Monthly Archives: September 2020

2020-09-06: News Headlines

Resource Center for Nonviolence (2020-09-06). Saturday 9/26: Palestine Justice Coalition Teach-In: Palestinian Future and Israeli Annexation. indybay.org Online Event | http: //bit.ly/pjcteachin…

yenisafak (2020-09-06). Hezbollah, Hamas leaders hold talks in Lebanon. yenisafak.com Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah held talks in Beirut with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and his deputy Saleh al-Arouri, according to the Lebanese group.The talks covered the "latest political and military developments in Palestine, Lebanon and the region," Hezbollah said in a statement.The two group leaders also discussed "the hazards facing the Palestinian cause, particularly the US deal of the century and projects for normalization with Israel," the statement said.This January US President Donald Trump announced the so-called "deal of the century," which refers to Jerusalem as "Israel's undivided cap…

teleSUR (2020-09-06). Palestine to Cut Ties With Countries That Recognize Israel. telesurenglish.net Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary General Saeb Erekat Sunday said that Palestine will break relationships with any country that moves or opens its embassy in Jerusalem. | RELATED: | "We urge all nations to respect international law, including Security Council resolutions 478 and 2334," Erekat added. | The statement comes after Serbia and Kosovo decided on Friday to move their embassies from Tel…

_____ (2020-09-06). The Privileged vs. the People. strategic-culture.org America's decadent elite is a plundering barbarian horde, leaving social and material destruction in its wake. | Andrew DORAN | "The Americans never use the word 'peasant,'" Alexis de Tocqueville observed, "because they have no idea of the peculiar class which that term denotes." Nor do Americans use "noble" or "aristocrat" or "barbarian." However, the basic phenomena endure, even if the class structure and therefore the terms have evolved. | Shortly after Tocqueville published his thoughts on the democratic experiment in America, Benjamin Disraeli published Sybil ∏ a novel in which he argued that England…

_____ (2020-09-06). VIDEO: Pompeo in Jerusalem. strategic-culture.org With few exceptions, Trump's self flattery about his commitment to Israel is legit. But didn't he get elected to be the most pro-American President ever? Watch the video and read more in the

yenisafak (2020-09-06). Hamas denies any link to far-right US group. yenisafak.com Palestinian resistance group Hamas has denied any link to the far-right extremist movement Boogaloo Bois in the United States.American and Israeli media reported that two members from Boogaloo Bois group were arrested by US authorities and charged with conspiring to support Hamas.Media reports said that the US Justice Department accused both Michael Robert Solomon, 30, and Benjamin Ryan Teeter, 22, of providing material support to a "foreign terrorist organization"."We decry the US administration attempt to link Hamas to any member of this group," the Palestinian movement said in a statement."This is a desperate…

yenisafak (2020-09-06). Turkey urges Kosovo against opening Jerusalem embassy. yenisafak.com Turkey on Sunday urged Kosovo against opening an embassy in Jerusalem, saying doing so would undermine UN resolutions and hurt the Palestinian cause."We call on the leadership of Kosovo to abide by these [UN] decisions to refrain from such steps that would undermine the historical and legal status of Jerusalem and may also prevent Kosovo from being recognized by other states in the future," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.The statement cited various UN resolutions stressing that the Palestinian issue can only be solved with an independent, sovereign, and geographically continuous Palestinian stat…

RT (2020-09-05). Israel DEMOLISHES 51 Palestinian structures in East Jerusalem as destruction continues in 'unprecedented manner' — rights group. rt.com Israeli authorities escalated demolitions in occupied East Jerusalem in August, knocking 51 Palestinian buildings and displacing 85 people, many of whom were children, a Palestinian rights group said. | The demolition of homes, which Israel says were built without proper permits, have been conducted in an "unprecedented manner" in the past month, Palestinian rights group, Wadi Hilweh Information Center, said in a fresh report. | The authorities have been acting in this way despite a difficult situation with coronavirus in Israel and particularly in Jerusalem, which is claimed as the capital by both Israelis an…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-09-05). Palestinian prisoner Daud Al-Khatib dies after 18 years in Israeli jail. peoplesdispatch.org Daud Al-Khatib died a few months ahead of his release. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society alleged that al-Khatib was not given proper medical care by the prison authorities…

