Daily Archives: August 23, 2022

2022-08-23: News Headlines

Human Rights Watch (2022-08-23). Raising the Alarm: Israel's All-Out Assault on Rights Defenders: Palestinian Groups Raided, Closed; Researcher for Israeli Group Detained. juancole.com By Omar Shakir | Israel and Palestine Director, Middle East and North Africa Division | @OmarSShakir | &#1 ; ( Human Rights Watch ) &#1 ; Three years ago, as the Israeli government prepared to deport me from Israel and Palestine over my human rights advocacy, I wrote in The Forward that, should the deportation proceed without …

Miko Peled (2022-08-23). Israel Blames Its Victims for the Violence It Causes. globalresearch.ca

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-08-23). Presos palestinos inician huelga de hambre en cárceles israelíes. telesurtv.net Entretanto, un tribunal israelí rechazó el llamado a liberar al preso palestino en huelga de hambre desde hace 6 meses.

TeleSUR, mcs, JGN (2022-08-23). Denuncian detención de 20 palestinos por parte de Israel. telesurtv.net En Belén, cuatro padres y sus hijos adolescentes fueron detenidos luego que soldados de Israel irrumpieran en sus casas.

Ron Forthofer (2022-08-23). US Interests and Israeli Crimes. dissidentvoice.org Many people were surprised and outraged when US President Biden recently fist bumped Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. After all, as a candidate, Biden pledged to make the Saudi kingdom a pariah since the Crown Prince had been directly linked to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In contrast, consider the relative lack of …

Staff (2022-08-23). Iran stresses nuclear disarmament of US, pressure on Israel. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (MNA) — Iran UN envoy Majid Takht Ravanchi called for a real commitment to nuclear disarmament by the United States and a Middle East free of nuclear weapons.

Ali Abunimah (2022-08-22). Why Palestine is central to anti-imperialist resistance. electronicintifada.net There's a growing risk of an Israel-Lebanon war, with destruction on an unprecedented scale.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-08-22). Palestinian man executed outside bakery. electronicintifada.net Soldier followed rules of engagement in separate deadly friendly fire incident, Israeli military says.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-08-22). Is Hamas happy that Israel "decimated" Islamic Jihad? electronicintifada.net Disinformation agents attribute the former's non-participation in Gaza fighting to nonexistent rivalry.

Tamara Nassar (2022-08-22). Israel refuses to release hunger striker. electronicintifada.net Khalil Awawdeh's release was one of the issues at the heart of Gaza ceasefire.

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-22). US Tries to Reassure Israel on Potential Iran Deal, Says Agreement 'Not Imminent'. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration has been trying to reassure Israel over a potential agreement to revive the Iran nuclear deal, The US is currently reviewing Iran's response to an EU proposal to revive the deal. Reports have said the US has agreed to give "concessions" to Iran, a characterization that the Biden administration has strongly denied. | US officials told Axios that in recent communications with their Israeli counterparts, they have stressed Washington is not making concessions to Tehran a…

Mitchell Plitnick (2022-08-22). With Iran Deal Closer Than Ever Israel Presses for War. globalresearch.ca

IMEMC News (2022-08-22). Israel Halts Construction Of School Near Hebron. imemc.org The Israeli army handed, Sunday, an order halting the construction of a Palestinian school in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. In a statement, the Um Qissa School said on its official Facebook page that the Israeli occupation authorities denied an appeal for permitting the small school, …

IMEMC News (2022-08-22). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Twenty Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the Israeli soldiers stormed and violently searched dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank, and abducted twenty Palestinians, including fathers and sons, and a young woman. The invasions targeted cities, towns, villages, and refugee camps, across the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. Among the abducted …

Staff (2022-08-22). Palestinian collective struggle on the rise inside occupation prisons. samidoun.net Palestinian prisoners announced that they will pursue steps of collective struggle inside occupation prisons beginning on Monday, 22 August. These collective struggle steps were suspended in March 2022 after an agreement was purportedly reached to improve conditions for Palestinian detainees whose rights are systematically violated by occupation forces, from denial of family visits to constant …

Staff (2022-08-22). The world says: "Free Khalil Awawdeh!" as Palestinian prisoner continues hunger strike for 172nd day. samidoun.net Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh has continued his hunger strike for the 172nd day. Since his detention was "suspended" on Friday, 19 August, he has been held in Assaf Harofeh hospital, where he has been interviewed by journalists and visited by his family members and loved ones. He has repeatedly affirmed that he will only end …

Michael Arria (2022-08-22). Biden Administration Offers 'Concern,' But Refuses to Condemn Israeli Raids. commondreams.org The Biden administration says it "doesn't share Israel's position" on criminalizing 6 Palestinian NGOs, but also won't criticize Israel following a military raid on the organizations.

Anonymous103 (2022-08-22). Hezbollah's Bases In Syria. southfront.org Written by Damir Nazarov | In 2020, the Zionists drew a map of Hezbollah bases in southern Syria. | As we can see, according to "experts" of the temporary entity, provinces such as Damascus, Daraa, Suwayda and Quneitra almost completely belong to Hezbollah. Zionism has been talking about the presence of Iranians in southern Syria since 2016, there is a case when the then criminal Prime Minister Netanyahu cried to Putin*, complaining about the secret IRGC military base in Quneitra. | Talking a…

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