2022-02-05: News Headlines

Ron Forthofer (2022-02-05). US Corporate Media and Israel. dissidentvoice.org Israel is greatly concerned about the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) effort that seeks: 1) to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians; and 2) to pressure Israel to comply with international law. Israel claims that this campaign is a threat to its legitimacy. Unsurprisingly, Israel doesn't want to acknowledge that it is …

Staff (2022-02-05). Internationalism and local activity: Emancipation without false dichotomies — Judit Rodríguez Fernández. samidoun.net The following article by Judit Rodríguez Fernández was published first in Spanish at laU — Revista de cultura y pensamiento. A French translation is also available, via the Collectif Palestine Vaincra. "What binds me to her is something that I could not explain exactly, although perhaps it is her deep roots in that heroic and …

Staff (2022-02-05). Young Communists in France mobilize for Georges Abdallah and a free Palestine. samidoun.net On Saturday, 22 January, the Jeunes Communistes 13 (Young Communists of Bouches-du-Rhone, France, with the central city of Marseille) organized a screening of "Fedayin: Georges Abdallah's Fight" with a presentation by a member of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra, a member organization of the Samidoun Network that plays a leading role in organizing for the liberation …

Fight Back (2022-02-04). Minneapolis protest will demand: No war with Russia. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – A coalition of organizations will hold a "No War with Russia" protest Saturday, February 5 in Minneapolis. The protest will start Saturday at 11 a.m. at the corner of 3rd Street and Cedar Avenue S (301 Cedar Avenue S) on the West Bank in Minneapolis. There will be speakers from a number of organizations, followed by a neighborhood march that will go past the office of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar. | A statement issued by organizers says in part, "Following the Biden administration's announcement that 3000 U.S. troops are being moved to Eastern Europe, people will be taking to the streets in the U.

_____ (2022-02-04). How Israel's Occupation Of Palestine Intensifies Climate Change. popularresistance.org Al-Naqab — On Sunday, roughly 200 activists demonstrated outside Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's office in Jerusalem against the Jewish National Fund's (JNF) tree-planting project in al-Naqab, maintaining the forestation is an attempt to displace the indigenous Bedouin population. | Contracted by the Israeli government, the JNF razed fruit trees and seeded fields in al-Naqab in January to "make the desert bloom" with non-native plants. The purported environmental project has been met with fierce protest from the local villagers, with more than 60 Bedouin arrested in the last few weeks. | JNF mainta…

Ali Abunimah (2022-02-04). Palestinian resistance is forcing liberals to see Israel's apartheid. electronicintifada.net Watch Ali Abunimah and Benjamin Norton discuss Amnesty's new report.

Editor2 (2022-02-04). Amnesty: 'Israel' Imposing 'Apartheid' on Palestinians. orinocotribune.com Occupied Palestine (QNN)- 'Israel' is carrying out "the crime of apartheid against Palestinians" and must be held accountable for treating them as "an inferior racial group", Amnesty International said in a new report. | Released on Tuesday, the 278-page report by the leading rights group details how Israeli occupation authorities enforce a system of oppression and domination against the Palestinians. | The damning investigation sets out how massive seizures of Palestinian land and property, unlawful killings, forcible transfer, drastic movement restrictions, and the denial of nationality and citizenship to Pales…

Editor2 (2022-02-04). Palestine is Nearing its 'South Africa Moment,' Campaigners Declare. orinocotribune.com By Bethany Rielly — Feb 1, 2022 | Amnesty International becomes the latest human rights group to accuse Israel of the crime of apartheid | PALESTINE is nearing its "South Africa moment," campaigners declared today after Amnesty International became the latest human rights group to accuse Israel of the crime of apartheid. | In a damning 280-page report, Amnesty details how Israeli authorities enforce a system of oppression and domination against Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territories. | The report, based on decades of research and witness testimonies, lists a range of Israeli abuses, includin…

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-02-04). Victory: Palestinian teacher defeats Israel lobby smears. electronicintifada.net Sheffield Hallam University drops investigation against Shahd Abusalama.

Staff (2022-02-04). A Shroud for the Dead Sea. orinocotribune.com By Majd Kayyal, Palestinian writer from Haifa, and Sumaya Falah, environmental researcher from Haifa — February 24, 2017 | Editorial note: As a rule, Orinoco Tribune does not generally re-publish opinion pieces more than 10 days after their original publication, but in this case we are making an exception, because this is an issue that demands attention. | One of the writers of this piece,

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-04). "Israeli minister's criticism of Amnesty report reveals nature of an apartheid state" peoplesdispatch.org Vijay Prashad speaks to Philip Luther, Middle East and North Africa Research and Advocacy Director at Amnesty International, about the report released by the organization on Israeli crimes against Palestinians. The report titled 'Israel's apartheid against Palestinians' talks about the different ways the Israeli state dominates and oppresses Palestinians. Philip also responds to criticisms of the report by the Israeli government.

Human Rights Watch (2022-02-04). Human Rights in Prolonged Occupation: Israel's Treatment of Palestinians (HRW). juancole.com ( Human Rights Watch ) — This memorandum provides an overview of several of Human Rights Watch's central concerns with respect to the Israeli government's human rights practices in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in advance of its review of Israel in March 2022. This …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-04). Bahrain becomes second Arab country to sign military pact with Israel. peoplesdispatch.org Going against their long-term commitment to the Palestinian cause formalized through the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002, Bahrain and the UAE signed normalization deals with Israel in 2020. Morocco also signed a similar deal…

Vijay Prashad (2022-02-04). Can Israel stop the world from saying 'apartheid'? Concealing the suffering in Palestine. mronline.org Israel attempts to improve its public image to counter efforts by human rights organizations that reveal the nature of Israeli apartheid.

Yasmin Abusayma (2022-02-04). Gaza farmers struggle for livelihoods and healthy soil. electronicintifada.net Farming near the boundary zone is a hazardous undertaking.

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