Daily Archives: October 15, 2021

2021-10-15: News Headlines

Anonymous669 (2021-10-15). Death Toll From Beirut Clashes Rose To Seven, Former Israel Ally Held Responsible. southfront.org File Image based on the flag of Lebanon. | The death toll from the The clashes broke out when snipers, reportedly members of the far-right Lebanese Forces (LF), opened fire at a group of Hezbollah and Amal supporters who were protestin…

Nihad Sheikh Khalil (2021-10-15). The Modern History of Africa is the Natural Extension of the Struggle of the Palestinian People. counterpunch.org There are those who suggest as very much a fait accompli that the African Union's acceptance of Israel's accession to its institutions, as an observer member, regardless of the crimes of the occupation against the Palestinian people, must be viewed in the context of a natural evolution of relations. The foundation of this hypothesis is

Juan Cole (2021-10-15). Is Sec. of State Antony Blinken as bad as Mike Pompeo? Silent on Israeli theft of Palestinian Land, Promoting Phony Abraham Accords. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is shaping up to be as much of a disaster as secretary of state as Mike Pompeo. He appears to have nothing to say about Israel's outrageous new plans to steal more Palestinian land and to further divide Palestinians into Bantustans as was done by …

Anonymous Google, Amazon workers (2021-10-15). We are Google and Amazon workers. We condemn Project Nimbus. zcomm.org We cannot support our employer's decision to supply the Israeli military and government technology that is used to harm Palestinians…

TASS (2021-10-15). Israeli F-16s attacked target in Syria's Homs on October 13 — Russian Defense Ministry. tass.com According to the military official, the Syrian military command decided not to engage air defense systems, because two civilian aircraft, en route from Dubai to Beirut and from Baghdad to Damascus, were present in the air defense area of effect…

TASS (2021-10-15). Israeli companies getting increasingly interested in Russian market — Lavrov. tass.com Despite the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, trade between Russia and Israel declined by a modest 3.9% in 2020, while in January-July of this year it grew by 51.8% year-on-year, the minister stressed…

Anonymous669 (2021-10-15). Israeli Fighter Jets Used Airliners As Cover While Carrying Out Airstrikes On Syria's Palmyra: Russian MoD. southfront.org FILE PHOTO An Israeli F-16 fighter jet © Amir Cohen / Reuters | Syria's air defenses didn't engage the Israeli fighter jets that carried out the The Russian officer said that the airstrikes were carried out by four F-16 fighter je…

Jason Ditz (2021-10-15). With Nod to Military Action Against Iran, US Gives In to Israeli Pressure. news.antiwar.com Secretary of State Tony Blinken "All options" was a catch-all term for the US in threatening anyone, but Israeli officials felt the US wasn't saying it nearly enough against Iran, presenting this as a split between Israel and the Democrats, a rift they no…

Anonymous765 (2021-10-15). Israel And Co. Begin Moving Rapidly In The Middle East. southfront.org | DEAR FRIENDS. IF YOU LIKE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT, SUPPORT SOUTHFRONT WORK : | BITCOIN: bc1qv7k70u2zynvem59u88ctdlaw7hc735d8xep9rq : | BITCOIN CASH: qzjv8hrdv…

_____ (2021-10-14). Workers At Amazon And Google Condemn 'Project Nimbus'. popularresistance.org Google and Amazon workers have published a public letter calling on the two companies to cancel Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract for cloud computing services for the Israeli military and government. We know that the Israeli military apparatus will use these services to build weapons and surveillance technology to use against the Palestinian people. Such technology, once tested on Palestinians, is frequently exported back to the United States to be used against marginalized populations and protesters here. This public action by tech workers follows an increasing number of coordinated actions in the tech sec…

Middle East Monitor (2021-10-14). The Pain of Palestinians in Gaza. juancole.com By Hamada Fara'na | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — Even the Israeli journalist, Gideon Levy, couldn't bear the tragic scene of thousands of Gazans scrambling to reach the window to apply for work in the territories it occupied in 1948. He wrote in Haaretz newspaper on 10 October: "This image should haunt every …

Richard Falk (2021-10-14). The Rebranding of Antisemitism after the Holocaust. zcomm.org By making the Palestinian people and their supporters bear the ongoing burdens of this grotesque genocide perverts the legacy of the Holocaust, extending the dark shadows of racism over Israel experience and identity in ugly reactive forms…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-14). 400 Palestinian prisoners on mass hunger strike against tighter restrictions in Israeli prisons. peoplesdispatch.org The prisoners began their hunger strike due to the tightening of restrictions and punitive measures by Israeli prison authorities in the days following the daring Gilboa prison break in September…

Walden Bello (2021-10-14). Zionism's Bete Noire: Richard Falk's Passage to 'Positive Public Notoriety'. fpif.org Richard Falk is universally regarded as one of the top minds when it comes to international law. Yet his views are not only unwelcome in establishment circles, but even among many left-leaning liberals. | Falk was once the darling of liberals, someone whose left-of-center views were seen as important in "balancing" conservative and centrist views in debates, seminars, and TV programs. He was, in short, one of the establishment's favorite critics of American foreign policy. | That is, until he crossed several red lines. The most consequential of these red lines was moving from abstract legal critiques of Israel's…

sputniknews (2021-10-14). Syria's Anti-Daesh Allies Vow to Respond to Alleged Israeli, US Aggression Over Palmyra. sputniknews.com At least one soldier was killed and three others injured in what the Syrian military says was an Israeli attack in the skies above Palmyra, Syria shortly before midnight on Wednesday. The Israeli military, which has previously admitted to carrying out "hundreds" of strikes against its neighbour, did not comment on the strikes.

Anonymous669 (2021-10-14). Iranian-Backed Forces Threatens 'Harsh Response' To Recent Israeli Airstrikes On Syria's Palmyra. southfront.org Iranian-backed forces massing around Deir Ezzor city | The Allies of Syria Operations Room, which commands Iranian-backed forces in Syria, has vowed to response "very harshly" to the In a statement released on October 14, the operations room revealed that the Israeli airstrikes had destroyed several barracks and a s…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-14). One dead, three wounded in an unprovoked Israeli airstrike inside Syria. peoplesdispatch.org Wednesday's attack was the second such Israeli attack within a week launched from an illegal US military base Al-Tanf inside Syrian territory, Syrian Arab News Agency reported…

Jason Ditz (2021-10-14). Militias Threaten Response After Israel Kills Nine in Strike on Syria. news.antiwar.com The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is The militias reacted angrily, promising to respond

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