Monthly Archives: September 2021

2021-09-22: News Headlines

Anonymous669 (2021-09-22). Israeli Army Says It Lost Drone Over Syria Due To 'Technical Failure'. southfront.org St. Inigoes, Md. (June 27, 2005) — A Skylark drone on display at the 2005 Naval UAV Air Demo at the Webster Field Annex of Naval Air Station Patuxent River. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain. | On September 22, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they had lost a drone over Syria territory as a result of a "technical failure". | According to the IDF, the drone crashed during "routine operational activity". An investigation into the incident has been launched. | Local sources in…

Jisr Collective (2021-09-22). The Palestinian Refugee and Diasporic Community Denounces Unconditional Aid for Israel. counterpunch.org On July 29th, H.R.4373 committed to providing Israel $3.3 billion in unconditional military aid after it passed in the House in a close bipartisan vote of 217-212. The Palestinian refugee and diasporic community residing within the so-called United States is outraged by this bill that embodies all the funding mechanisms for US interference in Palestine. We center

Fight Back (2021-09-22). Dallas protest stands in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On September 19, about 50 people gathered in Belo Garden Park in Downtown Dallas to support six Palestinian political prisoners who recently escaped from Israeli detention, and to call for the freedom of all Palestinian political prisoners. The rally was organized by Palestinian Youth Movement, American Muslims for Justice in Palestine, and Students for Justice in Palestine. Chants included "Intifada! Intifada! Long live the Intifada!" "We don't want two states! We want '48!" and "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free." | Speeches followed the chants. Jhad Villena of Malaya Move…

Nadya Tannous (2021-09-22). Restricting US Military Aid to Israel in the Age of Normalization. zcomm.org The tide is clearly shifting in the US…

sputniknews (2021-09-22). Axis of Resistance Killed US, Israeli Commanders in Revenge for Soleimani's Assassination – Report. sputniknews.com General Soleimani, the former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, along with al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iraq's Hashd al-Shaabi, was killed in a US targeted drone strike at Baghdad International Airport in January 2020.

Dave DeCamp (2021-09-22). Extra $1 Billion in Military Aid for Israel Stripped From House Stopgap Funding Bill. news.antiwar.com House Democrats The $1 billion would be on top of the $3.8 billion the US already gives Israel each year. Israel requested the additional amount

Martha Grevatt (2021-09-22). Latin America: 2021 has been a year of struggle. workers.org Mass demonstrations and strikes targeting unpopular governments and foreign business interests are taking place all over Latin America. Throughout 2021 Argentinians have been in the streets, opposing everything from unemployment to fracking to the Zionist occupation of Palestine. A Sept. 4 march, in memory of those lost to COVID, protested . . . |

Amjad Ayman Yaghi (2021-09-21). Terror throughout the night. electronicintifada.net Israel's May attack on Gaza is regarded as its cruelest to date.

MEE staff (2021-09-21). 'Dangerous implications' for Palestinian refugees in new US funding plan: Report. middleeasteye.net 'Dangerous implications' for Palestinian refugees in new US funding plan: Report | The agreement signals a reawakening of pro-Israel policy, argues the Palestine Return Centre | Tue, 09/21/2021 – 14: 53 | Palestinians collect food aid at a distribution centre run by Unrwa for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City on 26 July 2021 (AFP) | A

_____ (2021-09-21). Zionists Rewrite Palestine's Story. popularresistance.org Palestine – As these words were being written, the final two Palestinian freedom prisoners who escaped from Gilboa Prison were caught by the Israeli authorities. Palestine is still reacting to this courageous escape and the consequent re-capture of the six political prisoners who escaped and defied the entire Israeli security apparatus. However, even though they managed to free themselves from this high-security prison, they found a world that doesn't care. The rest of the world did not step up to save these brave men and did not provide them with sanctuary, and so they were caught. | One of the great tragedies o…

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.

Editor2 (2021-09-21). Burned in Car Fire, Falsely Accused of Terrorism, Palestinian Mother Imprisoned without Medical Care. orinocotribune.com By Jessica Buxbaum — Sep 15, 2021 | "This is all part of the deliberate medical neglect policy that the Israeli occupation uses. They don't feel like they have an obligation toward Palestinian detainees and prisoners regarding their health care." — Milena Ansari, Addameer | OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM —In 2018, Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis appeared in court to appeal her sentence. Israa had been convicted of attempted murder — accused of blowing up her car near an Israeli military checkpoint — and sentenced to 11 years in 2016. The car accident left her completely disfigured, with fi…

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2021-09-21). Pfizer Admits Israel Is the Great COVID-19 Vaccine Experiment. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2021-09-21). Mokhtar Mokhtefi: A Free Algeria Was Always Worth the Fight. truthout.org I would sit here at this table; Mokhtar would sit there [pointing]. And my friend, who lives across the courtyard, would see us through her window, talking for hours after dinner. Hours. Talking. One day in the hallway, she asked, "What in the world are you two talking about?" [Laughing] Mostly we were talking about Algeria…. | In 1951, Elaine Stein, a young Jewish radical from Hempstead, New York, moved to Paris and soon became involved with the impoverished and persecuted Algerian immigrant community there…

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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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