Daily Archives: February 1, 2023

2023-02-01: News Headlines

Anand Naidoo (2023-02-01). The Heat: Israeli-Palestinian Tensions. america.cgtn.com U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls for calm in meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders following a month of bloody violence. Months of violence exploded in recent days with an Israeli military raid in the West Bank and attacks by Palestinians in Jerusalem, leaving …

Juan Cole (2023-02-01). US Sec. of State Blinken Offers some Anesthesia while Palestinians are Operated on by Far-Right Israeli Gov't. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) &#1 ; US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank, and offered condolences on the "innocent Palestinians" killed by Israeli security forces or squatters on Palestinian land in the last year &#1 ;though he did not specify a number and did not name a …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-02-01). Israeli Government Calls for Retribution and Collective Punishment in Wake of Jerusalem Shooting. orinocotribune.com In the aftermath of the Jenin massacre and the shooting operations in Jerusalem, Israeli government officials call for retribution and collective punishment, as tensions on the ground show no signs of subsiding. | The past 72 hours have been some of the deadliest recorded in the occupied Palestinian West Bank and East Jerusalem in years. | Since Thursday, January 26, 14 Palestinians have been killed, and dozens of others have been wounded by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied territory — 10 of whom were killed in Jenin during a deadly army raid on the Jenin refugee camp. | During the same time peri…

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-02-01). Presidente palestino se reúne con secretario de Estado de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Abbas denunció la falta de esfuerzos globales para desmantelar la ocupación y poner fin al régimen de asentamientos.

Anand Naidoo (2023-02-01). The Heat: Israeli-Palestinian Tensions. america.cgtn.com U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls for calm in meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders following a month of bloody violence. Months of violence exploded in recent days with an Israeli military raid in the West Bank and attacks by Palestinians in Jerusalem, leaving …

Juan Cole (2023-02-01). US Sec. of State Blinken Offers some Anesthesia while Palestinians are Operated on by Far-Right Israeli Gov't. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) &#1 ; US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank, and offered condolences on the "innocent Palestinians" killed by Israeli security forces or squatters on Palestinian land in the last year &#1 ;though he did not specify a number and did not name a …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-02-01). Israeli Government Calls for Retribution and Collective Punishment in Wake of Jerusalem Shooting. orinocotribune.com In the aftermath of the Jenin massacre and the shooting operations in Jerusalem, Israeli government officials call for retribution and collective punishment, as tensions on the ground show no signs of subsiding. | The past 72 hours have been some of the deadliest recorded in the occupied Palestinian West Bank and East Jerusalem in years. | Since Thursday, January 26, 14 Palestinians have been killed, and dozens of others have been wounded by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied territory — 10 of whom were killed in Jenin during a deadly army raid on the Jenin refugee camp. | During the same time peri…

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-02-01). Presidente palestino se reúne con secretario de Estado de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Abbas denunció la falta de esfuerzos globales para desmantelar la ocupación y poner fin al régimen de asentamientos.

Canadians for Justice, Peace in the Middle East (2023-01-31). Collective Punishment Against Palestinians Is a War Crime. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2023-01-31). Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine condemns planned visit of US Secretary of State Blinken. fightbacknews.org In a January 29 statement, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) warned that the January 30 visit of U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will be detrimental to Palestinian interests. Blinken is set to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. | The PFLP states that the visit will be used to promote an anti-Palestinian "two state solution" and that the U.S. government bears responsibility for the massacres being carried out by the Israeli occupation.

José A. Amesty R. (2023-01-31). Solidaridad con el pueblo palestino. globalizacion.ca En el Día Internacional en Solidaridad con el Pueblo Palestino, hace mucho tiempo, en este país, parece estarse dando una distopà¨a, que es una "utopía perversa donde la realidad transcurre en términos opuestos a los de una sociedad ideal". | Por…

Juan Cole (2023-01-31). Sec. of State Blinken's Happy Talk Middle East Tour meets Meat Grinder of Rising Israeli Fascism. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) &#1 ; The actually existing Middle East is not cooperating with the Washington representation of it. To hear Secretary of State Antony Blinken speak, you would think that a two-state solution to the Israeli Occupation of the Palestinians is still possible. It is not. You would think there was a "peace process." …

Ramzy Baroud, Romana Rubeo (2023-01-31). Palestinians Are Not Liars. dissidentvoice.org On January 19, during one of its raids in the Occupied West Bank, the Israeli military arrested a Palestinian journalist, Abdul Muhsen Shalaldeh, near the town of Al-Khalil (Hebron). This is just the latest of a staggering number of violations against Palestinian journalists, and against freedom of expression. A few days earlier, the head of …

Ramzy Baroud (2023-01-31). Arab Masses Emphatically Put Palestinian Cause first, Dividing from some of their Ruling Elites. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) &#1 ; The latest Arab Opinion Index 2022 is yet more proof that Arab societies are diverse in every possible way, from their assessment of their economic situation and living conditions to their take on immigration, state institutions and democracy. With one single exception: Palestine. 76 per cent of all respondents …

Ramzy Baroud (2023-01-31). Palestinians Are Not Liars: Confronting the Violence of Media Delegitimization. mintpressnews.com 55 journalists have been killed and hundreds more injured or detained by Israel since 2000. Yet for many Palestinian, the physical harm they face pales in comparison to the constant delegitimization of their work by in the media.

