(2020-06-11). Thousands march for Black lives in Dallas. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On Saturday, June 6, about 5000 people rallied in 100-degree weather at Belo Garden Park across the street from the Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas, to demand justice for victims of police violence, community control of the police, and the resignation of Renee Hall, the chief of the Dallas Police Department. | The protest was called by the Dallas Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (DAARPR), Progressive Student Union at the University of Texas at Arlington American Muslims for Palestine Dallas, Migrante Texas, and Black Youth Project 100-Dallas. First the crowd heard spe…
(2020-06-11). European Court of Human Rights Deals Major Blow to Israel's War on Palestine Solidarity. globalresearch.ca ECHR rules unanimously that French highest court's criminal conviction of Israel boycott advocates violates the European Convention on Human Rights' freedom of expression article | *** | The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
(2020-06-11). Israel and the US Step Up Efforts to Intimidate the Hague War Crimes Court. globalresearch.ca In the near-two decades since the International Criminal Court was set up to try the worst violations of international human rights law, it has faced harsh criticism for its highly selective approach to the question of who should be put …
(2020-06-11). Should UK local gov't pension schemes be invested in overt brutal racism like this? truepublica.org.uk Guest Writer: A sure-fire method of ensuring this news outlet will be attacked with a wave of bots attempting to crack open its security systems and take it down from public view is to report on Israel in a negative light. But let's call out Israel for what it really is as a state. From …
(2020-06-10). Palestine Bleeds: Israel's Execution of an Autistic Man is Not an Exception but the Norm. mintpressnews.com 
In recent years, the Israeli army has upgraded its code of conduct, adopting a shoot-to-kill policy of any Palestinian they suspect of attempting to harm Israeli occupation soldiers, even when the alleged Palestinian 'attacker' is no longer posing a threat.
(2020-06-10). What is Next for Palestinian Popular Resistance in Gaza? Speaking to Journalist Wafaa Aludaini. counterpunch.org Wafaa Aludaini is a witness to many of Gaza's recent tragedies and also never-ending resistance. She experienced the violent Israeli occupation, the subsequent blockade on the impoverished Strip, and several wars that resulted in the death and wounding of tens of thousands of Palestinians. But none of Israel's wars impacted Aludaini's life as much as
(2020-06-10). Militarized Police, A Gift from Israel? globalresearch.ca The killing of black man George Floyd by white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has produced the highest level of national unrest seen in the United States since the 1960s. Tens of thousands of protesters are demonstrating against racism and …
(2020-06-10). Still Protesting After All These Years. globalresearch.ca On Wednesday, June 4, I joined thousands of marchers in Kitchener, Ontario, the town in which I live, to protest racism and police brutality. I have, in the last few years, participated in local events in support of Palestinian self-determination …
(2020-06-10). Soldiers Injure Several Palestinians in Hebron. imemc.org Many Palestinians suffered, late on Tuesday at night, from the severe effects of teargas inhalation after Israeli troops fired tear gas canisters towards a peaceful Palestinian protest in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Local media sources and eyewitnesses reported that the …
(2020-06-10). Soldiers Abduct Six Palestinians In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, six young Palestinian men, after the army invaded the al-'Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and attacked protesters. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the town, and fired gas bombs at many Palestinians protesting the invasion. They added that the soldiers also chased many …
(2020-06-10). Palestinian authority hints at declaration of sovereign state if Israel continues with annexation plan. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shatyyeh reiterated PA's rejection of the so-called Peace Plan proposed by US president Donald Trump, and said that the PA has devised a counterproposal…
(2020-06-10). Israeli Forces Demolish Several Palestinian Homes in Occupied East Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli troops reportedly knocked down, on Tuesday morning, a number of Palestinian-owned homes in the internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem. Head of the Palestinian committee for defending Palestinian lands in the Sawarha neighborhood, Youmis Ja'far, told media outlets that Israeli soldiers, backed by armored vehicles, invaded the neighborhood and forced local …
(2020-06-10). PPS: "Israeli Soldiers Abduct 19 Palestinians In West Bank" imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn and morning hours, 19 Palestinians during extensive invasions and violent searches of homes across the occupied West Bank. In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of the city, and abducted …
(2020-06-10). Army Confiscates 160 Dunams Of Palestinian Lands In Qalqilia. imemc.org The Israeli military issued, Wednesday, military orders for the illegal confiscation of privately-owned Palestinian lands in the Qalqilia governorate, in northern West Bank. Mohammad Abu Sheikh, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel's colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the orders were handed to many residents, informing them of the …
(2020-06-10). Organization of the Islamic Cooperation To Meet Over Israeli Annexation Plan. imemc.org Palestinian Authority's (PA) Minister of Foreign Affairs, Riyad Al-Malki, on Tuesday, said that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), comprising of dozens of Islamic and Arab nations, will convene on Wednesday, at the foreign ministers' level over planned Israeli annexation of the West Bank. Al-Malki said in a statement, that …
