2019-06-10: Social Media Postees

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'Battle-Proven:' Weapons Expo Shows One Way Israel Profits from Occupation
Megan Giovannetti | progressive.org | 2019-06-10
Hundreds of arms and cybersecurity companies showcase their state-of-the-art weaponry–often tested in Gaza or the West Bank–to war industry dealers from all over the world.
progressive.org/dispatches/weapons-expo-israel-profits-occupation-giovannetti-190610/

US Will Try To Stop Corbyn From Being Elected PM: Pompeo
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-10
In the most recent showcase of United States (U.S.) meddling in foreign governments, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged, in a leaked conversation with British Jewish leaders, that his country will "push-back" against Labour's party leader Jeremy Corbyn's bid to get elected as Prime Minister. | RELATED: | Corbyn Accuses Trump of 'Interfering' in Britain's Race for PM | "It could be that Mr. Corbyn manages to run the gauntlet and get elected," Pompeo is heard saying. "It's possi…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Will-Do-Its-Best-To-Stop-Corbyn-From-Being-Elected-as-Prime-Minister-Pompeo-20190610-0013.html

Workers World Party solidarity with Palestine on Al Quds Day
Workers World staff | workers.org | 2019-06-10
New York City, May 31. Hundreds rallied in New York City's Times Square May 31 to mark International Day of Al-Quds, Arabic for Jerusalem. Launched in 1979 as one of the first official acts of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Quds Day is held internationally on the last Friday of . . . | Continue reading Workers World Party solidarity with Palestine on Al Quds Day at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/06/09/workers-world-party-solidarity-with-palestine-on-al-quds-day/

"Walk for Israel" PR effort doesn't fool Denver's anti-apartheid protesters
Alex Borenstein | liberationnews.org | 2019-06-10
Coalition of counter-protesters show solidarity with Palestine.
liberationnews.org/walk-for-israel-pr-effort-doesnt-fool-denvers-anti-apartheid-protesters/

Quebec Movement for Peace disrupts a Speech by Irwin Cotler on "Canada as a Human Rights Leader"
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-06-10
Last week members of Quebec Movement for Peace disrupted a speech by Irwin Cotler on "Canada as a Human Rights leader" (at the last-minute 'deputy' foreign minister, Rob Oliphant, canceled his participation). With "Free Palestine" signs in hand, filmmaker Malcolm Guy and I took the stage to denounce Cotler's anti-Palestinian positions and support for intervention …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/quebec-movement-for-peace-disrupts-a-speech-by-irwin-cotler-on-canada-as-a-human-rights-leader/

While the World Watches Trump, It's Missing What's Really Going On
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-10
Our leaders know how to bang the war drums and, by and large, we go along with them. The US threatens Iran with war — so will Iran close the Strait of Hormuz and attack American warships in the Gulf? Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria after rockets fall on Golan — so does an Arab-Israeli conflict…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/10/while-the-world-watches-trump-its-missing-whats-really-going-on/

The Treacherous Falsification of Palestine-Israel History
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-09
Supporters of international humanitarian law must condemn the views espoused by DePaul University's Jason Hill, a tenured philosophy professor, regarding his statements on Palestine-Israel, both in the past and in his recent article in The Federalist. | Hill's opinions on Palestine-Israel must be examined carefully as a microcosm of the myths broadly perpetuated by the right wing to justify Israel's military occupations,…
truthout.org/articles/the-treacherous-falsification-of-palestine-israel-history/

No, WSJ, Palestinians Have Not Given Up On National Rights
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-06-09
The Wall Street Journal yesterday trolled the Palestinians with a breathless headline that "some" Palestinians are giving up on having their own state.
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/09/no-wsj-palestinians-have-not-given-national-rights?cd-origin=rss

Germany: 2 States 'Only Solution' to Israel-Palestine Conflict
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-09
Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas reaffirmed Sunday his country's support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ahead of a long-awaited United States (U.S.) "peace" plan. | RELATED: | Palestinians Slam US Ambassador to Israel's Annexation Remarks | "We still agree that reaching a two-state solution through negotiations is the only solution," the top diplomat said during a press conference in Amman with his Jordanian counterpart. | Washingt…
telesurenglish.net/news/Germany-2-States-Only-Solution-to-Israel-Palestine-Conflict-20190609-0013.html

