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Israel has played a key role in US aggression towards Iran
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-01
Before the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, Israel played a key and overlooked role in the Trump administration's aggression campaign against…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/01/israel-has-played-a-key-role-in-us-aggression-towards-iran/

Arab League rejects Trump's 'deal of the century' at Cairo summit with Abbas
rt.com | 2020-02-01
The Arab League has shot down US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan, saying it would not lead to a just peace between Israel and Palestine. The deal has already been rejected by the Palestinian side. | League members met in Cairo on Saturday to discuss the deal, touted by Trump as the "deal of the century," and a realistic roadmap to peace between Israel and Palestine. Speaking at the meeting, Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas announced he would cut all ties with the US and Israel over the plan, and would not go down in history as the person who "sold out Jerusalem." | Many feared (or hoped) the…
rt.com/news/479858-arab-league-rejects-palestine-deal/

Journalist injured as press covering Ramallah protests BARRAGED by Israeli tear gas canisters (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-02-01
A group of journalists reporting from the scene of clashes between Palestinian protests and Israeli soldiers came under fire from the Israeli side, which apparently targeted them with a barrage of tear gas canisters. | The incident happened amid the so-called 'days of rage'

Arab League Rejects Trump's Deal, Palestine Breaks Ties With US
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-01
At the end of an emergency meeting held in Cairo (Egypt) on Saturday, the Arab League passed a resolution that rejects the so-called "Agreement of the Century" on the grounds that it does not consider the aspirations of the Palestinian people and international law. | RELATED: | President Abbas: 'I Won't Go Down in History Selling Jerusalem' | "The Arab League…
telesurenglish.net/news/Arab-League-Rejects-Trumps-Deal-Palestine-Breaks-Ties-With-US-20200201-0005.html

Israel-Palestine: Time for Russia to Step up to the Plate
Eric Walberg | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-01
Is Israel US property? In many ways, yes. Despite its willful ways, Israel is always pushing the envelope with the US. It has been getting away with murder since it was founded, abetted and funded by the US. But the US has failed, and Jared Kushner is the perfect envoy for this latest ultimatum, crafted …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/israel-palestine-time-for-russia-to-step-up-to-the-plate/

Mahmoud Abbas says he will 'never accept' Trump's divisive plans for Palestine
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-01
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to cut security ties with both Israel and the US in a speech at an Arab League meeting in Egypt's capital which denounced the US plan for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Donald Trump's plan would grant the Palestinians limited self-rule in parts of the occupied West Bank, while allowing Israel to annex all its illegal settlements there and keep nearly all of east Jerusalem.The summit of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo was requested by the Palestinians, who responded angrily to the US proposal.Abbas said he told Israel and the US that "there will be no rel…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/02/01/mahmoud-abbas-says-he-will-never-accept-trumps-divisive-plans-for-palestine/

Turkish, Palestinian presidents speak over phone
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-01
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday held a phone conversation with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas, according to the Turkish communications directorate.Erdogan and Abbas talked about the latest developments and regional issues.The Turkish president reiterated his country's support to Palestine in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's so-called Middle East peace plan.On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump released his plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian dispute at the White House alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with no Palestinian officials present.During the event…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-palestinian-presidents-speak-over-phone-3511000

Palestinians in 'shock, disbelief' at Trump plan: UNWRA
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-01
Palestinians seem to have reacted with "shock and disbelief" at the U.S.' so-called peace plan for the Middle East, the acting head of UN agency for Palestine refugees said on Friday.Christian Saunders, the Acting Commissioner-General of UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), was responding to questions at a UN press conference in Geneva on a $1.4 billion U.S. budget appeal for the agency which lost $360 million of U.S. funding in 2018.UNWRA is the UN agency mandated by the UN General Assembly to provide protection and assistance to some 5.6 million Palestine refugees in Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon,…
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Abbas Says Palestinian National Authority Severing All Ties With Washington Including Security
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-01
The Palestinian Authority warned in the past that it would not accept the "deal of the century", unveiled by President Donald Trump on 28 January, citing perceived US bias in favour of the Jewish state.
sputniknews.com/world/202002011078200597-abbas-says-palestinian-national-authority-severing-all-ties-with-washington-including-security/

Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine 'Peace' Plan, Rainey Reitman on Greenwald Persecution
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-01-31
MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin: It is strange to think that you could create a plan to shape the relationship between two entities, in consultation with one but not the other, and then not just declare it, yourself, a "win-win," but also say to the unconsulted party, "You better take it, or else." Yet …
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Trump's 'peace plan' gives the go-ahead to Israel's biggest land grab in decades
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2020-01-31
Donald Trump's ' plan for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict' is catastrophic for Palestinians. One major problem is that it gives the green-light to Israeli politicians' long-held plans to annex the Jordan Valley. | The Jordan Valley, which includes the Dead Sea region, makes up a third of the occupie…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/01/31/trumps-peace-plan-gives-the-go-ahead-to-israels-biggest-land-grab-in-decades/

Massive Rejection of Trump's Plan in Palestine, Jordan, Yemen
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-31
Thousands of Palestinians held numerous demonstrations on the first Friday following the announcement of the so-called "Deal of the Century" promoted by the U.S. President Donald Trump. | RELATED: | Palestinian Leaders Taking Steps to Topple Trump's 'Peace Plan' | From Gaza to the West Bank, people protested energetically against what they called "an aparthei…
telesurenglish.net/news/Massive-Rejection-of-Trumps-Plan-in-Palestine-Jordan-Yemen-20200131-0006.html

"Balfouristans" for Bibi: "Apartheid" Isn't an Insult, It's a Blueprint
Richard Eskow | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-31
The image on the left is from a map Donald Trump tweeted out with the label, "Vision For Peace: Conceptual Map/The Future of Palestine." The one on the right shows the "Bantustans" created by apartheid-era South Africa in 1970, a move designed to pen the country's black citizens into impoverished "homelands." Any questions? These maps…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/31/balfouristans-for-bibi-apartheid-isnt-an-insult-its-a-blueprint/

Palestinians around the world reject Trump's 'fraud of the century'
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-31
Palestinians have responded to US President Donald Trump's peace plan with a resounding "no," expressing their frustrations with what they have dubbed as the "fraud of the century." From social media to the streets, Palestinians in the occupied territory and in the diaspora have rejected Trump's vision for the region, criticizing the plan for granting […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/31/palestinians-around-the-world-reject-trumps-fraud-of-the-century/

Dead on Arrival: Dissecting Trump's Vision for the Future of Palestine
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-31
What used to be an idea expressed by only the most extreme right-wing Zionists, namely ridding Israel of its Palestinian citizens, is now part of a "peace" plan and has been given the rubber stamp of the United States government, writes Miko Peled.
mintpressnews.com/dissecting-trump-israel-palestine-mideast-peace-plan/264508/

Trump's Annexation Scheme: A Stake in the Heart of the Moribund Two-State Solution and Peace
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
Since no-peace/peace plans first surfaced in the 1970s, the US and Israel supported Palestinian self-determination in name only. | Both countries opposed the idea since Israel seized Palestinian territory not stolen in 1948. | A two-state solution was theoretically possible years earlier, …
globalresearch.ca/trump-annexation-scheme-stake-heart-moribund-two-state-solution-peace/5702445

Israeli Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Beit Ummar
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-31
Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and attacked dozens of protesters, wounding one with a rubber-coated steel bullet, and causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. Media sources said the soldiers invaded 'Aseeda area, near the illegal Karmie …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-in-beit-ummar-3/

Soldiers Injure Dozens In Kufur Qaddoum
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-31
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession against the illegal Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia, in northern West Bank. Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the protesters marched from the center of …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-dozens-in-kufur-qaddoum/

Pipeline or a Pipe Dream: Israel, Turkey Hydrocarbon Conflict is Brewing in the Mediterranean
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-31
Massive natural gas discoveries off the coast of Israel and Palestine are slated to make Tel Aviv a regional energy hub. Whether Israel will be able to translate positive indicators of the largely untapped gas reserves into actual economic and strategic wealth is yet to be seen. What is certain, however, is that the Middle…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/31/pipeline-or-a-pipe-dream-israel-turkey-hydrocarbon-conflict-is-brewing-in-the-mediterranean/

More Fallout from Trump's Annexation Scheme of the Century
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
The unacceptable scheme is further proof of a geopolitical know-nothing US president

How government and media are prepping America for a failed 2020 election
Whitney Webb | mronline.org | 2020-01-31
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. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/31/how-government-and-media-are-prepping-america-for-a-failed-2020-election/

Trump and Putin Made this the Best Week Ever for Netanyahu
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is coasting into his country's third elections on March 2 with the success of two tremendous achievements over the past week that was interestingly made possible by both American and Russian Presidents. U.S. President …
globalresearch.ca/trump-putin-made-best-week-ever-netanyahu/5702401

