Monthly Archives: January 2022

2022-01-05: News Headlines

teleSUR, DRL (2022-01-05). Anuncian liberación de prisionero palestino en huelga de hambre. telesurtv.net Mientras organizaciones palestinas han celebrado la noticia, políticos israelíes critican el acuerdo alcanzado el martes.

sputniknews (2022-01-05). Emma Watson Incurs Israeli Ire After Expressing Solidarity With 'Free Palestine' Movement. sputniknews.com Emma Watson, 31, took to social media earlier this week to express her solidarity with Palestinians. "Solidarity is a verb", read the now-viral Instagram post from the English actress, best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the "Harry Potter" film series.

sputniknews (2022-01-05). Israel-UAE Trade Expected to Hit $2 Billion in 2022, But Might the Honeymoon Be Disrupted? sputniknews.com The main areas of cooperation have been agricultural, aerospace, and defence projects as well as the diamond industry, renewable energy, and tourism.

Eliza Egret (2022-01-05). Meet the activists on the Kent coast, trying to save lives. thecanary.co We live in a disgraceful time; a period when generations after us will look back and wonder how we could have been so cruel. They will wonder why so many of us, in our comfortable lives in Europe, left our fellow human beings to drown at sea; how we remained silent. | They will ask us how we could have let our government invade other countries for profit, or how we pretended not to notice that weapons used to arm Saudi Arabia, Israel, or the US were made in

sputniknews (2022-01-05). Israel's Intel Chief Says Revival of Iran Nuclear Deal Better Than Collapse of JCPOA Talks: Report. sputniknews.com In December, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid made it clear that Tel Aviv is not opposed in principle to any accord that may be concluded between world powers and Tehran at the ongoing Vienna talks on the possible revival of the Iran nuclear deal.

Staff (2022-01-05). 'Wonder Woman' addresses infamous 'Imagine' Covid video. rt.com The Israeli-born actress says the much-maligned video was 'premature' | Actor Gal Gadot has addressed her highly-mocked 'Imagine' cover video, featuring numerous celebrities and released at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. She says she had "pure intentions" but that the effort was in "poor taste." | The video was posted in March of 2020, just as government shutdowns and mandates were first taking effect in places like the US in response to coronavirus. The footage featured Gadot and numerous other celebrities singing lines from Beatle John Lennon's 'Imagine.' Gadot and others were heavily criticized and moc…

Susan Abulhawa (2022-01-04). A tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a friend of Palestine — WW commentary. workers.org Our beloved global elder, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, became an ancestor on December 26, passing peacefully amongst his family the day after Christmas at the age of 90. A Nobel Laureate, moral giant and practitioner of radical love, Tutu was integral to the liberation of South Africa from the racist clutches . . . |

Ramzy Baroud (2022-01-04). Why is Israel Amending Its Open-Fire Policy: Three Possible Answers. dissidentvoice.org At the outset, the Israeli military decision to revise its open-fire policies in the occupied West Bank seems puzzling. What would be the logic of giving Israeli soldiers the space to shoot more Palestinians when existing army manuals had already granted them near-total immunity and little legal accountability? The military's new rules now allow Isreali …

Staff (2022-01-04). 140 days of hunger strike: Abu Hawash in "intermittent coma" as mobilization for his freedom intensifies. samidoun.net As of 3 January 2022, Palestinian hunger striking prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash is now on his 140th day without nutrition. According to doctors who have viewed him, he is at risk of sudden death and serious organ damage at any moment. He is on hunger strike to demand his release from administrative detention, imprisonment without […] | The article

Ramzy Baroud (2022-01-04). Why is Israel Amending Its Open-Fire Policy: Three Possible Answers. dissidentvoice.org At the outset, the Israeli military decision to revise its open-fire policies in the occupied West Bank seems puzzling. What would be the logic of giving Israeli soldiers the space to shoot more Palestinians when existing army manuals had already granted them near-total immunity and little legal accountability? The military's new rules now allow Isreali …

Staff (2022-01-04). 140 days of hunger strike: Abu Hawash in "intermittent coma" as mobilization for his freedom intensifies. samidoun.net As of 3 January 2022, Palestinian hunger striking prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash is now on his 140th day without nutrition. According to doctors who have viewed him, he is at risk of sudden death and serious organ damage at any moment. He is on hunger strike to demand his release from administrative detention, imprisonment without […] | The article

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-04). Zionist forces attack Palestinians in Dheisheh Camp in WB. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) — Zionist regime's military forces raided Palestinians in "Dheisheh" Camp in Ramallah city in the West Bank on Tuesday and detained a number of Palestinians without charges.

