2020-01-28: News Headlines

RT (2020-01-28). Europe keeps Trump's Israel-Palestine 'peace plan' at arms' length, but other US allies rush to embrace – except Turkey & Jordan. rt.com Reactions to US President Donald Trump's 'deal of the century' Israel-Palestine peace plan fell mostly along the lines of existing alliances, with close US allies backing the plan and rivals denouncing it – barring some surprises. | Europe hedged its bets on supporting the deal, weighing the importance of upholding international law against the need to appear loyal to Washington. Germany "welcomed" anything "aiming to inject new momentum" into the "stalled" peace process, but only went so far as to promise to "carefully examine the proposal" and discuss the resulting questions with other EU members. Foreign Mi…

RT (2020-01-28). US didn't discuss 'deal of century' with Moscow, Russia's UN envoy says. rt.com The US did not hold consultations with Moscow on a plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia has said. | "We were not consulted, we don't know what this plan consists of," he said in response to a question from a reporter. | Israeli envoy to the UN Danny Danon, meanwhile, said that his country was looking forward to the unveiling of the plan, TASS reported on Tuesday. | US President Donald Trump previously announced that the White House would unveil a plan for peace in the Middle East on Tuesday.

RT (2020-01-28). Netanyahu says Israel is offering Palestinians 'conditional' & 'limited' sovereignty, new capital will be at Abu Dis. rt.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is willing to offer the Palestinian people the chance of "conditional, limited sovereignty" under the peace plan proposed by US President Donald Trump. | Trump announced earlier Tuesday that the deal would see a Palestinian capital formed in East Jerusalem, while simultaneously calling the holy city Israel's "undivided" capital. | Speaking to reporters after Trump's comments, Netanyahu said the US recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, "by which I mean, within its fences." | Netanyahu clarified that the proposed Palestinian capital under the peace plan w…

RT (2020-01-28). 'Mix of tragedy & farce': Trump's 'deal of the century' is set to cause outrage, but won't change anything — George Galloway. rt.com While Donald Trump's 'peace plan' from Israel and Palestine violates international law in every possible way, its only result will be a widespread outrage among the Muslims since it's impossible to implement, George Galloway says. | The pompous unveiling of the peace plan by US President Donald Trump and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu looked like a true "mixture of tragedy and farce," former Labour MP told RT on Tuesday. | The two embattled politicians — one facing impeachment and the other entangled in a bribery case — did not miss the opportunity to have a joint PR stunt, but only managed to stomp o…

RT (2020-01-28). Trump proposes a two-state solution for Israel-Palestine in 'win-win opportunity' for both sides. rt.com Donald Trump has proposed a two-state solution for Israel-Palestine which would see the Palestinian capital located in east Jerusalem, in a move the US president called a "big step towards peace." | Trump said that Israel had agreed to negotiate on the basis of a conceptual and detailed proposed map for the first time. If Israel agrees to the proposed map, the US will recognize it, he said. | The

RT (2020-01-28). US will 'proudly' open a new embassy in proposed 'Palestinian capital' in east Jerusalem — Trump. rt.com US President Donald Trump has said that Washington will open a new embassy in East Jerusalem, where a proposed new Palestinian capital will exist, under his freshly unveiled Middle East peace plan. | Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday, Trump said that he will "proudly open an embassy" in the capital if the plan is accepted. | At the same time, however, Trump said that his plan envisions Jerusalem as an "undivided capital" of Israel. | "Under this vision, Jerusalem will remain Israel's undivided capital," Trump said, scoring a lengthy applause from the…

RT (2020-01-28). Netanyahu withdraws hopeless bid for immunity hours before parliament session, leaving Gantz hanging in mid-air. rt.com In an 11th-hour decision, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has withdrawn his request to parliament to grant him immunity from prosecution. The move apparently undermines his rival Benny Gantz's US visit. | Netanyahu, who is facing prosecution on several corruption charges, sought immunity from the parliament, but the bid didn't have the necessary support to pass. The motion was expected to be defeated on Tuesday, but hours before the session the PM announced he was withdrawing his petition. | The statement was published as Netanyahu visited the United States, where President Donald Trump is scheduled…