Abbas: Palestine Free to End Security Cooperation with Israel
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-31
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has reportedly sent a note to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning that Palestine now feels free to stop security cooperation with the regime as part of the Oslo accords, which are "disavowed" by a contentious US-devised Middle East plan. Israel's Channel 12 TV reported, …
imemc.org/article/abbas-palestine-free-to-end-security-cooperation-with-israel/

Palestinian Child Dies From Serious Wounds He Suffered In October 2019
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-31
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a child died, Friday, from serious wounds he suffered in mid-October of 2019, after Israeli soldiers shot in southern Gaza. The sources said the child, Ala' Hani al-Abbassi, 15, was shot by the soldiers with a high-velocity gas bomb in his head, east of …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-child-dies-from-serious-wounds-he-suffered-in-october-2019/

Soldiers Attack Worshipers In Al-Aqsa Mosque, Injure Ten
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-31
Israeli soldiers assaulted, on Friday at dawn, dozens of Muslim worshipers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied Palestinian capital Jerusalem, injured at least ten, and abducted three. Media sources said the Israeli army and the police stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and fired many concussion grenades …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-attack-worshipers-in-al-aqsa-mosque-injure-ten/

Palestinian Demolishes Own Home Near Jerusalem
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-31
A Palestinian citizen, on Friday, began tearing down his own home, near occupied Jerusalem, WAFA News Agency reported. Ibrahim Erekat, from the town of Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, said he was informed by the Israeli municipality of the order to demolish his home, because he lacked an Israeli building …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-demolishes-own-home-near-jerusalem/

Israeli Colonists Attack Village Near Nablus, Shoot One Palestinian
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-31
Many Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands near Nablus, invaded a village and shot one man with a live round after attacking a Palestinian home. Hazem Nasser, the head of Madama Village Council, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, said the attack was carried out by …
imemc.org/article/israeli-colonists-attack-village-near-nablus-shoot-one-palestinian/

Army Abducts Two Palestinians, Injures One, Near Tubas
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-31
Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, two Palestinians, in addition to injuring one with a gas bomb in the shoulder, and caused many others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, near Tubas, in northeastern West Bank, during a nonviolent procession against the ongoing illegal Israeli colonialist activities. Media sources said dozens …
imemc.org/article/army-abducts-two-palestinians-injures-one-near-tubas/

The Deliberate Destruction of Gaza's Agriculture: Severe Damage to Crops Following Aerial Herbicide Spraying by Israel
GISHA | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
Damage caused by aerial herbicide spraying conducted by Israel on three consecutive days ( January 14-16) along Gaza's perimeter fence has become visible on crops in the Strip. Individuals working with London-based research agency Forensic Architecture collected samples from …
globalresearch.ca/severe-damage-crops-gaza-following-aerial-herbicide-spraying-israel/5702398

Adalah: Trump Plan Normalizes Israel's Apartheid Regime in West Bank
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-31
Adalah: Plan is no more than joint U.S.
imemc.org/article/adalah-trump-plan-normalizes-israels-apartheid-regime-in-west-bank/

Gaza Is Already Unliveable: Help the Freedom Flotilla Sail Against the Inhuman Blockade of Gaza
Freedom Flotilla Coalition | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
In 2020, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition will sail again to break the illegal and inhuman blockade of Gaza. During this mission we will be focusing on children and youth struggling to survive in the wreckage of Gaza, their beloved home. | …
globalresearch.ca/gaza-already-unliveable-help-freedom-flotilla-sail-against-inhuman-blockade-gaza/5702379

'The US Has Become a Force of Evil': Oliver Stone
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The United States has become a "force of evil" against the people who want to reform things, renowned director Oliver Stone told former Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa during an interview Wednesday in his RT show 'Conversando con Correa' (Speaking With Correa). | RELATED: | Abby Martin Banned From Speaking at US University For Refusing to Sign Pro-Israel Pledge | The conversation started with an overview of Stone's life and career, before plunging into the subject of politics, the worl…
telesurenglish.net/news/the-Us-Has-Become-a-Force-of-Evil-Oliver-Stone-20200130-0027.html

What's New About Trump's Mideast 'Peace' Plan? Only the Blunt Crudity of Its Racism
Saree Makdisi | thenation.com | 2020-01-30
What's New About Trump's Mideast 'Peace' Plan? Only the Blunt Crudity of Its Racism.
thenation.com/article/world/israel-palestine-trump-netanyahu/

