Daily Archives: October 1, 2020

2020-10-01: News Headlines

MEE staff (2020-09-30). Israel's West Bank annexation postponed for a year, not cancelled, says Friedman. middleeasteye.net Israel's West Bank annexation postponed for a year, not cancelled, says Friedman | US ambassador to Israel reiterates that controversial annexation plans have only been temporarily suspended | Wed, 09/30/2020 – 12: 04 | Archimandrite Abdullah Yulio, parish priest of the Melkite Greek Catholic church in Ramallah, joins other Palestinians as they gather to commemorate the second intifada and to protest against t…

MEE and agencies (2020-09-30). Israel's parliament curbs protests with new coronavirus laws. middleeasteye.net Israel's parliament curbs protests with new coronavirus laws | Critics fear that the measures have been introduced to stop anti-Netanyahu protests over the prime minister's alleged corruption | Wed, 09/30/2020 – 10: 24 | The new laws also give the government powers to declare a 'special emergency caused by the coronavirus pandemic' for renewable periods of one week (Reuters) | Israel's par…

MEE and agencies (2020-09-30). Israel curbs protests with new coronavirus laws. middleeasteye.net Israel curbs protests with new coronavirus laws | Critics fear that the measures were introduced to stop anti-Netanyahu protests over his alleged corruption | Wed, 09/30/2020 – 10: 24 | The new laws also give the government powers to declare a 'special emergency caused by the coronavirus pandemic' for renewable periods of one week (AFP) | Israel's parliament on Wednesday approved a new set…

Mehr News Agency (2020-09-30). Tehran hosts 4th Palestine Children, Youth Solidarity Summit. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) — The Fourth Palestine Children's and Youth Solidarity Summit was held at Khalij-e-Fars Amphitheater of Tehran's Sacred Defense Museum late on Wed.

_____ (2020-09-30). How Exceptional America Is. strategic-culture.org America is becoming exceptionally exceptional. In some votes at the UN General Assembly — the Assembly of nations — only Israel, or one or two other U.S. allies, vote along with it, and all others either vote against it, or else abstain in order to prevent U.S. retaliation against their own nation. No other nation is anything like that. In fact, on many occasions, the U.S. arm-twists other delegations in order to get them to abstain from voting so as to make less stark, and less embarrassing, America's international isolation. But America is also extraordinarily exceptional in other ways, which have n…

Mehr News Agency (2020-09-30). History not to forgive killers, traitors: Foreign Ministry. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 30 (MNA) — On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the martyrdom of Palestinian child Muhammad al-Durrah, Iranian Foreign Ministry in its Twitter account wrote that the history won't forgive killers and traitors.

MEE staff (2020-09-29). UAE accuses Turkey of trying to restore 'colonial rule' over Arab world. middleeasteye.net UAE accuses Turkey of trying to restore 'colonial rule' over Arab world | Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed also defended the decision to normalise ties with Israel | Tue, 09/29/2020 – 15: 52 | The UAE's foreign minister again claimed the deal to normalise relations with Israel was done to halt annexation (Reuters) | The United Arab Emirates has lashed out at "int…

Suddaf Chaudry (2020-09-29). Is Pakistan ready to recognise Israel? middleeasteye.net Is Pakistan ready to recognise Israel? | Despite the pivotal role played by its close ally Saudi Arabia in the normalisation accords, any prospect of recognising Israel is seen as highly controversial | Tue, 09/29/2020 – 10: 17 | Israeli and US flags are burned during an anti-normalisation protest in Pakistan's port city of Karachi (AFP) | With a number of Gulf Arab countries, including the Unit…

RT (2020-09-29). Bibi at it again? Israeli PM presents new PowerPoint at UNGA, this time detailing alleged Hezbollah arms depot in Beirut. rt.com Lebanese group Hezbollah has a "secret arms depot" in residential Beirut, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu claimed in an address to the UN General Assembly, during which he again turned to a PowerPoint, maps, and other visual aids. | "Here's where the next explosion will take place — right here," Netanyahu said, as he directed his laser pointer at a large screen, showing the map of the Lebanese capital. | Beirut is still recovering from a huge ammonium nitrate blast that occurred at the city's port in early August, killing nearly 200 people, wounding thousands, and causing massive destruction. | The alleged…

