2020-05-24: News Headlines

Ali Salam (2020-05-23). VIDEO: Settlers Hold Parade While Soldiers Assault Palestinians in Jersualem. imemc.org Israeli security forces, on Friday, blocked several streets in occupied Jerusalem as illegal Israeli settlers provocative March outside Jaffa Gate, celebrated the so-called "reunification of Jerusalem as capital of Israel", Quds News reported. Also on Friday, occupation forces assaulted Palestinians, near Bab Al-Asbat or Lion's Gate, in the old city …

Ali Salam (2020-05-23). VIDEO — Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Family in Hebron, Soldiers Watch. imemc.org Palestinian WAFA News correspondent reported that Israeli settlers, on Saturday, attacked Palestinians in the Al-Sahla neighborhood of the Old City of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank. The video shows illegal settlers, youths and adults, harassing Palestinians, shouting, throwing stones among other objects at the Palestinians. Israeli soldiers are …

Alison Weir (2020-05-23). US Senate Quietly Approves $38 Billion for Israel Amid Historic Economic Downturn. mintpressnews.com S.3176 was passed without being named, debated, or even discussed, even though it would set into law the largest such aid package in US history.

Ramzy Baroud (2020-05-22). Why Israel Fears the Nakba: How Memory Became Palestine's Greatest Weapon. counterpunch.org On May 15, thousands of Palestinians in Occupied Palestine and throughout the 'shatat', or diaspora, participated in the commemoration of Nakba Day, the one event that unites all Palestinians, regardless of their political differences or backgrounds. For years, social media has added a whole new stratum to this process of commemoration. #Nakba72, along with #NakbaDay

Miko Peled (2020-05-22). The Palestinian Legacy of East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood Cannot Be Erased. mintpressnews.com The rich history and historical significance of Sheikh Jarrah, an East Jerusalem neighborhood dating back to the times of Salahaddin, endures despite the best efforts of Israeli authorities.

CJPME (2020-05-22). Canada Must Oppose Israel's Annexation Plans. globalresearch.ca Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) urges the Canadian government to take a strong stand against Israel's planned annexation of huge swaths of Palestinian territory in the West Bank. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-05-22). Israeli Troops Suppress Weekly Kufur Qaddoum Protest, Cause 5 Inhalation Injuries. imemc.org Three Palestinian children were reportedly injured, on Friday, due to tear gas inhalation, after Israeli troops fired tear-gas canisters against protestors at the weekly protest of Kufur Qaddoum village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The protest, staged on Fridays, in protest of Israel's Apartheid Wall, settlements …

Ali Salam (2020-05-22). Settlers Attack Palestinian Farmers near Ramallah, Fatah Member among Injured. imemc.org The Secretary of the Fatah movement, Qusi Diab Thiyab al-Tamimi, along with the young Ziyad al-Tamimi, were attacked, on Friday, northwest of Ramallah, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Al-Tamimi was reportedly injured while fighting off a group of illegal settlers who were attacking Palestinian farmers, near the village of …

IMEMC News (2020-05-22). Israeli Concussion Grenades Burn 120 Olive Trees Near Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers fired, Friday, dozens of concussion grenades into Palestinian orchards, west of Jenin, in northern West Bank, resulting in burning at least 120 olive trees. The head of Thaher al-'Abed Village Council, said the soldiers are stationed at the military gate of the illegal Annexation Wall, which was built …

IMEMC News (2020-05-22). Israeli Colonists Burn Palestinian Farmlands Near Nablus. imemc.org Several illegal Israeli colonists burnt, Friday, large areas of Palestinian agricultural lands, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonists invaded farmlands owned by residents of 'Orif and …

Michael Sfard (2020-05-22). Land Grab and Deportation: A Leading Israeli Lawyer's Annexation Prediction. globalresearch.ca Almost 53 years after it occupied the West Bank, Israel is closer than ever to annexing parts of the Palestinian territory. |

IMEMC News (2020-05-22). Israeli Troops Abduct A Palestinian Mother And Her Teenage Daughter Near Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, the town of Ya'bad, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, before invading and ransacking a home, and abducted a mother and her teenage daughter. Media sources in Jenin said that invasion into the town was carried out by more than 15 military vehicles, …

Ali Salam (2020-05-22). Israel Cuts Palestinian Water Supply in West Bank. imemc.org The Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) stated, on Thursday, that Israeli authorities drastically cut the amount of water allocated to the West Bank districts of Jenin, Nablus, Ramallah and Hebron, in recent days, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. The sudden drop interrupted the water supply to the public, and caused irregular …

Mitchell Plitnick (2020-05-22). Key Biden Adviser Offers Little Hope for Palestinians. commondreams.org Speaking in a web broadcast organized by the so-called Democratic Majority for Israel, Blinken stated bluntly that Biden "would not tie military assistance to Israel to any political decisions it makes, full stop."(Photo: Matt Smith Photographer / Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-05-22_at_9.42.21_am.png

IMEMC News (2020-05-22). Israel To Confiscate 100 Dunams Of Palestinian Lands In Qalqilia. imemc.org The Israeli government and its so-called "Civil Administration Office," the executive branch of the illegal occupation of the West Bank, has approved plans for the confiscation of 110 Dunams of Palestinian lands in Ezbet at-Tabib village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The Palestinian TV has reported …

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

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-05-22). 'Yet Another Dogwhistle to White Nationalists": Jewish Advocacy Group Denounces 'Good Bloodline' Remark by Trump. commondreams.org A New York-based Jewish advocacy group is among those calling out President Donald Trump for praising the "good bloodlines" of American industrialist and infamous anti-Semite Henry Ford during a Thursday night speech at a Ford Motor Company plant in Michigan. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12144495341.jpg

RT (2020-05-23). As Americans lose their jobs, Senate gears up to give Israel A MINIMUM of $38 billion over 10 years. rt.com With the US economy reeling from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee agreed to give Israel a minimum of $3.8 billion in military aid per year. A full vote on the gift is expected soon. | The US unemployment rate now stands at 14.7 percent, the worst figure since records began. Nearly 39 million Americans have lost their jobs since the coronavirus reached US shores in late January, and the Congressional Budget Office warned on Tuesday that the US economy won't recover from its current contraction until after next year. Moreover, the federal government's financial reli…

sputniknews (2020-05-24). Netanyahu Slams Corruption Trial Against Him as Attempt at 'Toppling Me, in Any Way Possible'. sputniknews.com Netanyahu is facing charges of fraud, bribery, and breach of trust in two criminal cases against him, which he already previously denounced as an attempt to bring him down. The criminal cases have long remained in limbo but three of them finally reached court last year.

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-05-23). Israeli Authorities Place Palestinian under Administrative Detention. imemc.org Israeli Prison Service (IPS) reportedly placed, on Saturday, a Palestinian man from the northern West Bank city of Jenin, under administrative detention, with no charges, for a period of six months. Family members of Mahmoud Said Alsa'dy, 40, told the Palestinian WAFA News Agency that the Israeli prison authority of …