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Eight Celebs that Helped Raise $60M for the IDF Right Before It Launched an Attack on Gaza

Despite their support for seemingly progressive politics at home, these celebrities apparently see no contradiction in supporting the U.S.-backed Israeli occupation of Palestine and blockade of Gaza — the world’s largest open-air prison, which Israel has bombed to rubble.

November 13th, 2018

By Randi Nord @randinord

Eight Celebs that Helped Raise $60M for the IDF Right Before It Launched an Attack on Gaza

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA -- Just two weeks before Israel pounded Gaza with bombs last night, over 1,200 celebrities came together to raise a record-breaking $60 million to support the Israeli Defense Forces and Israel's occupation of Palestine at a gala called Friends of Israeli Defense Forces (FIDF). The Israeli jets bombing the Gaza Strip

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Randi Nord

Randi Nord is a MintPress News staff writer. She is also co-founder of Geopolitics Alert where she covers U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East with a special focus on Yemen.

IDF Videos Aimed Squarely at Spurring Arab-on-Arab Hate and Sectarianism

The head of the IDF’s Arabic language media division has been making a series of videos hoping to undermine Arab support for Palestine and foment hate against Iran.

June 11th, 2018

By Whitney Webb Whitney Webb @_whitneywebb

IDF Videos Aimed Squarely at Spurring Arab-on-Arab Hate and Sectarianism

GAZA – A new video released by an Israeli Defense Force (IDF) spokesman has unnerved many in the global Muslim community for its use of sectarian rhetoric and slurs targeting Shia Muslims that are often

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Whitney Webb

Whitney Webb is a MintPress News journalist based in Chile. She has contributed to several independent media outlets including Global Research, EcoWatch, the Ron Paul Institute and 21st Century Wire, among others. She has made several radio and television appearances and is the 2019 winner of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.

Video Shows Israeli Troops Cheering After Shooting Unarmed Palestinian

The video, which emerges after 31 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by sniper bullets shot from within Israel, have gained international condemnation.

April 11th, 2018

By teleSUR

Video Shows Israeli Troops Cheering After Shooting Unarmed Palestinian

While the world condemns Israel’s use of lethal force, Israeli politicians and policy makers defend soldiers’ cheering of shooting unarmed Palestinians. A video showing Israeli occupation soldiers shoot an unarmed Palestinian inside Gaza, near the border fence, and later cheering emerged through social media Monday. As the shot is fired and a

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The Israeli Army Can No Longer Salvage Its Image

Here’s a small sample of abuses of Palestinians in recent days in which the Israeli army was caught lying.

March 06th, 2018

By Jonathan Cook

The Israeli Army Can No Longer Salvage Its Image

It is has been a very bad week for those claiming Israel has the most moral army in the world. Here’s a small sample of abuses of Palestinians in recent days in which the Israeli army was caught lying. A child horrifically injured by soldiers was arrested and terrified into signing a false confession that he was hurt in a

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Jonathan Cook

Jonathan Cook won the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism. His latest books are Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East (Pluto Press) and Disappearing Palestine: Israel’s Experiments in Human Despair (Zed Books). His website is www.jonathan-cook.net.

Israelis Hope Swift Killing of Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Will “Decisively” Win Next War

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, considered an expert in psychological warfare, has warned that the Israelis don’t have “a correct assessment of where this war will lead if they ignite it.”

March 02nd, 2018

By Elliott Gabriel

Israelis Hope Swift Killing of Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Will “Decisively” Win Next War

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL -- In any war that Israel plans to wage against Lebanon, Tel Aviv’s key strategic target will be the life of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, according to a senior general in the Israeli military. “If we manage to kill Nasrallah in the next war, I would see that as reaching a decisive victory,” Israeli

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Elliott Gabriel

Elliott Gabriel is a former staff writer for teleSUR English and MintPress News based in Quito, Ecuador. He has taken extensive part in advocacy and organizing in the pro-labor, migrant justice and police accountability movements of Southern California and the state's Central Coast.

Israel Launches Air Strike On Syrian Air Defense Battery Near Damascus

The IDF blamed the Syrian government for the incident presenting no proof to support the claim. Damascus has yet to comment on the situation.

October 16th, 2017

By ZeroHedge.com

Israel Launches Air Strike On Syrian Air Defense Battery Near Damascus

After years of undermining the regime of Syrian leader Bashar al Assad, an effort that has seen Israel countenance ISIS training camps near its borders and launch recurring

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IDF’s Apparent War Crime of “Perfidy” Breeds Suspicion of Aid Workers in Gaza

The IDF’s decision to disguise itself as members of humanitarian organizations has now placed all such workers within Gaza under suspicion.