Daily Archives: October 30, 2021

2021-10-30: News Headlines

Editor (2021-10-30). Israel's 'terrorist' designation of Palestinian rights groups credits 'apartheid' label U.S. political establishment denies. mronline.org For much of this year, Israel's defenders have waged a successful battle to keep the word "apartheid" from entering the mainstream discourse. Israel just set that process back by smearing Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist organizations.

Staff (2021-10-30). 'A knife in the heart of Holocaust survivors': Australian police seize Nazi flag near synagogue ahead of Kristallnacht anniversary. rt.com The mayor of Brisbane, Australia has called for a ban on Nazi symbols after a flag with a swastika on it was spotted flying next door to a synagogue just days before the anniversary of the Nazi-era Kristallnacht programs. | The Nazi flag was flown from a window of the neighboring UniLodge student housing complex downtown. The vice president of the Queensland Jewish Board Deputies, Jason Steinberg, told AAP that synagogue-goers noticed the swastika on Saturday morning. | The flag was removed after police arrived at the scene, and a 45-year-old local man was charged with a public nuisance offense. | Steinberg sa…

sputniknews (2021-10-29). 'Childish Remarks': Iran Slams Israeli Envoy to India For Accusing It of 'Destabilising' West Asia. sputniknews.com Besides the UAE, Israel last year also normalised ties with Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco. All the diplomatic agreements were mediated by the US under former President Donald Trump. Iran has labelled the so-called Abraham Accords as "strategic idiocy" and a "stab on the back" of Palestinian people.

MEE staff (2021-10-29). Facebook employees questioned restrictions on Palestine posts during Gaza offensive. middleeasteye.net Facebook employees questioned restrictions on Palestine posts during Gaza offensive | Documents shared by a Facebook whistleblower reveal concern among employees that tech giant was censoring pro-Palestine content
| Fri, 10/29/2021 – 16: 00 | Facebook employees reportedly voiced concern over restrictions on Palestinian activist and journalist Mohammad el-Kurd's Instagram account (AFP) | Several Facebook em…

Aseel Jundi (2021-10-29). Jerusalem Palestinians Fight to Preserve Cemetery Slated for Demolition. globalresearch.ca

Bill Meyer (2021-10-29). Palestine at the Toronto International Film Festival. peoplesworld.org Films made about the Israeli Occupation of Palestine and the plight of the Palestinians are increasing in number. The BDS movement has gained steam. At a time when even saying something against the Israeli Zionist government is deemed anti-Semitic, it takes brave artists to make truthful films about the realities in the Middle East. And …

IMEMC (2021-10-29). Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. globalresearch.ca

Kelly Kunzl (2021-10-29). Summer raids on rights groups foreshadowed "terrorist" designation. electronicintifada.net Israel has been attacking Palestinian activists for decades.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-29). UK unions condemn Israel's "terrorist" label to Palestinian human rights groups. peoplesdispatch.org The unions urged the UK government and the international community to pressure Israel to reverse the decision and uphold Palestinian rights in accordance with international law…

Ruwaida Amer (2021-10-29). Israel puts Gaza's deaf people in extreme danger. electronicintifada.net Being unable to hear explosions made the May attack even more terrifying.

Michael F. Brown (2021-10-29). Tough choices for Biden administration: Which empty words to approve? electronicintifada.net Settlements and Israeli human rights crackdown highlight Washington's complicity.

Ali Abunimah (2021-10-29). Israel told EU in advance of plan to label rights groups "terrorist" electronicintifada.net Brussels "not standing fully behind its values, its principles and also its partners."

Editor (2021-10-29). The Holy Land Foundation Five: How U.S.-Israeli geopolitics cruelly warped the U.S. judicial process. mronline.org While Bush rushed to designate the Holy Land Foundation a terrorist organization and declare that closing them down was somehow a great achievement in the fight against terrorism, the fact of the matter was that he had no proof.

Mohammad Ayesh (2021-10-29). Arabic press review: Egypt pushes for Sisi-Biden meeting at upcoming UK summit. middleeasteye.net Arabic press review: Egypt pushes for Sisi-Biden meeting at upcoming UK summit | Meanwhile, Jordanians want to annul a decades-long peace agreement with Israel, and Lebanese minister faces lawsuit over Yemen statements | Fri, 10/29/2021 – 13: 09 | Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi attends a trilateral meeting between Greece, Egypt and Cyprus in Athens on 19 October 2021 (AFP) | Sisi kee…

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