(2020-02-05). 'Deal of the Century' will die before Trump does, Iran's Khamenei tweets, dubbing the arrangement an 'American plot'. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump's much-touted peace plan for Israel and Palestine will not outlive him, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said, after the deal was widely rejected throughout the Muslim world. | "The American plot of the 'Deal of the Century' will die before Trump dies," Khamenei wrote on his official Twitter account on Wednesday. | The American plot of the 'Deal of the Century' will die before Trump dies.— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) Khamenei vowed that Iran will continue "standing…
(2020-02-05). IDF strikes Hamas targets in response to 3 rockets fired from Gaza. rt.com 
Israel's air force launched a series of airstrikes on what it said were Hamas positions — including an arms manufacturing site — following a string of rocket fire from southern Gaza on Tuesday, the Israeli Defense Forces said in a statement. | While the three rockets inflicted no damage or injuries, landing in fields outside the town of Netivot, the Israeli retaliation sorties come on the heels of some 13 rocket launches in the past week, the military said. Two were injured in the Israeli strikes, which hit targets near Khan Younis, according to the Jerusalem Post. | No group has taken responsibility…
(2020-02-05). The Trump Plan is Just a Cover for Israel's Final Land Grab. dissidentvoice.org The Trump "Vision for Peace" will never be implemented — and not because the Palestinians reject it. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's enthusiastic public embrace of the plan belies the fact that the Israeli right detest it too. The headlines are that, with US blessing, Israel's dream is about to be realised: it will be able …
(2020-02-05). EU Rejects Trump Middle East Peace Plan, Annexation. globalresearch.ca The European Union rejected Tuesday some of the proposals outlined by U.S. President Donald Trump for the Middle East, prompting an angry response from Israel, which has actively supported the U.S. plan. | Following deliberations of the 27 members, the European …
(2020-02-05). Iran's Supreme Leader Says Trump's Peace Plan Will 'Die Soon'. telesurenglish.net Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan for Middle East will "die soon." | RELATED: | Using his official Twitter account, the Iranian Supreme Leader tweeted on Tuesday, "Trump's 'Deal of the Century' will die earlier than Trump himself." | Trump recently unveiled his plan promising to keep Jerusalem as Israel's undivided capital, and proposes an indepen…
(2020-02-05). Trump's 'Deal of the Century': Old Israeli Demands in a New Package. mintpressnews.com Consisting of 80 pages, 50 of which are entirely dedicated to the plan's economic component, Trump's Deal of the Century is little more than a rehash of previous Israeli proposals that have already been rejected by Palestinians, writes Ramzy Baroud.
(2020-02-05). The Holocaust, the BBC and Antisemitism Smears. counterpunch.org Senior BBC news reporter Orla Guerin has found herself in hot water of an increasingly familiar kind. During a report on preparations for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, she made a brief reference to Israel and an even briefer reference to the Palestinians. Her reporting coincided with Israel hosting world leaders last week at Yad Vashem, its Holocaust remembrance centre in Jerusalem.
(2020-02-05). Arab League and Palestine Slap Down Kushner Plan. zcomm.org Palestine severs all Relations with US and Israel…
(2020-02-05). Headlines for February 5, 2020. democracynow.org Partial Results from Iowa Caucus Show Buttigieg Leading in Delegate Count, Democrats Boycott & Walk Out of Trump's State of the Union Address, Death Toll of Coronavirus Approaches 500, Report: Israel Pushes U.S. to Recognize Moroccan Sovereignty over Occupied Western Sahara, Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake Rattles Puerto Rico, Canadian Court Dismisses Indigenous Challenge to Trans Mountain Pipeline, Homelessness Among School-Age Children Hits Decade-Long High, HBO Max Picks Up Documentary "On the Record", Judge Reverses Convictions of No More Deaths Volunteers…
(2020-02-05). Former Obama Official Reportedly Quits Israeli Spyware Firm Accused of Targeting Journos, Activists. sputniknews.com Juliette Kayyem previously came under fire after she was hired by The Washington Post where late Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi also worked. She eventually resigned from the newspaper after she was criticised on Twitter over her relationship with an Israeli spyware company.
(2020-02-05). Iran's President Rouhani Brands Trump's Israeli-Palestinian Deal 'Crime of the Century'. sputniknews.com US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled the so-called 'deal of the century' in late January. The plan was harshly criticised by a number of states and human rights groups which said it was biased towards Israel.
(2020-02-05). India, Israel to Jointly Build Drones for Maritime, Land Based Military Operations. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): India's military is seeking to extend its use of drones for intelligence gathering, surveillance and reconnaissance .