Critics Blast Trump Backing of Israel's Plan to Commit 'War Crime'
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-09
The president's envoy to Israel says the U.S. supports Israel's plan to annex parts of the West Bank, angering human rights advocates.
truthdig.com/articles/critics-blast-trump-backing-of-israels-plan-to-commit-war-crime/

Selected Articles: Israel's Attack on The USS Liberty
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-09
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer". | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …
globalresearch.ca/wwii-d-day-uss-liberty-attack-accidental-intentional-allies/5680062

Israel's Attack on The USS Liberty: An Act of War, A False Flag, A Gross Betrayal
Craig McKee | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-09
It is one of the greatest lies that most Americans — in fact most people around the world — have never heard of. And it reveals much about the true relationship between the United States and one of its "closest …
globalresearch.ca/what-we-should-have-learned-israels-attack-uss-liberty/5680016

As Trump Signals Support for Israel's Proposed West Bank Annexation, Lawmakers and Rights Advocates Condemn Plan to Commit 'War Crime'
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-08
A top Trump administration signaled Saturday that the U.S. would welcome Israel's reported plan to break international law by annexing parts of the West Bank, angering advocates for Palestinian rights. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/sanders_warren1_1.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/08/trump-signals-support-israels-proposed-west-bank-annexation-lawmakers-and-rights?cd-origin=rss

Socialist Analysis & Discussion – U.S./Israeli Deal & the Palestinian Struggle
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-06-08
2969 Mission St., near 26th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/05/18823747.php

Palestinians Slam US Ambassador to Israel's Annexation Remarks
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-08
Reacting to comments by the U.S. ambassador in Israel, Palestine Liberation Organization Chief Saeb Erekat said Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump's vision of Palestine was "annexation of occupied territory, a war crime according to international law." | RELATED: | Palestinians Unable To Govern Themselves Yet: Kushner | In an interview published Saturday in the New York Times, U.S. Ambassador David Friedman said Israel did not rule out an Israeli move to annex parts of the occupied…
telesurenglish.net/news/Palestinians-Slam-US-Ambassador-to-Israels-Annexation-Remarks–20190608-0006.html

Activist Walked From Sweden to Palestine to Protest Occupation
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-08
By the third day, blisters were beginning to form on his feet. But Benjamin Ladraa continued his trip. He would keep walking for another 11 months. | In August 2017, the 25-year-old Swedish activist embarked on a 3,000-mile solo journey through 13 countries to raise awareness about the plight of the Palestinians. Beginning in Gothenburg, Sweden, Ladraa carried a Palestinian flag and walked through Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. | It took him more than 300 days to complete the journey, landing him features in such internat…
truthout.org/articles/activist-walked-from-sweden-to-palestine-to-protest-occupation/

New Evidence Proves Israel Attacked USS Liberty With Orders to Kill 294 Americans
Aaron Nelson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-08
America is commemorating the 52nd anniversary of the Israeli attack on USS Liberty. | This article was first published on November 14, 2014 | Fresh evidence presented in an exclusive Al Jazeera investigation into the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty that …
globalresearch.ca/new-evidence-proves-israel-attacked-uss-liberty-with-orders-to-kill-294-americans/5413807

An Israeli Double-Feature: 52nd Anniversary of Israel's Attack on the USS Liberty
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-08
Two days ago the US celebrated the 75th anniversary of D-Day with accolades to the armed forces and thanks to surviving veterans. The country stood strongly with the military. But today two days later is the 52 anniversary of a …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-double-feature-52nd-anniversary-israels-attack-uss-liberty/5679969

USS Liberty 1967: Israel Murdered U.S. Sailors and Tried to Sink Their Ship … A Failed False Flag Attack Against the U.S
Washington's Blog | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-08
Firs published by February 15, 2015 on Washington Blog and Global Research | Fifty two years, on June 8, 1967, Israel attacked the American naval vessel USS Liberty in international waters, and tried to sink it. | After checking the Liberty out …
globalresearch.ca/uss-liberty-1967-israel-murdered-u-s-sailors-and-tried-to-sink-their-ship-a-failed-false-flag-attack-against-the-u-s/5430981

