(2021-01-28). Cellebrite: Israel's Good Cyber Cop is Big Tech's Backdoor to Breaching Your Privacy. mintpressnews.com 
Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite has been quietly providing law enforcement agencies with the tools to retrieve data from any device for years, but they want you to know they're on the right side of the law.
(2021-01-28). Beyond Slogans: Palestinians Need an Urgent, Centralized Strategy to Counter Israel in Africa. counterpunch.org 
Arab normalization with Israel is expected to have serious consequences that go well beyond the limited and self-serving agendas of a few Arab countries. Thanks to the Arab normalizers, the doors are now flung wide open for new political actors to extend or cement ties with Israel at the expense of Palestine, without fearing any
(2021-01-28). Beyond Slogans: Palestinians Need an Urgent, Centralized Strategy to Counter Israel in Africa. dissidentvoice.org 
Arab normalization with Israel is expected to have serious consequences that go well beyond the limited and self-serving agendas of a few Arab countries. Thanks to the Arab normalizers, the doors are now flung wide open for new political actors to extend or cement ties with Israel at the expense of Palestine, without fearing any …
(2021-01-28). UK citizen involved in West Bank killing of Palestinian teenager: Report. middleeasteye.net 
UK citizen involved in West Bank killing of Palestinian teenager: Report | Palestinian, 17, is shot dead at Israeli guard post in occupied West Bank after allegedly approaching Israeli soldiers with knife, Jerusalem Post reports | Thu, 01/28/2021 – 16: 17 | Attallah Mohammad Rayyan was shot and killed by Israeli troops on 26 January (DCIP) | An Israeli soldier who was involved in an altercation that led to the…
(2021-01-28). UK citizen involved in West Bank killing of Palestinian teenager: Report. middleeasteye.net UK citizen involved in West Bank killing of Palestinian teenager: Report | A 17-year-old Palestinian was shot dead at an Israeli guard post in the occupied West Bank after allegedly approaching Israeli soldiers with a knife, Jerusalem Post reports | Thu, 01/28/2021 – 16: 17 | Attallah Mohammad Rayyan, 17, was shot and killed by Israeli troops on 26 December (DCIP) | An Israeli soldier that was involved in an a…
(2021-01-28). Arab Joint List in Israel set to split ahead of March election. middleeasteye.net 
Arab Joint List in Israel set to split ahead of March election | Breakup of Joint List announced following meeting that failed to reconcile differences among the parties | Thu, 01/28/2021 – 14: 33 | Abbas Mansour, left, the head of the United Arab List, sitting with Ayman Odeh, centre, and Ahmad Tibi, right, of the Joint List during a media conference, 22 September 2019 (AFP) | The Joint List political allianc…
(2021-01-28). Jewish Groups Warn of Fallout from Anti-Semitism Label for Criticism of Israel. mintpressnews.com 
As the Israel lobby pushes to erase pro-Palestine activism on college campuses, it not only risks endangering free speech but allowing far-right hatred to spread unchecked.
(2021-01-28). End of Anti-Russian Electioneering; Palestinian Funding Restored. indybay.org One week after the Inauguration, Pres. Biden called Pres. Putin to extend the START nuclear arms control treaty, due to expire 2/5/21. Pres. Biden's administration also announced restoration of relations with Palestine and aid to Palestinians.
