2021-11-08: News Headlines

MEE staff (2021-11-08). Ethiopians rescued by Israel from Tigray may have no Jewish roots: Report. middleeasteye.net Ethiopians rescued by Israel from Tigray may have no Jewish roots: Report | Secret operation faces backlash as dozens of Ethiopians are accused of misrepresenting ancestry to enter Israel | Mon, 11/08/2021 – 12: 45 | A member of the Ethiopian Jewish community awaits during the daily food distribution at the building the community in the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on 27 October, 2020 (AFP) | Dozens of Ethiopians…

Fight Back (2021-11-08). Women Against Military Madness: Stand with the Six. fightbacknews.org Fight News Service is circulating the following statement from Women Against Military Madness (WAMM). | Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) denounces Israel's harassment and criminalization of six Palestinian human rights and grassroots organizations, labeling them "terrorist" organizations. The designation is provocative and dangerous and could result in devastating cuts in funding from international sources as well as grave legal issues for their workers. | Along with a growing number of important international organizations, WAMM stands with the six targeted organizations: Addameer Prisoner Support and…

Staff (2021-11-08). Pegasus spyware linked to Israel branding Palestinian rights NGOs as terrorists — report. rt.com Phones of six members of Palestinian human rights organizations were hacked with the notorious spyware Pegasus, a new report said. The Israeli government designated the organizations as terrorists. | The designation was likely meant to give a post-factum justification for the use of the spyware, which the producer says is restricted to law enforcement operations against terrorism and crime, the Ireland-based NGO that identified the intrusions said. | The

Ben Slowey (2021-11-08). Milwaukee vigil backs Palestinian prisoner hunger strike. liberationnews.org Israel couldn't get away with this ethnic cleansing if it weren't for the U.S. war machine propping it up.

Staff (2021-11-08). Israeli soldiers given 'prizes' for helping compile database of Palestinians' pictures — reports. rt.com The Israeli military has reportedly compiled a digital surveillance database to monitor Palestinians in Hebron in the West Bank using invasive facial recognition tech integrated into a network of cameras and soldiers' phones. | The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) even incentivized soldiers to compete against each other to take photos of residents "with prizes for the most pictures collected by each unit," according to the Washington Post. Soldiers were reportedly offered rewards such as a night off if they managed to take the most pictures. | The surveillance dragnet is apparently based in part on smartphone techn…

MEE staff (2021-11-08). Gay footballer Josh Cavallo 'scared' to play at Qatar World Cup. middleeasteye.net Gay footballer Josh Cavallo 'scared' to play at Qatar World Cup | Same-sex acts between consenting adults in private are treated as a criminal offence in the Gulf state | Mon, 11/08/2021 – 14: 36 | Australian midfielder Josh Cavallo is the world's first openly gay man playing in a top-flight league (Handout/Adelaide United Football Club/AFP) | The world's only openly gay top-tier footballer, Josh Cavallo, has…

Binoy Kampmark (2021-11-08). Blacklisting the Merchants of Spyware. dissidentvoice.org In a modest effort to disrupt the global spyware market, the United States announced last week that four entities had been added to its blacklist. On November 3, the US Department of Commerce revealed that it would be adding Israel-based companies NSO Group and Candiru to its entity list "based on evidence that these entities …

_____ (2021-11-07). Journalist Banned From US, Detained In Mexico On The Way To Nicaragua. popularresistance.org Steve Sweeney, the international editor of the British socialist newspaper, was detained in Mexico City on Friday as he traveled to Nicaragua to cover the presidential election being held today. Sweeney is anti-imperialist and a founder of Media Workers for Palestine. His detention follows a multi-platform social media ban on independent journalists, activists and websites in Nicaragua, as detailed by Ben Norton of The Grayzone. There is also a corporate media disinformation campaign targeting Nicaragua and the current election. Sweeney's detention must be viewed in this context as an effort to prevent readers in…

MEE staff (2021-11-07). Libya: Son of military commander Khalifa Haftar visited Israel. middleeasteye.net Libya: Son of military commander Khalifa Haftar visited Israel | Report suggests Haftar could offer recognition agreement to Israel in exchange for support after December elections | Sun, 11/07/2021 – 16: 20 | Libyan demonstrators lift flags during a rally in support of Palestinians in Martyrs Square in Tripoli on 21 May 2021 (AFP) | The son of Khalifa Haftar landed in Israel on a private jet on Monday as repo…

Brett Wilkins (2021-11-07). Tlaib: US "Must Stop Enabling the Killing of Children" in Palestine. truthout.org U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib and the peace group CodePink were among those who condemned Friday's killing by Israeli forces of a 13-year-old Palestinian boy in the illegally occupied West Bank. | Middle East Eye

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-07). Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah reject Israeli proposal that could lead to their dispossession. peoplesdispatch.org The families have been living in Sheikh Jarrah in the occupied East Jerusalem for generations. Now these families are facing evictions so the land can be cleared…

Anonymous669 (2021-11-07). Morocco Mulls Iron Dome Purchase From Israel To Strengthen Defenses In Western Sahara. southfront.org Illustrative image. Source: the Israeli Ministry of Defense. | Morocco is considering purchasing the Iron Dome air-defense system from Israel in order to strengthen its defenses in the disputed region of Western Sahara, the According to the site, Rabat is interested in the system because of its capability to intercept aerial th…

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