10-man Mali fall to Italy in U-20 World Cup quarterfinals
David Ochieng Mbewa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-08
Mali striker Ibrahima Kone reacts after scoring an own goal in his side's quarterfinal game against Italy at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup at the Tychy STadium in Tychy, Poland. (Photo credits: FIFA) | Mali was eliminated from the FIFA Under-20 World Cup following a 4-2 loss to Italy on Friday at the Tychy City Stadium in Tychy, Poland. | The Malians fell behind to a bizarre Ibrahima Kone own goal after 12 minutes and things got worse nine minutes later when Ousmane Diakite was sent off for a dangerous foul on Italian midfielder Luca Pelligrini. | Mali leveled the match on 38 minutes through Sekou Koita after a bri…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/08/10-man-mali-fall-to-italy-in-u-20-world-cup-quarterfinals/

Washington's "Malicious Intent": Trump and Son-in-Law Kushner's "Deliberate" Ignorance of Palestinian History
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-07
When the President of Israel and the Jewish son-in-law of the President of the United States make surprisingly thoughtless statements about Palestine, they show us just how deliberately ignorant of history they are‚Ää–‚Ääand how uncaring they are for …
globalresearch.ca/not-capable-governing-themselves-kushner-final-status-status-quo/5679787

Mom and Pop(ulation)
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-07
As wealth consolidates and faith in all things fades, the religious right only grows more fantastical, punitive and apocalyptic. Indeed, their new mascot is not the poor and persecuted Palestinian Jesus Christ but a billionaire celebrity from New York who would only believe in God if he saw him in the mirror. For many people…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/07/mom-and-population/

Teaching Palestine in South Africa
Diana Block | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-07
Reaffirming Internationalism in the Twenty-first Century In March 2019 I traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa to attend a conference — Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice. The conference was co-sponsored by the AMED (Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies) program of San Francisco State University (SFSU), AMEC (Afro-Middle East Centre) in…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/07/teaching-palestine-in-south-africa/

Socialist Analysis & Discussion – U.S./Israeli Deal & the Palestinian Struggle
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-06-07
2969 Mission St., near 26th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/05/18823747.php

Argentinian Diplomat Defends Nazis Against 'Historical Records'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-07
Argentina's ambassador in Haiti Pedro von Eyken defended the Nazi army in a controversial tweet on May 29, sparking the outrage of the Association of Israeli Associations of Argentina, or DAIA, who demanded that Argentina's Foreign Ministry dismiss him. | RELATED: | Argentina to Bolsonaro: 'Your Hatred Is Not Welcome Here' | The tweet, published on a day celebrating the Argentinian Army, read:…
telesurenglish.net/news/Argentinian-Diplomat-Defends-Nazis-Against-Historical-Records-20190606-0025.html

LGBTQ Protest Under Fire from Zionists for Banning Pro-Israel Symbols
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-06-07
A Washington "Dyke March" is under attack by Zionist groups for its ban on Israel pride flags, which they say represents Israeli nationalism – not Judaism.
mintpressnews.com/lgbtq-dyke-march-protest-fire-zionists-banning-pro-israel-symbols/259065/

Facing the Facts: Israel Cannot Escape ICC Jurisdiction
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-07
The Chief Military Advocate General of the Israeli army, Sharon Afek, and the US Department of Defense General Counsel, Paul Ney, shared a platform at the 'International Conference on the Law of Armed Conflict', which took place in Herzliya, Israel between May 28-30. Their panel witnessed some of the most misconstrued interpretations of international law…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/07/facing-the-facts-israel-cannot-escape-icc-jurisdiction/

UK: Police Arrest 4 Teens for Brutal Gay Bashing of 2 Women
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-07
Police arrested four teenage suspects Friday in an attack on a lesbian couple who were violently attacked on a London bus on May 30 after refusing their perpetrator's request to engage in intimate acts. | RELATED: | Israel's LGBTQ Community Performs Mass Marriage To Protest Anti-Gay Laws | During interviews with the media in England, where the couple lives, and Uruguay, where Geymonat is from, the doctor said she and Chris were traveling that night on the top deck of a…
telesurenglish.net/news/UK-Police-Arrest-4-Teens-for-Brutal-Gay-Bashing-of-2-Women-20190607-0006.html