Staff (2023-01-31). Headlines for January 31, 2023. democracynow.org Antony Blinken Meets Palestinian Leaders After Reiterating "Ironclad" U.S. Support for Israel, Taliban Offshoot Claims Responsibility for Bombing of Pakistani Police Compound, Amnesty: Iranian Protesters Were Denied Fair Trials and Tortured Before Their Executions, White House Will End COVID-19 Emergency Declarations in May, Memphis Fire Department Terminates 3 Who Responded to Tyre Nichols' Violent Arrest, Family Calls for Federal Civil Rights Probe into Newark Police Killing of Carl Dorsey, New Zealand Prime Minister Blames Climate Change for Record Flooding, Missing Mexican Environmentalists&…

Staff (2023-01-31). 11 February, Brussels: From the River to the Sea &#1 ; Visions of Palestinian Liberation. samidoun.net Saturday, 11 February 7 pm DK Rue de Danemark 70B Brussels, Belgium Info: www.instagram.com/p/CoDgSCHjUgU/?hl=en Please join Samidoun Brussels for an evening of discussion and strategy toward the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea. The total liberation of all of Palestine is a central unifying point to rally around, from the uprooting of …

Staff (2023-01-31). 4 February, Online: Zimbabwe country hearing, International People's Tribunal on US Imperialism. samidoun.net Saturday, 4 February 10: 30 AM EST (7: 30 AM PST, 4: 30 PM central Europe, 5: 30 PM Palestine Register: bit.ly/zimbabwehearing Join the International People's Tribunal on US Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, Coercive Economic Measures for a hearing on the effects and impacts of these policies and practices on the people of Zimbabwe. We will hear testimony and reports …

Staff (2023-01-31). Free Alex Saab, political prisoner of capitalism and imperialism. samidoun.net In a statement released on Monday, January 30, over 30 organizations that make up the Movement of Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution in Madrid raised their voices to demand the release of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab and all the political prisoners of imperialism. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is a signatory of this statement. This …

Staff (2023-01-31). #FreePalestinianStudents: Student election candidates in Toulouse join the call for prisoners' liberation. samidoun.net From 30 January to 1 February, student elections are taking place at the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès in France. These elections are for the central council of representatives of workers and students at the university, and election lists vie for the support of students with a range of political, social and local initiatives and …

Staff (2023-01-31). Vicious repression and burning resistance: Palestinian prisoners' uprising confronts escalating attacks. samidoun.net There is a high state of tension and escalating action within the occupation prisons, as the Palestinian prisoners' movement is rising up to confront attacks by repressive Israeli occupation forces. In the past several days — particularly since the Jenin massacre and the Palestinian resistance operation in Jerusalem that came in response — occupation forces …

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-01-31). Premier palestino denuncia a Israel ante aumento de violencia. telesurtv.net El líder palestino afirmó que las decisiones de Israel "reflejan la profundidad de la crisis del Gobierno de ocupación".

Anonymous103 (2023-01-31). More Airstrikes Reported In Syria Near Iraq Border &#1 ; Report. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Unverified reports say 11 people have been killed in a series of suspected Israeli airstrikes that started Sunday evening | Originally published by Unverified reports have said that two more airstrikes were launched in eastern Syria on Monday near the Iraqi border following a strike in the area that was reported on Sunday night. Israel is suspected of being behind the attacks since…

Aseel Mousa (2023-01-31). Cancer patient dies after Israel blocks treatment. electronicintifada.net Israel's travel restrictions affect all facets of life … and death.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-31). More Airstrikes Reported in Syria Near Iraq Border. news.antiwar.com Unverified reports have said that two more airstrikes were launched in eastern Syria on Monday near the Iraqi border following a strike in the area that was reported on Sunday night. Israel is suspected of being behind the attacks since it has previously launched similar airstrikes in the region. According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory …

infobrics (2023-01-31). Isfahan incident may have been foreign provocation. infobrics.org Israel and Azerbaijan could be involved in the drone attacks against Iran.

Jake Johnson (2023-01-31). 'War Is Clearly Back on the Agenda': US Says Israel Was Behind the Drone Attack on Iran. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-31). Daily Round-Up | Protests in US over Tyre Nichols' killing and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of the intensifying protests in the US and Peru, Israel's plan to arm residents of illegal settlements, and elections in Tunisia…

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-31). More on Azerbaijan as base for actions against Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Tehran TimesJanuary 30, 2023 Israeli regime scrambles to entrap Azerbaijan After opening its embassy in Baku, Israel has scrambled to influence Azerbaijan to sever ties with its neighboring country, the Islamic Republic of Iran. *** It is worth saying that [Israel] made attempts to mar relations between Iran and the Persian Gulf states at first. …

Staff (2023-01-31). Russia Condemns Failed Israeli Drone Attack Against Military Complex in Iran. orinocotribune.com

WSWS (2023-01-31). Blinken in Israel: Planning for war with an ally in crisis. wsws.org Washington is concerned that mounting political instability, both in the occupied territories and within Israel itself, is weakening the main US military bastion in the Middle East.

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