2021-06-05: News Headlines

Phyllis Bennis (2021-06-05). Four Things to Know About Israel's New 'Change Coalition'. juancole.com ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) — The new government — if it takes power at all — is united only around ousting Netanyahu. Here's what that could mean. By Phyllis Bennis | June 4, 2021 In Israel's parliament, the Knesset, a broad but shaky new "change coalition" claims it's ready to finally oust Prime …

Phyllis Bennis (2021-06-05). Four Things to Know About Israel's New 'Change Coalition'. zcomm.org The new government — if it takes power at all — is united only around ousting Netanyahu. Here's what that could mean…

Juan Cole (2021-06-05). Israelis Actively Plotted "indefinite" Occupation of Gaza, West Bank, back in 1960s— the 6 Day War was just a Pretext: Haaretz. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — I can't tell you how many times I have heard Israeli officials talk as though the 1967 Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza were a kind of accident that left them with a dilemma. One told me it was like having a used car that you …

Jonathan Cook (2021-06-05). Tech giants help Israel muzzle Palestinians. electronicintifada.net Israeli efforts to control criticism intensified during assault on Gaza.

Georgina Andrews (2021-06-05). Workers worldwide block Israeli ships in solidarity. challenge-magazine.org Following apartheid Israel's massacre in the besieged Gaza strip last month, the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions and all other notable Palestinian trade unions have urged fellow workers around the world to refuse to handle Israeli goods and build Israeli weapons. Dock workers in Livorno and South Africa took heed of this call last

Fight Back (2021-06-05). Tallahassee students speak out against attacks on Palestine. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On June 3, students at Florida State University gathered to demand an end to the Israeli government's attacks on Gaza. Students connected the struggles against political repression in Palestine to similar struggles facing political activists in Colombia. | The event was hosted by Students for a Democratic Society as well as the Tallahassee Community Action Committee. Attendees held signs saying, "End the Occupation" and "Stop Political Repression". | Event organizer Katherine Draken said, "We need to continue bringing attention to the struggles of the Palestinian people against Zionism and…

Waging Nonviolence (2021-06-05). 'When they take 100 trees, we plant 4,000' — a conversation with Mubarak Awad on nonviolence in Palestine. juancole.com By Nonviolence Radio Team | ( Waging Nonviolence ) — Subscribe to "Nonviolence Radio" on Apple Podcasts, Android, Spotify or via RSS. This week, Nonviolence Radio hosts Mubarak Awad, founder of the National Youth Advocate Program, which provides alternative foster care and counseling to "at risk" youth and their families. He is also the founder …

Angela (2021-06-05). Saturday 6/5: From the Bay to Palestine: Rise Up for Liberation. indybay.org San Leandro Marina | 1253 Marina Blvd, San Leandro, CA…

Allan Fisher (2021-06-05). Saturday 6/5: Protest US financed oppression in Palestine/Israel. indybay.org Ocean and Water Street, Santa Cruz…

Angela (2021-06-05). Friday 6/4: Protest: Free Palestine. indybay.org MLK Plaza | 2 E Oak St, Stockton, CA…

Angela (2021-06-05). Friday 6/4: Palestine 101 & Naksa Community Teach-In. indybay.org 1331 S Nutwood St, Anaheim, CA…

Staff (2021-06-05). Palestinian Lives Still Won't Matter Under the Next Israeli Government. truthout.org In Israel's parliament, the Knesset, a broad but shaky new "change coalition" claims it's ready to finally oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — the right-wing Likud leader who's held the office for the last 12 years. | If approved, the new coalition would anoint as prime minister Naftali Bennett, a former Netanyahu ally who supports settlement expansion and annexation of much of the West Bank, and who is significantly further to the right than Netanyahu himself. In theory, if it stays in p…

Answer Coalition (2021-06-05). Block The Boat Picket Stops Israeli Apartheid Profiteer Ship from Unloading in Port of Oakland. answercoalition.org &nbsp…

Leon Kunstenaar, AROC event notice (2021-06-05). Protesters Prevent Unloading of Israeli Ship. indybay.org Attempting to avoid protesters, ZIM freighter hung out off California coasts for two weeks, only to be prevented from unloading in Oakland.

WorkWeek (2021-06-05). Pacifica CRD & WorkWeek Covering Picketing & Block of Israeli Chartered Ship Volan At. indybay.org WorkWeek & Pacifica's Covid, Race & Democracy will be covering the picket of the Zim Ship Volan at the Port of Oakland…

Labor Video Project (2021-06-05). Israeli ZIM Volans Blocked In Oakland As ILWU 10 Members Refuse To Cross Picket Lines. indybay.org Over 500 community and labor activists rallied and picketed the Israeli ZIM chartered ship the Volans. ILWU members refused to cross the picket lines.

