Daily Archives: February 4, 2020

2020-02-04: News Headlines

RT (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…

RT (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…

Max Blumenthal (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,…

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2020-02-04). Forum – Eyewitness Venezuela Report & Analysis of Palestine "Peace Plan" indybay.org 2969 Mission St. near 26th…

Peter Koenig (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 …

WSWS (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.

yenisafak (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…

yenisafak (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…

sputniknews (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.

Jim Miles (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 …

IMEMC & Agencies (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 …

IMEMC & Agencies (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 …

Staff (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…

IMEMC News (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 …

IMEMC News & Agencies (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 …

Hans Stehling (2020-02-03). Do Not be Indifferent to the Proposed Rape of Palestine by the Trump-Netanyahu Family! globalresearch.ca We must not be indifferent when we hear historical lies. We must not be indifferent when the past is distorted for today's political needs. The ancient people of Palestine have been the documented, majority indigenous demographic of the region for …

IMEMC News (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 …

Sarah Abed (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 "

IMEMC News (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 …

IMEMC & Agencies (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 …

IMEMC & Agencies (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 …

teleSUR (2020-02-03). Israel and Sudan to Start Normalizing Ties for First Time. telesurenglish.net Israel and Sudan have agreed to work towards the normalization of their relations for the first time, Israeli officials announced Monday after the leaders of the two countries met in Uganda. | RELATED: | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with the chairman of Sudan's sovereign council Abdel-Fattah Burhan in the city of Entebbe in central Uganda. | "We agreed to begin cooperation that will lead to th…

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-02-03). Settlers Invade Al-Aqsa, Police Arrest Guard and Female Worshiper. imemc.org Illegal Israeli settlers stormed, the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound via the Moroccan Gate, on Sunday morning, heavily protected by Israeli forces, Alray reported. Several groups of settlers invaded the mosque, and toured its courtyards, guided by rabbis that gave settlers explanations on the alleged "Temple Mount." Sources added that …

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-02-03). Bloc of Muslim Nations Warns Trump Israel-Palestine Plan 'Destroys the Foundations of Peace'. commondreams.org Joining global critics of a plan that President Donald Trump unveiled last week to address the decades-long Israel-Palestine conflict, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Monday rejected the "biased" proposal and urged members states not to cooperate with U.S. efforts to enforce it. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11983546201.jpg

Jonathan Cook (2020-02-03). Auschwitz, the BBC and antisemitism smears. mronline.org Guerin had dared, unlike any of her colleagues in the western media, to allude to the terrible price inflicted on the Palestinian people by the west's decision to help the Zionist movement create a Jewish state shortly after the Holocaust. The Palestinians were dispossessed of their homeland as apparent compensation—at least for those Jews who […] |

Fight Back (2020-02-02). Minneapolis protests anti Palestine "Deal of Century," racist travel bans. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On January 31, 40 people protested at the Minneapolis Federal Building to stand in solidarity with Palestine. The MN Anti-War Committee and Women Against Military Madness called this emergency response protest after President Trump's announcement of his 'peace' plan which he wants to impose on Palestine. The protest's message was clear: the "Deal of the Century" proposed by Trump and Netanyahu is a sham and part of an expanding apartheid against the Palestinian people. There can be no deal without the Palestinian right to return, the Palestinian right to exist, and the return of Jerusalem to Pal…

Ramzy Baroud (2020-02-02). On the Road to Gaza: The Freedom Flotilla Will Sail Again. zcomm.org True solidarity should aim at forcing Israel to end the protracted occupation and siege on the Palestinian people…

Middle East Eye (2020-02-02). Palestinian Authority Cuts All Ties With US, Israel. theantimedia.com Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced that "that there will be no relations at all" with Israel and the United States.

Eric Walberg (2020-02-01). Israel-Palestine: Time for Russia to Step up to the Plate. dissidentvoice.org 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 …

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

Eds. (2020-01-31). Palestinians around the world reject Trump's 'fraud of the century'. mronline.org 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 […] |

Miko Peled (2020-01-31). Dead on Arrival: Dissecting Trump's Vision for the Future of Palestine. mintpressnews.com 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.

