2022-02-23: News Headlines

Ahmed Abu Artema (2022-02-23). The Naqab is a key piece in Israel's apartheid puzzle. electronicintifada.net Persecuted for decades, Naqab residents still resist Israeli ethnic cleansing.

Phyllis Bennis (2022-02-23). It's Settled That Israel Is Committing Apartheid. Now What Should We Do About It? fpif.org Movements for justice and Palestinian rights laid the ground for recent declarations by Amnesty International and other human rights organizations. Now we have to follow up.

Tamara Nassar (2022-02-23). Israel postpones expulsion of Palestinian family. electronicintifada.net Police attack Palestinian man with Down syndrome.

Staff (2022-02-23). Headlines for February 23, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. Imposes Sanctions, Ukraine Calls for Stronger Action After Russian Recognition of Breakaway Areas, Jury Finds Ahmaud Arbery's 3 Murderers Guilty of Federal Hate Crimes, Trial for Ex-Cop Brett Hankison, Who Shot into Breonna Taylor's Home During Fatal Raid, Starts in KY, U.N. Report Warns of Climate Disaster-Fueled "Global Wildfire Crisis", Mining Companies, Foreign Investors Driving Destruction of Amazon, Violation of Indigenous Rights, Hong Kong to Conduct Mass COVID Testing on Entire Population; U.K. Removes All Pandemic Restrictions, Israeli Forces Kill 14-Year-Old Palestinian; Isr…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-02-22). Gaza pays the price for Jewish state in Palestine. electronicintifada.net The racist logic behind Israel's terrible violence.

Fra Hughes (2022-02-22). The Persecution of Palestine: Normalizing the Abnormal Zionist war Crimes. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — Feb 19, 2022 | "Israel" was birthed in the blood of the Palestinian people in 1948 under a UN mandate that gave Zionists who were a minority in the country, more than 52% of the land of Palestine. | In order to see where we are today sometimes it is necessary to review the past. | While some may claim the past is a country we should not visit, when it comes to Palestine it seems only the past exists. | A past filled with occupation exploitation and deception. | From the Romans via the Ottomans to the British, Palestine has a history of colonial conquest and military occupation which continues…

sputniknews (2022-02-22). Nothing to Lose? Gazans Vent Anger Against Hamas in Rare Twitter Campaign. sputniknews.com In 2021, the poverty rate in the Gaza Strip saw a dramatic spike, reaching 59 percent, compared to 43 percent five years earlier. Unemployment is also high and Gazans have been pinning the blame not only on Israel, but also on the Islamist group that has been running the enclave since 2007.

Ali Abunimah (2022-02-22). Ukraine crisis highlights West's hypocrisy over Israeli land theft. electronicintifada.net New European Citizens Initiative would halt trade with colonial settlements.

Editor2 (2022-02-22). Israeli Aggression on the Southern Countryside of Damascus. orinocotribune.com The Israeli occupation targeted several points in the vicinity of the town of Zakiya in the southern countryside of Damascus, leading to strictly material damage. | The Syrian Ministry of Defense reported that the Israeli forces targeted the vicinity of the town of Zakiya, south of Damascus, with several missiles. | Citing a military source in the ministry, the Syrian news agency SANA confirmed that "the Israeli enemy carried out a strike with several surface-to-surface missiles" from the occupied Golan, targeting the town of Zakiya at around 11: 35 pm (21: 35 GMT) on Wednesday night. | The source added that the ag…

Tamara Nassar (2022-02-22). Sponsors boycott Jordan rally over Israeli participation. electronicintifada.net Popular rejection of Amman's close ties with Tel Aviv remains firm.

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