(2021-01-28). Israel's threats against Iran will expose Biden's readiness to slap it down. middleeasteye.net 
Israel's threats against Iran will expose Biden's readiness to slap it down | Israeli general Aviv Kochavi's attempt to put military strikes back on the table could have two major consequences | Thu, 01/28/2021 – 11: 20 | Israeli Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi (R) chat with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (AFP) | After a year-long pause due the Covid-19 pandemic, Israel has renewed its threats…
(2021-01-28). US freeze on F-35s sale to Abu Dhabi won't hurt normalization between Israel & UAE — PM Netanyahu. rt.com 
The suspension by US President Joe Biden on selling F-35 fighter jets to the UAE won't derail normalization between Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi, as the process has gone too far already, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted. | "It won't affect them," Netanyahu said, when asked about the possible impact of the announcement by Washington on relations between Israel and the UAE. | The mending of ties between the two former foes has "passed the point of no return," the prime minister insisted during a press conference broadcast on Facebook. | "Everyone understood that this [normalization deal] was a historic step…
(2021-01-28). 'Palestinian teen's health in danger in Israeli prison'. yenisafak.com Amal Nahla, 17, was taken into custody by Israeli forces on Jan. 21 and has been placed in administrative detention without any charge for six months, with the possibility of the duration being extended, according to Defense for Children International — Palestine.The teenager is suffering "shortness of breath" and a medical checkup showed that he has "chest and respiratory system" issues, the group said in a statement.Nahla has been diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, a long-term neuromuscular and autoimmune disease, it added.The statement also referred to a report by an Israeli hospital, Shaare Zedek Medical…
(2021-01-28). Striking Palestinian Workers Triumph. popularresistance.org After 19 days of an open-ended strike demanding their human and labor rights, Palestinian workers at Yamit have suspended their strike. The workers' committee has reached this decision following an agreement with the company to meet their demands. | The agreement, which still needs to go through legal procedures in Israeli courts states the following: | The workers get back to work and continue the negotiations with Yamit for a period of three months. | During this period, the workers receive an increase of around 200$ on their wages. | The Palestinian workers are paid a holiday usually given to Israeli workers i…
(2021-01-28). Zionists may be involved in Saied assassination: politician. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (MNA) —The secretary-general of the Tunisian "Al-Shaab" movement has said that the Zionist regime of Israel might have played a role in the assassination attempt against the Tunisian President Kais Saied.
(2021-01-28). Israeli army detains 25 Palestinians in West Bank. yenisafak.com The Israeli army on Thursday detained 25 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian non-governmental organization said.In a press release, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said, the detention of Palestinians, including minors, took place at the dawn.It noted the detainees are from different provinces of the West Bank.The Israeli army frequently carries out wide-ranging arrest campaigns across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians.Israel is holding about 4,400 Palestinian prisoners, including 40 women, in its prisons, while the number of child d…
(2021-01-28). Israeli Defense Minister Gantz Denounces IDF Chief's Remarks on Iran 'Nuclear Threat'. sputniknews.com In Tuesday remarks, the chief of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), Aviv Kohavi, alleged that Iran was close to creating a nuclear bomb, and said that as a result the IDF will prepare "additional military operations".
(2021-01-28). Former Israeli army spy recruited by Labour should feel right at home. dissidentvoice.org The revelation this week that the British Labour Party recently appointed a former Israeli military spy to work in its headquarters, reporting to the office of leader Keir Starmer, is truly extraordinary in many different regards. It is hard to believe the Labour leadership did not know who Assaf Kaplan was or appreciate the likely …
(2021-01-28). Extradited Israeli accused of sexual abuse appears in Australian court. laprensalatina.com Sydney, Australia, Jan 28 (efe-epa).- The former director of a Jewish school in Australia, the ultra-Orthodox Malka Leifer, accused of 74 counts of sexual abuse, appeared Thursday before a court in Melbourne, 13 years after fleeing to Israel, a country where she fought extradition since 2014. Leifer, who pleads not guilty to the charges against …
(2021-01-28). Sunday 2/7: Black History Month: History of Anti-Lynching Poem & Song "Strange Fruit" indybay.org Online via livestream (FREE)…
(2021-01-28). It's Still Early, but Signs Point To an Israel-First Biden Presidency. mintpressnews.com Though it is still early, it already seems that when it comes to policy regarding the Middle East and Iran, the Biden Administration, just like the Trump Administration before it, will be taking orders from the Israeli government.
