Daily Archives: October 12, 2021

2021-10-12: News Headlines

Sarah Algherbawi (2021-10-12). Gaza's little miracles . electronicintifada.net A number of children were found alive after coming under Israeli bombardment.

Human Rights Watch (2021-10-11). Israel/Palestine: Facebook Censors Discussion of Rights Issues. juancole.com Human Rights Watch — (Washington, DC) — Facebook has wrongfully removed and suppressed content by Palestinians and their supporters, including about human rights abuses carried out in Israel and Palestine during the May 2021 hostilities. The company's acknowledgment of errors and attempts to correct some of them are insufficient and do not address the scale …

_____ (2021-10-11). 'Boycott Tour' Demands Justice And Liberation For Palestine. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, 6 October, activists marched through downtown Vancouver, Canada, as part of the Boycott Tour, drawing attention to the complicity of corporations, universities and government institutions in Canada in the ongoing colonization, occupation and apartheid throughout occupied Palestine. | The march took place as part of Palestine Action Week, five days of collective action in solidarity with Palestinians and their fight for liberation, and against settler-colonialism, apartheid, and imperialist violence. Palestine Action Week was organized by a coalition of Vancouver-area groups, including Palestinian Yo…

Editor2 (2021-10-11). Palestine Goes International: On Palestinian Achievements in Sports Throughout the Decades. orinocotribune.com By Issam Khalidi — Oct 8, 2021 | Throughout decades, sports were a mirror that reflected Palestinian reality and portrayed it with all its details. The Palestinian struggle has always been multilateral and sport was one of them. Sports developments have been parallel to and overlapping with political developments, and were not isolated from harsh conditions that were afflicting the Palestinian people before and after the Nakba, Catastrophe, of 1948. | Moreover, sport has been structured and employed to help the Palestinian cause, it went hand in hand with the national-liberation movement — represented…

_____ (2021-10-11). "Boycott Tour" Demands Justice And Liberation During Vancouver Palestine Action Week. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, 6 October, activists marched through downtown Vancouver, Canada, as part of the Boycott Tour, drawing attention to the complicity of corporations, universities and government institutions in Canada in the ongoing colonization, occupation and apartheid throughout occupied Palestine.

Staff (2021-10-11). #FreeIssamHijjawi: Join the Twitterstorm and Attend Court (Virtually) to support Dr. Issam Hijjawi Bassalat! samidoun.net Dr. Issam Hijjawi Bassalat, Palestinian activist in Scotland and a medical doctor, is today a Palestinian political prisoner in British jails. On Wednesday, 13 October, he is going back to court (virtually) in a request for bail. His bail applications have been denied repeatedly in the past — despite the length of his detention — […] | The article

sputniknews (2021-10-11). 500 Bags Packed With School Supplies, Several Activists & One Hope for a Better Future in Gaza. sputniknews.com The economic situation in the Palestinian coastal enclave has always been fragile, but the crisis has deepened in the past couple of years primarily because of the outbreak of COVID-19.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-11). Rights groups launch initiative demanding PayPal services in Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org While PayPal operates in over 200 countries, including many affected by years of war and civil conflict, it does not provide services in Palestine. Rights groups have condemned this discriminatory policy against Palestinians as residents of the illegal Israeli settlements in the same area have access to PayPal services…

teleSUR (2021-10-11). Syria Protests Israel's Plan for Settlements in Golan Heights. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Syrian Foreign Ministry Faisal Mikdad condemned Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's comments expressing his intention to increase settlements in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. The Syrian official stressed that such aggressive statements and policies could not change the eternal truth of the area. | RELATED: | "The Golan has been and will remain for Syria and sooner or later, it will return to the embrace o…

Jason Ditz (2021-10-11). Israel Fires Missiles at Syria Airbase, Killing Two. news.antiwar.com Following up on a Friday airstrike near Palmyra, Israel carried out a weekend against against the T4 airbase in Syria, firing a flurry of missiles against the site, and The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes were believed to be targeted at the drone depot at the airport. State media reported Syrian air defenses intercepted most of the missiles. | Israel did not directly comment on the attack, which is not unusual In general, Israel does not address its strikes on Syria outside of very rare successes officials wan…

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