit any attempt to undermine the security and jeopardize the well being of the civilians of Israel. The Hamas terrorist organization is responsible and accountable for […]
ynet ראש העיר אשקלון הורה להפסיק עבודתם של ערבים ישראלים בגנים בעיר – חדשות
ראש העיר אשקלון הורה להפסיק עבודתם של ערבים ישראלים בגנים בעיר הנחיה חריגה של איתמר שמעוני, שעל רקע ההחרפה במצב הביטחוני הורה להפסיק את עבודתם של פועלים מהמגזר שבנו ממ”דים בגני ילדים. חוק שוויון הזדמנויות בעבודה קובע שאסור להפלות מועסקים על רקע דתם או לאומיותםpolice agreed to fund the cost of security in the gardens. […]
Sky Wars: German Air Force buys Israeli laser defense system to protect planes — RT News
Israeli defense company Elbit Systems has announced it will provide an anti-missile laser protection system for the German Air Force. It will be used to protect transport planes from surface to air and portable heat seeking missiles.Elbit was awarded the contract by Germany’s DIEHL Defense Company and the system is expected to be operational within […]
Rasmea Odeh: Raped And Tortured By Israel, Now Being Prosecuted By The U.S.
Last October, U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents arrested Odeh at her Chicago-area home. She’s scheduled to appear in a Detroit court on Nov. 4 to face charges of the unlawful procurement of naturalization.Odeh became an American citizen in 2004. In the naturalization process, she apparently failed to disclose her 1969 arrest and conviction which […]
Mounting evidence of deliberate attacks on Gaza health workers by Israeli army | Amnesty International USA
An immediate investigation is needed into mounting evidence that the Israel Defense Forces launched apparently deliberate attacks against hospitals and health professionals in Gaza, which have left six medics dead, said Amnesty International as it released disturbing testimonies from doctors, nurses, and ambulance personnel working in the area.“The harrowing descriptions by ambulance drivers and other […]
IDF Continues ‘Acts of Genocide’ Against Indigenous Arab Palestinians Under ‘Operation Protective Edge’ As the International Community Observes | APNS Novaĵagentejo
US-Supported Israel Defence Forces Continue ‘Acts of Genocide’ Against Indigenous Arab Palestinians Under ‘Operation Protective Edge’ As the International Community Observes APNS /North America [08.06.2014] – As the State of Israel began extracting its ground troops from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning in observance of another (72-hour) ceasefire, the SOI and factions representing the […]
Israel’s drone dominance
[http://warincontext.org] So too with the America’s drone industry. The Israeli influence is not visible but it is real, documented and extremely relevant to the future of drones in America. If you want to know how drones may change American airspace in coming years, just look to Israel, where the unmanned aerial vehicle market is thriving […]
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