(2021-01-27). Google ditching Apple tool to track iPhone users & dodge pop-up warning on data collection. rt.com 
New Apple rules that introduce an obligatory pop-up warning to users that their browsing data is being stored for advertising purposes has prompted Google to stop using the company's tracking tool in its iOS products. | Apple's new rules will see users asked to opt in if they want to allow advertisers to use their information through what's known as an 'identifier for advertisers' (IDFA). The IDFA is a unique code on each iPhone that essentially allows for the users to be tracked across multiple aps in order to determine which adverts should be shown to them. | Under the new rules, which Apple said will come i…
(2021-01-27). Palestine elections: Marwan Barghouti eyeing presidential run from behind Israeli bars. middleeasteye.net 
Palestine elections: Marwan Barghouti eyeing presidential run from behind Israeli bars | While his candidacy has yet to be officially confirmed, the popular Palestinian leader is reportedly in talks with his fractured party, Fatah | Wed, 01/27/2021 – 14: 12 | A mural depicts Marwan Barghouti at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah in the occupied West Bank (AFP)
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(2021-01-27). Palestine elections: Marwan Barghouti eyes presidential run from behind Israeli bars. middleeasteye.net Palestine elections: Marwan Barghouti eyes presidential run from behind Israeli bars | While his candidacy has yet to be officially confirmed, the popular Palestinian leader is reportedly in talks with his fractured party, Fatah | Wed, 01/27/2021 – 14: 12 | A mural depicts Marwan Barghouti at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah in the occupied West Bank (AFP)
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(2021-01-27). Incoming US envoy Thomas-Greenfield vows to 'stand with Israel' at UN. middleeasteye.net 
Incoming US envoy Thomas-Greenfield vows to 'stand with Israel' at UN | Linda Thomas-Greenfield said at confirmation hearing she would pressure normalising Arab countries to support Israel at UN | Wed, 01/27/2021 – 20: 14 | The nominee denounced BDS, saying the Palestinian-led movement 'verges on antisemitism' (AFP) | Incoming US envoy to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield has pledged to shield Israel from what she c…
(2021-01-27). NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang doubles down on anti-BDS remarks. middleeasteye.net 
NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang doubles down on anti-BDS remarks | After accusing BDS of 'unfair economic punishment', Yang asserts his opposition is based on the movement's 'refusal to condemn violence' | Wed, 01/27/2021 – 19: 18 | Andrew Yang, a NYC mayoral candidate, has drawn criticism for his stance against the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement (AFP/File photo)…
(2021-01-27). UK Turns To 'Counterterror' Law To Repress Palestine Action. popularresistance.org Solidarity campaigners shut down an Israeli drone parts factory in the UK for several hours last week. | Three activists from Palestine Action were arrested outside the Elbit Systems factory in Shenstone in the Midlands on 18 January. This is the third time the factory has been hit in five months. | Red paint symbolizing the deaths of Palestinians was also sprayed across the factory front yard. In a Palestine Action video, an unnamed activist said she was "here today because Britain has been complicit in the colonization of Palestine since over 100 years ago with the Balfour Declaration." | Elbit is Israel's larg…
(2021-01-27). Israel worried by US plans to lift ICC sanctions. yenisafak.com Israel has voiced concern over US plans to lift sanctions imposed on the International Criminal Court (ICC) by the former administration of Donald Trump, according to local media on Wednesday. | The Jerusalem Post newspaper said Washington, by this move, would allow ICC's Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to open a full investigation into suspicions of Israeli war crimes against Palestinians. | The daily warned that the ICC investigation could "come with arrest warrants for prominent Israeli military and diplomatic officials, past and present". | "We would hope that we can find common ground with the incoming admin…
(2021-01-27). VIDEO: Clashes in occupied territories over COVID restriction. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) — Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators clashed with Israeli regime police as authorities faced new difficulties in enforcing coronavirus restrictions among the occupied land's religious communities.
