(2023-03-05). Palestine solidarity movement speaks out at MN State Board of Investment meeting. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – On March 2, the Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI) which includes Governor Walz, Attorney General Ellison, State Auditor Blaha and Secretary of State Simon, met for the first time this year at the state capitol. They meet quarterly to monitor the investments of Minnesota public employees. At the meeting members of the Palestine solidarity movement spoke out. | One of the speakers was Brandon Schorsch, an anti-Zionist Jew and activist with the Anti-War Committee, who stated, "So today, building on our testimony from last August, we bring a list of well over a dozen companies that the SBI is…
(2023-03-05). Who will pay the Price for the Killing of the Palestinian Aid Worker in Huwara? juancole.com 
Motasem A Dalloul abujomaaGaza ( Middle East Monitor ) — On Wednesday afternoon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Israeli people saying: "A short time ago, we apprehended the three terrorists who were responsible for the murder of Elan Ganeles." He bragged about the quick detention of the three Palestinian men for allegedly …
(2023-03-05). Palestine solidarity movement speaks out at MN State Board of Investment meeting. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – On March 2, the Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI) which includes Governor Walz, Attorney General Ellison, State Auditor Blaha and Secretary of State Simon, met for the first time this year at the state capitol. They meet quarterly to monitor the investments of Minnesota public employees. At the meeting members of the Palestine solidarity movement spoke out. | One of the speakers was Brandon Schorsch, an anti-Zionist Jew and activist with the Anti-War Committee, who stated, "So today, building on our testimony from last August, we bring a list of well over a dozen companies that the SBI is…
(2023-03-05). Who will pay the Price for the Killing of the Palestinian Aid Worker in Huwara? juancole.com Motasem A Dalloul abujomaaGaza ( Middle East Monitor ) — On Wednesday afternoon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Israeli people saying: "A short time ago, we apprehended the three terrorists who were responsible for the murder of Elan Ganeles." He bragged about the quick detention of the three Palestinian men for allegedly …
(2023-03-04). Halifax School's Anti-Palestinian Racism. dissidentvoice.org 
During a cross-cultural activity, a Park West School in Halifax forced Palestinian-Canadian students to remove the Kufiyahs they had worn as part of the activity. The principle justified banning the kufiyah (Palestinian scarf) saying it represented "war colors." Students who did not comply were sent to the principal's office. Such anti-Palestinian racism must be rejected: …
(2023-03-04). Monday 3/6: Jewish Fast in Solidarity With Palestinians. indybay.org 456 Montgomery Street between California and Sacramento | Across street from the Israeli Consulate…
(2023-03-04). March 4 Demonstrations Against Sanctions. popularresistance.org In solidarity with the Syrian people, suffering the unjust and unilateral coercive economic measures taken by the US and its European allies, the End the Siege Campaign has been established in cooperation between different popular movements and activists in the Arab world, Europe, and North America. | The End The Siege Campaign launches its first international action this Saturday, March 4, 2023, in a series of synchronous protests in Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Canada, Morocco, Lebanon, UK, Slovakia, Ireland, and Germany. The event in Canada will take place at noon this Saturday in front of the US…
(2023-03-04). Biden's war drive fuels resistance. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto February 28, 2023 President Joe Biden's trip to Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 20 shocked people living near East Palestine, Ohio, who have been devastated by a Feb. 3 toxic train derailment. The accident involved a 150-car train owned by Norfolk Southern, carrying dangerous and hazardous chemicals, which jackknifed due to a broken axle. On Feb. 6, state authorities slowly released and burned dangerous chemicals, such as the cancer-causing vinyl chloride and others, into the air. Since then, people in the area have faced various health problems ranging from slight headaches and sore throats to coughing u…
(2023-03-04). Ohio/ Community confronts company and politicians after train wreck. iacenter.org By Otis Grotewohl March 2, 2023 President Joe Biden's trip to Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 20 shocked people living near East Palestine, Ohio, who have been devastated by a Feb. 3 toxic train derailment. The accident involved a 150-car train owned by Norfolk Southern, carrying dangerous and hazardous chemicals, which jackknifed due to a broken axle. On Feb. 6, state authorities slowly released and burned dangerous chemicals, such as the cancer-causing vinyl chloride and others, into the air. Since then, people in the area have faced various health problems ranging from slight headaches and sore throats to coughing up and…