CounterSpin (2020-01-31). Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine 'Peace' Plan, Rainey Reitman on Greenwald Persecution. fair.org 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 …

Whitney Webb (2020-01-31). How government and media are prepping America for a failed 2020 election. mronline.org 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. |

news.un (2020-01-31). US Middle East peace plan 'lopsided', says independent UN rights expert. news.un.org A United States plan released this week to resolve the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is "lopsided" and will only entrench occupation, an independent UN human rights expert said on Friday.

Jonathan Cook (2020-01-30). Trump's "Deal of the Century" Will Not Bring Peace: That was the Plan for the US and Israel. dissidentvoice.org 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 …

Susan Price (2020-01-30). Trump's 'win-win' plan hands everything to Israel. greenleft.org.au

Fred_F (2020-01-30). Gaza Surf Project makes waves. greenleft.org.au

Staff (2020-01-29). "Yet Another Declaration of War on Palestinians": Rashid Khalidi on Trump's Middle East "Peace" Plan. democracynow.org 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 — with Netanyahu by his side — unveiled a so-called Middle East peace plan that was drafted by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner without any input from Palestinians. Under the plan, Israel will gain sovereignty over large areas of the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem would be under total Israeli control, and all Jewish settlers in the occupied territory will be allowed to remain in their homes. The plan…

Staff (2020-01-29). Mehdi Hasan: Trump's Middle East Plan Is a Policy of Apartheid & Settler Colonialism. democracynow.org 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…

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

Staff (2020-01-29). Headlines for January 29, 2020. democracynow.org 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…

Alan MacLeod (2020-01-28). It's Media—Not Bernie Sanders—That Have an Antisemitism Problem. fair.org Have you heard the news? Democratic presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders is antisemitic. Yes, yes, he's Jewish, and has a So goes the story in several prominent media outlets, who accuse him of leading "the most antisemitic [campaign] in decades" (Washington Examiner,

Staff (2020-01-28). Headlines for January 28, 2020. democracynow.org Trump Lawyers Says He Did No Wrong as Calls Mount for Bolton and Other Witnesses to Testify | , Trump to Unveil Middle East "Peace Plan" as Netanyahu Indicted over Corruption, SCOTUS Allows Trump's "Public Charge" Rule Targeting Low-Income Immigrants to Take Effect, State Dept. Bars NPR Reporter from Upcoming Pompeo Trip, Washington Post Suspends Reporter for Tweet About Kobe Bryant Rape Allegation, Mixed Accounts After U.S. Military Plane Crashes in Afghanistan, Torrential Rains and Landslides Kill At Least 46 People in Brazil, Nigerian Journalist Maxwell Nashan Killed, 2nd Accuser Testifies in Weinstein Trial a…

Kevin Gosztola (2020-01-27). To rig primary against Bernie, DNC chair Tom Perez nominates regime-change agents, Israel lobbyists, and Wall Street consultants. thegrayzone.com With Senator Bernie Sanders surging in the polls, DNC chair Tom Perez has put forward a cartoonishly neoliberal cast of…

Middle East Eye (2020-01-24). Families in Disbelief After Israeli Army Kills Three Gaza Teens. theantimedia.com Israel says Mohammed, Salem and Mahmoud snuck into Israel and attacked the army – but their relatives reject this version of events.

2020-02-04: Social Media Postees

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Pro-Israel Buttigieg backer Seth Klarman is top funder of 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-Sanders billionaires. Its top donor,…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/04/pro-israel-buttigieg-seth-klarman-iowas-voting-app/

Forum – Eyewitness Venezuela Report & Analysis of Palestine "Peace Plan"
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2020-02-04
2969 Mission St. near 26th…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/02/18830314.php

Advocate (2019): "An angry, optimistic woman" in pursuit of justice for the Palestinians
wsws.org | 2020-02-04
Advocate exposes the bankruptcy of the pursuit of justice for the Palestinians through the Israeli courts.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/04/tsem-f04.html

Netanyahu discusses 'normalization' with Sudan's leader after Uganda talks
rt.com | 2020-02-04
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…
rt.com/newsline/480017-netanyahu-sudan-uganda-embassy/

Twitter cites 'Iran & Israel state actors' after suspending researcher who exposed new user-data flaw
rt.com | 2020-02-04
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…
rt.com/news/480041-twitter-bug-iran-israel/