MEE staff (2020-09-29). Netanyahu claims Hezbollah keeping 'secret arms depot' in residential Beirut. middleeasteye.net Netanyahu claims Hezbollah keeping 'secret arms depot' in residential Beirut | The Israeli leader made the unproven claim during the UN General Assembly and lambasted the world body over the Iran nuclear deal | Tue, 09/29/2020 – 18: 38 | Netanyahu called on the people of Lebanon to protest in order to prevent another blast similar to the Beirut port blast (AFP/File photo) | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neta…

Philip Giraldi (2020-09-29). Trump Confirms U.S. Is Israel's "Protector" globalresearch.ca For many years the security framework in the Middle East has been described as a bilateral arrangement whereby Washington gained access to sufficient Saudi Arabian oil to keep the energy market stable while the United States provided an armed physical …

Elijah J. Magnier (2020-09-29). Russia and Iran in Syria; Iran Prepares a Move on the Israeli Borders. globalresearch.ca There has been a lot of talk about a Russian-Iranian conflict of interest in Syria and the differences of priorities, goals, and about the deployment of the Iranian forces in different Syrian provinces, in particular in the south of Syria …

news.un (2020-09-29). UAE expresses hopes for Middle East peace talks following 'historic' accord with Israel. news.un.org The historic agreement normalizing relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) should boost efforts towards achieving regional peace and a brighter future for generations to come, the UAE's Foreign Affairs Minister told the UN General Assembly in a pre-recorded speech broadcast on Tuesday.

news.un (2020-09-29). UN Middle East envoy urges sides to engage 'before it is too late'. news.un.org Israeli and Palestinian leaders, and their international partners, must urgently resume peace efforts "before it is too late", UN Middle East envoy Nikolay Mladenov told the Security Council on Tuesday, echoing the Secretary-General.

Mehr News Agency (2020-09-29). WAIA strongly condemns tie normalization with Zionist regime. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) World Assembly of Islamic Awakening (WAIA) in its final statement on Tue. condemned tie normalization of some Arab rulers with Zionist regime, saying that heinous move of some Arab countries is betrayal to the Palestinian cause.

sputniknews (2020-09-29). Second Intifada Was Natural Response to Israeli 'Occupation', Top Abbas Adviser Says. sputniknews.com For Israel, the second Palestinian uprising was a bloody page in the country's history. It claimed the lives of more than a thousand people and injured many others. But for the Palestinians, assaults on Israeli targets, even if they were civilian, were necessary simply because they were a tool in the hands of people fighting for their independence.

sputniknews (2020-09-29). Resuming Sex After Suffering Heart Attack Linked to Higher Survival Rates – Study. sputniknews.com Researchers in Israel have discovered that getting back into a regular sex routine after suffering a heart attack may actually be associated with greater survival rates among patients.

yenisafak (2020-09-29). UAE, Israeli ministers discuss energy, technology cooperation. yenisafak.com Sultan al-Jaber had discussions with them on cooperation opportunities in energy, technology and industry, ADNOC said.Israel and the UAE signed an agreement on Sept. 15 to establish diplomatic relations.

news.un (2020-09-29). To UN, Israeli Prime Minister says 'no doubt' more Arab countries will soon join 'circle of peace'. news.un.org While telling the UN General Assembly on Tuesday there was "good news" to report about the "expanding circle of peace" between Israel and some Arab countries, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also accused Hezbollah militants of storing weapons in a residential area of Beirut.