Arab Resource & Organizing Center (2021-06-05). Victory Claimed After Israeli-Operated Cargo Ship Prevented from Unloading in Oakland. indybay.org In a major BDS win, an Arab community organization mobilized over 500 people and blocked an Israeli shipping giant from unloading cargo in the Port of Oakland. Now organizers say the fight has just begun, and have called for more pickets at 4PM…

Juan Cole (2021-06-05). Netanyahu pledges to destroy Biden's Iran, Settlements Policies. zcomm.org Netanyahu is telling Israelis that Bennett's will be a "far left government," even though it has far right parties in it, including that of its head…

John Zarocostas (2021-06-05). [World Report] Aid agencies escalate Gaza relief effort. thelancet.com After an 11-day conflict, the world now focuses on humanitarian emergency needs and accountability. John Zarocostas reports.

RobertAlvarez (2021-06-04). Four Things to Know About Israel's New 'Change Coalition'. ips-dc.org In Israel's parliament, the Knesset, a broad but shaky new "change coalition" claims it's ready to finally oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — the right-wing Likud leader who's held the office for the last 12 years. | If approved, the new coalition would anoint as prime minister Naftali Bennett, a former Netanyahu ally who supports settlement expansion and annexation of much of the West Bank, and who is significantly further to the right than Netanyahu himself. In theory, if it stays in power for two years, the more centrist Yair Lapid would then take over as prime minister. But that's a big "if" [mdas…

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2021-06-04). Podcast Ep 39: Fighting censorship of Palestine. electronicintifada.net Do Silicon Valley corporations have authority to decide what can and cannot be taught in classrooms?

teleSUR (2021-06-04). Israeli Defense Minister Asks For $1 Billion More in Washington. telesurenglish.net Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz arrived in Washington D.C. Thursday to visit the Pentagon and the White House and request $1 billion to replenish Israel's Iron Dome. This visit comes after the latest, multi-week bombing campaign on Gaza, which killed more than 250 Palestinians, including 67 children, and displaced more than 70,000.

Tamara Nassar (2021-06-04). Palestinian Authority rounds up activists. electronicintifada.net After life of resistance, former Birzeit student dies by Israeli fire.

teleSUR (2021-06-04). Egypt Sends Engineering Machinery and Teams to Gaza. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Egypt sent machinery and brigades for the reconstruction of Gaza, a Palestinian territory that suffered millions of dollars in losses as a result of 11 days of indiscriminate Israeli bombardment. | RELATED: | "Egyptian engineering machinery and brigades entered the Gaza Strip… through the Rafah border crossing to help remove rubble from destroyed houses," the news agency MENA reported. | The Egyptian coop…

Angela (2021-06-04). Friday 6/4: Protest: Free Palestine. indybay.org MLK Plaza | 2 E Oak St, Stockton, CA…

Angela (2021-06-04). Friday 6/4: Palestine 101 & Naksa Community Teach-In. indybay.org 1331 S Nutwood St, Anaheim, CA…

Angela (2021-06-04). Saturday 6/5: From the Bay to Palestine: Rise Up for Liberation. indybay.org San Leandro Marina | 1253 Marina Blvd, San Leandro, CA…

Allan Fisher (2021-06-04). Saturday 6/5: Protest US financed oppression in Palestine/Israel. indybay.org Ocean and Water Street, Santa Cruz…

Ann Garrison (2021-06-04). Norman Finkelstein: Truth and justice are the ultimate test, not international NGOs. mronline.org Even Human Rights Watch says Israel is committing crimes against humanity in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and in Gaza, and the idea of a Jewish state in the context of Palestine is not legitimate. | June 4, 2021…

Betty McCollum (2021-06-04). My Bill Would Stop US Aid From Funding Palestinian Suffering. thenation.com My Bill Would Stop US Aid From Funding Palestinian Suffering…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-04). Palestinian Fighters Open Fire At Israeli Drone Swarm Over Gaza (Videos). southfront.org Screen grab from one of the videos showing two Israeli drones passing by each other over the Gaza Strip. | Late on June 3, a swarm of small quadcopter drones launched by the Israeli military invaded the skies of the Gaza Strip. | A source in Gaza's armed factions told the al-Quds newspaper that the drones had flown over military posts as well as civilian homes and buildings. The drones were targeted by Palestinian fighters, who managed to shot down some of them. | "By flying these drones, occupation forces attempted to test a…

Markela Panegyres (2021-06-04). We need to hear — and share — the voices of Palestinian artists. greenleft.org.au More than 44 Palestinian cultural institutions were partially or completely destroyed by Israel's latest bombing attacks. One small way we can express solidarity with Palestinian artists, writers and musicians is by learning about their work and sharing it with others, writes Markela Panegyres.

