Daily Archives: August 19, 2022

2022-08-19: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-08-19). Palestinian President Abbas' Holocaust remark and the hypocrisy of Germany's media and political establishment. wsws.org German media outlets and politicians have responded with a storm of indignation to a statement by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas comparing Israeli massacres of Palestinians with the Holocaust that would be hard to beat for its mendacity.

_____ (2022-08-18). Who is Obstructing the Syrian Settlement? journal-neo.org The Syrian issue has recently been increasingly highlighted in global media reports, indicating that the Middle Eastern Arab state is unfortunately becoming more and more a battleground for many countries, especially through the fault of the US, Israel and Turkey. Thus, against the backdrop of increasing energy shortages in the West, the Syrian news agency …

Miko Peled (2022-08-18). Miko Peled: Israel Blames its Victims for the Violence it Causes. mintpressnews.com Palestinians are at a point where they can find no support anywhere, regardless of the severity of their conditions. Be they simply people who want to live their lives, fighters, activists or organizations dedicated to human rights, they will be killed and harassed.

Mohammed Samaana (2022-08-18). Israel's Latest War on the Palestinians Reveals How Alone and Vulnerable they Are. juancole.com Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) &#1 ; Some have puzzled over why Israel launched its attacks on Palestinian in Gaza and the West Bank at the beginning of August.The military action had not been preceded by any notable Palestinian activity. There is, however, no great mystery. It has become customary for an Israeli Prime Minister to …

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-08-18). Israeli army shuts down prominent Palestinian rights groups. electronicintifada.net Young man shot and killed by soldiers during Nablus raid.

_____ (2022-08-18). Israel's Premature 'Victory' Celebration. popularresistance.org For years, Palestinians, as well as Israelis, have labored to redraw the battle lines. The three-day Israeli war on Gaza, starting on August 5 clearly manifested this reality. | Throughout its military operation, Israel has repeatedly underscored the point that the war was targeting the Islamic Jihad Movement only, not Hamas or anyone else. | A somewhat similar scenario had transpired in May 2019 and again in November of the same year. The May clashes began when two Israeli soldiers were wounded by a Palestinian sniper at the fence separating besieged Gaza from Israel. | Mass weekly protests had taken place near…

_____ (2022-08-18). Israeli Forces Raid Offices Of Palestinian Civil Society Groups. popularresistance.org Israeli forces closed the offices of seven Palestinian civil society rights groups in the occupied West Bank in an overnight raid on Thursday. | Al-Haq said Israeli soldiers stormed its offices in Ramallah, confiscating items, shutting down the main entrance with an iron plate, and leaving behind a military order declaring the organization unlawful. | Other groups raided included Addameer, the Bisan Center for Research & Development, Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP), the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees and the Union of Agricultural Work Committee and the Union of Health Workers Com…

TeleSUR (2022-08-18). Palestine Call for International Reaction After Closure of NGOs. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) condemned the closure of seven non-governmental organizations in the West Bank and demanded an "urgent" reaction from the international community. | RELATED: | "The raiding and closing of the facilities is a crime and a blatant attack not only against Palestinian civil society organizations and human rights organizations, but also against international human ri…

Anonymous669 (2022-08-18). Recent Israeli Attack On Syria Targeted Two Air Defense Bases. southfront.org An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN &#1 ; REUTERS) | The The first air defense base is located a few kilometers to the southwest of the town of al…

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-08-18). Presidente palestino afirma que Israel ha ejecutado masacres. telesurtv.net El líder palestino señaló en Berlín que "Israel ha cometido masacres en localidades palestinas desde 1947".

Staff (2022-08-18). Israel y Turquía restablecerán relaciones diplomáticas. cubadebate.cu Israel y Turquía anunciaron este miércoles que reanudarán sus relaciones diplomáticas plenas, tras varios años de tensiones, pero Ankara advirtió que continuará "defendiendo los derechos de los palestinos" pese a este acercamiento. La medida es un paso de avance en la estabilidad regional, señaló el primer ministro israelí.

Ali Abunimah (2022-08-17). Palestinians have had enough of Europe's Holocaust hypocrisy. electronicintifada.net Why hasn't Germany condemned Zelensky's minimization of the Holocaust in Ukraine?

Ramzy Baroud (2022-08-17). Israel's Premature 'Victory' Celebration: The defining War in Gaza Is Yet to Be Fought. mintpressnews.com For years, Palestinians, as well as Israelis, have labored to redraw the battle lines and Israel's three-day Israeli war on Gaza, starting on August 5, clearly manifested this reality.

Joy D.M.R. (2022-08-17). Pro-Palestine activists demonstrate outside Sen. Shaheen's Manchester, N.H., office. liberationnews.org Two dozen people gathered in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire on Aug. 13 for a speak-out to express solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine.

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