Daily Archives: August 19, 2021

2021-08-19: News Headlines

Hans Stehling (2021-08-19). A Mideast Nuclear War Spearheaded by Israel Would Make Afghanistan Seem Like a Local Conflict Between Armed Factional Groups. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2021-08-19). Lebanon Is Under Maximum Pressure, And The Target Is Hezbollah. popularresistance.org Lebanon is under unprecedented economic and social pressure, paying the price for Hezbollah's military capability that causes a threat to Israel. The options offered by those (US, EU and Israel) effectively participating in cornering Lebanon -notwithstanding decades of domestic corruption and mismanagement — are limited to two: either disarm Hezbollah or push Lebanon toward a failed state and civil war. However, the "Axis of the Resistance" has other options…

Anonymous669 (2021-08-19). Hezbollah Leader Warns Israel, US Against Attacking Iranian Fuel Tanker En-Route To Lebanon. southfront.org Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah as seen during his recent speech via al-Manar TV. | On August 19, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah announced that the first of several fuel tankers will sail from Iran to Lebanon within hours, warning the US and Israel against targeting it. | The leader made the announcement during a speech marking the tenth day of the holy Islamic month of Muharram in Beirut's southern suburb. | "Our first ship has completed all arrangements and will sail within hours from Iran to Leb…

_____ (2021-08-19). Three Activists Arrested After Blockading Drone Factory. popularresistance.org Palestine Action have returned to Elbit System's drone factory in Braunstone Town, Leicester, and have once again disrupted the production of killer drones used for repressive purposes by Israeli forces. The factory — ran by Elbit-Thales joint venture UAV Tactical Systems — has been blockaded by Palestine Action activists. Two activists in a 'lock-on' and one activist who had D-locked their body to gates have been arrested, after placing their bodies in the way of Elbit's drone manufacture operations.

Mousa Tawfiq (2021-08-19). Our duty in exile is to engage. electronicintifada.net A Palestinian in Paris experiences hope for the first time in his generation.

Ramzy Baroud (2021-08-19). The Quiet Rebellion: Why US Jews Turning against Israel is Good for Palestinians. dissidentvoice.org A unique but critical conversation on Israel and Palestine is taking place outside the traditional discourse of Israeli colonialism and the Palestinian quest for liberation. It is an awkward and difficult — but overdue — discussion concerning American Jews' relation to Israel and their commitment to its Zionist ideology. For many years, Israel has conveniently …

_____ (2021-08-19). Why US Jews Turning Against Israel Is Good For Palestinians. popularresistance.org unique but critical conversation on Israel and Palestine is taking place outside the traditional discourse of Israeli colonialism and the Palestinian quest for liberation. It is an awkward and difficult — but overdue — discussion concerning American Jews' relation to Israel and their commitment to its Zionist ideology.

Asa Winstanley (2021-08-19). Labour intensifies purge of socialists, dissenting Jews. electronicintifada.net Jewish Voice for Labour says it's being persecuted by under Keir Starmer's leadership.

Ali Abunimah (2021-08-18). What Israel hopes to gain from America's Afghan disaster. electronicintifada.net Bennett may push Biden for more belligerence towards Iran.

_____ (2021-08-18). Protesting Settler Colonialism In The Neoliberal University. popularresistance.org During May's uprising in Palestine against the latest aggression of the apartheid Israeli state, a few students at the Piet Zwart Institute (PZI) in Rotterdam wanted to express their solidarity with the struggle. They hung a banner on the institute's building that read: "STOP THE ETHNIC CLEANSING; #SaveSheikhJarrah; Free Palestine." The action took place at a time when the vicious attacks on civilians in Gaza, the ultra-right-wing mob violence against Arabs in Israel and the forced evictions of the settler colonialist system in Jerusalem had resulted in a global show of solidarity. | A few hours after the banner…

_____ (2021-08-18). Why More Celebrities Don't Speak Out On Israel-Palestine. popularresistance.org The new MintPress podcast "The Watchdog," hosted by British-Iraqi hip-hop artist Lowkey, closely examines organizations about which it is in the public interest to know — including intelligence, lobby and special-interest groups influencing policies that infringe on free speech and target dissent. The Watchdog goes against the grain by casting a light on stories largely ignored by the mainstream, corporate media. | Hollywood is not exactly known for being a hotbed of anti-war, anti-imperialist activism. Indeed, so close is the relationship between the national security state and Tinseltown that the Departme…

Susana Khalil (2021-08-18). The Palestinian Cause is Neither a Religious nor a Human Rights Cause. orinocotribune.com By Susana Khalil — Aug 15,2021 | The Palestinian cause is political, it is a cause of National Liberation. |

| The violation of the human rights of the Palestinian people is the consequence of the violation of their right to struggle for their national liberation, their right to exist as a nation-state. | The Palestinian cause is political, it is a cause of National Liberation, and it is the cause of a native people that today in the 21st century is fighting against a colonial yoke and anachronism called "Israel". That's all, I repeat that's all. | To hide the colonial character, Zionist propaganda…

Sam Bahour (2021-08-18). Hyphen-ated for Life: Palestinian-American, Almost. counterpunch.org "Democratic representation of We The People requires an accurate ascertainment of who 'We The People' are." ~Arab American Institute The space of identity is tight. A single identity can hardly fit into its place, yet that is what society expects. The reality of identity is much more dynamic and colorful than dry categories of some

Anonymous669 (2021-08-18). Israel Destroyed Observation Post In Syria's Al-Quneitra With Guided Missiles (Videos). southfront.org FILE IMAGE | Late on August 17, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) destroyed an observation post of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the southern Syrian governorate of al-Quneitra. | At least three guided missiles, reportedly Spike NLOS, hit…

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-18). Azerbaijan releases information on Israeli, Turkish drones destroying Armenian targets. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan releases data on Armenian military targets destroyed by UAVs during Second Karabakh War Azerbaijani border guards had destroyed a big number of strategic military targets of the Armenian Armed Forces during the 44-day Karabakh war (from late Sept. to early Nov.2020) by using Harop and Guzgun [Kuzgun] unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the State Border …

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