(2021-01-27). B'Tselem's historic declaration, "A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is Apartheid" juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — "A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is Apartheid," was the title of a January 12 report by the Israeli rights group B'Tselem. No matter how one is to interpret B'Tselem's findings, the report is earth-shattering. The official Israeli response merely confirmed …
(2021-01-27). B'nai B'rith Smears Leading Palestine Solidarity Activist. dissidentvoice.org 
Recently Israel's largest human rights organization concluded the country was run based on a regime of Jewish supremacy. B'Tselem wasn't only referring to the occupied West Bank but an "apartheid" system in place from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. A week after B'Tselem's report was released, one of Canada's leading lobbyists for the …
(2021-01-27). Lavrov suggests Mideast ministerial peace conference. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (MNA) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has backed a Palestinian proposal for a Middle East peace conference which can be held in the upcoming months.
(2021-01-27). Israeli Army Chief Slams Iran Nuclear Deal as Operationally, Strategically Unacceptable. sputniknews.com TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces Lt Gen Aviv Kohavi has described the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as a deal that is unacceptable to Israel both on the strategic and operational level.
(2021-01-27). US witnessed 'echoes of the Holocaust' during breach of the Capitol, says concentration camp survivor. news.un.org Having grown up a Jewish child in Nazi-occupied Europe, Irene Butter said on Wednesday during a UN commemorative event online, that the United States had seen for itself "echoes of the Holocaust" on 6 January during what she described as an 'attempted coup' at the Capitol, in Washington DC. Some of the rioters that day, "wore Nazi symbols and used Nazi slogans", she attested.
(2021-01-27). Human Rights Campaign Launched to Prevent Facebook From Adding Word "Zionist" to Hate Speech Policy. commondreams.org "Treating 'Zionist' as a proxy for 'Jew' would undermine efforts to dismantle real antisemitism… and help the Israeli government avoid accountability for violations of Palestinian rights." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/facebook_campaign.jpg …
(2021-01-27). US to restore relations with Palestinians but will continue "steadfast support" to Israel. peoplesdispatch.org The Biden administration has also said it will support the two-state solution. However, it has already made clear it will not reverse its predecessor's shifting of the US embassy to Jerusalem in violation of international law…
(2021-01-27). Thousands of Human Rights Activists, Scholars, and Cultural Figures Sign Open Letter Calling on Facebook to Allow Users to Hold Israeli Government Accountable. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-27). Odegaard joins Arsenal on loan. laprensalatina.com London, Jan 27 (efe-epa).- Arsenal football club on Tuesday announced the signing on loan of Norwegian international Martin Odegaard from Real Madrid. The 22-year-old attacking midfielder will wear the No.11 shirt at the London club until the end of the season. "It's great that we've secured Martin to come to us until the end of …
(2021-01-27). As a Democracy, Israel Shows No Moral Tenet: El-Halabi's Outcry for Justice. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles including the E-Book can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Israel's continued treatment of Palestinian political prisoners is …
(2021-01-26). The "humanitarian" left still ignores the lessons of Iraq, Libya and Syria to cheer on more war. mronline.org 
In fact, those weren't really separate horror shows: they were instalments of one long horror show.