yenisafak (2020-09-28). Hamas in contact with Egypt to secure injured fisherman. yenisafak.com The Hamas group said on Sunday it is in contact with the Egyptian authorities to secure the return of a wounded Palestinian fisherman whose two brothers were killed by Egypt's navy on Friday.In a phone call with the family of the killed fishermen, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh offered his group's condolences and confirmed the group is in contact with Egypt to secure the return of the third brother.On Sunday, thousands of Palestinians in the Deir al-Balah city, central Gaza, mourned the death of two brothers Hasan and Mahmoud al-Zazoua who were fishing along with their third brother when their small fishing boat came…

Miko Peled (2020-09-28). How AOC Challenged the Myth of Yitzhak Rabin the Peacemaker. mintpressnews.com When it was publicized that AOC was pulling out of a Yitzhak Rabin memorial, Peace Now's Israel PR man called him "a warrior with skeletons turned peacemaker, a description that betrays his bloody past.

Shatha Hammad (2020-09-28). Palestine politics: Could a unified leadership and elections herald a new era? middleeasteye.net Palestine politics: Could a unified leadership and elections herald a new era? | Following a meeting in Turkey, Fatah and Hamas announced a new roadmap for elections in Palestine | Mon, 09/28/2020 – 15: 00 | Palestinians wave national flags as they march in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, calling for the cessation of divisions between Fatah and Hamas and the unification of the West Bank an…

MEE staff (2020-09-28). Palestinians should be 'happy' about normalisation, says UAE's al-Otaiba. middleeasteye.net Palestinians should be 'happy' about normalisation, says UAE's al-Otaiba | Abu Dhabi's ambassador to Washington lashed out at the Palestinians for not celebrating normalisation with Israel | Mon, 09/28/2020 – 17: 50 | Yousef al-Otaiba claimed that the UAE-Israeli agreement halted Israel's plan to annex up to 30 percent of the occupied West Bank (AFP/File photo) | The UAE ambassador to the US has said that Pale…

Eds. (2020-09-28). Accepting Israeli prize in 2018, RBG never mentioned Palestinians. mronline.org The recent death of U.S. Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg (known popularly as 'RBG') has brought accolades from all over the world, especially from progressives who hailed her positions.

Elijah Magnier (2020-09-28). La Russie et l'Iran en Syrie : l'Iran se prépare à la frontière israélienne. thealtworld.com On a beaucoup parlé de conflit d'intérêts entre Russes et Iraniens en Syrie, dont les priorités et les objectifs divergeraient, notamment en ce qui concerne le déploiement des forces iraniennes dans différentes provinces syriennes, en particulier dans la zone au sud de la Syrie bordant le plateau du Golan occupé par Israà´l. En réalité, les différents acteurs acceptent les désaccords tacites tant qu'ils ne nuisent pas à leurs principaux objectifs. Cependant, l'Iran semble avoir décidé de prendre des mesures d'escalade en Syrie qui devraient soulever des inquiétudes en Israà´l. Ces mesures sont envisag…

Kathryn Shihadah (2020-09-28). Trump Admin Poised To Gift Israel $11 Billion In Bid to Secure Another Arab-Israeli "Peace" Treaty. mintpressnews.com Trump's arrangement to sell F-35 warplanes to the United Arab Emirates has prompted Israel to issue a list of demands — including must-have advanced aircraft and other accouterments.

Mehr News Agency (2020-09-28). New development in region to end to detriment of Israelis. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) — Iranian Parliament Speaker's Special Aide for International Affairs said that the new trend and development is taking shape in the region which will end to the detriment of the Zionist regime.

sputniknews (2020-09-28). Lessons Learned: Here's Why Israel Will Not Face Another Intifada. sputniknews.com The Palestinian uprising in the early 2000s claimed the lives of more than a thousand Israelis as well as thousands of Palestinians. Could such a scenario unfold again, 20 years after the so-called second Intifada? A former IDF colonel is highly doubtful this will play out.

sputniknews (2020-09-28). UK Authorities Dismiss Anti-Semitism Probe Into Rapper Wiley's Social Media Posts. sputniknews.com British authorities have terminated their anti-Semitism investigation into UK grime rapper Wiley – real name Richard Kylea Cowie Jr. – after learning that his July social media comments on the Jewish community were issued while he was out of the country.