Daily Archives: June 9, 2019

2019-06-09: News Headlines

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-06-08). As Trump Signals Support for Israel's Proposed West Bank Annexation, Lawmakers and Rights Advocates Condemn Plan to Commit 'War Crime'. commondreams.org 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

teleSUR (2019-06-08). Poland: Warsaw's Biggest Gay Pride Defies Conservative Hate. telesurenglish.net Tens of thousands of people joined a pride march in Warsaw Saturday as gay rights continue to become a major issue in Poland's election campaign. | RELATED | Poland: Gay Atheist MP Promises Social Transformation | The parade, which was expected to be the biggest of its kind in the city, came as the ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party ramped up it…

Washington's Blog (2019-06-08). USS Liberty 1967: Israel Murdered U.S. Sailors and Tried to Sink Their Ship … A Failed False Flag Attack Against the U.S. globalresearch.ca 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 …

teleSUR (2019-06-08). Palestinians Slam US Ambassador to Israel's Annexation Remarks. telesurenglish.net 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…

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-06-08). An Israeli Double-Feature: 52nd Anniversary of Israel's Attack on the USS Liberty. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Staff (2019-06-08). Activist Walked From Sweden to Palestine to Protest Occupation. truthout.org 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…

David Ochieng Mbewa (2019-06-08). 10-man Mali fall to Italy in U-20 World Cup quarterfinals. cgtn.com 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…

Rima Najjar (2019-06-07). Washington's "Malicious Intent": Trump and Son-in-Law Kushner's "Deliberate" Ignorance of Palestinian History. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Alexander Rubinstein (2019-06-07). LGBTQ Protest Under Fire from Zionists for Banning Pro-Israel Symbols. mintpressnews.com 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.

teleSUR (2019-06-07). UK: Police Arrest 4 Teens for Brutal Gay Bashing of 2 Women. telesurenglish.net 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…

teleSUR (2019-06-07). Argentinian Diplomat Defends Nazis Against 'Historical Records'. telesurenglish.net 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: "Today is the Day of the Argentina Army, of the General José de San Martín and many more who…

Nick Pemberton (2019-06-07). Mom and Pop(ulation). counterpunch.org 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 More

Diana Block (2019-06-07). Teaching Palestine in South Africa. counterpunch.org 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 More

Middle East Eye (2019-06-06). 'We Will Soon Pray There': Israeli Minister Urges Jewish Settlers to Enter Al-Aqsa (The Temple Mount). globalresearch.ca 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, …

Israel Shahak (2019-06-06). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca 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…

Thomas Knapp (2019-06-06). Instead of a US Peace Plan for the Middle East, How about a US Peace Plan for the US? counterpunch.org 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 "if at first you don't succeed, try, More

Ramzy Baroud (2019-06-06). Facing the Facts: Israel Cannot Escape ICC Jurisdiction. mintpressnews.com 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…

Stephen Lendman (2019-06-06). Fundamental Palestinian Rights: Trump's "Deal of the Century" "No-Peace/ Peace Plan", Derogating "The Right of Return" globalresearch.ca 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 …

teleSUR (2019-06-06). LGBTQ in Israel Protest Anti-Gay Laws in Mass Marriage. telesurenglish.net 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…

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

Marilyn Garson (2019-06-05). The Day After UNRWA. counterpunch.org 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 More

Staff (2019-06-05). For Real Safety in US and Palestine, We Must Fight White Supremacy. truthout.org 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…

Hans Stehling (2019-06-05). Kushner-Trump Family Plan for an Enlarged Israel, Ridiculed as the 'Confidence Trick of the Century'. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Arabi Souri (2019-06-05). ISIS Remnants Regroup and Attack Syrian Army Posts in the Desert with U.S. Help. globalresearch.ca ISIS terrorists, defeated by the Syrian Arab Army in the major battles of Der Ezzor and Albukamal east of Syria, have regrouped and launched a new wave of attacks against the SAA posts in the dese…

PACBI (2019-06-05). More Than 100 Commercial, Cultural and Sporting Activities in Italy Declare Themselves Free of Israeli Apartheid. bdsmovement.net 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…

Consortiumnews (2019-06-05). What the Latest Secret Government File Says About UK Middle East Policy. consortiumnews.com 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 →

Sara Roy (2019-06-04). On Equating BDS With Anti-Semitism: a Letter to the Members of the German Government. counterpunch.org To the Members of the German Government: I write to you regarding the motion recently passed by the Bundestag that equated BDS with anti-Semitism. I also write to you as Jew, a child of Holocaust survivors and as a scholar of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. My mother, Taube, and father, Abraham, survived Auschwitz among other horrors. More

