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2-19-2021 Watch:Congress Member Kathy Manning (D-NC) get the facts on rockets and Sderot - Kathryn Shihadah Israel Palestine News

https://israelpalestinenews.org/watch-giving-congress-member-manning-the-facts-on-rockets-sderot/   Manning knows little about the history and current context of Sderot, and is missing essential facts.   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

2-22-2021 Dr. Fauci: use Israeli prize money to buy vaccines for Palestinians - Kathryn Shihadah Israel Palestine News

https://israelpalestinenews.org/dear-dr-fauci-please-use-dan-david-prize-buy-vaccines-palestinians/   Israel has brutally hindered the Palestinians' own efforts to care for their people during the pandemic: it has limited the influx of testing kits, masks, and other necessities, has demolished  or  dismantled  a string of clinics and  makeshift  Covid testing facilities since the beginning of the pandemic,  arrested  volunteers as they worked to disinfect schools, and even  stolen  food meant for needy Palestinians.   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member  

2-12-2021 The Guardian Reveals Its True Face by Sacking Progressive Columnist Nathan Robinson for Criticizing US Military Aid To Israe -lJonathan Cook Common Dreams

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/12/guardian-reveals-its-true-face-sacking-progressive-columnist-nathan-robinson?cd-origin=rss&utm_term=AO&utm_campaign=Daily Newsletter&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily Newsletter&utm_medium=Emai In the tweet below, I [Jonathan Cook] have listed a few of the more prominent – and public – examples of journalists who have suffered at the Guardian's hands over their coverage of Israel…   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

2-12-2021 Arkansas Times wins challenge of state’s Israel boycott rule

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2021/02/12/arkansas-times-wins-challenge-of-states-israel-boycott-rule   The Arkansas Times, and the First Amendment, have prevailed in a lawsuit challenging the state law that prevents state business with those who won't pledge not to boycott Israel…   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

2-4-2021 ‘Humiliation and absurdity’: The Israeli women bearing witness to the Occupation - Ben Winsor JStreet

https://jstreet.org/drudgery-frustration-humiliation-and-absurdity-israeli-women-are-bearing-witness-to-the-occupation/?akid=281035.195949.xa6xd6&rd=1&t=17#.YCFZFeBunmR   …These are among the thousands of injustices meticulously documented by MachsomWatch: Women Against the Occupation and for Human Rights — also known as Checkpoint Watch — an Israeli organization dedicated to observing, addressing and reporting on the indignities inflicted upon Palestinians not just at checkpoints but, throughout the occupied West Bank… Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

2-6-2021 WhatDoes the ICC Ruling Mean for Israel, the IDF and the Palestinians? - Judy Maltz and Netael Bandel Haaretz Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-what-does-the-icc-ruling-mean-for-israel-the-idf-and-the-palestinians-1.9517702 The prosecution would probe both Israel and Hamas for their conduct in the 2014 war, Israel's response to Palestinian protests along the Gaza border starting in 2018, and the settling of Israeli civilians in the West Bank   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

12-2020 JoeBiden with enjoy an advantage no President has ever ever had on Israel-Palestine – Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-joe-biden-will-enjoy-one-advantage-no-president-ever-had-on-israel-palestine-1.9412015 A new fund approved by [both parties in] Congress [The Lowery bill] will give his administration the ability to invest tens of millions of dollars in peacebuilding efforts on the ground...

2-3-2021 Biden administration embraces antisemitism definition that includes some criticisms of Israel - Michael Arria Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2021/02/biden-administration-embraces-antisemitism-definition-that-includes-some-criticisms-of-israel/   Biden administration says it will champion controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism.   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member