Israeli Blocking of Palestinian Exports to Jordan Shows Reality of Apartheid that the Kushner Plan Would Only Cement
Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-12
The Israeli government blockade on Palestinian agricultural exports through Jordan on Sunday illustrates the Apartheid character of Israeli rule over the Palestinians. Palestinian trucks loaded with produce were stopped by quickly-erected Israeli blast walls and forbidden to head into Jor…
globalresearch.ca/israeli-blocking-palestinian-exports-jordan-reality-apartheid/5703432

Trump's First Offer was a Better Deal for Palestine…and Israel
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-12
In early 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump pronounced himself "neutral" in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. He also expressed pessimism that a deal between the two sides was even possible: "I have friends of mine that are tremendous businesspeople, that are really great negotiators, [and] they say it's not doable." It didn't take Trump…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/12/trumps-first-offer-was-a-better-deal-for-palestine-and-israel/

Canadian Embassy: Militarily Supporting Israeli Apartheid
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-12
Canada is celebrating the agents of Palestinian misery. Last month the Canadian Embassy in Tel Aviv held an event to celebrate Canadians fighting in the Israeli military. They invited all 78 Canadians in the IDF to the ambassador's residence to demonstrate their appreciation. Referring to non-Israelis who join the IDF, ambassador Deborah Lyons told the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/canadian-embassy-militarily-supporting-israeli-apartheid/

Angry and Vindicated
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-12
In January, the Israeli daily newspaper, Haaretz, ran an article, "Secret Israeli Document Reveals Plan to Keep Arabs Off Their Lands." I found the piece unsettling for several reasons. | Given the headline, at first I thought the story was going …
globalresearch.ca/angry-vindicated/5703425

Der Spiegel is Citing Andy Ngo's Race-Scientist Ex-Editor to Attack Me and I'm Not Even Jewish: As the CEO of Antifa, I Must Object
Barrett Brown | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-12
Europe's most widely-circulated news magazine, Der Spiegel, has a new piece up entitled "The Man Behind the Mask" that I was curious to read since it turns out to be about me. And to judge from the sub-headline, I've really let myself go: Journalist Barrett Brown supported the hacker collective Anonymous and was jailed for…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/12/so-i-have-to-deal-with-the-germans-now/

US Offers Palestinians 'Swiss Cheese' State: Mahmoud Abbas
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-11
Palestinian Authority (P.A.) President Mahmoud Abbas roundly rejected Tuesday United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump's "peace" plan for Palestine and Israel. | RELATED: | US Warns Israel Against 'Unilateral' West Bank Annexation | Addressing the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council, Abbas said the plan is a gift to Israel, and Palestinians cannot acc…
telesurenglish.net/news/U.S.-Offers-Palestinians-Swiss-Cheese-State-Mahmoud-Abbas-20200211-0017.html

Fateh Standing behind Abbas following Threats by Israeli UN Delegate
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-11
The Fateh movement said, today, that it stands behind PA President Mahmoud Abbas and fully supports the positions expressed in his speech before the United Nations Security Council, warning of the implications rendered by the Israeli delegate's portrayal of Abbas as an obstacle to peace, in calling for him to …
imemc.org/article/fateh-standing-behind-abbas-following-threats-by-israeli-un-delegate/

How Trump's "Peace" Plan Will Redraw Israel's Borders to Exclude to Non-Jews
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-11
Trump's new Middle East "Peace" Plan will redraw Israeli borders to exclude towns with large populations of Arab citizens, an attempt, writes Miko Peled, to force them down the totem pole to a place where their rights will be even more limited.
mintpressnews.com/trump-peace-plan-redraw-borders-exclude-arab-citizens-of-israel/264812/

Leftist European Lawmakers Demand Concrete Actions on Palestine
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-11
Leftist MEPs on Tuesday demanded concrete actions from the European Union (EU) in favor of Palestine and the end of an association agreement with Israel, following the U.S. plan for the Middle East. | RELATED: | EU Rejects Trump Middle East Peace Plan, Annexation | The EU must stand firm and continue to support a two-state solution with an independent Palestinian state a…
telesurenglish.net/news/left-wing-meps-demand-concrete-actions-in-favor-of-palestine-20200211-0027.html

