Author: Jmedia Manager
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Watch out for the mainstreaming of anti-Semitism
While the skies across Israel are silent once again as a ceasefire holds, for over a week Israelis’ have been subject to over 4000 rockets and artillery shells that have bombarded cities and towns in the country. Fired from Gaza by Hamas terrorists, many of these deadly projectiles are intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome defence…
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Stop pretending Jewish anti-Zionists don’t exist
From New York to Bristol, Jewish communities have organised globally in protest over Israel’s brutal and ongoing displacement of Palestinian people. A look at American activist group Jewish Voice for Peace’s site shows a map of rallies and campaigns across all of the U.S.; many of them are organised by Jewish groups outright, or in concert with Palestinian-led groups. Jews…
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Blinken wraps up Mideast tour to shore up Gaza truce
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Wednesday wrapped up a Mideast tour to bolster an Egypt-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, calling for regional cooperation to avoid more “harrowing violence”. Blinken met with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders during the two days of talks, throwing Washington’s support behind the truce that ended…
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Belarus faces sanctions over ‘piracy’
Western powers have prepared to pile sanctions on Belarus and cut off its aviation links, furious after it scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair aircraft and arrest a dissident journalist, an act one leader denounced as “state piracy”. In a video posted online, detained blogger Roman Protasevich, 26, said he was in good health,…
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Endless war between Israel and Palestine
The current conflict in Israel/Palestine is a conflict on many levels. The main story coming out of the area is about the rockets from Gaza and the bombardment from Israel. This story has been played out on a number of occasions with deadly consequences, mainly for the Palestinians, and if things remain as they are…
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How to really help the Palestinians
Facts no longer matter. If more Palestinians are being killed than Israelis then you need to help the Palestinians – so goes the logic of the ignorant, because they do not care about truth, reality, or facts. But even knowing what is really going on, I’d like to help the Palestinians too, if only to…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken begins mission to bolster Israel-Hamas ceasefire
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun his Middle East visit in Israel, pledging Washington will rally support to rebuild Gaza as part of efforts to bolster a ceasefire between its Hamas Islamist rulers and Israel. But Mr Blinken made clear the United States intended to ensure that Hamas, which it regards as a terrorist organisation, did…
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Under-fire Belarus now blaming Hamas for bomb threat and emergency landing
Facing major sanctions and bans on the use of airspace, Belarus now says militant group Hamas is to blame for the bomb scare that forced a passenger plane to make an emergency landing in Minsk. But Hamas, which has no history of mounting operations outside Israel and Palestine, has denied any involvement. Belarus’ attempts to…
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United States: Movement for Palestine grows
Palestinian Americans’ support for the resistance to Israeli occupation is growing, as support from other groups such as the Black Lives Matter movement has inspired them to stand up. Many Jews have joined protests in the United States, including supporters of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). The JVP supports full equality for Palestinians and Jewish…
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Palestine Is Suffering an Ecological Apartheid
Though the ceasefire has ended the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, Palestine is still a humanitarian catastrophe, one with a rising ecological toll that will compound human suffering for years. Human Rights Watch issued a report last month that stated that Israel has created a legally defined apartheid state. The group referred to Palestine as an “open-air prison,”…