Daily Archives: July 9, 2022

2022-07-09: News Headlines

Scorinoco (2022-07-09). Palestine President and Hamas Chief Hold First Face-to-Face Meeting in Years. orinocotribune.com Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has met publicly with the political chief of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement, Ismail Haniyah, for the first time in more than five years in Algeria, raising hopes for reconciliation talks between the two rival factions of Palestine. | The meeting was held late on Monday, July 5, in the Algerian capital of Algiers on the sidelines of the country's 60th independence day ceremony, with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in attendance. | Algerian and Palestinian media outlets published photos of the pair shaking hands at the meeting which was presided…

____ (2022-07-09). VIDEO: Palestinians perform Eid al-Adha prayers in Al-Aqsa. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) — Thousands of Palestinians reached themselves to Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Occupied Lands on Saturday to perform Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) prayers.

Staff (2022-07-09). Thousands attend Eid al-Adha prayers in Al Aqsa Mosque. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) — Thousands of Palestinians arrived at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Saturday to perform Eid al-Adha prayers.

Michael F. Brown (2022-07-08). Excusing Israeli apartheid in the NYT. electronicintifada.net Newspaper of record falsely claims A.B. Yehoshua supported extending one state with equal rights to Palestinians in Gaza.

Editor (2022-07-08). ACLU Takes Fight Against Palestinian-Exception in the First Amendment To Supreme Court. scheerpost.com By Jessica Buxbaum / MintPress News LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS — In June, a federal appeals court upheld an Arkansas law barring state contractors from boycotting Israel, sparking concerns over First Amendment rights in the United States. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a decision made last year by a panel of three judges who found …

Ali Abunimah (2022-07-08). Deutsche Welle illegally fired Palestinian journalist, German court rules. electronicintifada.net Witch hunt has targeted Arab journalists with false anti-Semitism smears.

Ahmed Al-Sammak, Walaa Sabah (2022-07-08). A whole life under Israeli siege. electronicintifada.net Despair sets in among youths born under Israel's 15-year siege on the Gaza Strip.

Staff (2022-07-08). Al Falasteniyeh Media Network announces upcoming launch on th anniversary of Ghassan Kanafani's assassination. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes the launch of Al Falasteniyeh Media Network. Committed to return and liberation for Palestine and to highlighting people in struggle, Al Falasteniyeh can be an important step in bringing the voices of the Palestinian prisoners' movement "from the river to the sea to the world," as the slogan of …

Staff (2022-07-08). PFLP message for international commemorations of th anniversary of Ghassan Kanafani's assassination. samidoun.net Suhair Khader, a member of the Central Committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, based in the Gaza Strip, has a message to all people around the world, including Palestinians and Arabs in exile and diaspora and internationalists, today commemorating the th anniversary of the assassination of Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian revolutionary leader …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-08). US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of fresh US sanctions on Iranian entities, the mounting crisis of global hunger, Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank, and a taxi drivers' strike in Italy…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-08). 11 months in Israeli prison: Shatha Odeh's struggle for basic rights. peoplesdispatch.org Health activist Shatha Odeh speaks to Hani Serag of People's Health Movement about her days imprisoned in two Israeli prisons, the everyday struggle of prisoners for their basic rights and the atrocities inflicted upon them by Israeli authorities.

Staff (2022-07-08). VIDEO: Military exercise of Saraya Al-Quds in Gaza. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — The Palestinian Islamic Jihad's military wing Saraya Al-Quds has released new footage of its recent military drill dubbed as Azm al-Sadeghin in Gaza strip.

TeleSUR, jcvm, JGN (2022-07-08). Las agresiones armadas más terribles de Israel contra Palestina. telesurtv.net Para el régimen sionista, la diplomacia de las armas ha sido una constante en el manejo de sus relaciones con Palestina.

TeleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-07-08). Denuncian que Israel detuvo a 464 palestinos en junio. telesurtv.net Autoridades de Israel emitieron 153 órdenes de detención administrativa contra palestinos en junio.

Greg Shupak (2022-07-07). British newspaper reporting falls dramatically short on Palestine. electronicintifada.net Failure to note the continued occupation of Gaza, the illegality of Israeli settlements and the discrepancy in describing victims all add up to poor journalism.

_____ (2022-07-07). Myths And Facts About The Israeli Siege On Gaza. popularresistance.org 15 years have passed since Israel imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip, subjecting nearly two million Palestinians to one of the longest and most cruel politically-motivated blockades in history. | The Israeli government had then justified its siege as the only way to protect Israel from Palestinian "terrorism and rocket attacks". This remains the official Israeli line until this day. Not many Israelis — certainly not in government, media or even ordinary people — would argue that Israel today is safer than it was prior to June 2007.

_____ (2022-07-07). In Wake Of Abu Akleh's Murder, Media Obscures Israeli Violence. popularresistance.org On May 13, two days after the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli Occupation Forces, as her loss still dominated international news cycles, thousands of Palestinian mourners gathered to pay tribute to the woman who had given them voice for so long. They came to lay her body to rest. | Immediately, as the funeral procession was just starting, images emerged of Israeli forces attacking the pallbearers as they attempted to carry her coffin across the courtyard from the French hospital in East Jerusalem.

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