RT (2020-01-28). Motion to withdraw from Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons treaty filed in Iran's parliament. rt.com The Iranian threat to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT, moved forward on Tuesday after a motion to do so was filed in the Iranian parliament. | The motion reported by the parliament's official website brings Iran closer to breaking away from the 1968 treaty which laid the foundation for the nuclear deterrence architecture of the Cold War. The NPT allows only five nations — the US, Russia, China, Britain, and France — to have nuclear weapons. Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, as well as Israel, which has maintained ambiguity, neither confirming nor denying possession of a nuc…

RT (2020-01-28). Israeli PM Netanyahu officially indicted over corruption charges after he withdraws immunity bid. rt.com Israel's attorney general has submitted an indictment against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over three corruption cases after he withdrew his request to be granted immunity against prosecution. | The indictment was filed by Avichai Mandelblit to the Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday, paving the way for Netanyahu's trial. | The move became possible after the PM officially stopped seeking parliamentary immunity from prosecution earlier that day. The parliament was due to convene on Tuesday to vote on the formation of a committee to discuss Netanyahu's request. | The PM was in Washington for the release of…

Whitney Webb (2020-01-28). How Government and Media Are Prepping America for a Failed 2020 Election. mintpressnews.com Russia, China and Iran are already being blamed for using tech to undermine the 2020 election. Yet, the very technologies they are allegedly using were created by a web of companies with deep ties to Israeli intelligence.

Eds. (2020-01-28). To rig primary against Bernie, DNC chair Tom Perez nominates regime-change agents, Israel lobbyists, and Wall Street consultants. mronline.org With Senator Bernie Sanders surging in the polls, DNC chair Tom Perez has put forward a cartoonishly neoliberal cast of foreign policy hacks and corporate lobbyists to sabotage his nomination. |

Alan MacLeod (2020-01-28). It's Media—Not Bernie Sanders—That Have an Antisemitism Problem. fair.org Have you heard the news? Democratic presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders is antisemitic. Yes, yes, he's Jewish, and has a So goes the story in several prominent media outlets, who accuse him of leading "the most antisemitic [campaign] in decades" (Washington Examiner,

Staff (2020-01-28). Headlines for January 28, 2020. democracynow.org Trump Lawyers Says He Did No Wrong as Calls Mount for Bolton and Other Witnesses to Testify | , Trump to Unveil Middle East "Peace Plan" as Netanyahu Indicted over Corruption, SCOTUS Allows Trump's "Public Charge" Rule Targeting Low-Income Immigrants to Take Effect, State Dept. Bars NPR Reporter from Upcoming Pompeo Trip, Washington Post Suspends Reporter for Tweet About Kobe Bryant Rape Allegation, Mixed Accounts After U.S. Military Plane Crashes in Afghanistan, Torrential Rains and Landslides Kill At Least 46 People in Brazil, Nigerian Journalist Maxwell Nashan Killed, 2nd Accuser Testifies in Weinstein Trial a…

Staff (2020-01-28). Palestinians Call on World to Reject Trump 'Peace' Deal. truthdig.com Opponents decry the plan as little more than a distraction from the domestic scandals of the U.S. president and Israeli prime minister.

Staff (2020-01-28). Trump Unveils Controversial Peace Plan for the Middle East. truthdig.com The president, with Netanyahu at his side, details the proposal to create a state of Palestine while ceding major West Bank blocs to Israel.

Juan Cole (2020-01-28). Palestinian Rejection: End of Oslo Peace Process and the Trump-Netanyahu Apartheid "Steal of the Century" globalresearch.ca The

Richard Falk (2020-01-28). On the Eve of the Release of Trump's 'Deal of the Century. zcomm.org The peace plan is substantially an imposed Israeli victory, not in any reasonable way the basis for reaching a political compromise…

Juan Cole (2020-01-28). Price of Trolling Impeachment. zcomm.org End of Oslo Peace Process and Trump-Netanyahu Apartheid "Steal of the Century"

Philip Giraldi (2020-01-28). Killing Free Speech in America. globalresearch.ca No group in the United States has labored so hard as the friends of Israel

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-28). Pipeline or a Pipedream: A Conflict is Brewing Between Israel and Turkey over Natural Gas. mintpressnews.com Considering the massive deposits of natural gas needed to fuel struggling European markets, it is almost certain that Mediterranean natural gas will eventually become a major source of political disputes, if not all out war.

sputniknews (2020-01-28). Finnish President Says Concerned Over 2 Recent Anti-Semitic Incidents in Country. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – On 27 January, the synagogue in the Finnish southwestern city of Turku — one of just two in the country — was targeted by vandals. The same day, neo-Nazi group Towards Freedom burned the Israeli flag in Tampere during a demonstration in the city centre unrelated to the Holocaust Remembrance Day.

