2019-01-26: News Headlines

South Front (2019-01-26). Video: Israeli Patrol Came Under Fire in Golan Heights. globalresearch.ca A firefight broke out on the contact line between Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on January 24. | According to the statement, forces from the Syrian side of the …

teleSUR (2019-01-26). Ireland's Lower House Approves Banning Israeli Settlement Goods. telesurenglish.net The Irish Lower House of the parliament voted Friday, with a majority, in favor of a bill banning the purchase of goods and services coming from the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. | RELATED: | This is What Solidarity Looks Like: Major BDS Victories in 2018 | If this law passes it would make Ireland the first EU nation to achieve criminalizing commercial activities with the illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank. | The bill was put forward by the Independent se…

teleSUR (2019-01-26). Colombia: ELN Peace Negotiators Will Not Request Asylum in Cuba. telesurenglish.net The National Liberation Army (ELN) Chief Peace Negotiator Israel Ramirez said, Friday, that the 10 members of the negotiating team will not ask for political asylum in Cuba but will return to their camps in Colombia. | RELATED: | UNSC Urges Colombia to Resume Peace Talks With ELN | Asylum "is forbidden in the ELN," Ramirez said and added that "if we suffer political persecution for our revolutionary ideas, we go to the mountains. That's the best thing to do." | The leader clarified that "if…

STAFF (2019-01-26). Undercover Agents Target Cybersecurity Watchdog. truthdig.com NEW YORK—The researchers who reported that Israeli software was used to spy on Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's inner circle before his gruesome death are being targeted in turn by international undercover operatives, The Associated Press has found. | Twice in the past two months, men masquerading as socially conscious investors have lured members of the Citizen Lab internet watchdog group to meetings at luxury hotels to quiz them for hours about their work exposing Israeli surveillance and the details of their personal lives. In both cases, the researchers believe they were secretly recorded.

aljazeera (2019-01-26). Israeli air raids on Iranian targets in Syria escalate tensions. aljazeera.com Iran says entering into a direct war with Israel is a decision for the Syrian government, but experts fear the escalating tensions between Israel and Iran.

aljazeera (2019-01-26). The Palestinian home hemmed in by Israel's separation wall. aljazeera.com Hani Amer's family struggles with living in a home surrounded by Israel's separation barrier in occupied West Bank.

aljazeera (2019-01-26). Gaza residents receive Qatari cash. aljazeera.com Thousands in impoverished and besieged territory received payments, which Doha says are aimed at helping the poorest.

Robert Mackey (2019-01-25). Israeli Campaign Ad Stars Former Soldier Lauded for Executing Palestinian Suspect. theintercept.com An ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been endorsed by Elor Azaria, a former soldier who publicly executed a Palestinian suspect in 2016.

RT (2019-01-25). US family booted off flight 'for overpowering BO' accuse airline of anti-Semitism. rt.com A family taken off an American Airlines flight following passenger and crew complaints of overpowering body odor say they were unfairly targeted because they are Jewish. |

Deconstructed (2019-01-24). What You Can't Say About Israel (with Marc Lamont Hill). theintercept.com There are signs that U.S. opinion might be shifting on Israel and Palestine, but defenders of the Israeli government aren't backing down. What's the price of criticizing Israel in the U.S.?

Consortiumnews (2019-01-23). The Unwritten Rule Between the US and Hizbullah. consortiumnews.com The two sides have long agreed to keep their hostilities covert, writes As`ad AbuKhalil, but Israel would like that to change. By As`ad AbuKhalil in Beirut Special to Consortium News David Hale, the U.S. under secretary for political affairs, went… Read more →

Akela Lacy (2019-01-23). Trump Administration Grants South Carolina Foster Care Agencies Authority to Discriminate Against Jewish and Muslim Families. theintercept.com The Trump administration on Wednesday made a quiet move that opens the door for the religious right to use the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act to discriminate against able foster parents whose religious views are in conflict with those of an agency. | On the 33rd day of the government shutdown, Steven Wagner, principal deputy assistant secretary at the Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, signed a waiver giving special permission to a federally funded Protes…

Democracy Now! (2019-01-22). Headlines for January 22, 2019. democracynow.org Gov't Shutdown Drags On as Dems Reject Trump DACA Proposal, Indigenous Elder and MAGA Hat-Wearing Student Face Off in Viral Video, Protesters Hit the Streets for 3rd Annual Women's March, Special Counsel Rebukes BuzzFeed Claim Trump Told Cohen to Lie to Congress, Sen. Merkley Calls for Probe into DHS Secretary over Family Separation, Afghanistan: Taliban Kill Dozens in Military Base Attack, Syria: Car Bomb Targets Kurds, as Israeli Airstrikes Kill At Least 21, Yemen: Saudi Airstrikes Pound Capital Sana'a, Reports: Shipwrecks in Mediterranean Kill 170 Migrants, Serbia: 10,000+ People Take to the Streets in 8th Wee…

Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski (2019-01-20). Israeli Companies Sell Spy Tech They Perfected for Occupying Palestine. therealnews.com We speak to Antony Loewenstein, author of an article on "Exporting the Technology of Occupation." He shows the growing connection between Israeli offensive cyber companies and mass surveillance in the service of authoritarian governments around the world

Ramzy Baroud (2019-01-19). That Single Line of Blood: Nassir al-Mosabeh and Mohammed al-Durrah. zcomm.org This is not simply bad journalism, but part of a calculated Israeli campaign aimed at preemptively justifying the killing of children such as Nassir and Mohammed, and thousands like them…

Stephen Zunes (2019-01-10). Rescinding a Human Rights Award to Angela Davis Was Cowardly and Unfair. progressive.org One would think that opposing Israel control of Palestinian territories seized in the 1967 war, which the international community recognizes as a foreign belligerent occupation, would not be particularly controversial.

SAMIR (2019-01-10). The BDS movement salutes Angela Davis. bdsmovement.net The BDS movement salutes Angela Davis : PACBI StatementThe Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), a founding member of the BDS movement for Palestinian rights, salutJanuary 10, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

LEILI (2018-12-08). German Court Confirms BDS Advocacy is Protected Freedom of Expression and Assembly. bdsmovement.net German Court Confirms BDS Advocacy is Protected Freedom of Expression and Assembly: In the NewsA German court confirms that advocating for BDS and Palestinian rights constitutes freedom of expression and assembly, rights that are protected by the German constitution and are essential for democracy. The court ruled that the German city of Oldenburg unlawfully violated these fundamental rights when it revoked a perm…

PEDRO (2018-12-06). Palestinians and Brazilians Call For Joint Struggle Against Israel-Bolsonaro Alliance. bdsmovement.net Palestinians and Brazilians Call For Joint Struggle Against Israel-Bolsonaro Alliance: BNC StatementWhile Brazil's new president wants to follow in the footsteps of Donald Trump moving the Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem, and Rio de Janeiro's new governor wants to buy Israeli weaponized drones, Palestinian and Rio de Janeiro's favelas' social movements call for a joint and global struggle agains…

Phyllis Bennis (2018-11-14). The Crisis in Gaza and a Potential Ceasefire. zcomm.org Discussing the recent Israeli special forces operation inside the Gaza Strip that killed 7 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier, as well as Israeli air strikes and a potential ceasefire…