(2021-01-26). In a new first, Israel's intelligence minister visits Sudan to advance relations. middleeasteye.net 
In a new first, Israel's intelligence minister visits Sudan to advance relations | Weeks after Khartoum signed a normalisation deal with Tel Aviv, Eli Cohen becomes the first ever Israeli minister to visit the African country | Tue, 01/26/2021 – 11: 35 | Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen (L) elbow-bumping Sudanese Defence Minister Yassin Ibrahim in Sudan's capital Khartoum on 25 Janu…
(2021-01-26). Jerusalem's main Palestinian hospital shuts its doors as union strikes. middleeasteye.net 
Jerusalem's main Palestinian hospital shuts its doors as union strikes | Hospital staff accuse the charity hospital's board of avoiding its responsibilities to resolve its financial crisis, as it buckles under a debt of $47m
| Tue, 01/26/2021 – 14: 10 | Built in 1968, al-Makassed has long been known as the "hospital of the poor" (MEE/Aseel Jundi) | Jerusalem's largest Palestinian hospital, al-Makass…
(2021-01-26). Biden administration to restore aid to Palestinians, fix 'atrophied' relations. middleeasteye.net 
Biden administration to restore aid to Palestinians, fix 'atrophied' relations | Washington also plans to re-open shuttered Palestinian diplomatic missions, new US ambassador to UN tells Security Council | Tue, 01/26/2021 – 18: 14 | Palestinian children sit during a rally on 23 December to protest a reported reduction of food by UNRWA (AFP/File photo) | The Biden administration plans to re-open Palestinian dip…
(2021-01-26). Israel to Decide Fate of the JCPOA Nuclear Deal? globalresearch.ca According to Biden's secretary of state-designee Anthony Blinken, the new regime in town will keep much of its predecessor's geopolitical agenda in place. | Former usurper-in-waiting/self-designated interim Venezuelan president Guaido — no longer a National Assembly member — will still …
(2021-01-26). Malley as Iran envoy: Hawks and progressives spar over possible nomination. middleeasteye.net 
Malley as Iran envoy: Hawks and progressives spar over possible nomination | Reports that Robert Malley, lead Iran negotiator under Obama, is being considered for envoy position sparks outrage from conservatives | Tue, 01/26/2021 – 17: 53 | Rob Malley has been critical of Israeli policies against Palestinians (AFP/File photo) | Despite deep divisions plaguing American politics, the Republican pushback against Pre…
(2021-01-26). Biden will support two-state solution where Israel lives 'peacefully' alongside Palestine, US envoy tells UN. rt.com 
New US President Joe Biden supports a two-state solution in an attempt to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the acting US Ambassador to the UN, Richard Mills, told the Security Council on Tuesday. | "Under the new administration, the policy of the US will be to support a mutually agreed two-state solution in which Israel lives in peace and security alongside a viable Palestinian state," Mills said. | The acting UN envoy added that US policy remains the "best way" to ensure Israel's future as a democratic and Jewish state, while guaranteeing peace and security for Palestine, although success is dependen…
(2021-01-26). A Palestinian youth martyred at West Bank. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) — Palestinian sources reported the martyrdom of a Palestinian youth near the Zionist town of 'Ariel' in northern West Bank by Zionist forces.
(2021-01-26). Jordan condemns Israel over Dome of the Rock repairs. yenisafak.com Jordan on Monday condemned Israel's stopping renovation works at the Dome of the Rock mosque at Al-Aqsa compound in East Jerusalem.On Sunday, Israeli police moved into the complex and prevented workers from the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf from carrying out renovation works at the mosque.In a statement, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry rejected the Israeli action, saying the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf "is the sole authority responsible for taking care and overseeing the compound".The Waqf is a Jordanian-run organization responsible for overseeing Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem.Israel occupied East Jerusalem, w…
(2021-01-26). Pro-BDS Activists Blacklisted and Labeled as Terrorist Supporters by Canary Mission. projectcensored.org Created in 2015, the anonymously-run, pro-Israel website CanaryMission.org aims to "document individuals and organizations that promote hatred of the USA, Israel and Jews on North American college campuses." The site is being used to…
(2021-01-26). UN ready to support Palestinian elections, new envoy tells Security Council. news.un.org Palestinian elections scheduled for later this year will be a crucial step towards unity, the new UN envoy in the region, Tor Wennesland, said on Tuesday in his first briefing to the Security Council.
(2021-01-26). UN rights experts urge Israel to respect international obligations. news.un.org UN independent rights experts on Tuesday, described Israel's conviction of human rights defender Issa Amro earlier this month, as showing disdain for the country's international obligations.