Daily Archives: August 11, 2022

2022-08-11: News Headlines

Orinoco Tribune2 (2022-08-11). Twitter Locks Account of Palestine Chronicle's Editor, Ramzy Baroud. orinocotribune.com The social media platform Twitter has blocked the account of Palestinian journalist and author, Dr. Ramzy Baroud, claiming that his posts about the Israeli war on the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank have 'violated the rules' of the company. | —…

Second Saturday Documentary Series (2022-08-11). Saturday 8/13: Documentary film: Gaza Still Alive. indybay.org Register for Zoom link at: bit.ly/SSDSZoom

Ali Abunimah (2022-08-11). US, Europe greenlight Israel's latest Gaza massacre. greenleft.org.au Western weapons, money and political support sustain and prolong Israel's settler-colonial persecution of the Palestinian people and ensure that the blood keeps flowing, writes Ali Abunimah.

Eva Bartlett (2022-08-10). What I've seen of Ukraine's war crimes against civilians in the Donbass over the past few months. ingaza.wordpress.com I haven't "blogged" consistently for many years, since my Gaza days really, and use this site as a place to re-post my writings and interviews, generally. Today, because I'm strapped for time, still in the Donetsk People's Republic, I'm doing a short blog post, to share this: If you're not on Twitter, the thread is…

Fight Back (2022-08-10). New York City protests for Gaza. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Over 300 people gathered in front of the Friends of the IDF building on Monday, August 8 in response to the Israeli attack on Gaza over the weekend. That attack resulted in over 300 injured and at least 43 deaths, at least 15 of whom were children. | Organizers led the crowd with chants and speeches demanding freedom for Palestine. Zionists attempted to counter protest but were greatly outnumbered and outshined. by the supporters of Palestine. | The rally then turned into a march, heading into Grand Central Station and through the streets of New York. | The action was organized by Within Our Lifeti…

Orinoco Tribune2 (2022-08-10). Iran Censures 'World's Regrettable Silence' on Israeli Assault on Gaza. orinocotribune.com Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has sharply criticized the latest Israeli regime's deadly airstrikes in Gaza, saying the international community's inaction and silence about the illegal entity's crimes against the Palestinians is "regrettable". | Nasser Kan'ani made the remarks in a post on his Twitter account on Sunday as Israeli jets continue to shell the coastal enclave for the third day, leaving 34 dead and more than 200 wounded. | Attaching to his tweet several photos of the victims of the latest Israeli aggression against the Palestinians he wrote that "These are examples of the Zionist apartheid regi…

Jessica Buxbaum (2022-08-10). "Under a Virtual Siege" &#1 ; Activists Demand PayPal Offer its Services to Palestinians. mintpressnews.com "You've got this two-pronged effort to both isolate the Palestinians and to normalize and weave the settlers into the international communities, a community of nations. And the problem is that organizations or companies like PayPal, … unwittingly, are absolutely party to that." — Lara Friedman…

Ramzy Baroud (2022-08-10). Without Palestine, There is No Arab Unity: Why Normalization with Israel Will Fail. mintpressnews.com American politicians, who are constantly angling for quick political victories on behalf of Israel in the Middle East, do not understand or simply do not care that marginalizing Palestine and incorporating Israel into the Arab body politic is not simply unethical but also a major destabilizing factor in an already unstable region.

_____ (2022-08-10). UN Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting On Gaza Amid Fragile Truce. popularresistance.org On Monday, August 8, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held an emergency meeting on the situation in Gaza amid uncertainty around the fate of the truce reached the previous day after three days of Israeli aggression. | Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland reported during the meeting that in three days, Israel had carried out 147 airstrikes which killed 46 Palestinians, including 16 children, and injured 360 more. In retaliation, Palestinian groups fired over 1,100 rockets, in which a total of 70 Israelis were lightly injured. | Wennesland also noted that increased border c…

IMEMC News (2022-08-10). Israeli Army Demolishes Residential Sheds In Jericho. imemc.org On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a residential shed and handed orders targeting a barn and four sheds near Jericho in the northeastern West Bank. Hasan Mleihat, the coordinator of the Al-Baidar Organization for Defending Bedouin Rights, said several army vehicles invaded Arab az-Zawahra Bedouin village near al-'Auja village, north of Jericho after surrounding it. He …

Ed Rampell (2022-08-10). There Must be Consequences for Israel's War of Aggression in Gaza: Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME). globalresearch.ca