Tim Anderson (2020-09-05). The Collaborator's Reward: the UAE, from Syria to Israel. thealtworld.com What do Panama's Manuel Noriega, Iraq's Saddam Hussein and the UAE's Mohamad Bin Zayed (MBZ) all have in common? They dreamed that their collaboration with the imperial power would allow them the freedom to pursue their own ambitions. | Very wrong. Once Noriega was employed by the CIA to betray compatriot nationalists and to be used as a tool against independent Cuba and Nicaragua, imperialism owned him. Once Saddam was armed (including with poison gas) by NATO countries to attack Revolutionary Iran and slaughter dissident Iraqis, imperialism owned him. And once MBZ collaborated with Mossad against the Palestinia…

_____ (2020-09-05). Group That Helped Draft Anti-BDS Laws In US Didn't Disclose Grant From Israel. popularresistance.org There's been a lot of talk about foreign governments intervening in our political process over the last few years, but some stories certainly don't permeate mainstream discourse. | A case in point was on display this week. The Forward reported that the Israel Allies Foundation (IAF) received a grant from the Israeli government for more than $100,000 last year. The IAF is a nonprofit that was established in 2007 to foster cooperation between pro-Israel forces and governments around the world. In 2014, the group helped develop South Carolina's anti-BDS law, which prohibits state entities from contracting with group…

Ramzy Baroud (2020-09-04). Israel's Friends at the RNC: 'Christian Zionists' Dictate the Agenda of the Republican Party. counterpunch.org It is difficult — and futile — to argue which American president has historically been more pro-Israel. While former President Barack Obama, for example, has pledged more money to Israel than any other US administration in history, Donald Trump has provided Israel with a blank check of seemingly endless political concessions. Certainly, the unconditional backing

RT (2020-09-04). Israel opens diplomatic relations with Muslim-majority Kosovo, while Serbia promises to move embassy to Jerusalem. rt.com Israel and Kosovo will establish diplomatic relations with each other, while Serbia will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Both moves came during US-backed talks in Washington. | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's press office announced his country's recognition of Kosovo on Friday, making Israel the 98th UN member state to recognize the former Serbian province. Kosovo, in turn, will recognize Israel, becoming one of only a handful of Muslim-majority countries to do so. | The move was announced as Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo's Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti met with US President Donald…

South Front (2020-09-04). Video: Israeli Forces Rain Down Missiles on Syria. globalresearch.ca The Israeli Air Force conducted a second round of missiles strikes on Syria in less than a week. | Late on September 2, Israeli warplanes launched missiles at the T4 airport in the province of Homs. According to Syria's state media, …

Dan Lieberman (2020-09-04). The Case for Israel as a Criminal Enterprise. dissidentvoice.org After UAE-Israel deal, missing is that the Emirates bewildering moment and the shattered Palestinian moment are due to a misrepresentation of what is called the Middle East conflict. The misrepresentation has led to a fallacious approach for rectification, and an impasse for obtaining peace with justice. Even the terminology seems incorrect. Is this a conflict …

Peoples Dispatch (2020-09-04). Palestinian groups lay down time frame for national unity plans. peoplesdispatch.org All major Palestinian factions including Fatah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad met virtually to discuss major challenges and the need for unity. They have decided to convene a special session of Palestinian Liberation Organization's Central Council…

news.un (2020-09-04). UN agency for Palestinian refugees launches $95 million appeal to keep COVID at bay. news.un.org The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a health and socio-economic emergency across the occupied Palestinian territory, the UN agency for the region warned on Friday, noting a swell of coronavirus cases in recent weeks.