Firas Samuri (2019-06-04). Israel Continues Its Interference in the Syrian Crisis. globalresearch.ca On June 2, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported on Israeli aggression on the T4 airbase, located in the eastern countryside of Homs province. It's recognized that the Syrian Air Defense System managed to destroy two missiles. The remaining rockets …

South Front (2019-06-04). Video: Israeli Military Intensifies Attacks on Syria. globalresearch.ca Overnight on June 2, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a missile strike on Syrian Arab Army (SAA) targets in the southern part of the country. According to the IDF, the missiles hit 2 artillery batteries, observation and intelligence …

Jason Ditz (2019-06-04). Israeli Military Intensifies Attacks on Syria, Killing 15. theantimedia.com (ANTIWAR.COM) — After killing ten people in a flurry of attacks early Sunday, Israeli warplanes continued with a second round of strikes into the evening, killing at least five more, and bringing the death toll to 15. Overall, four Syrian soldiers have been confirmed killed in the attacks, while seven others from the early attacks were described as foreign …

Labor Video Project (2019-06-04). Palestinian Solidarity, South Africa BDS & Director Muhammed Desai. indybay.org 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…

Hatim Kanaaneh (2019-06-04). Ancient Plants: Reflections on Palestinian Life from the Galilee Mountains. globalresearch.ca I always like my beer on the bitter side. Recently, I discovered the wild variety of plant behind the delicate taste. | On the afternoon of our 79th (combined average) birthday, my wife and I took a lengthy hike in the …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-06-04). Trump's Bellicosity Sells Weapons but Also Boosts Iran and the Palestinian Cause. globalresearch.ca When the "Islamic State" (ISIS) occupied large territories in Iraq and Syria, it shifted Middle East and world attention to it, moving the focus away from the Palestinian cause. The countries affected by the ISIS horror concentrated on recovering their …

Hans Stehling (2019-06-03). Trump, Netanyahu and Boris Johnson Would Cause Global Instability… War in the Middle East? globalresearch.ca A vote for Boris Johnson as Britain's Prime Minister would effectively be a vote for US President Donald Trump and his sidekick, Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel. They have 'form' in working closely together to violate UN Security Council Resolutions. | To …

Miko Peled (2019-06-03). Netanyahu is Gambling on New Elections to Stay in Power. mintpressnews.com JERUSALEM — For the first time in the history of the state of Israel, the head of the party that won the largest number of seats has failed to form a coalition government. Rather than allowing the head of the party that came in second to attempt to form a government, the Knesset voted to hold re-elections only six weeks after Israelis first cast their ballots. | Could this be the end the political career of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? It seems that this is indeed what the heads of several political parties here are determined to achieve. Not unlike hyenas who see a broken down and weak lion a…

Philip Giraldi (2019-06-03). Making Prayer Safer: 94% of Homeland Security (DHS) Grants to Enhance Security Goes to Jewish Groups. globalresearch.ca There is an unfortunate tendency in the United States to throw money at a problem, particularly when the problem is related to powerful constituencies. The recent attacks on synagogues, churches, and mosques have included two attacks on synagogues in Pittsburgh

Rashid Khalidi (2019-06-03). The Tangled History of American and Israeli Exceptionalism. thenation.com The Tangled History of American and Israeli Exceptionalism…

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2019-06-03). Pompeo Admits Kushner Peace Plan Likely Unworkable as Trump's Son-in-Law Openly Dehumanizes Palestinian People. commondreams.org "I get why people think this is going to be a deal that only the Israelis could love," secretary of state says in leaked audio | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/kushner-pompeo-mideast.jpg

Staff (2019-06-03). Mike Pompeo Destroys Jared Kushner's 'Deal of the Century'. truthdig.com In private remarks that were recorded and leaked, the Secretary of State threw cold water on the unrevealed plan for Israel and Palestine.

