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Cook: Arab politicians face tide of ‘persecution’ in Israel
Znet Article, February, 02 2010
Jonathan Cook
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Leaders of the Arab minority in Israel warned this week that they were facing an unprecedented campaign of persecution, backed by the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu, designed to stop their political activities.
Cook: 'Lost tribe' on fast track to Israel
Znet Article, January, 28 2010
Jonathan Cook
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The Israeli government is reported to have quietly approved the fast-track immigration of 7,000 members of a supposedly “lost Jewish†tribe, known as the Bnei Menashe, currently living in a remote area of India.
Cook: Israel creates first ‘army-owned’ university
Znet Article, January, 25 2010
Jonathan Cook
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Ehud Barak, Israel’s defence minister, approved last week the upgrading to university status of a college in a settlement located deep inside the West Bank, a move certain to further undermine Palestinian confidence in the peace process.
Cook: Israel's new rocket defence system
Znet Article, January, 14 2010
Jonathan Cook
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Israel unveiled "Iron Dome" last week, a missile-defence system that is designed to strike a knock-out blow against short-range rockets of the variety fired into Israel by Hamas and Hizbullah. In the short term, Iron Dome is supposed to herald the...
Cook: Israel’s notorious Hannibal procedure
Znet Article, December, 11 2009
Jonathan Cook
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The fatal shooting by Israeli soldiers of an Israeli man earlier this week as he tried to scale a fence into the Gaza Strip was reportedly part of a drastic procedure the army was supposed to have phased out several years ago.
Cook: Israel's Arab women workers need not apply
Znet Article, November, 30 2009
Jonathan Cook
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Discrimination, not culture, keeps families in poverty...
Cook: Have Israeli spies infiltrated international airports?
Znet Article, November, 26 2009
Jonathan Cook
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South Africa deported an Israeli airline official last week following allegations that Israel’s secret police, the Shin Bet, had infiltrated Johannesburg international airport in an effort to gather information on South African citizens, particu...
Cook: Guest Media Alert: A Comparative Review Of Flat Earth News And Newspeak
Znet Article, November, 21 2009
Jonathan Cook
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In this Guest Media Alert, Cook attempts the truly Herculean task of dissecting and comparing the key arguments in Nick Davies’s book ‘Flat Earth News’ and our own recently published ‘Newspeak in the 21st Century.’ The results are enthra...
Cook: Tribute to Kahane planned by Israeli legislators
Znet Article, November, 20 2009
Jonathan Cook
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A plan by right-wing legislators in Israel to commemorate the anniversary this month of the death of Meir Kahane, whose banned anti-Arab movement is classified as a terrorist organisation, risks further damaging the prospects for talks between Isr...
Cook: Arab teens need 'protecting from Israeli justice'
Znet Article, November, 17 2009
Jonathan Cook
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An Israeli judge made an historic ruling last week when he decided that an Arab teenager needed “protection†from the justice system and ordered that he not be convicted despite being found guilty of throwing stones at a police car during a pr...
Cook: Campus Watch copycats close in on Israeli professors
Znet Article, November, 16 2009
Jonathan Cook
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Right-wing groups in Israel want to create a climate of fear among left-wing scholars at Israeli universities by emulating the “witch-hunt†tactics of the US academic monitoring group Campus Watch, Israeli professors warn.
Cook: Israeli police don Arab disguise
Znet Article, October, 21 2009
Jonathan Cook
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Civil rights groups in Israel have expressed outrage at the announcement last week that a special undercover unit of the police has been infiltrating and collecting intelligence on Israel's Arab minority by disguising its officers as Arabs.
Cook: A Third Intifada?
Commentary, October, 08 2009
Jonathan Cook
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Tension over control of the Haram al Sharif compound of mosques in Jerusalem's Old City has reached a pitch unseen since clashes at the site sparked the second intifada nine years ago.
Cook: Israel mulls banning Islamic Movement
Znet Article, October, 08 2009
Jonathan Cook
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The Israeli government announced yesterday it would consider banning Israel’s Islamic Movement at the next cabinet meeting, in a significant escalation of tensions that have fuelled a fortnight of bloody clashes in Jerusalem over access to the H...
Cook: How Israel bought off UN's war crimes probe
Znet Article, October, 06 2009
Jonathan Cook
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Israel celebrated at the weekend its success at the United Nations in forcing the Palestinians to defer demands that the International Criminal Court investigate allegations of war crimes committed by Israel during its winter assault on the Gaza S...
Cook: Gaza peace protester is prisoner in own home
Commentary, September, 30 2009
Jonathan Cook
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Nine months after he helped to organize protests against Israel's attack on Gaza, Samih Jabareen is a prisoner in his home in Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, an electronic bracelet around his ankle to alert the police should he step outside his front door.
Cook: Boycott Derails Jerusalem’s Transit System
Znet Article, September, 19 2009
Jonathan Cook
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Rail firm pays price for link to settlements...
Cook: How US tax breaks fund Israeli settlers Peace group targets settlements' charitable status
Znet Article, September, 15 2009
Jonathan Cook
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Israeli peace activists are planning to ratchet up their campaign against groups in the United States that raise money for settlers by highlighting how tax exemptions are helping to fund the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank.
Cook: Israel blocks money to Gaza’s disabled
Znet Article, September, 10 2009
Jonathan Cook
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Yunis al Masri was luckier than his two brothers from Gaza. Although the truck that ploughed into their car as they travelled to work in Israel 24 years ago killed Jaber and Kamal instantly, Mr al Masri survived with shattered bones, internal blee...
Cook: Israel's Arab citizens call general strike
Znet Article, September, 09 2009
Jonathan Cook
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The increasingly harsh political climate in Israel under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government has prompted the leadership of the country's 1.3 million Arab citizens to call the first general strike in several years.
