It has been a tropubling week for Palestine. I summarize some of the events that have caught my attention: These events include:

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Response to Beinart article “I No Longer Believe in a Jewish State” from conservatives very damning, no chance of two parties living together and resigned to a necessary apartheid but no shame in calling it such either.

https://mondoweiss.net/2020/08/segregation-liberal-zionists-embrace-unliberal-ideas-to-combat-beinart/

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Unbalanced response to incendiary balloons, yet again!! Social media showing images of balloons alongside fighter jets and bombings of Gaza. In the meantime, little mainstream media coverage although there is some activity on other social media channels such as Twitter and Instagram. Apart from the ‘light’ bombings, other measures imposed further plummet the people of Gaza into destitution: no power, further movement restrictions etc.

“A statement from the fire service says most of the blazes were small and didn’t pose any danger.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/gaza-fire-balloons-spark-16-blazes-in-south/

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Video shows new laser system intercepting Gaza fire balloon

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/video-shows-new-laser-system-intercepting-gaza-fire-balloon/

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UAE/Israel alliance condemned by many nations. UAE quickly (within a few days, no less!) moves to stifle any dissent and jails many!

https://www.albawaba.com/node/help-us-find-critics-uae-smart-app-allows-reporting-residents-who-tweet-against-normalization

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200817-uae-arrests-opponents-of-israel-peace-deal/

https://emiratesleaks.com/en/uae-one-repressive-countries-world/

In an interview with Dr Norman Finkelstein On UAE-Israel Normalization, the issue is discussed along with the implications for the ICC case against Israel.

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https://mondoweiss.net/2020/08/seth-rogen-welcome-to-the-journey/

I have traveled from the belief in the righteousness of the promised land to a belief in the righteousness of the Palestinian solidarity movement. It’s a one-way trip.

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https://jps.ucpress.edu/content/49/2/65

Ben White – Journal of Palestine Studies

An interesting and well researched article from the Journal of Palestine Studies, that sheds light on the tactics used to delegitmize Palestinian advocacy and the lengths that have been taken to battle campaigns such as BDS. For example, the establishment of GONGO’s and organisations such as NGO Monitor.

“Steinberg had found his niche. That year, he founded NGO Monitor, initially run from the Institute of Contemporary Affairs within the well-known right-wing Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA).”

The reach of these efforts is quite extraordinary and include lawsuits in countries outside of Israel.

”Shurat HaDin’s efforts are deployed through a plethora of lawsuits, including one in 2011 (that “went nowhere”) claiming that Carter [former President of the US] had “defrauded consumers” with Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid and another against a pro-BDS Australian academic on the grounds that he was “in breach of the country’s anti-racism laws” (the case was dismissed by the Federal Court of Australia).”

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