IMEMC News (2022-08-10). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians In Ramallah. imemc.org On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted five Palestinians from several parts of the Ramallah governorate in the central West Bank. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the al-Maghayir village, northeast of Ramallah, searched and ransacked many homes before abducting Karam Sami Na'san, 25, Ahmad No'man Abu Na'im, 18, and Fadel Hamed Abu Alia, 55. …

IMEMC News (2022-08-10). Israeli Soldiers Injure A Palestinian Child In The Eye In Hebron. imemc.org On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers shot three Palestinians, including a child who was injured in the eye and caused many to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation during a procession against the escalating Israeli violations, including the killing of a child, in Hebron in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources …

IMEMC News (2022-08-10). Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Child In Hebron. imemc.org Medical sources have reported that Israeli soldiers killed, Tuesday, a Palestinian child and seriously injured another Palestinian, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The sources said the soldiers shot the child, Mo'men Yassin Jaber, 16, with an expanding bullet in the heart, instantly killing him and causing serious damage …

IMEMC News (2022-08-10). Israeli Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian, Abduct Three, In Jerusalem. imemc.org On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers shot a young Palestinian man and abducted three in the at-Tour town, east of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the town leading to protests, and fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades. The sources added that the soldiers shot a …

IMEMC News (2022-08-10). Palestinian Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered In Gaza. imemc.org On Tuesday, The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said a man died from serious wounds he suffered last Saturday, during the Israeli bombardment of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The sources said Ibrahim Shehda Abu Salah, 41, was seriously injured when the army fired missiles and shells at homes and …

Staff (2022-08-10). Free Khalil Awawdeh: 161 days of hunger strike, Palestinian prisoner's life at risk #FreeKhalil. samidoun.net Khalil Awawdeh, the 40-year-old Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for 161 days, is in an extremely desperate health condition in the Ramle prison clinic. The Israeli occupation has repeatedly attempted to evade its commitments to the resistance, as promised by Egyptian mediators, to release Awawdeh to a hospital and free Bassam al-Saadi. He has not …

Staff (2022-08-10). Growing battle in Ofer prison confronts administrative detention, demands freedom for Nidal Abu Aker. samidoun.net Nidal Abu Aker, Palestinian leftist, community leader in Dheisheh refugee camp and journalist, was seized on Monday, 1 August in a violent assault on his home in the camp by Israeli occupation forces. Just days later, on 9 August, he was ordered jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention for six months. Now, Palestinian …

Al-Jazeera (2022-08-10). Thenewsauthor">S and Faces of the 16 Children Killed in Gaza. globalresearch.ca

IMEMC News (2022-08-10). Army Demolishes A Store Near Bethlehem. imemc.org On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a store for selling wood in Husan village, west of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Rami Hamamra, the head of Husan Village Council, said the soldiers, accompanied by a bulldozer, invaded the western area of the village and demolished the shop owned by Mahmoud Ahmad Sabateen. Hamamra added that …

IMEMC News (2022-08-10). Army Demolishes Foundations of Under Construction Home In Shu'fat. imemc.org On Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded Shu'fat refugee camp, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and demolished an under-construction home's foundation. Media sources said several army jeeps, police vehicles, and bulldozers invaded the refugee camp after surrounding and isolating it. The sources added that the soldiers demolished the foundation of the under-construction home owned by members of …

Staff (2022-08-10). Iran to stand by Palestine with all its might: speaker. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) — The Iranian parliament speaker said Wednesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran will stand by the Palestinian nation with all its might and in all conditions.

Ali Abunimah (2022-08-09). Israel kills Palestinian fighters, children in West Bank. electronicintifada.net Indiscriminate attack on Nablus leaves dozens more injured.

Issam Adwan (2022-08-09). "Something terrible is about to happen in Gaza" electronicintifada.net A new father considers whether bringing a child into Gaza was the right decision.

_____ (2022-08-09). Palestine Action Occupy And Destroy Israeli Weapons Transport Company. popularresistance.org Gaza has spent three days and nights mourning the dead. Circling the skies, raining fire down below, are the drones and fighter jets of Elbit Systems — Israel's largest arms company. Knowing that petitions, rallies and appeals to power will do nothing here in Britain, we've responded with direct action. We are currently occupying Elbit client "The Good Packing Company", who package, transport and export Israeli weapons battle tested on the Palestinian people. The four activists' rooftop occupation is ongoing, with extensive damage enacted and the activists set on staying as long as possible. | Activists hav…

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