Daily Archives: December 6, 2020

2020-12-06: News Headlines

MEE and agencies (2020-12-06). Saudi Arabia's Turki bin Faisal dubs Israel 'Western colonising power' at Bahrain summit. middleeasteye.net Saudi Arabia's Turki bin Faisal dubs Israel 'Western colonising power' at Bahrain summit | Prince's comments come after Bahrain and the United Arab Emitates normalised diplomatic relations with Israel | Sun, 12/06/2020 – 11: 31 | Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said he expressed regrets about Faisal's comments (AFP) | Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal strongly criticised Israel and dub…

Dave Markland (2020-12-06). Review of Hensman's 'Indefensible'. zcomm.org Defense of the Easily Defensible By Dave Markland In 2018 Haymarket Books published Rohini Hensman's Indefensible: Democracy, Counter-revolution and Anti-imperialist Rhetoric. Its focus is on left journalists and analysts like John Pilger and the late Edward S. Herman who have committed the inexcusable sin of being overly suspicious of United States foreign policy. Many readers

Ali Harb (2020-12-05). Congresswoman McCollum denounces 'state-sponsored killing' of Palestinian child. middleeasteye.net Congresswoman McCollum denounces 'state-sponsored killing' of Palestinian child | US lawmaker calls the fatal shooting of Palestinian minor Ali Abu Aalya by Israeli forces a 'grotesque' result of the occupation | Sat, 12/05/2020 – 19: 43 | Israeli forces shot Ali Abu Aalya in the stomach during protest near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank (Supplied) | US Congresswoman Betty McCollum denounced the fatal shootin…

The Canary (2020-12-05). Soldiers deploy teargas at the funeral for a Palestinian child shot dead by Israeli forces. thecanary.co Clashes have erupted between Israeli security forces and Palestinians at the funeral of a 13-year-old boy killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank.Hundreds of Palestinians had gathered to mourn the death of Ali Abu Alia in Almugayer village, where he was shot in the stomach by Israeli forces. He died in hospital on Friday 4 December.Soldiers intermittently attacked mourners with tear gas as they threw stones at Israeli forces.Clash near the West Bank town of Salfit (Majdi Mohammed/AP)"Appalled": Late on Friday, the senior UN political envoy in the region said he was "appalled" by the killing of…

Gavin Lewis (2020-12-05). A racist endeavor: zionist Israel's black Jewish victims of color. mronline.org Even when reports of its racism escape this ideological censorship, examples of racism in Israel are treated as isolated incidents, rather than systemic characteristics of the entire racist regime.

Ralph Nader (2020-12-05). The Road to a More Just Society Runs Through Congress. commondreams.org Think about all the dreams for a better world that could come to be realized if our elected officials worked for the big majority of Americans instead of for Big Business interests. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/congress_5.jpg

_____ (2020-12-05). How Israel Deployed an Intelligence Deception to Justify Killing Scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. strategic-culture.org Gareth PORTER | Israel's Mossad has spent years on a propaganda campaign aimed at convincing the world Iran possessed a nuclear weapons program — and legitimizing its assassinations of Iranian academics. | The Israeli assassination of Iranian defense official Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is being treated as a triumph of Israeli intelligence, with ubiquitous references in the New York Times and other major media outlets to the killing of

Gavin Lewis (2020-12-05). A Racist Endeavour: Zionist Israel's Black Jewish Victims of Color. mronline.org Even when reports of its racism escape this ideological censorship, examples of racism in Israel are treated as isolated incidents, rather than systemic characteristics of the entire racist regime.

sputniknews (2020-12-05). 700 Down, 700 to Go: Pep Guardiola Explains Future Ambitions as Footy Manager Ahead of Fulham Game. sputniknews.com Before developing into one of the world's legendary managers, Pep Guardiola spent years with the Spanish giant, Barcelona, as a defensive midfielder where he was part of then-manager Johan Cruyff's so-called Dream Team that won the club's first European cup in 1992.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-12-05). Israel releases Palestinian tax revenues after withholding them for over six months. peoplesdispatch.org Israel was withholding over USD 1 billion worth of tax revenues due to the Palestinian Authority after the latter decided in May to suspend security and civil ties with Israel in protest against the illegal annexation plans declared by the Netanyahu government…

sputniknews (2020-12-05). Video of Alleged Killing of 'Mossad Commander' in Tel-Aviv Goes Viral. sputniknews.com According to unconfirmed reports, the killing of a man who was reportedly identified as a 45-year-old Israeli and a senior Mossad official, occurred in the Israeli capital city of Tel Aviv on Thursday evening.

Project Censored (2020-12-01). #24. Silenced in Savannah: Journalist Abby Martin Challenges Georgia's BDS "Gag Law" projectcensored.org Journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin, a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement that aims to end support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians, was scheduled to give a…