2021-03-30: News Headlines

_____ (2021-03-30). Dominican Wall Of Anti-Haitianism Keeps Neocolonial Inequity Alive. popularresistance.org Like Palestinians in Israel and Latino, Asian and Muslim immigrants in the U.S., Haitians in the Dominican Republic are demeaned, harassed, and victimized in both extraordinary and mundane ways. | Pushed out of their homeland by centuries of neo-colonialism and exploitation, officially 751,080 Haitians call the Dominican Republic home. This is 7.3% of the official population. There are hundreds of thousands of other Haitians who are deemed "illegal" and do not appear in any statistics. | "Antihaitianismo," or anti-Haitian racism, is but one glaring symptom of the economic and political elites' mind-set in the Dom…

Jessica Buxbaum (2021-03-30). An Old Green Colonial Trick: Israel Masking Land Grabs as Environmental Conservation. globalresearch.ca "More and more open areas in East Jerusalem are being designated …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-30). Palestinians renew their pledge to resist Israeli occupation on Land Day. peoplesdispatch.org Since 1976, March 30 is celebrated as land day (yom al-ard) by Palestinians vowing to fight against Israeli occupation of their land and for Palestinian refugees' right to return…

South Front (2021-03-30). Video: No Time for Israel to Celebrate Election "Victory" globalresearch.ca Israel had no time to enjoy the successful election and Benjamin …

Jonathan Cook (2021-03-30). Five Lessons From Israel's Election. zcomm.org With the triumph of the far-right in Israel, the backing of "peace partners" in the Gulf, and no likely obstruction from the White House whoever its occupant, the Palestinians have become a non-issue…

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-30). New Report Reaffirms US Recognition of Golan Heights as Israeli Territory. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, the State Department

Jonathan Cook (2021-03-30). Israel election: The Far-right is Triumphant: The Only Obstacle Left is Netanyahu. dissidentvoice.org As 13 parties struggle with Israel's complex post-election maths, seeking alliances that can assure them power, the most significant outcome of the vote is easily missed. The religious fundamentalists and settler parties — Israel's far right — won an unprecedented and clear-cut victory last week. Even on the most cautious assessment, these parties together hold 72 …

Maha Hussaini (2021-03-30). Land Day: Palestinians mark the 45th anniversary. middleeasteye.net Land Day: Palestinians mark the 45th anniversary | Palestinian farmers say they face constant threats while working on family lands due to Israel's annexation policies | Tue, 03/30/2021 – 11: 09 | Iyad Abughleiba, a Palestinian farmer, finds it increasingly difficult to work on his land in the Gaza Strip due to Israel's annexation policies. (MEE/Sanad Latifa) | On 30 March 1976, six Palestinians we…

Lubna Masarwa (2021-03-30). Land Day anniversary: Thousands demonstrate across Israel, Gaza, West Bank. middleeasteye.net Land Day anniversary: Thousands demonstrate across Israel, Gaza, West Bank | Thousands laid wreaths on the graves of those killed in 1976, as Israeli forces arrest dozens across the West Bank | Tue, 03/30/2021 – 13: 07 | A Palestinian demonstrator stands in front of an Israeli policeman during a protest marking Land Day in the northern occupied West Bank village of Sebastia on 30 March 2021 (Reuter…

Mohammad Ayesh (2021-03-30). Arabic press review: Tunisian politician accuses Egypt of spreading false rumours. middleeasteye.net Arabic press review: Tunisian politician accuses Egypt of spreading false rumours | Meanwhile, protest held in Gaza in solidarity with prisoner in Saudi Arabia, Libyan politicians accused of falsifying credentials and Saudi foreign reserves fall to lowest level in a decade | Tue, 03/30/2021 – 12: 31 | Tunisian Ennahda Party founder Rachid Ghannouchi gives a speech during the legislative election…

Ali Harb (2021-03-30). US judge dismisses lawsuit linking Palestine solidarity group to 'terrorism'. middleeasteye.net US judge dismisses lawsuit linking Palestine solidarity group to 'terrorism' | Judge dismissed argument that US Campaign for Palestinian Rights was liable for militant attacks because of its support for BDS as 'not convincing' | Tue, 03/30/2021 – 23: 41 | Palestinian rights activists in Washington protest against Israel's plans to annex parts of the West Bank, 3 July 2020 (MEE/File photo) | A US judge has dismiss…

MEE staff (2021-03-30). Palestine elections: Marwan Barghouti announces independent election list. middleeasteye.net Palestine elections: Marwan Barghouti announces independent election list | Jailed Palestinian leader's list is 'essentially Fatah in nature' but also includes national figures and independents | Tue, 03/30/2021 – 18: 55 | Graffiti depicting popular Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti can be found throughout the occupied West Bank (AFP/File photo) | Palestinian political prisoner and veteran Fatah party lead…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-30). Palestine receives critical batch of 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from China. peoplesdispatch.org China on Monday, March 29, donated 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to the occupied Palestinian territories. The Chinese Sinopharm vaccine will primarily be used to vaccinate medical workers, the elderly and the people in the high-risk category. Besides China, the Palestinian Authority (PA), which runs the administration in the occupied West Bank, has also received vaccines from other sources, including 60,000 doses from the United Nations COVAX initiative and 60,000 Russian Sputnik V doses which were delivered to Hamas-run Gaza via the United Arab Emirates. | The PA's health minister Mai al-Kaila said that "these…

Jonah Raskin (2021-03-30). Richard Nixon, Jews, and Marijuana. counterpunch.org What is about Jews and marijuana? That's what Richard Nixon asked H. R. (Bob) Halderman 50-years ago, on May 26, 1971 to be precise. The White House tapes recorded Nixon saying, "There's a funny thing, every one of the bastards who is out there to legalize marijuana is Jewish." Nixon added, "What the Christ is the matter with the Jews." Like a lot of things that Nixon said, his comments about Jews and marijuana had little if any basis in fact.