Month: January 2020
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Demolishing Democracy: How Annexationism Is Bulldozing Israeli Institutions
[On January 27, 2020, just before the release of the Kushner Plan, J Street’s Debra Shushan interviewed former IDF (Isrtaeli Defense Forces) commander Yehuda Shaul, founder of the Breaking the Silence movement aimed at facilitating IDF veteran’s confronting and speaking about the true nature of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. This heavily condensed transcript of…
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News and Analysis (1/30/20)
Trump plan summary: “1) Palestinians get the trappings of statehood but no state whatsoever 2) Israel will maintain all security control, including over coastal waters, airspace, electromagnetic spectrum and everything” … A Quick Thread Summarizing the Basic Aspects of the Trump Anti-peace Plan (Hussein Ibish Blog) … and condemnation of the plan is widespread ranging…
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News and Analysis (1/27/20)
The “Deal of the Century” is about Israeli and American domestic politics and undermines hope for Israeli-Palestinian peace: Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Was Written in a Way So the Palestinians Would Reject It. Maybe That Was the Plan (Haaretz) Palestinians Threaten to Quit Oslo Accords over Trump Peace Plan (Al-Jazeera) India will limit Kashmitis…
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News and Analysis (1/25/2020)
As the casualty count form the Iranian reprisal against the Soleimani assassination rises, Trump downplays the injuries as “headaches” not “very serious injuries relative to other injuries I have seen”: 34 Troops Diagnosed With Traumatic Brain Injuries After Iran Missile Strike, Pentagon Says (Daily Beast) Christian Indians protested against the citizenship law that discriminates against…
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News and Analysis (1/22/20)
The debt crises of 2007 created a conflict in Greece political system, and the rise of right-wing anti-immigrant government waging war on immigrants and the Exarchia autonomous movement: The Attack on Exarchia, an Anarchist Refuge in Athens (New Yorker) A study unveils Saudi Arabia’s spy warfare surveillance on critics of the regime as part of…
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News and Analysis (1/19/20)
Two federal complaints have been filed against a peaceful pro-Palestinians event at UCLA on Israel violence against the Palestinians; the UCLA’s investigation found no wrongdoing: The Trump Administration Is Investigating UCLA over a Pro-Palestine Event and Lecture (Mondoweiss) South Dakota has become the 28th state to pass legislation to suppress the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions…
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News and Analysis (1/17/20)
“While no U.S. service members were killed in the Jan. 8 Iranian attack on Al Asad Air base, several were treated for concussion symptoms from the blast and are still being assessed” … Military Says 11 Troops Were Injured in Iran Strike, Contradicting Trump (Daily Beast) … the “Trump administration abruptly canceled four classified Iran…
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News and Analysis (1/14/20)
“[V]ideos appeared to show security forces firing live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protests in the streets” sparked by the government’s cover-up: Anger in Iran over Jet’s Downing; Gunfire Disperses Protests (AP) Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim who has kept a close relation with US and Tehran, visited Tehran on Sunday to calm rising…
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News and Analysis (1/10/20)
Two of Trump’s Senate allies have criticized the administration briefing on Soleimani killing, charging that it provided no evidence of an imminent attack, and it dismissed Congress’s role in military actions … ‘The Worst Briefing I’ve Had’: Senate Iran Briefing Gets Heated (CNN) … and reports confirm that Soleimani didn’t pose an imminent threat, but…
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News and Analyst (1/8/20)
With Iran’s retaliation minimizing casualties, its FM’s announcement that they had ‘concluded proportionate measures’, and Trump’s “All is well” tweet, the war threat may be receding … At the Edge of a War, U.S. and Iran Appear to Step Back (NY Times) Trump Says ‘Iran Appears to Be Standing Down’ Following Its Retaliatory Attacks Against…