'We Will Soon Pray There': Israeli Minister Urges Jewish Settlers to Enter Al-Aqsa (The Temple Mount)
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-06
An Israeli minister has called on settlers to continue entering Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa compound and thanked security officials for making their visits possible after hundreds broke into the mosque during the final days of Ramadan. | In a video released on Monday, …
globalresearch.ca/we-will-soon-pray-there-israeli-minister-urges-settlers-enter-al-aqsa/5679799

A Second Israeli Election Proves Netanyahu's Grip on Power is Slipping
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-06
Nazareth. In a sign of how politically vulnerable he has rapidly become, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu plunged Israel into new elections last week — less than two months after his far-right bloc appeared to win at the ballot box. Netanyahu was forced to dissolve the 120-member parliament to block his chief rival, Benny Gantz, from…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/06/a-second-israeli-election-proves-netanyahus-grip-on-power-is-slipping/

Socialist Analysis & Discussion – U.S./Israeli Deal & the Palestinian Struggle
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-06-06
2969 Mission St., near 26th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/05/18823747.php

Instead of a US Peace Plan for the Middle East, How about a US Peace Plan for the US?
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-06
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo describes the Trump administration's plan for peace between Israel and Palestinian Arabs as "unexecutable." President Trump says Pompeo "may be right." Good! As addiction counselors say, the first step is admitting you have a problem. With addiction, the way out is not…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/06/instead-of-a-us-peace-plan-for-the-middle-east-how-about-a-us-peace-plan-for-the-us/

Palestinian Solidarity, South Africa BDS & Director Muhammed Desai
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-06-06
WorkWeek interviews SJSU professor Sang Hea Kil about her trip to South Africa to attend the Teaching Palestine confernce in March 2019. While at the conference she and two other women were sexually harassed by Muhammed Desai, the director of South Africa BDS. She talks about that experience and the cover-up that followed. She also discusses the role of Israel and the attacks against professors and students in the United States who are critical of Israel…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/03/18823720.php

Fundamental Palestinian Rights: Trump's "Deal of the Century" "No-Peace/ Peace Plan", Derogating "The Right of Return"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-06
From what's known about the scheme, subject to change, Trump's so-called "deal of the century" has nothing to do with regional peace or treating Palestinians equitably. | It has everything to with serving US and Israeli interests at the expense of …
globalresearch.ca/fundamental-palestinian-rights-trumps-deal-of-the-century-no-peace-peace-plan-derogating-the-right-of-return/5679711

Facing the Facts: Israel Cannot Escape ICC Jurisdiction
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-06-06
The Chief Military Advocate General of the Israeli army, Sharon Afek, and the US Department of Defense General Counsel, Paul Ney, shared a platform at the 'International Conference on the Law of Armed Conflict', which took place in Herzliya, Israel between May 28-30. Their panel witnessed some of the most misconstrued interpretations of international law …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/facing-the-facts-israel-cannot-escape-icc-jurisdiction/

LGBTQ in Israel Protest Anti-Gay Laws in Mass Marriage
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-06
An unofficial mass wedding was held in Tel Aviv by 23 gay couples to protest Israel's discrimination against homosexual unions. | RELATED: | BDS Activists Go on Trial in Germany over Protesting Israeli 'Pinkwashing' | "Struggle is not only about demonstrations and protests," organizers said in a statement before the Tuesday event. "It is also about loving the one we want, the way we want," they said | "So in a place where it is forbidden to us to marry, we will marry…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israels-LGBTQ-Community-Performs-Mass-MarriageTo-Protest-Anti-Gay-Laws-20190606-0015.html

"Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East
Israel Shahak | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-06
When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…
globalresearch.ca/greater-israel-the-zionist-plan-for-the-middle-east/5324815