Markela Panegyres (2021-06-04). We need to hear — and share — the voices of Palestinian artists. greenleft.org.au One small way we can express solidarity with Palestinian artists, writers and musicians is by learning about their work and sharing it with others, writes Markela Panegyres.

Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-04). The Fumbling King of Palestine: Palestinians are Defeating the Oslo Culture. counterpunch.org The political discourse of Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, is similar to that of an ineffectual king who has been isolated in his palace for far too long. The king speaks of prosperity and peace, and tirelessly counts his innumerable achievements, while his people are dying of starvation

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-04). Palestinians hold solidarity marathon for Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at mobilisations by Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, the inquiry into Joyce Echaquan's death and the Canadian government's MMIWG action plan, and more…

Editorial Team (2021-06-04). 'Keep up the pressure for Palestine' — Communists urge. challenge-magazine.org The Communist Party of Britain has welcomed the upsurge in mass demonstrations around the world in solidarity with the Palestinian people. But the Party's International Secretary John Foster called for the protests to continue and even escalate, to put pressure on national governments to force Israel to the negotiating table with Palestinian representatives. "Persuasion having failed over recent decades, sanctions against the Israeli state are necessary in order to bring such talks about", he told the CP Political Committee on Wednesday evening (2 June 2021).

Josh Frank (2021-06-04). Edward Said and Palestine (1986). counterpunch.org &nbsp…

Isra Saleh el-Namey (2021-06-04). When Israel killed doctors. electronicintifada.net Road leading to Gaza's largest hospital badly damaged during massacre.

Ali Abunimah (2021-06-04). Bernie Sanders must stop whitewashing Israel's next racist government. electronicintifada.net The coalition-in-waiting is another collection of genocidal extremists.

Alan MacLeod (2021-06-04). Birds of a Fascist Feather: Why Israel Is Aiding Colombia's Crackdown on Protesters. globalresearch.ca Photos circulating on …

John Feffer (2021-06-04). Democracy on the Precipice? counterpunch.org Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarussian dictator, snatches a dissident from midair. Military strongman Assimi Goita launches another coup in Mali. Benjamin Netanyahu escalates a military conflict to save his own political skin in Israel. In the United States, the Republican Party launches a full-court press to suppress the vote. Authoritarianism, like war, makes headlines. It's hard

WSWS (2021-06-04). Naphtali Bennett to head Israeli "government of change" to oust Netanyahu. wsws.org Bennett will head a deeply unstable, unprincipled coalition with a majority of one in the 120-seat Knesset.

WSWS (2021-06-04). Naftali Bennett to head Israeli "government of change" to oust Netanyahu. wsws.org Bennett will head a deeply unstable, unprincipled coalition with a majority of one in the 120-seat Knesset.

The Conversation (2021-06-04). The more it Changes . . . What can we Expect from the new Unity Coalition Government in Israel? juancole.com By John Strawson | — Israeli politics are entering a new chapter. After inconclusive elections in March, a politically diverse coalition has formed to end Benjamin Netanyahu's 12 years as prime minister. The eight-party coalition is led by right-winger Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid. The two will take turns as prime minister, with Bennett …

Juan Cole (2021-06-04). Israel's Netanyahu pledges to destroy President Biden's Iran, Settlements Policies if he Can Survive. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Outgoing Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu lost his chance to form a government as the deadline ran out on Thursday, but he swung into action in an attempt to stop his rivals from forming one, either. A successful prime minister would have to be able pass a confidence vote in …

The Socialist Program (2021-06-04). Israeli Apartheid Politics Takes a Bizarre Turn. liberationnews.org This interview is an episode of The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, a podcast providing news and views about the world for those who want to change it. You can follow the show on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Will Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be replaced by an even more fanatical racist? A last-minute coalition …

Joyce Chediac (2021-06-04). Who is the arch-racist poised to head Israeli government? liberationnews.org A new coalition has selected Naftali Bennett, an arch racist, to head the Israeli government, replacing Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister.

Anthony Fulton (2021-06-04). Confronting The Book of Joshua. counterpunch.org The Joshua Generation: Israeli Occupation and the Bible — Rachel Havrelock (Princeton University Press, 2020) If these are indeed the last days of Benjamin Netanyahu's reign as Prime Minister of Israel, then one of his most notable parting gifts will have been the political rehabilitation of the strand of Religious Zionism represented by right-wing politicians

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