Rima Najjar (2019-06-03). "The Judaization of Jerusalem": ‚ÄäHow it Works. globalresearch.ca The Judaization of Jerusalem. It used to work under cover of darkness, at least in the mainstream media, but now it's out in the open with official recognition of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem from the United States. | Israel implements its …

Fight Back (2019-06-03). Minnesota BDS movement demands state divestment from apartheid. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – On May 30, Palestinian-Americans and solidarity activists called on the Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI) to divest from Israeli companies that violate international law and profit from the occupation of Palestine. | Speaking to the SBI at the state capitol, the activists highlighted several problematic companies the State of Minnesota currently is invested in. These included high-tech weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems, telecom company Bezeq and several Israeli banks. | "It is only appropriate that we hold ourselves to the highest standard and become an example for the rest of the nation,"

PACBI (2019-06-03). Scientists Protest Holding International Physics Olympiad in Israel over Its Denial of Palestinian Right to Education. bdsmovement.net Scientists Protest Holding International Physics Olympiad in Israel over Its Denial of Palestinian Right to Education: In the NewsTwenty scientists, including the 2018 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry George P. Smith, wrote an open letter to the organizers of the next International Physics Olympiad to protest against holding the contest in Israel due to its denial of Palestinian human ri…

Fight Back (2019-06-03). New York rallies on Al-Quds Day. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Over 100 people gathered in Times Square on May 31 in honor of the International Day of Al-Quds. This day marks the occupation of Palestine and is in protest of Israel's apartheid regime. | The speakers addressed different topics, from the United States' role in the occupation to other examples of intervention in the Middle East and around the world. | Joe Catron, of the group Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Network, read a statement from Ahmad Sa'adat, General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine that stated, "The goal of every struggling revolutionary prisoner, whether in…

Miko Peled (2019-06-03). For the US and Israel, Iran Works Best as a Perpetual Threat. mintpressnews.com Both Israel and the U.S. need Iran: they need to be able to point to Iran as a threat, as a menace, as the source of terrorism and evil in the world. That threat is also an important part of any election campaign for politicians in both countries. The fact that Iran is none of those things is beside the point.

MAIL (2019-06-03). Headlines for June 3, 2019. democracynow.org Gunman Kills 12 People During Virginia Beach Rampage, DHS Watchdog Warns of "Dangerous Overcrowding" at El Paso Migrant Prison, El Salvadoran Transgender Migrant Dies in ICE Custody After Denial of Medical Care, Judge Temporarily Keeps Missouri's Sole Abortion Clinic Open, Military Forces in Sudan Raid Sit-in, Killing At Least 9 Protesters, Protesters Set Fire Outside U.S. Embassy in Honduras, Police Tear-Gas, Arrest Palestinian Protesters as Israeli Settlers Enter Al-Aqsa Mosque, Trump Blasts Brexit, Insults Meghan Markle, While London Mayor Protests His U.K. Visit, Report: Disappearance and Murder of 1000s of I…

Glen Ford (2019-06-03). Half of Black Caucus Signs on to Israeli Stance on Syria, in Defiance of Black Public Opinion. globalresearch.ca The Congressional Black Caucus sides with its party's war mongers and in fear of the Israel lobby, while large Black majorities believe Israel is neither an ally nor a friend. | "The Black Caucus' tolerance of apartheid Israel's barbarism is infinite."…

Press TV (2019-06-03). Scandalous Details of Trump's 'Deal of Century' for Palestine. globalresearch.ca US President Donald Trump's "the deal of the century" wants Palestinian refugees to be naturalized and settled in several countries, including Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq, Israeli daily Haaretz reports. | As the world marked the International Quds Day on Friday, …

Middle East Eye (2019-06-03). Israeli Strikes Hit Iranian and Hezbollah Positions in Syria, Killing 10. theantimedia.com (MEE) — Israeli strikes on positions in Syria killed 10 people on Sunday, including three Syrian soldiers and seven foreign fighters, according to an activist group, and they were later followed by further strikes in Homs province, state media said. According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Israeli missiles fired from warplanes struck areas south …

plenglish (2019-06-03). Egypt Rejects US Proposed Deal for Palestine. plenglish.com Cairo, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has rejected the most recent rumors about the so-called Deal of the Century, which the United States is proposing to tackle the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

RT (2019-06-03). Leaked Pompeo tape adds to growing doubts over Trump's 'deal of century' for Middle East. rt.com US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly admitted that many have doubts over the US peace plan for the Middle East and it may fail. The "deal of the century" was already rejected by Palestine and earned skepticism from the EU.