RT (2020-01-28). Trump unveils long-hyped Middle East peace plan which Palestinians have already rejected (WATCH LIVE). rt.com US President Donald Trump is unveiling his 'Deal of the Century', a long-awaited plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Palestinians have already said they are not accepting whatever Trump is going to offer. | Trump is presenting his plan alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a ceremony in the White House in Washington, DC. The Israeli leader said his proposal is "the opportunity of a century." Trump believes that while the Palestinians will reject it initially, "in the end they will" because "in fact it's good for them." | The rosy expectations are not shared by the Palesti…

Miko Peled (2020-01-27). Israel's Auschwitz Commemoration: A Kidnapping of Jewish history. mintpressnews.com As world leaders gathered in Jerusalem to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, Zochrot, an

teleSUR (2020-01-27). Trump to Unveil Middle East Peace Plan on Tuesday. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday that his administration would unveil his long-delayed peace plan at noon local time on Tuesday. Trump made the remark to reporters as he greeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. | RELATED: | The peace plan, which Trump claims will be beneficial for both the Palestinians and Israelis, was rejected by the President of the Palest…

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-27). Shu'fat Revealed as Capital of Future Palestinian State under US Plan. imemc.org The forthcoming US Middle East peace plan, known as the "Deal of the Century," includes a transition period of four years, as the US administration believes that Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian president will refuse the plan but his successor may accept it, Hebrew media reported, according to Al Ray. The "deal" …

IMEMC News (2020-01-27). Israeli Army Abducts Seventeen Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least seventeen Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank; twelve of the abducted Palestinians are from Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank. Two other Palestinians were abducted on Sunday at night. The …

Staff (2020-01-27). Santa Fe Denies Permit for Mural Art Depicting Plight of Palestinian Children. truthout.org The stucco wall on Santa Fe's Old Pecos Trail is now papered with images of Israeli soldiers terrorizing Palestinian women and children. This art was created by Navajo artist Remy at the request of Santa Feans for Justice in Palestine (SFJP), of which I am a member. For the past six years, we have been creating art depicting the conditions of Palestinians under the Israeli occupation. Guthrie Miller, the owner of the wall where the art has been located since 2014, has supported this effort.

IMEMC News (2020-01-27). Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians, Confiscate Agricultural Equipment And Uproot Olive Trees in Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Sunday at night and on Monday at dawn, Hebron city, in addition to Doura town and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, in southern West Bank, abducted two Palestinians and confiscated agricultural equipment, in addition to uprooting olive trees. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded, on …

GISHA (2020-01-27). Israel Resumes Aerial Herbicide Spraying Along Gaza's Perimeter Fence, Deliberate Destruction of Palestinian Farming. globalresearch.ca On Tuesday, January 14, 2020, Israeli crop-duster planes flew along the perimeter fence separating Gaza and Israel, spraying chemicals assumed to be herbicides into the Strip. Israel continued to conduct aerial herbicide spraying along additional sections of the perimeter fence …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-27). Israeli Court Orders Palestinians to Leave Jerusalem Building and Turn It Over to Israeli Settlers. imemc.org An Israeli court, yesterday, ruled in favor of evicting a Palestinian-owned building in the Silwan neighborhood of occupied Jerusalem and turn it over to an Israeli settler organization, according to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center. It said that the Israeli court rejected all objections by the Dweik family, which owns …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-27). Commission Calls for National Resistance to "Deal of the Century" imemc.org On Monday, the Commission of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege in Gaza, called for Palestinians to participate in national events rejecting the "Deal of the Century", Shehab News Agency reported. In a press statement, the commission encouraged all Palestinians to unite in total rejection of the …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-27). PA Threatens to Give up Oslo Accords over US "Deal of Century" imemc.org A high-ranking Palestinian official has threatened that the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority would withdraw from key provisions of the Oslo Accords in the case that US President Donald Trump unveils his so-called "Deal of the Century" to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat said, …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-26). Two Palestinian Youth Shot by Israeli Forces North of Hebron. imemc.org Two Palestinian minors were shot and injured by Israeli forces, on Sunday, with rubber-coated steel bullets in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron. Local activist, Mohammed Awad, told WAFA that Israeli forces stormed the southern occupied West Bank lands close to the illegal Israeli settlement of Kermi Tsur, …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-01-26). Israeli Forces Destroy Palestinian Water Well. imemc.org Israeli forces destroyed a water collection well, on Sunday, in the Palestinian al—Zawiya village, west of Salfit, central occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. Head of al-Zawiyah village council, Mohmoud Muqdadi, said Israeli forces and bulldozers stormed the village and demolished the well, owned by a …