General strike in Gaza, protests rage against Trump's 'deal of the century'
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-30
Palestinians waged a general strike in the besieged Gaza Strip Jan. 29 as protests continued to rage against the "dismal" Middle East peace plan announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday. His so-called "deal of the century" has been met by global condemnation with international governments and progressives branding it as "shameful" and unworkable. …
peoplesworld.org/article/general-strike-in-gaza-protests-rage-against-trumps-deal-of-the-century/

Trump's "Deal of the Century" Will Not Bring Peace: That was the Plan for the US and Israel
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-30
Much of Donald Trump's long-trailed "deal of the century" came as no surprise. Over the past 18 months, Israeli officials had leaked many of its details. The so-called Vision for Peace unveiled on Tuesday simply confirmed that the US government has publicly adopted the long-running consensus in Israel: that it is entitled to keep permanently …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/trumps-deal-of-the-century-will-not-bring-peace-that-was-the-plan-for-the-us-and-israel/

Trump's 'win-win' plan hands everything to Israel
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-30
Palestinian resistance Omar KarmiIssue 1251 Palestine apartheid IsraelJanuary 30, 2020After much anticipation and with great ceremony, on January 28 United States President Donald Trump presented…
greenleft.org.au/content/trump-peace-plan-hands-everything-israel

Gaza Surf Project makes waves
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-30
international solidarity Jim McIlroyIssue 1251 Australia Palestine SydneyJanuary 30, 2020The Gaza Surf Project aims to establish a surf life saving club in Gaza to teach lifesaving and run a Nipper…
greenleft.org.au/content/gaza-surf-project-makes-waves

Trump's fake 'peace plan' is permanent apartheid for Palestine
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-29
Attorney, professor, and author Noura Erakat on Trump's "deal of the century": a call for permanent apartheid in Palestine. President…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/29/trumps-fake-peace-plan-is-permanent-apartheid-for-palestine/

"Yet Another Declaration of War on Palestinians": Rashid Khalidi on Trump's Middle East "Peace" Plan
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-29
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to annex about 30% of the occupied West Bank, after Israel was given the green light to do so by the United States. On Tuesday, President Trump

USPCN Rejects "Deal of the Century"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-29
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN). | Three war criminals – Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Israeli politician Benny Gantz – have met in DC this week, and today unveiled the announcement of Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner's self-proclaimed "deal of the century." | As Palestinians and Arabs living and organizing in the U.S., we join the voices of our people in besieged Gaza and all across Palestine and the Arab World in fully rejecting this sham peace process created by the apartheid, settler-colonial…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/29/uspcn-rejects-deal-century

Pipeline or a Pipedream: Israel, Turkey Hydrocarbon Conflict is Brewing in the Mediterranean
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-29
Massive natural gas discoveries off the eastern coast of Israel and Palestine is slated to make Tel Aviv a regional energy hub. Whether Israel will be able to translate positive indicators of the largely untapped gas reserves into actual economic and strategic wealth is yet to be seen. What is certain, however, is that the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/pipeline-or-a-pipedream-israel-turkey-hydrocarbon-conflict-is-brewing-in-the-mediterranean/

Headlines for January 29, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-29
McConnell Tries to Secure Votes to Block Impeachment Witnesses, "Our Rights Are Not for Sale": Palestinians Reject Trump's Middle East Plan, Trump Praises Pompeo for Shouting and Cursing at NPR Reporter, WaPo Reinstates Reporter Suspended for Tweeting About Kobe Rape Case, Death Toll from Coronavirus Virus Hits 132, with 6,000 Infected, Over 100,000 Syrian Civilians Flee Regime Offensive in Idlib, Floods Kill 30, Displace 16,000 in Madagascar, Mississippi to Shut Down Unit of Parchman Prison After Deaths of 9 Prisoners, Maryland Cop Charged with Murder for Killing Handcuffed Man in Police Car…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/29/headlines

Mehdi Hasan: Trump's Middle East Plan Is a Policy of Apartheid & Settler Colonialism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-29
We continue our discussion of President Trump's long-awaited Middle East plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which he has described as the "deal of the century." The plan was drafted by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner without any input from Palestinians and would give Israel sovereignty over large areas of the occupied West Bank, control over all of Jerusalem, and keep all illegal settlements built in the occupied West Bank. We speak with Mehdi Hasan, senior columnist at The Intercept, and Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said professor of modern Arab studies at Columbia University. Khalidi's latest book is…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/29/trump_middle_east_plan_apartheid

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