(2020-02-04). Netanyahu discusses 'normalization' with Sudan's leader after Uganda talks. rt.com 
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met Sudan's leader to discuss normalizing ties, his office said. The talks are seen as a potentially landmark step that was denounced by the Palestinians, AFP reports. The PM's office said he met Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan's ruling sovereign council, in the Ugandan city of Entebbe on Monday. | Israel remains technically at war with Sudan, which for years supported hardline Islamist forces. The sovereign council is a transitional body of Sudan's military officials and civilians that is headed by Burhan, an army general. | Israel has improved ties with…
(2020-02-04). EU rejects Trump's plan for Mideast, says it 'departs from intl parameters'. rt.com 
The European Union on Tuesday rejected US President Donald Trump's proposal for the Middle East and expressed concern about Israel's plans to annex more Palestinian land. | EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell underlined the bloc's commitment to a two-state solution, based along the 1967 lines, with the possibility of mutually agreed land-swaps, made up of Israel and "an independent, democratic, contiguous, sovereign and viable state of Palestine." | Borrell also said that the US initiative "departs from these internationally agreed parameters." The EU was especially concerned by statements "on the prospect o…
(2020-02-04). 'This Is an Apartheid Proposal and It's a Nonstarter' – CounterSpin interview with Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine 'peace deal'. fair.org 
Janine Jackson interviewed the Arab American Institute's Omar Baddar about the Trump/Kushner "peace deal" for Israel/Palestine for the Media…
(2020-02-04). Twitter cites 'Iran & Israel state actors' after suspending researcher who exposed new user-data flaw. rt.com 
Twitter, in a post so reassuring it's alarming, says it stopped possible state-backed actors in Iran and Israel from exploiting its features. But the only clear 'actor' may be a lone researcher who reported the bug six weeks ago. | "Iran, Israel and Malaysia suspected of exploiting Twitter phone number security flaw," read a headline on Sky News. "Twitter: Israel, Iran may have accessed users' phone numbers," warned the Jerusalem Post. | So what did those bad privacy-violating ayatollahs in Tehran and intrepid privacy-defying IDF hackers do this time? They exploited Twitter's "contact upload" feature to match…
(2020-02-04). Twitter cites 'Iran & Israel state actors' after suspending researcher who exposed new user-data flaw. rt.com Twitter, in a post so reassuring it's alarming, says it stopped possible state-backed actors in Iran and Israel from exploiting its features. But the only clear 'actor' may be a lone researcher who reported the bug six weeks ago. | "Iran, Israel and Malaysia suspected of exploiting Twitter phone number security flaw," read a headline on Sky News. "Twitter: Israel, Iran may have accessed users' phone numbers," warned the Jerusalem Post. | So what did those bad privacy-violating ayatollahs in Tehran and intrepid privacy-defying IDF hackers do this time? They exploited Twitter's "contact upload" feature to match…
(2020-02-04). 'We're going to kill Mesut Ozil and kill you': Security guards claim CHILLING threats made against Arsenal midfielder and mother. rt.com 
Two men said they would kill Mesut Ozil and his security guard and threatened to "f*** Mesut's mother" in an after-dark murder threat made as part of three repeat visits to the World Cup winner's home in August, a court has heard.
(2020-02-04). Hardcore jihadist resurfaces in France using… EU-paid student exchange program. rt.com 
A man who represented one of the most brutal jihadist groups in Syria has been arrested in France. Bizarrely enough, the suspected war criminal apparently freely enjoyed the benefits of the EU student exchange program. | Last week, several human rights groups celebrated the arrest of a man named Majdi Mustafa Nameh, a humble 30-something student. He is better known under his nom-de-guerre, Islam Alloush, which he used while serving as the spokesman for the jihadist group Jaysh al-Islam. He resigned in August 2016, after giving an interview to an Israeli researcher. | Following his arrest in Marsaille, the man…
(2020-02-04). Pro-Israel Buttigieg backer Seth Klarman is top funder of group behind Iowa's disastrous voting app. thegrayzone.com Behind the app that delayed Iowa's voting results is a dark money operation funded by anti-Sanders billionaires. Its top donor,…
(2020-02-04). Billionaire pro-Israel Buttigieg backer Seth Klarman funds group behind Iowa's disastrous voting app. thegrayzone.com Behind the app that delayed Iowa's voting results is a dark money operation funded by anti-Bernie Sanders billionaires. Its top…
(2020-02-04). Forum – Eyewitness Venezuela Report & Analysis of Palestine "Peace Plan" indybay.org 2969 Mission St. near 26th…
(2020-02-04). Palestine — "Deal of the Century" — or Fraud of the Century? globalresearch.ca Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas demolished President Trump's "Peace Plan" or, as the Donald called it, "The Deal of the Century", calling out "Jerusalem is not for sale", warning that the "conspiracy deal will not pass. The Palestinian people will reject …
(2020-02-04). Resolving Israel-Palestinian conflict, 'key to sustainable peace' in the Middle East: Guterres. news.un.org Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is "key to sustainable peace in the Middle East", the UN chief said on Tuesday, maintaining that the lack of any progress only "furthers radicalization across the region".
