Daily Archives: July 22, 2021

2021-07-22: News Headlines

Committee on Academic Freedom (2021-07-22). Protesting Israeli Army Arrest of 45 Palestinian University Students. juancole.com Middle East Studies Association Committee on Academic Freedom Letter Protesting Israeli Army Arrest of 45 Palestinian University Students, and Ongoing Detention of 15 after a Solidarity Visit to a Demolished Home in Turmus 'Aya Prime Minister Naftali Bennet et al. . . . Dear Prime Minister, Ministers, Brigadier-General, and Chief Clerk, We write to you …

Michael F. Brown (2021-07-22). CNN attacks advocates of equal rights. electronicintifada.net Bella Hadid accused of "charged language" simply for defending Palestinian rights.

Ajaz Ashraf (2021-07-22). PegasusGate: We could all be deprived of free will, like Palestinians. peoplesdispatch.org It's not just about opposition leaders, journalists and other prominent personalities who were tracked via their phones. It's about how nobody is safe from surveillance by spyware…

Anonymous (2021-07-22). Video: The bombs Israel leaves in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Unexploded ordnance continues to kill and maim long after ceasefire. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | …

Madawi Al-Rasheed (2021-07-22). Pegasus Project: Why I was Targeted by Israeli Spyware. globalresearch.ca

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Peoples Dispatch (2021-07-22). Reporters without Borders asks Israel to stop spyware export following Pegasus Project revelations. peoplesdispatch.org Several governments have been accused of using the Israeli spyware to snoop on dissidents and journalists in reports published by 17 media organisations worldwide recently…

teleSUR (2021-07-22). Mexico Asks Israel To Extradite Ayotzinapa Case Cover-up Man. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) asked Israel to process the extradition request of Tomas Zeron, the former director of the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC) who is accused of irregular actions during the investigation of 43 missing students in Ayotzinapa. | RELATED: | "There has been no response yet. I hope the Government of Israel respects human rights because we are requesting the extrad…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-07-22). Syria's air defense counters Israeli aggression in Homs. en.mehrnews.com Syrian sources announced on Thursday morning that the country's air defenses confronted Israeli airstrike aggression in the skies of Homs.

WSWS (2021-07-22). Canadian government summits on anti-Semitism and Islamophobia: a political fraud. wsws.org These meetings will do nothing to uproot anti-Jewish or anti-Muslim hatred. Rather, they are grotesque political stunts organized to obscure the real causes of the growth in far-right hate crimes and to shape public discourse in line with the domestic and global interests of Canadian imperialism.

Human Rights Watch (2021-07-22). Israeli Apartheid: "A Threshold Crossed" juancole.com Published in: Zenith Magazine By Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director | — ( Human Rights Watch) — In April, Human Rights Watch released a 213-page report, "A Threshold Crossed," finding that Israeli authorities are committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution. We reached this determination based on our documentation of an overarching …

Anonymous669 (2021-07-22). Syrian Air Defense Forces Intercepted SPICE 1000 Bomb During Recent Israeli Attack On Homs. southfront.org ILA Berlin Air Show 2012; Rafael's Spice 1000 guided weapon, 15 September 2012, By Bin im Garten. Via Wikimedia. | The Syrian Arab Air Defense Forces (SyAADF) intercepted a SPICE 1000 glide bomb during the The guided bomb was shot down by the SyAADF over Lebanon. The bomb's remains fell near the town of Lehfed in Mount Lebanon.

Anonymous669 (2021-07-22). Satellite Images: Recent Israeli Strikes On Syria Devastated Hezbollah's Air Base In Southern Homs. southfront.org Illustrative photo of an Israeli F-15 Eagle fighter jet (Edi Israel/Flash90/File) | The Al-Daba air base, formerly operated by the Syrian Arab Air Force, is now held by Hezbollah. The base is reportedly the Lebanese group's main logistic center in Syria. | Satellite images releas…

Staff (2021-07-21). #DefundRacism: Palestinian organizations call for action to defund U.S.-registered Zionist settler "charities" samidoun.net Over 150 Palestinian organizations, activists and municipalities launched the Campaign to Defund Racism, demanding that New York Attorney General Letitia James revoke the charitable licenses of multiple U.S.-based settler organizations headquartered in the state, all of which fundraise for and support illegal Israeli colonization in Jerusalem and the West Bank of occupied Palestine. Specifically, the campaign targets the Israel Land Fund, the Hebron Fund, Ateret Cohanim, Friends of Ir David (Elad), and Regavim. These settler-funding organizations are propelling, among other colonial efforts, the colonization of S…

Staff (2021-07-21). 23 July, Toulouse: Palestine Stand — "Boycott Israel, Boycott Puma" samidoun.net Friday, 23 July 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Metro Bagatelle Toulouse, France Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/138751731724784 On Friday July 23 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Collectif Palestine Vaincra is organizing a Palestine Stand at the exit of the Bagatelle metro in Toulouse. While an initial step has been taken by the Ben & Jerry's ice cream brand, which has partially withdrawn from occupied Palestine, many international companies are profiting from the Israeli apartheid economy. This is the case of the sports equipment supplier PUMA, official sponsor of the Israel Football Federation. A broad international ca…

