Daily Archives: September 21, 2021

2021-09-21: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-09-21). New York Times revels in remote-control assassination of Iranian scientist. wsws.org Last November's US-Israeli state murder of Iran's top nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was recognized at the time as a potential trigger for a catastrophic war in the Middle East.

Al-Shabaka (2021-09-21). Restricting US Military Aid to Israel in the Age of Normalization. juancole.com

Ahmed Al-Sammak (2021-09-20). Animal suffering from Israel's May assault both tragic and costly. electronicintifada.net Livestock and pets suffered along with their human companions as Israeli bombs rained down on Gaza.

Dania Akkad (2021-09-20). Think Facebook's review will fix alleged Israeli bias? Not so fast, say Palestinians. middleeasteye.net Think Facebook's review will fix alleged Israeli bias? Not so fast, say Palestinians | A report by the tech giant's oversight board was 'unexpected' for digital rights advocates, who wonder whether the company will follow the recommendations | Mon, 09/20/2021 – 09: 00 | A woman uses social media on her mobile phone to support Palestinian protests at the Israel-Gaza border, in Gaza City 14 April 2018 (Reu…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-20). US begins mass deportations of thousands of Haitian migrants in Texas and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the deportation of thousands of Haitian migrants in the US, protests in Gaza as Israeli forces recapture all Gilboa escapees, and more…

Fight Back (2021-09-20). Highway bannering keeps Palestine solidarity in focus. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On September 16, thousands of rush-hour commuters on Interstate 94 saw banners with slogans like "Free Palestine," "End apartheid" and "End ethnic cleansing" hung from the Loring Park footbridge, amid a sea of Palestinian flags. Activists from American Muslims for Palestine – Minnesota (AMP-MN), the Anti-War Committee (AWC) and Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) then rallied in the park with chants and speeches. | The occasion was the anniversary of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila Massacre in Lebanon, when an invading Israeli army encouraged local right-wing militias to murder thousands of Palesti…

Tamara Nassar (2021-09-20). Israel captures last two escaped Palestinians. electronicintifada.net Two men had managed to cross into the occupied West Bank.

Children's Health Defense (2021-09-20). Political Commentator Kim Iversen Unpacks 'Alarming and Shocking' COVID Data from Israel. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-20). Israel re-captures last two escapees of Gilboa prison; Palestinians continue solidarity protests. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinians are opposing the Israeli administrative detention policy under which prisoners are kept behind bars for long durations without charge or trial. They are also protesting the recent punitive measures imposed after six prisoners escaped Gilboa prison…

MEE staff (2021-09-20). Israel Knesset members urge US to reopen East Jerusalem consulate. middleeasteye.net Israel Knesset members urge US to reopen East Jerusalem consulate | The Arab Joint List's letter to Blinken stressed that East Jerusalem is the 'capital of the State of Palestine' | Mon, 09/20/2021 – 12: 24 | The entrance to the US Consulate in Jerusalem on 18 October 2018, before its operations were merged with Israel's US embassy (AFP) | The Arab Joint List, a political alliance representing Palestinian citi…

Ron Jacobs (2021-09-20). City Council Resolution to Support BDS Movement Fails in Burlington, VT. counterpunch.org Earlier this year (2021), Ben and Jerry's ice cream decided to quit selling its ice cream in the illegal settlements built by Israel in the Occupied Territories of Palestine. This decision was reached after years of letter-writing, leafleting, editorializing, and other forms of pressure organized in large part by the anti-occupation group called Vermonters for

Shatha Hammad (2021-09-20). Palestinian grandmother blocked from retrieved land seven years after court order. middleeasteye.net Palestinian grandmother blocked from retrieved land seven years after court order | The landowners were planning to return to their land on Saturday, 30 years after it was confiscated to build an illegal settlement | Mon, 09/20/2021 – 09: 23 | Palestinian woman Mariam Hassan Hammad, 80, blocked by Israeli soldiers from reaching her land in the Thahr al-Mazare' area, northeast of Ramallah in the occ…

Dania Akkad (2021-09-20). UK asylum case of Israeli student adjourned in wait for Yiddish interpreter. middleeasteye.net UK asylum case of Israeli student adjourned in wait for Yiddish interpreter | Lawyers for student say they are 'disappointed' court attempted to proceed in Hebrew | Mon, 09/20/2021 – 09: 11 | An Israeli soldier looks across the border to Lebanon where pro-Palestinian protesters rally next to a Palestinian flag (AFP) | The asylum case of a young Israeli who says he fears he will be conscripted and forced…

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