(2020-02-04). Draft UN Resolution Condemns Trump Middle East 'Peace' Plan. telesurenglish.net A draft United Nations Security Council resolution rebuked Tuesday President Donald Trump's pro-Israel RELATED: | Tunisia and Indonesia circulated the draft text to council members. Though it will in a…
(2020-02-04). Trump Green Lights Greater Israel. globalresearch.ca Many interested parties have already weighed in on President Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century." Even though it sounds like a phrase that a used car dealer would use, the "Deal" is dead serious in that it effectively denies …
(2020-02-04). Pressure Campaign Launched by US against Palestinian Administration, EU Responds. imemc.org The US government has begun a campaign to pressure the Palestinian National Authority and President Mahmoud Abbas to accept the "Deal of the Century" launched by US President Donald Trump, in the form of criticism made by his adviser, Jared Kushner, adviser during an interview with CNN. In the interview, …
(2020-02-04). Advocate (2019): "An angry, optimistic woman" in pursuit of justice for the Palestinians. wsws.org Advocate exposes the bankruptcy of the pursuit of justice for the Palestinians through the Israeli courts.
(2020-02-04). Soldiers Demolish A Home In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, a Palestinian home in Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of being built without a permit. The owner of the demolished property, Nidal Shawamra, said the soldiers and personnel of the City Council, broke into his home and forced him, long …
(2020-02-04). The Future of Palestine: Trump Attempting to Consolidate the Balfour Declaration. globalresearch.ca There are two schools of thought as to whither the fate of the newly revealed proposed settlement to the protracted Palestine problem. One espoused by Scott Ritter, former UN Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Inspector, that it is an …
(2020-02-04). PPS: Twelve Palestinians Detained From West Bank, Including a Mother of Four. imemc.org According to the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), the Israeli occupation forces arrested 12 Palestinian civilians from the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday night, including a mother of four. The PPS said that six Palestinian citizens were arrested from several towns in the Hebron governorate, including a woman. 1.
(2020-02-04). Trump's "Deal of the Century": Turning West Bank "Cantons" into Mini Gaza Extermination Zones? globalresearch.ca The Trump proposal, based on Israel's wish list, appears to be designed to slowly exterminate most of the Palestinians living under Israeli control by creating "cantons" — reservations — that will mimic Gaza's isolation and lack of access to necessities …
(2020-02-04). Soldiers Destroy Water Pipes in Jordan Valley. imemc.org Israeli forces, today, destroyed pipelines that were supplying the northern Jordan Valley village of Bardala with irrigation water, according to Ziad Sawafta, deputy mayor of Bardala village council. Mayor Sawafta told WAFA correspondence that Israeli forces regularly destroy the pipes supplying water for irrigation in Bardala, noting that the village …
(2020-02-04). "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…
(2020-02-04). Bolivia De Facto Govt Reestablishes Diplomatic Ties With Israel. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's de facto government announced Tuesday it will re-establish diplomatic relations with Israel after 11 years. | RELATED: | "Israel returns to Bolivia and Bolivia returns to Israel," Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon announced Monday, yet the confirmation was made after coup leader Jeanine Añez met in La Paz with Israel's Ambassador to Peru Asaf Ichilevich. | Exiled President Evo Morales, currently a…
(2020-02-04). Sudan casts doubt on early normalisation of ties with Israel. yenisafak.com Sudan cast doubt on Tuesday on an early normalisation of historically hostile ties with Israel, a day after Israeli officials said the two countries' leaders had met and were working towards that goal.Sudan's cabinet on Tuesday discussed that meeting, which it said it had not yet been informed about. It also summoned leaders of the Forces for Freedom and Change, an alliance that fronted protests that toppled Omar al-Bashir last year, for consultations, FFC sources said.Bilateral relations have never been normalised, and doing so would likely raise hackles in Sudan and the wider Arab world, especially at a time wh…
(2020-02-04). In Uganda, Netanyahu urges stronger ties, embassy move. yenisafak.com Israel is coming back to Africa, and Africa is coming back to Israel in a big way, the country's prime minister said on an official visit to Uganda lasting for a few hours late Monday, urging the country to controversially move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. On his fifth visit to the East African country, Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Yoweri Museveni, Uganda's president, for supporting Israel's efforts, saying: "Increasing our cooperation with African countries, that is something that is of great value to Israel."He said Israel and Uganda are cooperating in many fields such as agriculture, education, and in…
(2020-02-04). US Tried to Contact PNA Before Peace Plan Release, Abbas Refused – Palestinian Ambassador. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US administration tried to contact the Palestinian National Authority and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, prior to the announcement of US President Donald Trump's plan for the Israeli-Palestinian settlement, but Abbas refused to talk before the plan was unveiled, Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal said on Tuesday.