Ramzy Baroud (2020-09-03). 'Dying to Fish': How Israeli Piracy Destroyed Gaza's Once Thriving Fishing Industry. counterpunch.org On August 16, the Israeli navy declared the Gaza sea a closed military zone. A few days later, a group of Gaza fishermen decided to take their chances by fishing within a mere two or three nautical miles off the Gaza shore. No sooner had they cast their nets, Israeli navy bullets began whizzing all

Ramzy Baroud (2020-09-03). Israel's Friends at the RNC: "Christian Zionists" Dictate the Agenda of the Republican Party. dissidentvoice.org It is difficult — and futile — to argue which American president has historically been more pro-Israel. While former President Barack Obama, for example, has pledged more money to Israel than any other US administration in history, Donald Trump has provided Israel with a blank check of seemingly endless political concessions. Certainly, the unconditional backing …

Phyllis Bennis (2020-09-03). The Israel-UAE Deal isn't About Peace at All. counterpunch.org In some ways, the U.S.-brokered plan for mutual recognition between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is big news. For more than a quarter of a century, only two Middle Eastern countries — Egypt and Jordan — had officially recognized Israel. None of the Gulf monarchies did. So, it was a pretty big deal when

RT (2020-09-03). 'I absolutely cancel myself': African studies professor says she FAKED BEING BLACK most of her adult life, admits she is white. rt.com African studies professor Jessica Krug of George Washington University has come out of the race closet, admitting she has faked being black much of her adult life after growing up as a "white Jewish child in suburban Kansas City." | "I am not a culture vulture, I am a culture leech," Krug said Thursday in a Medium.com Krug, who is an associate professor at p…

Dr. Nicolai Due-Gundersen (2020-09-03). How the Israel-UAE Deal Could Leave Jordan Out in the Cold. globalresearch.ca With the signing of the

Steven Sahiounie (2020-09-03). Israel Hits the Jackpot in UAE Investment Deal. "Betrayal of the Palestinian Cause" globalresearch.ca Monday, the …

yenisafak (2020-09-03). At least 25 Palestinian groups call for general elections. yenisafak.com Several Palestinian civil society and rights groups on Thursday urged leadership to conduct presidential and parliamentary elections.Signed by 25 Palestinian groups, a letter was handed over to Hanna Nasser, the chairman of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission, ahead of the intra-Palestinian meeting scheduled to take place in the evening.Addressing a press conference in front of the Elections Commission office in Ramallah, Issam Arouri, director-general of Jerusalem Legal Aid Center, said the letter will be presented to President Mahmoud Abbas and the heads of Palestinian groups, asking them to conduct pa…

Eliza Egret (2020-09-03). Israeli forces attack a 68-year-old Palestinian man using brutal knee-to-neck tactic. thecanary.co Once again, Israeli forces have been caught on camera using the brutal knee-to-neck tactic. This time it was to restrain a 68-year-old Palestinian man. | On 1 September, Khairy Hanoun was savagely attacked after a demonstration in the northern West Bank. He was protesting against the confiscation of his land. Video Bulldozing land: | Hanou…

2020-09-05: News Headlines

CounterPunch News Service (2020-09-04). Slaughtered Pups and Maimed Wolves in Idaho Demonstrate the Effects of Federal Delisting. counterpunch.org BOISE, Idaho. Newly obtained records from Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) reveal that between January and September 2020, recreational wolf hunters, the IDFG and USDA APHIS Wildlife Services killed 35 wolf pups and juveniles in Idaho, some weighing as little 16 pounds, and likely only four to six weeks old. The new records

Ramzy Baroud (2020-09-04). Israel's Friends at the RNC: 'Christian Zionists' Dictate the Agenda of the Republican Party. counterpunch.org It is difficult — and futile — to argue which American president has historically been more pro-Israel. While former President Barack Obama, for example, has pledged more money to Israel than any other US administration in history, Donald Trump has provided Israel with a blank check of seemingly endless political concessions. Certainly, the unconditional backing

RT (2020-09-04). Israel opens diplomatic relations with Muslim-majority Kosovo, while Serbia promises to move embassy to Jerusalem. rt.com Israel and Kosovo will establish diplomatic relations with each other, while Serbia will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Both moves came during US-backed talks in Washington. | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's press office announced his country's recognition of Kosovo on Friday, making Israel the 98th UN member state to recognize the former Serbian province. Kosovo, in turn, will recognize Israel, becoming one of only a handful of Muslim-majority countries to do so. | The move was announced as Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo's Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti met with US President Donald…

South Front (2020-09-04). Video: Israeli Forces Rain Down Missiles on Syria. globalresearch.ca The Israeli Air Force conducted a second round of missiles strikes on Syria in less than a week. | Late on September 2, Israeli warplanes launched missiles at the T4 airport in the province of Homs. According to Syria's state media, …

news.un (2020-09-04). UN agency for Palestinian refugees launches $95 million appeal to keep COVID at bay. news.un.org The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a health and socio-economic emergency across the occupied Palestinian territory, the UN agency for the region warned on Friday, noting a swell of coronavirus cases in recent weeks.