After Thousands Protest in Ramallah, Israeli Forces Fire Tear-Gas and Rubber-Coated Steel Rounds
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-11
"Palestine is not for sale," and "No to the deal of the century," were only a few of the signs raised, on Tuesday, by the tens of thousands of Palestinians who came from all over the West Bank to demonstrate in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, WAFA reported. …
imemc.org/article/after-thousands-protest-in-ramallah-israeli-forces-fire-tear-gas-and-rubber-coated-steel-rounds/

Analysis: Crisis and Opportunity: The 'Deal of the Century' Challenge for Palestinians
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-11
By Ramzy Baroud for the Palestine Chronicle After several postponements, US President, Donald Trump, has finally revealed the details of his Middle East plan, dubbed 'Deal of the Century', in a press conference in Washington, on January 28. Standing triumphantly beside Trump, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, must have surely …
imemc.org/article/analysis-crisis-and-opportunity-the-deal-of-the-century-challenge-for-palestinians/

REPORT: Lands to be Annexed following Knesset Elections
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-11
(photo: Oranit settlement near Qalqilya, northern occupied West Bank) The National Bureau for defending land and resisting settlements stated, in its latest weekly report, that US President Donald Trump's adviser, Jared Kushner recently announced that Israel won't annex Palestinian lands before the upcoming Knesset elections, thereby explaining the controversy among …
imemc.org/article/report-lands-to-be-annexed-following-knesset-elections/

Billboards Calling for Ending Support to Israel Launched in New Hampshire
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-11
Palestine Advocacy Project has launched two billboard ads calling upon American voters and the next President of the United States to end U.S. funding for Israeli human rights violations, and restore humanitarian aid to Palestine, the Palestine News Network reported.
imemc.org/article/billboards-calling-for-ending-support-to-israel-launched-in-new-hampshire/

UN underlines need for dialogue to resolve Israel-Palestine conflict
news.un.org | 2020-02-11
Rising tensions and instability across the globe, particularly in the Middle East, underscore the need to resolve the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, the UN Secretary-General told the Security Council on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1057181

Analysis: Here's Everything You Need to Know About Trump's "Apartheid" Deal
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-11
Palestine News Network On 28 January 2020, the US released its permanent "apartheid" plan for Palestine, which was mainly authored by Jared Kushner, Jason Greenblatt, and David Friedman

Palestinian Prisoner's Family Informed of Order to Demolish its Home
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-11
The Israeli army, on Tuesday, informed the family of Palestinian detainee, Qassam Barghouthi, of its intention to demolish the family's home in the central West Bank village of Kobar, the Head of Kobar village council, Izzat Badwan, told WAFA. The army told the family that they have until Thursday to …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-prisoners-family-informed-of-order-to-demolish-its-home/

Israel Bars Jerusalem Governor From Entering West Bank For Six Months
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-11
The Israeli army and security apparatus issued orders, on Monday evening, barring the Palestinian governor of occupied East Jerusalem, Adnan Gheith, from entering the West Bank, and another order preventing him from communicating with the Palestinian Authority. Media sources said the army summoned the governor for interrogation in the al-Maskobiyya …
imemc.org/article/israel-bars-jerusalem-governor-from-entering-west-bank-for-six-months/

MLB to Cancel Roger Waters' Tour Promotions Over BDS Support
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-11
Major League Baseball (MLB) has made the decision to stop promoting Roger Waters' tour due to his ongoing support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, the Associated Press reported on Sunday. | RELATED: | Palestinians Benefit From China-Funded Desalination Plants | The MLB, which was sponsoring ticket pre-sales for Waters' "This is Not a Drill" tour, made the decision to halt its promotion following criticisms from Jewish advocacy groups, the report said. | A…
telesurenglish.net/news/MLB-to-Cancel-Roger-Waters-Tour-Promotions-Over-BDS-Support-20200211-0008.html

Journalist Abby Martin Sues State of Georgia Over Law Requiring Pledge of Allegiance to Israel
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-10
"This censorship of my talk based on forced compliance to anti-BDS laws in Georgia is just one level of a nationwide campaign to protect Israel from grassroots pressure."