IMEMC News (2020-01-26). Israel To Demolish Four Under-Construction Palestinian Homes Near Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at night, the village of Rommana, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and delivered demolition orders targeting four under-construction Palestinian homes. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the village from various directions and handed the military orders to the Palestinians. The …

teleSUR (2020-01-26). Israel Authorizes Religious, Business Trips to Saudi Arabia. telesurenglish.net In the latest sign of rapprochement between the two nations, the Israeli government announced Sunday that it would authorize its citizens to travel under certain circumstances to Saudi Arabia, according to Haaretz. | RELATED: | After having held discussions with the country's security and diplomatic services, Israel's Minister of the Interior Aryeh Deri released a statement saying Israelis would be permitted to travel to th…

Staff (2020-01-24). Headlines for January 24, 2020. democracynow.org Impeachment Managers Continue Opening Arguments in Trump's Senate Trial, 33 Million on Lockdown in Chinese Cities as Coronavirus Outbreak Spreads, Hundreds of Thousands of Iraqis March to Demand U.S. Troop Withdrawal, Trump Invites Israeli Leaders to White House for "Peace Plan" Unveiling, Mexican Soldiers Attack Central American Migrant Caravan, Arresting 800, U.S. to Send Ambassador to Bolivia After Coup That Ousted Evo Morales, Puerto Rican Protesters Demand Ouster of Gov. Wanda Vázquez, SC Official Switches Presidential Endorsement from Biden to Sanders, National Archives Replaces Doctored Women's March Photo…

Middle East Eye (2020-01-24). Families in Disbelief After Israeli Army Kills Three Gaza Teens. theantimedia.com Israel says Mohammed, Salem and Mahmoud snuck into Israel and attacked the army – but their relatives reject this version of events.

RT (2020-01-23). White House pours cold water on 'Prince Charles snubs Pence' claims (VIDEOS). rt.com A video showing the UK's Prince Charles appearing to dodge a handshake with US Vice President Mike Pence doesn't tell the whole story, the White House has insisted, claiming the two men greeted each other warmly earlier. | Prince Charles appears to snub Pence as he shakes the hands of a row of international leaders and VIPs at the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem, sparing the American a brief glance and moving on to greet Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu instead. The British royal seems to mutter something under his breath as he conspicuously avoids engaging with Pence. | The vice president's staff entered d…

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-22). In the Name of "Israel's Security": Retreating US Gives Israel Billions More in Military Funding. dissidentvoice.org Billions of US tax-payers' money will continue to be funneled into Israel in the next fiscal year, and for many years in the foreseeable future. Republican and Democratic Senators have recently achieved just that, passing a bill aimed at providing Israel with $3.3 billion in annual aid. The Bill, co-sponsored by Democratic Senator, Chris Coons …

Middle East Eye (2020-01-22). Saudi Crown Prince Likely Used Israeli Spyware to Hack Bezos' Phone: UN Experts. theantimedia.com (MEE) — An examination of Jeff Bezos' mobile revealed "an anomalous and extreme change in phone behaviour" after the Amazon CEO received a file from a WhatsApp account associated with the Saudi crown prince, two UN special rapporteurs said on Wednesday. There is "reasonable belief" that the behaviour on Bezos' phone was the result of Pegasus spyware sold to the …

Ramzy Baroud (2019-12-02). The War on Truth: How Israel's Social Media Trolls Conquered Facebook. zcomm.org Israel may have found a way to circumvent the influence of Facebook on the discussions pertaining to Palestinian rights and the Israeli occupation…