2022-03-01: News Headlines

sputniknews (2022-03-01). Tel-Aviv to Vote Against Russia at UN but Israelis Say it Will Jeopardise Country's Security. sputniknews.com Over the years, Israel and Russia have coordinated activity when it came to Syria, where it did so to avoid potential clashes in the skies over Syria. Additionally, Russian authorities have been playing a pivotal part in mediation between Israelis and the Palestinians.

sputniknews (2022-03-01). Israeli Citizen Trying to Flee Ukraine Killed by Kiev Forces. sputniknews.com Israel's Foreign Ministry has estimated that several thousand Israeli citizens remain to date in Ukraine, where Russia is conducting a special military operation to demilitarise and denazify Ukraine, following a request of the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics to defend them from Kiev's aggression.

sputniknews (2022-03-01). Israel Opens Up to Foreign Visitors, But Will it be Enough to Revive Tourism From COVID-19? sputniknews.com In 2019, before the outbreak of the pandemic, 4.6 million foreign tourists visited the country, a ten percent spike compared to the previous year. The eruption of the coronavirus has brought that growth to a standstill.

Ali Abunimah (2022-02-28). Ukraine, Palestine and the propaganda of war. electronicintifada.net Western publics are being primed for another bloody calamity.

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-28). Western media goes white nationalist, calls Ukraine more 'civilized' than Iraq, whitewashes US wars. multipolarista.com Media outlets are calling Ukraine "civilized," emphasizing that its people are white European Christians, while ignoring or whitewashing the US military occupations of Syria and Iraq, Western-backed Saudi bombing of Yemen, and constant Israeli attacks on Syrians and Palestinians.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-28). Israeli officer involved in killing of autistic Palestinian man brought to trial. peoplesdispatch.org The accused officer faces the watered down charge of "reckless manslaughter", despite the victim's family as well as several politicians calling for the accused to face the more serious charge of murder…

Jason Ditz (2022-02-28). Russia Will Keep Coordinating With Israel Over Syria. news.antiwar.com Ongoing military coordination between Israel and Russia, an important aspect of the ongoing Syrian War and Israel's repeated attacks therein, Israel was deeply critical of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and Russia is "unhappy" with that. The deconfliction in Syria, meant to avoid direct conflict, will continue anyhow. | While Russia could've chosen to reverse this process, either formally over Ukraine or because of Israeli viola…

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Israel is Getting Pricier and Tweeps Blame Government for Sitting Idle. sputniknews.com Recent months have seen a spike in the price of basic food products, electricity bills and fuel in Israel. Although the country has put forward a plan that aimed to tackle those issues, critics have already called it useless and argued it didn't solve the core of the problem, namely the country's monopolies.

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