Abhijan Choudhury (2022-01-04). After 141 days on hunger strike, Israeli authorities set to release Hisham Abu Hawwash. peoplesdispatch.org Following mass protests and international pressure, Israeli authorities confirmed that Abu Hawwash's administrative detention order would not be renewed and that he would be released in February…

Abhijan Choudhury (2022-01-04). After 141 days on hunger strike, Israeli authorities set to release Hisham Abu Hawwash. peoplesdispatch.org Following mass protests and international pressure, Israeli authorities confirmed that Abu Hawwash's administrative detention order would not be renewed and that he would be released in February…

teleSUR (2022-01-04). German and Swiss Firms Targeted by Israel's Mossad. telesurenglish.net The Swiss newspaper Neue Zàºrcher Zeitung published a report on Sunday that Mossad might be involved in the bomb attacks that happened in the 1980s against Swiss and German property. | RELATED: | The companies and firms were the property of people related to selling dual-purpose materials to Pakistan. It is believed that the attacks were an attempt to avoid the development of nuclear weapons in Pakistan. The attacks lef…

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2022-01-04: News Headlines

Ramzy Baroud (2022-01-04). Why is Israel Amending Its Open-Fire Policy: Three Possible Answers. dissidentvoice.org At the outset, the Israeli military decision to revise its open-fire policies in the occupied West Bank seems puzzling. What would be the logic of giving Israeli soldiers the space to shoot more Palestinians when existing army manuals had already granted them near-total immunity and little legal accountability? The military's new rules now allow Isreali …

Staff (2022-01-04). 140 days of hunger strike: Abu Hawash in "intermittent coma" as mobilization for his freedom intensifies. samidoun.net As of 3 January 2022, Palestinian hunger striking prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash is now on his 140th day without nutrition. According to doctors who have viewed him, he is at risk of sudden death and serious organ damage at any moment. He is on hunger strike to demand his release from administrative detention, imprisonment without […] | The article

Staff (2022-01-03). 4 January, Madrid: Emergency demonstration to free Hisham Abu Hawash. samidoun.net Tuesday, 4 January 7: 00 pm Puerta del Sol, Madrid Info: Samidoun España, www.instagram.com/p/CYRtDt4qHi2/ Emergency demonstration to demand freedom for Hisham Abu Hawash, Palestinian prisoner on 141st day of hunger strike against his administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial. | The article

Tamara Nassar (2022-01-03). Palestinian starving for his freedom may die any moment. electronicintifada.net Meanwhile, US praises Palestinian Authority for closer embrace of Israel.

Allan Fisher (2022-01-03). Saturday 1/1: Free Palestine. indybay.org Corner of Ocean and Water Streets, Santa Cruz…

Richard Falk (2022-01-03). What's Ahead for Palestine in 2002. zcomm.org In my view, the most notable developments in 2022 will flow from the impacts of disillusionment with any hope that constructive action can follow from the peace diplomacy of the past or new UN pressures…

sputniknews (2022-01-03). Pileup of Batteries Poses a Threat to Gazans But Hamas Has No Plans to Avert Crisis – Expert. sputniknews.com As of today, the Strip contains more than 50,000 tonnes of broken lead acid batteries, and according to estimates they cause severe environmental and health-related problems. However, in order to cope with the issue, local authorities need funds, a rare commodity in the Strip.

sputniknews (2022-01-03). Iran Urges UN to Bring United States, Israel to Justice for Soleimani Killing. sputniknews.com UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN, Majid Takht Ravanchi, called on the Security Council to bring the United States and Israel to justice for the murder of General Qasem Soleimani, in a letter released on Monday.

Omar Karmi (2022-01-03). UK pivots to Israel in post-Brexit scramble. electronicintifada.net London's diplomacy by desperation courts apartheid.

Juan Cole (2022-01-03). Iranian Hackers deface Jerusalem Post with missile threat on Anniversary of Trump-Netanyahu Assassination of Gen. Soleimani. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On Monday morning, according to Iran International, Iranian hackers defaced the front page of the Israeli newspaper the Jerusalem Post and the Twitter feed of the Hebrew-language daily Maariv [Evening]. They posted an image, which stayed up a couple of hours, of a missile aimed at the Shimon Peres Negev …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-03). Workers of Clover, South Africa's largest dairy company, set to intensify resistance. peoplesdispatch.org Peoples Dispatch spoke to John Appolis, general secretary of the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa), about the ongoing indefinite strike by workers at the Israeli-owned dairy giant Clover…

MEE, agencies (2022-01-03). Omicron: Israel to administer fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine to over 60s. middleeasteye.net Omicron: Israel to administer fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine to over 60s | Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made the announcement as Israel fights a surge in cases | Mon, 01/03/2022 – 07: 16 | Bennett said Israel's top medical official approved the plans to offer the fourth dose to over 60s (AFP) | Israel said it will offer a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine to over 60s amid a…

Kevin Mwanza (2022-01-03). What Is Flurona, Coronavirus Combined With Flu: 3 Things To Know About Double Infection. moguldom.com A report of the first case of "flurona" in Israel — a double infection or coinfection of covid-19 and the flu — is raising new health issues and fears that the omicron variant may have already mutated into something worse. Israeli scientists recorded the first case of the coronavirus-flu combination in a pregnant woman who …

sputniknews (2022-01-03). Israel Registers First 'Flurona' Case, Rare Double Infection of COVID and Seasonal Flu. sputniknews.com In December, the Israeli government approved banning all non-essential travel to Belgium, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United States to prevent the spread of the Omicron coronavirus strain.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-01-03). To hold US, Israel accountable for Soleimani assassination. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 03 (MNA) — Iran's Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations called on the Security Council to hold the United States and the Israeli regime responsible for the assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani.

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