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http://www.jeromeslater.com/2015/12/half-truths-from-ny-times-should-we-be.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JeromeSlater+%28Jerome+Slater%3A+On+the+US+and+Israel%29 ...some seriously critical commentators on Israel and the usual  Times coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were impressed by the paper's  recent  story on Breaking the Silenc.    My take on it is different.   I read the story as classic NY Times obscurantism: just informative enough to pass for a fair and unbiased piece, when in fact it is grievously misleading in a number of  ways... Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

http://972mag.com/author/haokets/ German journalist Martin Lejeune was detained and interrogated for 24 hours before being deported. A journalist with political viewpoints not aligned with the regime's is a real danger to democracy, it appears. Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

http 12-16-2015 ISIS in Gaza – Sarah Helm New York Review of Books :// www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/01/14/isis-in-gaza/ … Hamas members are seen as infidels by ISIS since they place the nationalist battle for a Palestinian state before the campaign for a caliphate. Hamas's willingness to negotiate with Israel and to agree to a cease-fire last summer was seen by ISIS as the latest demonstration of its collaboration. ISIS supporters inside Gaza have shown their opposition and tried to break the cease-fire by firing rockets into Israel, thereby angering Hamas and risking heavy Israeli retaliation…   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

http://972mag.com/the-american-jews-prying-open-the-conversation-on-the-occupation/114836/ The Jewish American establishment has been trying to dictate the confines of the conversation on Israel and Palestine on college campuses in the United States. One group of young Jews is trying to ensure their voices are being heard, despite the red lines being drawn around them, by leveraging communal pursestrings… On November 8, dozens of young American Jews traveled to Washington D.C. to participate in a groundbreaking protest outside the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America, where they protested the lack of support for young Jews who want to broaden the conversation around Israel and Palestine... Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=0bd5641159488ecfed79ba6ca&id=b7a32983e9&e=9b7c8121c4   Netanyahu and his successive right-wing governments have targeted progressives in Israel for years , particularly with legislation targeting anti-occupation and human rights and organizations.   That campaign escalated to worrying levels this week as a right-wing organization (one that an Israel court ruled was pseudo-fascist) began accusing specific human rights activists of being "planted" foreign agents, Mairav Zonszein reports …   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

http://english.alwatanvoice.com/news/2015/12/20/835357.html#ixzz3utQqvtsd   Hebrew Channel 2 reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a government meeting in November, entertained a proposal that suggested revoking the residency of thousands of Palestinian Jerusalemites… Kahil Tufakji, a Palestinian settlement affairs expert, suggested that Israel is seeking to change the demographic equation in East Jerusalem in the favor of Jews… Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

http://972mag.com/the-forced-transfer-of-palestinian-detainees-why-it-matters/114923/ International law is clear that prisoners should not be transferred outside of an occupied territory — both to allow their families access to them and to prevent forced population transfer. But that's not all that's at stake… the issue matters because a violation of the Convention of this magnitude and duration undermines the credibility of the international legal order and its institutions with adverse implications for the rule of law in the region and beyond. Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

http://972mag.com/a-small-step-toward-recognizing-the-nakba/114952/ Putting up signs marking destroyed Palestinian towns and villages could bring about a more moral discourse about the Nakba and its victims.  About two weeks ago, far from the public eye, something with potentially far-reaching and serious consequences occurred in Israel: An inspector on a local planning committee recommended that a sign be placed at a site slated for development in the city of Ashkelon, mentioning the Palestinian town of Hamama that stood there until 1948... Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

http://www.globalministries.org/letter_on_probable_israeli_human_rights_violations_presented_to_u_s_department_of_state Concerned about specific, well-documented instances of probable gross violations of human rights by Israeli military and security forces, eleven churches and faith-based organizations, including Global Ministries of the Christian  Church (Disciples of Christ) and United Church of Christ, discussed several case summaries at a meeting today with the U.S. Department of State. Israel is the largest recipient of U.S. foreign military assistance. Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33868-what-we-can-expect-from-hillary-clinton-on-israel-palestine ...Clinton has been making a series of excuses as to why Israel cannot make peace...   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/opinion/20151204/stephen-zunes-chancellors-opposition-to-student-resolution-problematic   UC Santa Cruz Chancellor George Blumenthal, in an all-campus mailing sent out Nov. 19, expressed his opposition to a recently passed resolution by the Student Union Assembly in a manner which has raised serious concerns among supporters of corporate responsibility and academic freedom. ..At issue was a vote by the UCSC Student Union Assembly to reinstate a call for the University of California to divest from companies that profit from military support for the Israeli occupation or from companies that invest in illegal settlements or the illegal separation barrier in occupied Palestinian territories... Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/12/01/us-israel-palestinians-attacks-analysis-idUSKBN0TK4MN20151201?utm_source=applenews   Two months into a wave of stabbings, shootings and vehicle attacks by Palestinians targeting Israelis, gaps are emerging between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the military and intelligence chiefs over what is driving the violence. The rifts raise questions about whether the right tactics are being used to quell the unrest, the most sustained that Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank have experienced since the last Palestinian uprising, or intifada, ended in 2005… Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member