2019-06-09: Social Media Postees

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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

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/

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

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

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/

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/

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

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

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/

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/

'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

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

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

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/

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 | 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/

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

"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 | 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/

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/

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

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

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

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

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/

A Second Israeli Election Proves Netanyahu's Grip on Power Is Slipping
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-04
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 …
globalresearch.ca/second-israeli-election-proves-netanyahus-grip-power-slipping/5679522

Video: Israeli Military Intensifies Attacks on Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-04
Overnight on June 2, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a missile strike on Syrian Arab Army (SAA) targets in the southern part of the country. According to the IDF, the missiles hit 2 artillery batteries, observation and intelligence …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-military-intensifies-attacks-syria/5679483

Israeli Military Intensifies Attacks on Syria, Killing 15
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-04
(ANTIWAR.COM) — After killing ten people in a flurry of attacks early Sunday, Israeli warplanes continued with a second round of strikes into the evening, killing at least five more, and bringing the death toll to 15. Overall, four Syrian soldiers have been confirmed killed in the attacks, while seven others from the early attacks were described as foreign …

Israeli Military Intensifies Attacks on Syria, Killing 15

On Equating BDS With Anti-Semitism: a Letter to the Members of the German Government
Sara Roy | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-04
To the Members of the German Government: I write to you regarding the motion recently passed by the Bundestag that equated BDS with anti-Semitism. I also write to you as Jew, a child of Holocaust survivors and as a scholar of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. My mother, Taube, and father, Abraham, survived Auschwitz among other horrors.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/04/on-equating-bds-with-anti-semitism-a-letter-to-the-members-of-the-german-government/

Israel Continues Its Interference in the Syrian Crisis
Firas Samuri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-04
On June 2, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported on Israeli aggression on the T4 airbase, located in the eastern countryside of Homs province. It's recognized that the Syrian Air Defense System managed to destroy two missiles. The remaining rockets …
globalresearch.ca/israel-continues-interference-syrian-crisis/5679527

Palestinian Solidarity, South Africa BDS & Director Muhammed Desai
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-06-04
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

Ancient Plants: Reflections on Palestinian Life from the Galilee Mountains
Hatim Kanaaneh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-04
I always like my beer on the bitter side. Recently, I discovered the wild variety of plant behind the delicate taste. | On the afternoon of our 79th (combined average) birthday, my wife and I took a lengthy hike in the …
globalresearch.ca/reflections-palestinian-life-galilee-mountains/5679512

Trump's Bellicosity Sells Weapons but Also Boosts Iran and the Palestinian Cause
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-04
When the "Islamic State" (ISIS) occupied large territories in Iraq and Syria, it shifted Middle East and world attention to it, moving the focus away from the Palestinian cause. The countries affected by the ISIS horror concentrated on recovering their …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-bellicosity-sells-weapons-boosts-iran-palestinian-cause/5679505

Why the U.S. "Workshop" For Palestinians Will Fail
James Zogby | commondreams.org | 2019-06-04
The attempt to convene an "economic workshop" without first guaranteeing that Palestinians will have freedom and independence–is destined for failure. (Photo: Screen shot / Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pale_2.jpeg
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Trump, Netanyahu and Boris Johnson Would Cause Global Instability… War in the Middle East?
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
A vote for Boris Johnson as Britain's Prime Minister would effectively be a vote for US President Donald Trump and his sidekick, Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel. They have 'form' in working closely together to violate UN Security Council Resolutions. | To …
globalresearch.ca/trump-netanyahu-johnson-cause-global-instability-war/5679395

Netanyahu is Gambling on New Elections to Stay in Power
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-06-03
JERUSALEM — For the first time in the history of the state of Israel, the head of the party that won the largest number of seats has failed to form a coalition government. Rather than allowing the head of the party that came in second to attempt to form a government, the Knesset voted to hold re-elections only six weeks after Israelis first cast their ballots. | Could this be the end the political career of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? It seems that this is indeed what the heads of several political parties here are determined to achieve. Not unlike hyenas who see a broken down and weak lion a…
mintpressnews.com/netanyahu-is-gambling-on-new-elections-to-stay-in-power/258931/

Making Prayer Safer: 94% of Homeland Security (DHS) Grants to Enhance Security Goes to Jewish Groups
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
There is an unfortunate tendency in the United States to throw money at a problem, particularly when the problem is related to powerful constituencies. The recent attacks on synagogues, churches, and mosques have included two attacks on synagogues in Pittsburgh…
globalresearch.ca/94-dhs-grants-enhance-security-goes-jewish-groups/5679390

Scientists Protest Holding International Physics Olympiad in Israel over Its Denial of Palestinian Right to Education
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-06-03
Scientists Protest Holding International Physics Olympiad in Israel over Its Denial of Palestinian Right to Education: In the NewsTwenty scientists, including the 2018 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry George P. Smith, wrote an open letter to the organizers of the next International Physics Olympiad to protest against holding the contest in Israel due to its denial of Palestinian human ri…
bdsmovement.net/news/scientists-protest-holding-international-physics-olympiad-israel-over-its-denial-palestinian