Facing the Facts: Israel Cannot Escape ICC Jurisdiction
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-06-06
The Chief Military Advocate General of the Israeli army, Sharon Afek, and the US Department of Defense General Counsel, Paul Ney, shared a platform at the 'International Conference on the Law of Armed Conflict', which took place in Herzliya, Israel between May 28-30. | Their panel witnessed some of the most misconstrued interpretations of international law ever recorded. It was as if Afek and Ney were literally making up their own law on warfare and armed conflic…
mintpressnews.com/facing-facts-israel-cannot-escape-icc-jurisdiction/259021/

The Day After UNRWA
Marilyn Garson | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-05
UNRWA needs $60 million in June to buy relief food for one million Palestinian refugees in Gaza, while Trump's Middle East envoy is agitating for the UN to close the agency. UNRWA's mandate does not belong to Trump. But it's time to ask, what will happen on the day after UNRWA's money runs out? In…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/05/the-day-after-unrwa/

For Real Safety in US and Palestine, We Must Fight White Supremacy
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-05
As a part of the Center for Jewish Nonviolence, I joined a coalition of over 100 Palestinians, Israelis, and Jews from the U.S. and Canada to rehabilitate a dirt road in the South Hebron Hills that would give Palestinians in the area greater access to basic resources they need to live. When we started this project in early May, a range of Israeli police and military agencies responded with force, employing methods of crowd dispersal to arrest 17 people and injure dozens of others. As I heard the b…
truthout.org/articles/for-real-safety-in-us-and-palestine-we-must-fight-white-supremacy/

More Than 100 Commercial, Cultural and Sporting Activities in Italy Declare Themselves Free of Israeli Apartheid
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-06-05
More Than 100 Commercial, Cultural and Sporting Activities in Italy Declare Themselves Free of Israeli Apartheid: In the NewsTrade unions, movements, artisans, businesses and cultural, recreational and sports centers join campaign for Palestinian rights in what is also a clear stand against the mounting racism and nationalist closure that is fomenting hatred and intolerance across Europ…
bdsmovement.net/news/more-100-commercial-cultural-and-sporting-activities-italy-declare-themselves-free-israeli

Kushner-Trump Family Plan for an Enlarged Israel, Ridiculed as the 'Confidence Trick of the Century'
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
700,000 illegal settlers, economic migrants from Israel who have built temporary homes on Palestinian land, are proposed to be legitimised under a Kushner family plan dubbed the 'confidence trick of the century'. | The son-in-law of Donald Trump, Jared Kushner is …
globalresearch.ca/kushner-trump-family-plan-enlarged-israel/5679649

Palestinians Unable To Govern Themselves Yet: Kushner
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-05
White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner stated during an interview Sunday with Axios on HBO that Palestinians deserve 'self-determination', while doubting whether they actually have the ability to govern themselves. | RELATED: | 10 Reasons Why Ilhan Omar Scares US Political Elite | "I do think they should have self-determination. I'm going to leave the details until we come out with the actual plan," Kushner told Axios, while refusing to comment on the potential of a separate Palestinian…
telesurenglish.net/news/Palestinians-Unable-To-Govern-Themselves-Yet-Kushner-20190605-0001.html

What the Latest Secret Government File Says About UK Middle East Policy
consortiumnews.com | 2019-06-05
Mark Curtis details why a 1941 document might still be so sensitive in 2019 that the British government is refusing to release it. By Mark Curtis British Foreign Policy Declassified The British government is refusing to release a 1941 file on Palestine, as it might… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/06/04/what-the-latest-secret-government-file-says-about-uk-middle-east-policy/

Palestinian Solidarity, South Africa BDS & Director Muhammed Desai
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-06-05
WorkWeek interviews SJSU professor Sang Hea Kil about her trip to South Africa to attend the Teaching Palestine confernce in March 2019. While at the conference she and two other women were sexually harassed by Muhammed Desai, the director of South Africa BDS. She talks about that experience and the cover-up that followed. She also discusses the role of Israel and the attacks against professors and students in the United States who are critical of Israel…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/03/18823720.php

Socialist Analysis & Discussion – U.S./Israeli Deal & the Palestinian Struggle
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-06-05
2969 Mission St., near 26th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/05/18823747.php

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