(2020-02-04). Selected Articles: The Future of Palestine. globalresearch.ca Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under
(2020-02-03). These Chains Will be Broken — Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons. globalresearch.ca These Chains Will be Broken, there is a series of references from five distinguished activists praising, in different ways, the short anecdotes from those who have been or are imprisoned within the …
(2020-02-03). Former US President Carter: "US Plan Undercuts Prospects for a Just Peace" imemc.org Former US president Jimmy Carter, on CNN, said the country's current President Donald Trump's initiative for resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict serves instead to compromise any prospect of "peace" and violates international law, Palestine News Network reported. "The new US plan undercuts prospects for a just peace between Israelis and …
(2020-02-03). Report: Netanyahu Plans to Extend Israeli Sovereignty Over Jordan Valley and Settlements. imemc.org By: Madeeha Araj for PNN The National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements stated in its latest report, that over the last decade, Arabs and international community have done their utmost to reach a just and lasting peace agreement between the Palestinians and Israelis under UN resolutions, international law …
(2020-02-03). Army Injures Two Palestinians In Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot, Monday, two Palestinians, and caused several others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, during protests in Bab az-Zawiya area, in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Medical sources said the soldiers shot one Palestinian with a rubber-coated steel …
(2020-02-03). Headlines for February 3, 2020. democracynow.org GOP Refuses to Call Witnesses in Impeachment Trial, Paving Way for Trump's Acquittal, Iowa Caucuses Kick Off 2020 Elections as DNC Loosens Rules to Let Bloomberg into Debates, Trump Expands Racist, Anti-Muslim Travel Ban, Coronavirus Claims First Victim Outside of China as Death Toll Tops 360, Hospitals in Syria Targeted as 100,000s of Civilians Forced to Flee, Palestinian Authority Cuts Ties with U.S. and Israel over Trump Middle East Plan, Iraqi Protesters Slam Appointment of Establishment Prime Minister-Designate, Dept. of Defense: U.S. Dropped 7,500 Bombs on Afghanistan in 2019, 6 Indigenous Leaders Killed in…
(2020-02-03). Israeli Navy Abducts Three Fishermen, Confiscates Their Boats, In Gaza. imemc.org Israeli navy boats attacked, on Monday evening, Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza sea, before abducting three, and confiscated one boat. Zakariya Bakr, the head of the Palestinian Fishermen's Syndicate, said the navy abducted Ramadan Ali Salah, Ali Wa'el Salah, and Majed Mahmoud al-Miqdad. Bakr added that the navy also confiscated …
(2020-02-03). Entry of Cement to Gaza Suspended. imemc.org Israeli War Minister Naftali Bennett decided, last night, to freeze entry of cement shipments to the besieged Gaza Strip, in response to what he called daily Palestinian attacks on Israeli areas. According to Maariv newspaper, the Israeli army gave instructions, at the behest of Bennett, to suspend cement exports to …
(2020-02-03). Israeli Settlers Attack Child, Harass Family in Hebron. imemc.org Illegal Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian family, on Monday, while they were at their home in Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Hebron city, southern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. The head of the family, Ibrahim Ramadan, said that illegal settlers attacked his children while they …
(2020-02-03). Army Abducts Thirteen Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, thirteen Palestinians, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS said the soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes across the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, and interrogated the residents …
(2020-02-03). "Deal of the Century" Greenlights Israeli Annexation, Apartheid, and Subjugation of Palestinians. globalresearch.ca On Sunday, ahead of the big Tuesday reveal in the White House, US President Donald J. Trump delivered to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the so-called "Deal of the Century" also known as the "
(2020-02-03). Israeli Forces Invade West Bank Village, Seal Entrances. imemc.org According to the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA), Israeli forces sealed off all entrances to the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem, southern occupied West Bank, as a prelude to take over a piece of land there. Ahmad Ghazal, Kisan deputy head of village council, said Israeli military forces …