Daily Archives: January 27, 2022

2022-01-27: News Headlines

_____ (2022-01-27). Relations between Palestine and Israel — Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel? journal-neo.org In the final days of 2021 Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority visited Benny Gantz, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense at his home in Rosh Ha'ayin. The previous meeting between the two men had taken place in August, in Ramallah, following which Israel announced a series of "confidence-building measures". The …

Ramzy Baroud (2022-01-27). Morality Cannot Be Divided: How Netanyahu's Corruption has Exposed Israel's 'Democracy'. dissidentvoice.org Former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his prosecutors are reportedly finalizing the details of a plea deal that would practically water down, shelve, or drop altogether all three major corruption cases that have led to his high-profile trial in May 2020. If such news actualizes, Israel would officially sink to a new low in terms …

_____ (2022-01-26). The Jewish National Fund Does Israel's Dirty Work—Again. popularresistance.org The JNF (Jewish National Fund) once again is in the news, this time for collaborating with the State of Israel in dispossessing Palestinian residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. According to a 2010 UN report, this is not the first time Sheikh Jarrah's residents have been dispossessed and, while illegal under international law, it is not illegal according to Israeli law. It is one more act of brutality, brought to you on a regular basis by Israel and the JNF since 1948. | On the evening of January 18, 2022, in Sheikh Jarrah, Israeli police attacked the home of the Salahiya family—a f…

Staff (2022-01-26). Remembering Badran Jaber: A Life in Revolution. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes the revolutionary life of Badran Jaber, veteran of the Palestinian liberation struggle, upon his passing on 25 January 2022. Jaber, a leader and co-founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was a symbol of the Palestinian prisoners' movement. He was repeatedly arrested, interrogated and imprisoned in …

Fight Back (2022-01-26). Rally for Palestine in downtown Dallas. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On January 23, around 100 people showed up at Civic Garden Park in downtown Dallas to protest the continuing eviction of the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem and the continued blockade of Gaza. They also called attention to the "afforestation campaign" by the Jewish National Fund in the Al-Naqab Desert, which is intended to displace Palestinian Bedouin communities living in the region. | The protest was called by the Palestinian Youth Movement and cosponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine at University of Texas at Dallas, American Muslims for Palestine, MAS-PACE Dal…

Rami Almeghari (2022-01-26). Saving seeds, counting cows: work of a "terror" group? electronicintifada.net Union of Agricultural Work Committees provides vital support to Gaza's farmers.

Ola Mousa (2022-01-26). Holiday in Gaza? More expensive than in Egypt or Turkey. electronicintifada.net Israel's blockade, Egyptian closures and COVID restrictions render domestic tourist resorts unaffordable for most…

sputniknews (2022-01-26). 1 in 4 Holocaust Survivors in Israel Live in Poverty, State Does Little to Help. sputniknews.com Although 54,000 victims are getting an assistance package worth up to $2,000 per month, the vast majority are forced to live off a stipend of roughly $105, a drop in the ocean given Israel's high living expenses.

Anonymous669 (2022-01-26). Israel Limits Air Campaign In Syria Following Russian-Syrian Joint Aerial Patrols (Videos). southfront.org Screen grab from the footage released by RT. | Russian and Syrian fighter jet had conducted a joint air patrol mission along the Golan Heights and the Euphrates River, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on January 24. | In a statement, the Mod said that Russian Su-34 and Su-35 warplanes and an A-50 AEW&C [airborne early warning and control] aircraft as well as Syria's MiG-23 and MiG-29 warplanes took part in the joint patrol, which covered the Golan Heights, the southern border, the Euphrates River and northern Syr…

sputniknews (2022-01-26). Danish Lecturers Refuse to Teach, Compare COVID-19 Passports With WWII Jewish Stars. sputniknews.com Two dissenting teachers at Copenhagen Business School made disturbing parallels between the COVID-19 measures and World War II and expressed hope for a "Nuremberg 2.0", in which those responsible will be brought to justice like the Nazi leaders who were convicted for their complicity in the Holocaust and war crimes.

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