(2020-06-10). Israeli Troops Abduct a Palestinian Youth Who Suffers From Epilepsy. imemc.org Israeli troops abducted, on Tuesday at night a young man who suffers from epilepsy, near the illegal Itamar colony, built on Palestinian lands near Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The father of the abducted young man, Ghassan Nasasra, said that he was informed about the …
(2020-06-10). Israeli Military Invades Parts of Northern Gaza As Israeli Navy Attacks Fishermen. imemc.org Israeli troops invaded, earlier Wednesday, Palestinian lands near Beit Lahia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya, while Israeli navy ships attacked fishermen off the coast of Gaza. Local Palestinian sources in northern Gaza said that several armored Israeli vehicles, including a bulldozer, invaded …
(2020-06-10). Army Issues Demolition, Halt Construction, Orders Targeting Buildings Near Salfit. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of Salfit in central West Bank, and handed several residents demolition orders and notices for halting construction, allegedly for not being licensed by Israel. Dr. Tamer Rayyan, the head of Qarawat Bani Hassan Town Council, stated that the soldiers …
(2020-06-09). The US and Israel Hope to Scare the Hague War Crimes Court off from Helping Palestine. dissidentvoice.org 
In the near-two decades since the International Criminal Court was set up to try the worst violations of international human rights law, it has faced harsh criticism for its highly selective approach to the question of who should be put on trial. Created in 2002, the court, it was imagined, would act as a deterrent …
(2020-06-09). Palestinian solidarity with George Floyd. workers.org 
The following remarks were prepared for a rally at LOVE Park in Philadelphia on June 4. My name is Susan Abulhawa, from Workers World Party, and I bring revolutionary greetings and solidarity from Palestine, where Palestinians have been marching in the streets of Jerusalem, Ramallah, Haifa, Gaza and beyond in . . . |
(2020-06-09). From Occupation to 'Occupy': The Israelification of American domestic security. thegrayzone.com One of the first comprehensive surveys of Israeli training of US local and federal law enforcement officials. By Max Blumenthal…
(2020-06-09). Militarized Police a Gift from Israel? thealtworld.com Training of American police in brutal tactics revealed | The killing of black man George Floyd by white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has produced the highest level of national unrest seen in the United States since the 1960s. Tens of thousands of protesters are demonstrating against racism and perceived police brutality. As it also comes at a time of coronavirus pandemic and record unemployment, it has the potential to change the U.S. in fundamental ways. The core issue is that many on the left, as well as some on the right, see America's police as something like an "occupying force," increasingly sel…
(2020-06-09). Palestinian Lives Matter: Huge Jewish-Arab Rally in Tel Aviv Decries Netanyahu's Plan to Annex 1/3 of West Bank. globalresearch.ca The gathering was addressed via video by US Senator Bernie …
(2020-06-09). Palestinians across the West Bank protest Israeli annexation plans. peoplesdispatch.org On June 8, Monday, thousands of Palestinians protested against the proposed Israeli plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank. These non-violent and peaceful protests were met with brutal repression from Israeli security forces. | The demonstrations were part of the commemorations marking the 53rd anniversary of Naksa (letdown) Day, when, in 1967, the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza strip began. This was following the six-day war. | As per multiple media reports, demonstrations were held in the occupied West Bank towns of Bil'in, Ni'lin, Kafr Qaddum, Hares, Qusin and cit…
(2020-06-10). Founder of Iran Studies Center, Tel Aviv University: Israel is pistachios for Iran. iranian.com "I have news for you. Israel is half of the city of Tehran, in terms of population. You don't go through such a revolution for a tiny small country which is peanuts, or maybe in this case you say pistachios for the Iranians. We are nothing. You don't create a revolution because of the state …
(2020-06-11). Jacob Cohen: "The Zionists Have Become Masters in The Art of Propaganda" ahtribune.com 
Mohsen Abdelmoumen: What is your analysis of the annexation of the West Bank this July 1? | Jacob Cohen: The Zionist regime is not crazy enough to annex the entire West Bank, because then it would have to naturalize all Palestinians. It only wants to annex the "useful" West Bank, i.e. the Jordan Valley, thus preventing a possible Palestinian State to control its own borders and the large Jewish settlement blocs. It would thus continue to have a submissive and cheap labor force at its disposal, and the cooperation of a docile Palestinian police force to maintain colonial order. | It is not sure that this annexa…
(2020-06-10). Rapper Ice Cube slammed for bizarre 'ANTI-SEMITIC' tweetstorm — but Twitter yet to intervene. rt.com 
US rapper and actor Ice Cube is being slammed as "anti-Semitic" for a series of strange tweets that appear to criticize Jewish people, linking them to a strange conspiracy theory. There has been no reaction from Twitter. | One image in particular tweeted by the 'Friday' star seems to have drawn most of the attention on social media. The picture shows the Jewish Star of David with a cube outlined in the middle. The tweet itself is in reply to another one of the rapper's posts depicting similar cube-like structures at landmarks across the world. | | © icecube Twitter | The black outlined hexagon seems to…
(2020-06-10). Palestine calls for establishing intl. front against Israeli annexation plan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — Foreign Minister of Palestinian National Authority, Riyad al-Maliki, called for the formation of an international front against Israeli plan to annex part of the West Bank.
