Daily Archives: July 18, 2022

2022-07-18: News Headlines

Fight Back (2022-07-18). Collective statement: Biden in occupied Palestine and the 'Jerusalem Declaration'. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement on Biden in Palestine and the Jerusalem Declaration, signed by 80 organizations, including Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO). | The joint declaration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid reveals not only the fundamental bankruptcy of the imperialist and Zionist systems they represent but also underlines the necessity to act and stand now in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their resistance, to liberate their land from the river to the sea. This strategic partnership of violence, warmongering, repression…

Barry Sheppard (2022-07-18). Biden's Middle East trip a failure. greenleft.org.au United States President Joe Biden's trip to the Middle East was all about re-setting relations with Israel and Saudi Arabia, despite their ongoing state violence and repression, reports Barry Sheppard.

WSWS (2022-07-18). Biden concludes Mideast trip focused on US conflict with Russia, China. wsws.org The US war drive against Russia and China was the driving force of the US president's four-day trip to Israel, the West Bank, and Saudi Arabia.

_____ (2022-07-17). 'Jerusalem Declaration': Imperialism, Zionism And Settler Colonialism. popularresistance.org Below are key points identified by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in responding to the Biden-Lapid Declaration ("The U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Joint Declaration") issued on Thursday, 14 July 2022. While the declaration largely holds nothing new, it once again reveals the joint commitment to imperialism and Zionism that is responsible for the past 75 years of colonization in Palestine. | Imperialism here means more arms, more support and more money for Israel. It means Phantom jets, atomic bomb secrets, and the building of an economy capable of facing the permanent blockade and state of w…

Anonymous349 (2022-07-17). Military Situation In Palestine On July 17, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On July 17, a 17-year-old Palestinian ran over an Israeli policeman at the Ra'anana intersection near the Kfar Saba station in the north of Tel Aviv. An Israeli policeman was killed | On July 17, the Palestinian groups fired several rockets towards the sea | On July 17, General Michael Kurilla, the US CENTCOM commander visited Israel | Two Palestinians were injured during the Israeli military attack on the city of Tubas, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent |

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-17). Joe Biden's West Asia trip is also aimed at US mid-term polls. peoplesdispatch.org President Joe Biden's visit to West Asia, especially Israel, is also calculated to appeal to certain audiences inside the US ahead of crucial mid-term elections in October…

____ (2022-07-17). Palestinians condemn 'unfair' U.S. diplomacy over Palestinian-Israeli issue. ecns.cn Dozens of Palestinians on Friday demonstrated in the West Bank city of Bethlehem against U.S. President Joe Biden's visit over the long-time unfair U.S. diplomacy in dealing with the Palestinian-Israeli issue.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-17). Israel bombardea varios objetivos en la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net El bombardeo provocó un incendio en el lugar mientras se veían columnas de humo en el área.

Staff (2022-07-17). Biden visited region to serve occupiers' interests: Al-Houthi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) — A member of the Houthi Supreme Political Council said that US president Joe Biden just like the former US presidents visited the Middle East to serve and support Israel with Muslim's money.

A Guest Author (2022-07-16). Biden in Occupied Palestine and the 'Jerusalem Declaration'. workers.org Samidoun Palestine Prisoner Solidarity Network issued this collective statement with co-signers "in struggle and solidarity" July 16. The full list of signers, including Workers World Party and the International Action Center, is at samidoun.net. Organizations can endorse at bit.ly/bidenpalestine. Protesters hounded U.S. President Joe Biden in Palestine, including July 15 . . . |

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