(2023-03-04). The role of big investors in East Palestine and Ukraine. iacenter.org By Otis Grotewohl March 3, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kiev Feb. 20 and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The trip was purposefully made to focus attention on the one-year anniversary of the U.S.- and NATO-led proxy war against Russia, and Biden promised large amounts of military aid to Zelensky's regime in Kiev. Meanwhile, in the U.S., the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, had become the lead news story. Because the Biden administration had done little to focus on Ohio, the Ukraine trip caused unexpected political problems at home. The train disaster a…
(2023-03-04). You're all Palestinians Now: How Harsh Apartheid Policing is being Turned on Israeli Protesters. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Israel's Apartheid state, having honed its instruments of repression against its occupied Palestinians, whom it keeps stateless and without rights, is now turning those tools on the Israeli public itself. Yesterday, Friday, buses full of Israeli protesters attempted to head to Huwwara near Nablus in the Palestinian West Bank to …
(2023-03-04). Ohio Community Confronts Company, Politicians After Train Wreck. popularresistance.org President Joe Biden's trip to Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 20 shocked people living near East Palestine, Ohio, who have been devastated by a Feb. 3 toxic train derailment. The accident involved a 150-car train owned by Norfolk Southern, carrying dangerous and hazardous chemicals, which jackknifed due to a broken axle. | On Feb. 6, state authorities slowly released and burned dangerous chemicals, such as the cancer-causing vinyl chloride and others, into the air. Since then, people in the area have faced various health problems ranging from slight headaches and sore throats to coughing up and vomiting blood.
(2023-03-04). Palestinians rise in protest against Israeli settler violence in Nablus. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands of Palestinians in Israel took to the streets to protest the attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian homes and properties in Nablus on Sunday, February 26.
(2023-03-04). Violence in Palestine: The same Zionist agenda, but more vicious and messianic. peoplesdispatch.org Rania Khalek of BreakThrough News talks about the intensification of violence by illegal settlers in the area around Nablus in Palestine. She also talks about the agenda of the Israeli government in supporting these brutal invasaions…
(2023-03-04). Fuerzas de Israel hieren a dos palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Los soldados atacaron a los manifestantes con balas recubiertas con goma y gas lacrimógeno.
(2023-03-04). Norfolk Southern, rail union floated exchanging sick days for automatic track inspections. wsws.org The talks, which apparently reached an advanced stage, took place in the weeks after the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
(2023-03-04). Angry residents confront EPA and railroad officials at East Palestine, Ohio town hall. wsws.org The meeting was the first time in the month since the February 3 derailment that an official representative from Norfolk Southern attended a town hall in East Palestine.
(2023-03-05). Openly Pro-Israel Tech Group Now Has Control Over UK's Most Sensitive National Security Data. orinocotribune.com 
(2023-03-05). 250,000 Israelis Rally against Netanyahu, Warn of Dictatorship and 'No Liberty in an Occupation State'. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — WAFA reports that on Saturday evening some 250,000 Israelis are estimated to have come out in numerous cities to protest plans of the government of Binyamin Netanyahu to gut the judiciary. It is the ninth week in a row that rallies have been held, and they appear to be growing …
(2023-03-04). No, Discussing Israel's 'Right to Exist' is not Antisemitic; States don't have Rights, People Do. juancole.com 
By Nasim Ahmed | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — "Israel's right to exist" has been challenged in expert testimonies by leading scholars Professor John Douglas and Professor Avi Shlaim. Dugard is an advocate of the High Court of South Africa. He has served intermittently as Judge of the International Court of Justice. His …
(2023-03-05). All Communities Must Speak Out Against bigotry toward Jews. juancole.com 
As far-right violence against Jewish people rises, the Jewish idea of an "eruv" can teach us all to enlarge our humanity. By Svante Myrick | ( Otherwords.org ) — Jewish communities across the country have been targeted with violence or harassment as anti-semitic hate crimes reach record levels. In late January, a man tossed …
(2023-03-04). Heavily armed fascist arrested by FBI after threatening to murder "anyone that is Jewish" in Michigan government. wsws.org Multiple Jewish Michigan officials, some of whom were previously targeted in the 2020 fascist assassination plot, confirmed they were recently contacted by the FBI regarding the alleged terrorist plot.
(2023-03-05). China's peace plan & It's about everything. indybay.org In times of crisis, right-wing populists, with the benevolent support of influential media, play the national card and pit disadvantaged groups of people against each other. Scapegoats, like Jews in the past and refugees today, are made responsible for the collapse of the welfare state and security.