Activists oppose Trump's 'deal' on Palestine
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-10
justice Jim McIlroyIssue 1253 Australia Palestine & Israel Trump deal SydneyFebruary 10, 2020Supporters of justice for Palestine made their v…
greenleft.org.au/content/activists-oppose-trump-deal-palestine

"Our Very Existence Is the Resistance": An Hour w/ AOC, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib & Ilhan Omar
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-10
On Friday, Democracy Now! co-host Nermeen Shaikh sat down for a rare joint interview with the Squad, the group of four freshmen Democratic congresswomen who have taken Capitol Hill by storm: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Omar and Tlaib are the first Muslim women elected to Congress. Omar is a former refugee from Somalia, and Tlaib is the first female Palestinian-American member of Congress. Ayanna Pressley is the first African-American woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Ocasio-Cortez was just 29 years old w…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/10/democracy_now_the_squad_sotu

Israel's "Peace Camp" Flirts with Oblivion
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-09
For Israel's so-called peace camp, the past 12 months of general elections

'We will not leave our land, we will fight til the end' say Palestinians of the Jordan Valley
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2020-02-09
Palestinians in the Jordan Valley have been demonstrating against US President Donald Trump's so-called ' Deal of the Century' for Israel/Palestine. | Trump's deal, announced in January, gives US approval to Israel's plans to annex the Jordan…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/02/09/we-will-not-leave-our-land-we-will-fight-til-the-end-say-palestinians-of-the-jordan-valley/

Israel's Palestinian Minority has Good Reason to Fear Trump's Plan
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-08
The Trump administration's decision to green-light Israel's annexation of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank grabbed headlines last week. But US support for a related proposal

Media Urge Palestinians to Take Crumbs–Because Democracy Is Not on Offer
Gregory Shupak | fair.org | 2020-02-07
by Gregory Shupak The Trump administration's "Vision for Peace" | The Trump administration's " Deal of the Century" is supposedly a plan to solve the question of Palestine. But as Michael Lynk, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, points out, the deal doesn't offer Palestinians…
fair.org/home/media-urge-palestinians-to-take-crumbs-because-democracy-is-not-on-offer/

Israeli troops kill anti-Trump protester
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-07
17-year-old Mohamed Sulaiman Alhddad was shot and killed by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron, February 5, during a protest responding to President Trump's "Deal of the Century." Other protesters have been killed or injured in recent days. | Trump's plan would strengthen Israeli apartheid and has no support among Palestinians. Resistance groups, such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, vow to oppose it.
fightbacknews.org/2020/2/7/israeli-troops-kill-anti-trump-protester

Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-07
Russia accused Israel of "making a total mockery of the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians."

Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes

Russia and Iran's Clashing Visions for Syria's Future
Agha Hussain | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-07
Rivals of the West in their own right, Iran and Russia today are major power players in the Syrian imbroglio. Their convergence of interests in helping eradicate extremist terrorist proxies utilized by an array of rival states against their mutual Syrian ally has allowed them both a significant degree of say in Syrian affairs and how that country's future will pan out | However, their cooperation against the terrorist threat has often been the pivot of inaccurate portrayals of Russia-Iran ties and the extent of their shared interests versus their many highly divergent objectives in Syria, many of which are rooted…
mintpressnews.com/syria-energy-dominance-russia-aligning-with-israel-against-iran/264661/

Billionaire pro-Israel Buttigieg backer Seth Klarman funds group behind Iowa's disastrous voting app
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-04
Behind the app that delayed Iowa's voting results is a dark money operation funded by anti-Bernie Sanders billionaires. Its top…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/04/pro-israel-buttigieg-seth-klarman-iowas-voting-app/

'This Is an Apartheid Proposal and It's a Nonstarter' – CounterSpin interview with Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine 'peace deal'
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-02-04
Janine Jackson interviewed the Arab American Institute's Omar Baddar about the Trump/Kushner "peace deal" for Israel/Palestine for the January 31, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/this-is-an-apartheid-proposal-and-its-a-nonstarter/

On the Road to Gaza: The Freedom Flotilla Will Sail Again
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-02-02
True solidarity should aim at forcing Israel to end the protracted occupation and siege on the Palestinian people…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/on-the-road-to-gaza-the-freedom-flotilla-will-sail-again/

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/

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 …
fair.org/home/omar-baddar-on-israel-palestine-peace-plan-rainey-reitman-on-greenwald-persecution/

The Miracle of Kindness
Chris Hedges | zcomm.org | 2020-01-19
Take a brief journey through the eyes of American, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges to Jerusalem, Gaza, and Iraq, and discover the sacred bonds that make us human…
zcomm.org/zvideo/the-miracle-of-kindness/