(2020-06-10). Palestinian people have no choice but resort to resistance: Deputy FM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for International and Legal Affairs Mohsen Baharvand said on Wed. that Palestinian people have no other choice but to resort to resistance.
(2020-06-10). Israel's annexation violates Int'l law: Germany. yenisafak.com German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Wednesday that Israel's annexation of the West Bank will be a violation of international law."Europe regards annexation as a violation of international law," Maas told a joint press conference with Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi.Maas, who is the first diplomat to visit Israel since the formation of the Israeli government last month, did not refer to specific European responses to the annexation decision once implemented.He stressed that the aim of his visit to Israel was to "learn more about Israel's plans".Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced th…
(2020-06-09). Netanyahu unfazed by protests against annexation of occupied West Bank. peoplesdispatch.org Massive protests broke out in Tel Aviv on June 6 against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank.
(2020-06-09). Protests in front of Armenian Embassy in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — A public rally to protest the establishment of the Israeli embassy in Yerevan was held on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in front of the Armenian Embassy in Tehran.
(2020-06-09). Israeli Settlers Puncture Palestinian-owned Vehicles, Vandalize Homes. imemc.org Illegal Israeli settlers, on Monday, punctured the tires of Palestinian-owned vehicles, in the occupied West Bank town of As-Sawiya, south of Nablus Alray reported. Palestinian official, Ghassan Daghlas, monitors illegal settlement activities said that Israeli colonists stormed the town of As-Sawiya and cut the tires of more than eight vehicles. …
(2020-06-09). Israeli Soldiers Abduct 22 Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, twenty-two Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS office in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers abducted seven Palestinians …
(2020-06-09). Demolition Orders Delivered to Several Palestinians Structures in West Bank. imemc.org Israeli forces, on Monday, delivered demolition orders against several Palestinian-owned structures in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources. In the northern West Bank village of Hares, the Palestinian owners of a 100 dunam plot containing a park, an unpaved road, retaining walls, a playground and a storage space, …
(2020-06-09). Palestinian Tents, Agricultural Structures, Greenhouse Demolished by Israeli Authorities. imemc.org The Israeli 'civil administration' invaded al-'Isawiya neighborhood in East Jerusalem, on Monday and proceeded to demolish agricultural structures belonging to Ahmad Abed Mahmoud, and Abed Nemer Mahmoud, according to Quds News Network. Also on Monday, the Israeli military dismantled and seized a Palestinian-owned greenhouse in the village of al-Sawahreh al-Sharqiya, …
(2020-06-09). Army Demolishes A Home, Displacing disabled Mother, 8 Children, In Jerusalem. imemc.org The Israeli authorities demolished, Tuesday, a Palestinian home in Ras al-Amoud neighborhood in Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, displacing 10 Palestinians, including a physically challenged mother and eight children. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) stated that dozens of soldiers, police officers and personnel of the City …
(2020-06-09). Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Young Woman Near Nablus. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday afternoon, a young Palestinian woman at a military roadblock near Nablus city, in northern West Bank. Mohammad 'Azem, the Mayor of Sebastia Palestinian town, northwest of Nablus, said the abducted young woman has been identified as Lian Nizar Kayed, 22, from Sebastia. 'Azem added that …
(2020-06-09). Israel's Left and Black Lives Matters. counterpunch.org A message to Israel's 'left'. The Jewish people are the Chosen Ones, but only in your heads. Your history of oppression by mostly Christian forces throughout history has been well documented. You have suffered incredible harm to your population. Your enemies have succeeded at times in decimating your people's numbers in their domain, but your
(2020-06-09). The Six-Day War: The Myth of an Israeli David Versus an Arab Goliath. globalresearch.ca June 2, 1967, was a tense day at the Israeli army headquarters in Tel Aviv. For weeks, IDF generals had been pushing the government to initiate a war and the atmosphere was tense. Israel's Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, …
(2020-06-09). Hassan Nasrallah condoles demise of Abdullah Shallah. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah extended condolences over the demise of former Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement chief Ramadan Abdullah Shallah.