Sudan casts doubt on early normalisation of ties with Israel
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-04
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…
yenisafak.com/en/world/sudan-casts-doubt-on-early-normalisation-of-ties-with-israel-3511228

In Uganda, Netanyahu urges stronger ties, embassy move
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-04
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…
yenisafak.com/en/news/in-uganda-netanyahu-urges-stronger-ties-embassy-move-3511232

US Tried to Contact PNA Before Peace Plan Release, Abbas Refused – Palestinian Ambassador
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-04
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.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202002041078225110-us-tried-to-contact-pna-before-peace-plan-release-abbas-refused—palestinian-ambassador/

Report: Netanyahu Plans to Extend Israeli Sovereignty Over Jordan Valley and Settlements
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-03
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 …
imemc.org/article/report-netanyahu-plans-to-extend-israeli-sovereignty-over-jordan-valley-and-settlements/

Former US President Carter: "US Plan Undercuts Prospects for a Just Peace"
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-03
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 …
imemc.org/article/former-us-president-carter-us-plan-undercuts-prospects-for-a-just-peace/

"Deal of the Century" Greenlights Israeli Annexation, Apartheid, and Subjugation of Palestinians
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
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 " Middle East Peace Plan". …
globalresearch.ca/deal-century-greenlights-israeli-annexation-apartheid-subjugation-palestinians/5702584

Army Injures Two Palestinians In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-03
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 …
imemc.org/article/army-injures-two-palestinians-in-hebron/

Israeli Navy Abducts Three Fishermen, Confiscates Their Boats, In Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-03
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 …
imemc.org/article/israeli-navy-abducts-three-fishermen-confiscates-their-boats-in-gaza/

Do Not be Indifferent to the Proposed Rape of Palestine by the Trump-Netanyahu Family!
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
We must not be indifferent when we hear historical lies. We must not be indifferent when the past is distorted for today's political needs. The ancient people of Palestine have been the documented, majority indigenous demographic of the region for …
globalresearch.ca/do-not-indifferent-proposed-rape-palestine-trump-netanyahu-family/5702589

Israeli Settlers Attack Child, Harass Family in Hebron
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-03
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 …
imemc.org/article/israeli-settlers-attack-child-harass-family-in-hebron/

Israeli Forces Invade West Bank Village, Seal Entrances
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-03
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 …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-invade-west-bank-village-seal-entrances/

OBAIDA: A Short Film
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-03
What does it feel like to be led away from your home by a soldier, while blindfolded? | What happens when a military occupation looms over an entire childhood? | OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child's experience of Israeli military arrest.
imemc.org/article/obaida-a-short-film/

Auschwitz, the BBC and antisemitism smears
Jonathan Cook | mronline.org | 2020-02-03
Guerin had dared, unlike any of her colleagues in the western media, to allude to the terrible price inflicted on the Palestinian people by the west's decision to help the Zionist movement create a Jewish state shortly after the Holocaust. The Palestinians were dispossessed of their homeland as apparent compensation–at least for those Jews who […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/03/auschwitz-the-bbc-and-antisemitism-smears/

Entry of Cement to Gaza Suspended
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-03
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 …
imemc.org/article/entry-of-cement-to-gaza-suspended/

Army Abducts Thirteen Palestinians In West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-03
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 …
imemc.org/article/army-abducts-thirteen-palestinians-in-west-bank/

Israel and Sudan to Start Normalizing Ties for First Time
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-03
Israel and Sudan have agreed to work towards the normalization of their relations for the first time, Israeli officials announced Monday after the leaders of the two countries met in Uganda. | RELATED: | Sudan: Head of Sovereign Council Invited to Visit Washington | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with the chairman of Sudan's sovereign council Abdel-Fattah Burhan in the city of Entebbe in central Uganda. | "We agreed to begin cooperation that will lead to th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-and-Sudan-to-Start-Normalizing-Ties-for-First-Time-20200203-0008.html

Putin in Israel
Stephen F. Cohen | thenation.com | 2020-02-03
Putin in Israel…
thenation.com/article/world/putin-in-israel/