Ali Abunimah (2021-07-21). Israel melts down over Ben & Jerry's. electronicintifada.net Palestinians hail win as ice cream firm is latest to pull out of settlements.

teleSUR (2021-07-21). Ben & Jerry's To Stop Sales in Israeli Settlements. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Ben & Jerry's announced it will stop selling ice creams in the Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Ben & Jerry's is a subsidiary of Unilever, a Britain-based consumer goods conglomerate. | RELATED: | The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the company's decision is "moral and legal," adding that it is consistent with the rules of international law. | International law…

Staff (2021-07-21). Snowden grills WaPo for 'embarrassingly weak' reaction to NSO spyware scandal, says it's untrue Pegasus can't target US phones. rt.com NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has berated the Washington Post for not taking a more forceful stance on the Pegasus spyware scandal, and said it was untrue to claim the now-infamous malware can't infect US phones. | The former US intelligence contractor expressed dismay over a WaPo editorial in response to reports that NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance firm, sold its Pegasus spyware to government clients who then used the powerful hacking tool to spy on journalists, NGOs workers and even heads of state. The explosive allegations, based on a leaked list of purported Pegasus targets and subsequent forensic an…

Steve Sweeney (2021-07-21). Israel launches air strikes on Lebanon and Syria as part of U.S.-backed shadow war. peoplesworld.org Israel launched a missile attack on southern Lebanon early today, just hours after air strikes had targeted Iranian forces near the Syrian city of Aleppo. The Israeli army claimed that it was responding to four rockets launched from Lebanon that triggered warning sirens in the Western Galilee region. No details were given of the targets …

Steve Sweeney (2021-07-21). Israel launches air strikes on Lebanon and Syria as part of US-backed shadow war. peoplesworld.org Israel launched a missile attack on southern Lebanon early today, just hours after air strikes had targeted Iranian forces near the Syrian city of Aleppo. The Israeli army claimed that it was responding to four rockets launched from Lebanon that triggered warning sirens in the Western Galilee region. No details were given of the targets …

Staff (2021-07-20). 27 July, NYC: Protest to defund Zionist settler groups. samidoun.net Tuesday, 27 July 4: 30 pm 55 Hanson Place — NYC Attorney General's Office Brooklyn, NY Info: www.facebook.com/events/531616891374603/ Demand New York Attorney General Tish James revoke the charitable status of Zionist settler organizations abusing nonprofit law to fund Israel's war crimes of ethnic cleansing and illegal settlement. | The article

Tamara Nassar (2021-07-21). How Israel slowly suffocates Gaza. electronicintifada.net Siege and sanctions destroying Gaza.

Binoy Kampmark (2021-07-21). Pegasus Rides Again: The NSO Group, Spyware and Human Rights. dissidentvoice.org They keep insisting they don't do it. But companies such as the Israeli NSO Group are global vendors for regimes, whatever stripe or colour, for surveillance tools to spy on those they deem of interest. The 2013 revelations by Edward Snowden that exposed the warrantless world of mass surveillance by entities such as the US …

Editor2 (2021-07-21). Legalized Apartheid: The Israeli Supreme Court Just Cemented Jewish Supremacy into Law. orinocotribune.com By Jessica Buxbaum — Jul 16, 2021 | Only a few years old, the nation-state law has already proven it can serve as a legal tool for discrimination, racial segregation, and outright apartheid. | JERUSALEM — In November of last year, an Israeli judge invoked the controversial Jewish Nation-State Basic Law when striking down a lawsuit against the city of Karmiel over funding transportation for two Palestinian students. | In his ruling, the chief registrar of the Krayot Magistrate's Court, Yaniv Luzon, said that establishing an Arabic-language school in Karmiel or funding transportation for Palestinian Arab…

Anonymous669 (2021-07-21). Satellite Images: Recent Israeli Strikes On Syria Hit Compound In Eastern Aleppo. southfront.org FILE PHOTO An Israeli F-16 fighter jet © Amir Cohen / Reuters | One of the targets of the On July 21, the Aurora Intel Twitter account shared new satellite images showing heavy damage at the compound that's located a few kilometers to the east of Aleppo International Airport. The exact nature of the compound i…

Dan Freeman-Maloy (2021-07-21). Israel's Antisemitism Ruse. zcomm.org When Racists Claim Victimhood…

Dave DeCamp (2021-07-21). Israel Wants US States to Enforce Anti-BDS Laws Against Ben & Jerry's. news.antiwar.com

Jason Ditz (2021-07-21). Israeli Missile Strikes in Northern Syria Kill Five. news.antiwar.com Details are emerging on Israel's overnight missile strikes against Syria's north. The strikes reportedly Syrian state media confirmed the attacks, and said that their The Syrian military said th…

Gilbert Mercier (2021-07-21). Afghanistan War Outcome: Hope for Sovereign Nations Fighting the Scourge of Neocolonial Imperialism. dissidentvoice.org Photo credit from the archives of Newsonline Exits of Netanyahu and Trump: chance to dial down Mideast tensions The Iraqi geopolitical analyst, Ali Fahim, recently said in an interview with The Tehran Times: "The arrival of [newly elected Iranian President] Ebrahim Raisi at the helm of power gives a great moral impetus to the resistance …

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