(2020-06-09). Israeli annexation plan 'very dangerous': Russia. yenisafak.com Israel's "dangerous" plans to annex Palestinian territories could provoke further discontent and violence, dooming prospects for a two-state solution, warned a top Russian diplomat on Tuesday.In the near future the new coalition government of Israel "may begin practical steps" to implement its stated plans to annex Palestinian territories, said Mikhail Bogdanov, Russia's deputy foreign minister."We believe that such a development would be very dangerous. We agree with the assessments and warnings in this regard, which are reflected in the latest decisions of the Arab League on this issue."The Arab League has cond…
(2020-06-08). What is Next for Palestinian Popular Resistance in Gaza? dissidentvoice.org 
Wafaa Aludaini is a witness to many of Gaza's recent tragedies and also never-ending resistance. She experienced the violent Israeli occupation, the subsequent blockade on the impoverished Strip, and several wars that resulted in the death and wounding of tens of thousands of Palestinians. But none of Israel's wars impacted Aludaini's life as much as …
(2020-06-08). Israel Continues to be Rewarded for Killing American Sailors: Remembering the USS Liberty. counterpunch.org 
June 8, 1967 stands as yet another "date of infamy" in the annals of American history. And even though numerically the dead and wounded American servicemen numbered in the hundreds instead thousands, June 8, 1967 is as heinous a date of infamy as the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the 9/11 attacks on
(2020-06-08). Defund the Police: Linda Sarsour & Mychal Denzel Smith on What Meaningful Change Would Look Like. democracynow.org 
Amid growing calls in New York City for police accountability, Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to shift some of the city's funding for police and reallocate it to social services. We get response from Linda Sarsour, longtime Palestinian American Muslim organizer and co-founder of Until Freedom, which along with others has led the push to institute meaningful change. We also speak with author Mychal Denzel Smith, who notes that "one thing that's come of this global pandemic of COVID-19 is an understanding of what constitutes essential, what do we actually need. And police have shown that they are inessential."
(2020-06-08). WAFA: Israel Committed 27 Violations Against Journalists in May 2020. imemc.org The Palestine News and Information Agency (WAFA) said in a report, on Sunday, that it has documented 27 violations committed by the Israeli occupation forces against journalists and media institutions working in the occupied Palestinian territories during May. The report on Israeli violations against journalists states that these violations included …
(2020-06-08). Dozens Abducted by Israeli Forces in Occupied Palestine. telesurenglish.net Occupying Israeli forces have kidnapped dozens of Palestinians Monday in a series of raids across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Information Center said in a report. | RELATED: | Citing local sources, the report said at least 29 Palestinians were abducted, including a woman and three minors, after Israeli forces broke into…
(2020-06-08). "Day and night, Palestinians are facing a settler-colonial machinery of oppression" peoplesdispatch.org Vijay Prashad talks to Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian on the nature of Israeli settler-colonialism, the killing of Iyad al-Hallaq and the various forms of resistance to occupation.
(2020-06-08). Dr Bouthaina Shaaban speaks to Vanessa Beeley, Damascus. thealtworld.com Dr Bouthaina Shaaban on the hybrid war strategy being waged by the West, Israel, Turkey, Gulf States against Syria and her allies. | We had a meeting, during which we discussed most aspects of the maximum pressure campaign the sado-barbaric US Coalition is imposing upon Syria and all the nations who would defend her or provide economic support, trade and military collaboration. | Covid19 was discussed and the deliberate westernization of this alleged "pandemic" to further tighten the screws on an already economically devastated country that has endured 10 years of war, plagued by the various terrorist gangs cr…
(2020-06-08). Unfazed by protests, Netanyahu reiterates plan to annex more Palestinian territory. peoplesdispatch.org Israel has occupied Palestinian West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza since 1967 and also built numerous illegal settlements, violating several international laws. It now plans to formally annex a large part of these territories…