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http://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-war-pushed-palestinian-economy-into-recession-imf/ [Subtitle] Recovery in 2015 in doubt as economic activity declined by 15%, hampered by summer war and sluggish reconstruction …While the West Bank managed a 4.5 percent expansion last year, Gaza's economic activity declined by about 15 percent, the IMF said, linking it to Israel's bombing and shelling of the Gaza enclave and slow progress on rebuilding… Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/01/netanyahu-boehner-congress-american-jews-get-lost By accepting Speaker Boehner's invitation to address Congress, the Israeli leader has chosen to side with political forces opposed by many US Jews. Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_PALESTINIAN_GIRL_DETAINED?SITE=SCAND&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT   The fate of a 14-year-old Palestinian girl, tried before an Israeli military court for hurling rocks at passing cars in the West Bank and sentenced to two months in prison, has gripped Palestinians who say her treatment demonstrates Israel's excessive measures against stone-throwing youth…   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

Full text: http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/01/27/israel-violated-rules-of-war-in-strikes-on-gaza-homes-group Israeli group: Most of the dead in 70 Gaza home strikes were women, children and the elderly Posted by Sam Bryan, AIME member

Full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/25/chris-wallace-shep-smith-netanyahu-fox-news_n_6542454.html?utm_hp_ref=media Watch the video. Snippet: "I'm shocked," Wallace said, calling the move "wicked." Wallace noted that the Israeli ambassador had met with John Kerry earlier in the week and apparently didn't mention anything about the trip. Posted by Sam Bryan, AIME member

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-01-22/netanyahu-mossad-split-divides-u-s-congress-on-iran-sanctions The Israeli intelligence agency Mossad has broken ranks with Prime Minister Netanyahu, telling US officials and lawmakers that a new Iran sanctions bill in the US Congress would tank the Iran nuclear negotiations. Already, the Obama administration and some leading Republican senators are using the Israeli internal disagreement to undermine support for the bill, authored by Republican Mark Kirk and Democrat Robert Menendez, which would enact new sanctions if current negotiations falter.. .     Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

http://972mag.com/israels-truthiness-on-palestinian-academic-freedom/101290/ In denying that Israel limits academic freedom in Palestine, the Israeli embassy in Washington seems to forget about the Palestinian students and academics whose movement it restricts. Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member