In this section, we discuss how we can build demand for a military embargo on Israel connecting it to struggles against militarization in the global south.
Part 1: https://peoplesdispatch.org/2019/01/13/israels-military-occupation-of-palestine-and-its-ties-with-global-south-part-1/
In this section, we discuss the nature of Israel’s military occupation of Palestine and how it is sustained by its ties with regimes in the global south, fostering militarism in the latter as well.
The western side of the road will be for Palestinian drivers only, while its eastern side will be used by Israeli settlers from nearby illegal Jewish settlements traveling to Jerusalem
Michele from the French Jewish Union for Peace talks about the BDS movement in France, and engaging with the Jewish community in countering Israeli propaganda, and reflects on the causes and future of the Yellow Vests movement
She talked about the different economic and cultural boycott campaigns BDS is running, and the success it has had.
The airstrikes were launched in response to what Israel claimed was the firing of rockets and balloons into its territory
The proposed measures include cooking bans, restrictions on family and lawyer visits, reduction of water supply to prisoners and confining prisoners from opposing Palestinian factions in the same facility
According to reports, the Israeli offensive threatened the safety of two civilian airliners which were landing at airports in Damascus and Beirut at the time.
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas dissolved parliament following an order of the Constitutional Court. Hamas has termed the ruling and Abbas’ decision illegitimate
Senators Ben Cardin (Democrat) Rob Portman (Republican) tried to include the bill that penalizes companies and organizations that boycott Israel in a larger omnibus spending bill to avert a government shutdown
PHM-MENA said the conduct of the International Association of Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy’s conference in Tel Aviv in June 2019 implied “acceptance of the policies and behaviors of the Israeli occupation state”
Most of those killed were agitating peacefully on the Gaza border during the Great March of Return protests. The report also listed cases of children as young as four years old being subject to brutal interrogation in Israeli prisons