Dan Lieberman (2020-09-04). The Case for Israel as a Criminal Enterprise. dissidentvoice.org After UAE-Israel deal, missing is that the Emirates bewildering moment and the shattered Palestinian moment are due to a misrepresentation of what is called the Middle East conflict. The misrepresentation has led to a fallacious approach for rectification, and an impasse for obtaining peace with justice. Even the terminology seems incorrect. Is this a conflict …

Peoples Dispatch (2020-09-04). Palestinian groups lay down time frame for national unity plans. peoplesdispatch.org All major Palestinian factions including Fatah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad met virtually to discuss major challenges and the need for unity. They have decided to convene a special session of Palestinian Liberation Organization's Central Council…

Ramzy Baroud (2020-09-03). 'Dying to Fish': How Israeli Piracy Destroyed Gaza's Once Thriving Fishing Industry. counterpunch.org On August 16, the Israeli navy declared the Gaza sea a closed military zone. A few days later, a group of Gaza fishermen decided to take their chances by fishing within a mere two or three nautical miles off the Gaza shore. No sooner had they cast their nets, Israeli navy bullets began whizzing all

Ramzy Baroud (2020-09-03). Israel's Friends at the RNC: "Christian Zionists" Dictate the Agenda of the Republican Party. dissidentvoice.org It is difficult — and futile — to argue which American president has historically been more pro-Israel. While former President Barack Obama, for example, has pledged more money to Israel than any other US administration in history, Donald Trump has provided Israel with a blank check of seemingly endless political concessions. Certainly, the unconditional backing …

RT (2020-09-03). 'I absolutely cancel myself': African studies professor says she FAKED BEING BLACK most of her adult life, admits she is white. rt.com African studies professor Jessica Krug of George Washington University has come out of the race closet, admitting she has faked being black much of her adult life after growing up as a "white Jewish child in suburban Kansas City." | "I am not a culture vulture, I am a culture leech," Krug said Thursday in a Medium.com Krug, who is an associate professor at p…

Steven Sahiounie (2020-09-03). Israel Hits the Jackpot in UAE Investment Deal. "Betrayal of the Palestinian Cause" globalresearch.ca Monday, the …

Dr. Nicolai Due-Gundersen (2020-09-03). How the Israel-UAE Deal Could Leave Jordan Out in the Cold. globalresearch.ca With the signing of the

yenisafak (2020-09-03). At least 25 Palestinian groups call for general elections. yenisafak.com Several Palestinian civil society and rights groups on Thursday urged leadership to conduct presidential and parliamentary elections.Signed by 25 Palestinian groups, a letter was handed over to Hanna Nasser, the chairman of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission, ahead of the intra-Palestinian meeting scheduled to take place in the evening.Addressing a press conference in front of the Elections Commission office in Ramallah, Issam Arouri, director-general of Jerusalem Legal Aid Center, said the letter will be presented to President Mahmoud Abbas and the heads of Palestinian groups, asking them to conduct pa…