Settlers Invade Al-Aqsa, Police Arrest Guard and Female Worshiper
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-03
Illegal Israeli settlers stormed, the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound via the Moroccan Gate, on Sunday morning, heavily protected by Israeli forces, Alray reported. Several groups of settlers invaded the mosque, and toured its courtyards, guided by rabbis that gave settlers explanations on the alleged "Temple Mount." Sources added that …
imemc.org/article/settlers-invade-al-aqsa-police-arrest-guard-and-female-worshiper/

UK Grenfell Contractors Want Guarantees in Order to Testify
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-03
Bereaved families and survivors of London's 2017 Grenfell Tower fire accused Monday the firms responsible for using flammable materials to refurbish the building of trying to derail a public inquiry into the disaster. | RELATED: | Notre Dame of Gaza: Our Mosques and Churches Are Also Burning | The inquiry has established that a flammable claddin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Grenfell-Fire-Witnesses-Want-Guarantees-in-Return-for-Testimony-20200203-0011.html

Bloc of Muslim Nations Warns Trump Israel-Palestine Plan 'Destroys the Foundations of Peace'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-03
Joining global critics of a plan that President Donald Trump unveiled last week to address the decades-long Israel-Palestine conflict, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Monday rejected the "biased" proposal and urged members states not to cooperate with U.S. efforts to enforce it. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11983546201.jpg
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Minneapolis protests anti Palestine "Deal of Century," racist travel bans
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-02
Minneapolis, MN – On January 31, 40 people protested at the Minneapolis Federal Building to stand in solidarity with Palestine. The MN Anti-War Committee and Women Against Military Madness called this emergency response protest after President Trump's announcement of his 'peace' plan which he wants to impose on Palestine. The protest's message was clear: the "Deal of the Century" proposed by Trump and Netanyahu is a sham and part of an expanding apartheid against the Palestinian people. There can be no deal without the Palestinian right to return, the Palestinian right to exist, and the return of Jerusalem to Pal…
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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…
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Palestinian Authority Cuts All Ties With US, Israel
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-02
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced that "that there will be no relations at all" with Israel and the United States.

Palestinian Authority Cuts All Ties With US, Israel

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/

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 …
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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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US Middle East peace plan 'lopsided', says independent UN rights expert
news.un.org | 2020-01-31
A United States plan released this week to resolve the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is "lopsided" and will only entrench occupation, an independent UN human rights expert said on Friday.
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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.
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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…
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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'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 …
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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…
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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…
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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

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…
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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

Headlines for January 28, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-28
Trump Lawyers Says He Did No Wrong as Calls Mount for Bolton and Other Witnesses to Testify | , Trump to Unveil Middle East "Peace Plan" as Netanyahu Indicted over Corruption, SCOTUS Allows Trump's "Public Charge" Rule Targeting Low-Income Immigrants to Take Effect, State Dept. Bars NPR Reporter from Upcoming Pompeo Trip, Washington Post Suspends Reporter for Tweet About Kobe Bryant Rape Allegation, Mixed Accounts After U.S. Military Plane Crashes in Afghanistan, Torrential Rains and Landslides Kill At Least 46 People in Brazil, Nigerian Journalist Maxwell Nashan Killed, 2nd Accuser Testifies in Weinstein Trial a…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/28/headlines

It's Media–Not Bernie Sanders–That Have an Antisemitism Problem
Alan MacLeod | fair.org | 2020-01-28
Have you heard the news? Democratic presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders is antisemitic. Yes, yes, he's Jewish, and has a long history of anti-racist activism–but that doesn't matter. | So goes the story in several prominent media outlets, who accuse him of leading "the most antisemitic [campaign] in decades" (Washington Examiner, 12/13/19). While unable to point to Sanders' own actions or words, the…
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To rig primary against Bernie, DNC chair Tom Perez nominates regime-change agents, Israel lobbyists, and Wall Street consultants
Kevin Gosztola | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-27
With Senator Bernie Sanders surging in the polls, DNC chair Tom Perez has put forward a cartoonishly neoliberal cast of…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/27/dnc-perez-regime-change-agents-israel-lobbyists-wall-street-rig-game-bernie/

Families in Disbelief After Israeli Army Kills Three Gaza Teens
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-24
Israel says Mohammed, Salem and Mahmoud snuck into Israel and attacked the army – but their relatives reject this version of events.

Families in Disbelief After Israeli Army Kills Three Gaza Teens

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…
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