Eliza Egret (2020-09-03). Israeli forces attack a 68-year-old Palestinian man using brutal knee-to-neck tactic. thecanary.co Once again, Israeli forces have been caught on camera using the brutal knee-to-neck tactic. This time it was to restrain a 68-year-old Palestinian man. | On 1 September, Khairy Hanoun was savagely attacked after a demonstration in the northern West Bank. He was protesting against the confiscation of his land. Video Bulldozing land: | Hanou…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-09-02). Health workers face off against host of obstacles in Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org Shatha Odeh of the Palestinian Health Work Committees talks about the state of health workers in Palestine, as well as the situation of health infrastructure and the impact of occupation…

yenisafak (2020-09-02). Hamas chief to visit Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. yenisafak.com "Haniyeh will meet Lebanese officials from the presidency, government, parliament and parties," Maher Salah, the head of Hamas' Diaspora Office, told Anadolu Agency. | He reiterated his movement's support to the Lebanese people in their current crisis in the wake of the Beirut port blast. | Salah added the Hamas leader, who arrived in Lebanon on Tuesday, will also meet Palestinians in Lebanon and in the refugee camps. | "Our people in the camps have a distinguished history in the resistance for the liberation of Palestine," he said, adding that Haniyeh's talks in Lebanon will focus on the rights and interests of…

South Front (2020-09-02). Video: Israeli Missiles Target Iran-Hezbollah backed Forces in Southern Syria. globalresearch.ca Late on August 31, air defense forces of Syria were activated to repel Israeli missile strikes on the countryside of the Syrian capital of Damascus and the southern part of the country. According to reports, Israeli missiles targeted positions of …

Mehr News Agency (2020-09-02). Muslim states to disturb dream of normalization with Israelis. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 02 (MNA) — Chairman of the expediency Council said that Muslim nations will disturb the dream of normalization of ties with the Zionist regime, referring to recent normalization of ties between the UAE and the Israeli regime.

teleSUR (2020-09-02). Bolivia: The Añez Regime is Reluctant To Publish Senate's Laws. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's coup-born regime led by President Jeanine Añez Tuesday returned the three laws on leases, hyperimmune plasma donation, and free care in private clinics enacted by Senate President Eva Copa on August 27. | RELATED: | The Presidency's Government Coordination Vice Minister Israel Alanoca assured that the rules promoted by the Senate, which is dominated by the Movement for Socialism (MAS), are not valid and…

yenisafak (2020-09-02). Israeli army demolishes 2 Palestinian homes. yenisafak.com The Israeli army on Wednesday demolished two homes and two agricultural facilities south of the occupied West Bank, citing a lack of building permits.Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that an Israeli military force razed two homes in the village of al-Janab in the Hebron province.The Israeli army also brought down a room used as a store for agricultural tools and animal feed, and a pool for collecting rain in the Wadi al-Awar area in southern Hebron.Israel blocks Palestinians from building in Area C, which it seeks to annex.Under the 1995 Oslo Accords, the West Bank was divided into 3 Areas: A, B and C.Area A repr…

yenisafak (2020-09-02). Israel arrests Jordanian who swam into coastal city. yenisafak.com Israeli police on Wednesday detained a Jordanian citizen who arrived in the coastal resort city of Eilat by swimming, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said.Israeli police evacuated the beach of people, it said.Israeli police said it deployed forces in Eilat over a "suspicion of a security incident."There was no comment from Jordanian authorities on the incident.

yenisafak (2020-09-02). Saudi Arabia allows UAE-Israel flights to use its airspace. yenisafak.com Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday its approval of the UAE's request to allow Emirati flights to and from Israel to cross its airspace.According to a statement by the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority, Riyadh has approved the request received from its counterpart in the UAE which includes that the Kingdom gives a passage to the flights coming to the Abu Dhabi and departing from there to all countries.On Monday, the first Israeli commercial flight landed in the UAE as a first manifestation of the agreement to normalize ties between the two countries.The Monday's Israeli plane crossed Saudi airspace, thereby the flying…

Simon Watkins (2020-09-02). What the UAE-Israel Deal Really Means for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca The announcement on 13 August that Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will normalise relations, around the same as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he was suspending plans to annex more areas of the West Bank …

yenisafak (2020-09-01). Israel, UAE will cooperate on financial services. yenisafak.com Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed on Tuesday to set up a joint committee to cooperate on financial services, aiming to promote investment between the two countries, an Israeli statement said.An Israeli delegation is in Abu Dhabi on a historic trip to finalise a pact marking open relations between Israel and the Gulf state.Representatives from both countries signed the understanding, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in the statement.One focus, Netanyahu said, would be on "cooperation in the field of financial services and removing financial barriers for making investments between the countri…